catherine widgery

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Biography

American born artist Catherine Widgery graduated from Yale University cum laude, with special distinction in art and the Walker prize for outstanding artistic achievement. She lived in Italy and England before returning to North America where she currently divides her time between Montreal, Cambridge and Antigua, Guatemala. She has built more than 30 site-specific public art projects across Canada and the United States. In addition to numerous solo and group exhibitions in galleries and museums, her award winning projects have been featured on the covers of Sculpture, Landscape Architecture, Espace and World Sculpture News magazines.

She works with communities and teams to create environmental sculptural experiences that respond to the unique spirit and shape of a place. The use of wind, light and water communicate energy and animate the space within her environmental works. Her experience of other cultures, including the recent three month fellowship in India, has been a source of inspiration for unconventional approaches to art making.