Paul Villinski's Lift will feature his signature butterfly installations in addition to new work incorporating unique found objects. A pilot of sailplanes and paragliders, metaphors of flight and soaring often appear in his work. With a lifelong concern for environmental issues, his work frequently re-purposes discarded materials, effecting surprising and poetic transformations. 

Born 1960 York, ME

Education

1984 BFA, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY
1980-82 MA, Massachusetts College of Art

Teaching / Visiting Artist

2011 Visiting Artist Lecture, Houston Contemporary Art Fair, Houston, TX
2010 Visiting Artist Lecture, Portland Community College, Portland, OR
2010 Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, State University of New York, New Paltz
2009 Visiting Artist Lecture, Sculpture Department, University of Texas, Houston, TX
2008 Visiting Artist, PS 96, Bronx, NY, organized by The Museum of Arts and Design Education Department
2007 Visiting Artist Lecture and Critiques, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR
1990-93 Adjunct Lecturer in Art History, LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York, Long Island City, NY 

Awards and Residencies 

2012 Artist-in-Residence, Serenbe Institute, Chattahoochee Hills, GA
2009 Artist-in-Residence, Serenbe Institute, Chattahoochee Hills, GA
1992 Artist-in-Residence, Ucross Foundation, Ucross, WY
1991 Artist-in-Residence, Villa Montalvo Center for the Arts, Saratoga, CA 
1988 Agnes Bourne Fellowship in Painting, Djerassi Foundation Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA 
1987 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant 
Artist-in-Residence, Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz, NY 
1984 Michael S. Vivo Prize for Excellence, The Cooper Union, NYC 
1982 David Berger Award for Excellence, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA
 

Selected Collections
21c Museum Hotel, Louisville, KY
3-D Construction/ 3-D Laboratory, NYC 
ADP Corporation, Chicago, IL 
Arkansas State University, Jonesboro, AR 
Axinn, Veltrop, & Harkrider, LLP, Attorneys, New York, NY
Barrasso Usdin Kupperman Freeman & Sarver, Attorneys, New Orleans, LA 
Brooklyn Union Gas Company, Brooklyn, NY
Caesar’s Palace, Las Vegas, NV 
Centre Reinsurance, NYC
City of New Haven Percent for Art Program 
Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, Attorneys, NYC 
Dr. Carl Djerassi, San Francisco, CA (Founder, Djerassi Foundation Resident Artists Program) 
Elizabeth Levine and Associates, NYC
FBS/Gulf States Toyota, Houston, TX
Fidelity Investments, New York, NY 
JCS Design Associates, INC., NYC 
John A. Levine Company, N.Y.C.
Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Attorneys, Washington, D.C.
Koo Consulting, White Plains, NY
Linda Grey Sexton, Atherton, CA
McCann Erickson International, New York
McKenna, Long & Aldridge, Attorneys, Washington, DC 
Miami International Airport, Miami, FL
Michelle Williams, Brooklyn, NY
Microsoft, Fargo, ND 
Mound, Cotton & Wollan, Attorneys, NYC
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY 
Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, FL
New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA
Normura Securities International, New York, NY 
New York Life Insurance Company, Parsippany, NJ
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs Percent for Art Program 
Tina Weymouth and Chris Franz, Westport, CT 
Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME
Paul and Elizabeth Giamatti, Brooklyn, NY
Progressive Insurance, Cleveland, OH 
Rogers Family Office, Oakland, CA
SawMill Capital, White Plains, NY
The Ritz-Carlton Highlands, Lake Tahoe, Truckee, CA
Tina Weymouth and Chris Franz, Westport, CT
Tommy Hilfiger, New York, NY and Paris, France
University of Michigan Hospital System Women and Children’s Hospital, Ann Arbor, MI
University of Michigan, Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor, MI
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA 
Waters Design, NYC