Paul Villinski
Mistral (right)
2015

Name: Mistral (right)
Brand: Paul Villinski
Price: 15000 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

medium: found aluminum cans, wire, Flashe paint Available in multiple color/finish options (inquire with gallery). Installations are made to order, sizes and shapes of butterflies vary. Unique, open edition. Ships with installation template and loaner tool kit. Installation can be arranged with JONATHAN FERRARA GALLERY. Paul Villinski has created studio and large-scale artworks for more than three decades. Villinski was born in York, Maine, USA, in 1960, son of an Air Force navigator. He has lived and worked in New York City since 1982. A scenic route through the educational system included stops at Phillips Exeter Academy and the Massachusetts College of Art, and a BFA with honors from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 1984. He lives with his partner, the painter Amy Park, and their son, Lark, in their studios in Long Island City, NY. His work has been included in numerous exhibitions nationally, recently including the solo exhibitions âPaul Villinski: Burstâ at the McNay Art Museum in San Antonio, TX and âPassage: A Special Installation,â at the Blanton Museum, University of Texas, Austin. Recent group shows include âMaterial Transformationsâ at the Montgomery Museum of Art, Montgomery, AL; âRe: Collection,â at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY; âMaking Mends,â at the Bellevue Museum of Arts, Bellevue, WA; and âProspect .1,â an international Biennial in New Orleans, LA. âEmergency Response Studio,â a FEMA trailer transformed into an off-the-grid mobile artistâs studio, was the subject of a solo exhibition at Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX; the exhibition also travelled to Ballroom Marfa, in Marfa, TX; Wesleyan Universityâs Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, CT; and ERS was featured in the New Museumâs âFestival of Ideas for the New Cityâ, in New York, NY. Villinskiâs work is widely collected, including major commissioned public works including âSkyCycles,â three full-scale âflying bicyclesâ installed at âOcean Breeze,â a new Parks and Recreation Track and Field facility on Staten Island, through the New York City Percent for Art Program. âDreamdesk,â a flying school desk with 18â wingspan commissioned by the City of New Haven Percent for Art Program, was installed at the East Rock Magnet School in 2014. Permanent collections include the Museum of Arts and Design, NY; the New Orleans Museum of Art, LA; the Virginia Museum of Fine Art, Richmond, VA; Miami International Airport; the Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL; and the University of Michigan Mott Childrenâs and Von Voitlander Womenâs Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI. Corporate collections include Fidelity Investments; Microsoft; Progressive Insurance; the Cleveland Clinic; ADP; McCann Erickson International; New York Life; Ritz-Carlton and many others. He has been a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts grant, and has been an Artist-in-Residence at the Serenbe Institute, GA; Socrates Sculpture Park, NY; the Millay Colony, NY; the Ucross Foundation, WY; the Djerassi Foundation, CA; and the Villa Montalvo Arts Center, CA. His work has frequently been reviewed in periodicals including ARTnews; ArtForum; Art in America; Sculpture; Interior Design; Design Bureau; New York Magazine; ID; The New York Times; Wall Street Journal; Los Angeles Times; Washington Post; Houston Chronicle; International Herald Tribune; Village Voice; Seattle Times; New Haven Register; Toronto Star; Times-Picayune and many others.

Creator:

Paul Villinski

Creation Year:

2015

Dimensions:

Height: 50 in (127 cm)Width: 100 in (254 cm)Depth: 6 in (15.24 cm)

Medium:

Metal

Movement & Style:

Contemporary

Period:

21st Century