Caitlin Connolly is an American

painter Painting is a Visual arts, visual art, which is characterized by the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called "matrix" or "Support (art), support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with ...

and sculptor. Connolly grew up in

Utah Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It is one of the Four Corners states, sharing a border with Arizona, Colorado, and New Mexico. It also borders Wyoming to the northea ...

with three brothers. Her mother was a flute teacher and Connolly began playing the flute when she was five years old. Connolly obtained a BFA in painting and drawing from the

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in 2009.

Career

Connolly’s art career began to blossom as she began having work appear in galleries, shows, and on book covers. Connolly explains, “Art often becomes my medium for exploring purpose in life and moments of truth.” Connolly struggled with infertility for seven years and the themes of struggle, motherhood, and female empowerment run through her artwork. The shape of an upward-pointing triangle sometimes permeates Connolly’s work and became a subtle nod to the female figure with a woman’s shape rendered as an upward-pointing triangle. Connolly has been commissioned to create artwork for numerous books including ''Our Heavenly Family, Our Earthly Families'' and ''Women at Church: Magnifying LDS Women’s Local Impact''. In 2020, she was included in an art show of 35 Utah artists, age 35 and under, at the Finch Lane Gallery that was notable for being left unseen during the

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. On May 24, 2023, Connolly received an award at the Utah Governor’s Mansion Artist Awards event.

Personal life

Connolly is married to musician Robbie Connolly of Fictionist and

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. She is a member of

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. The couple have two children and live in

Provo, Utah Provo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States. It is south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front, and lies between the cities of Orem, Utah, Orem to the north and Springville, Utah, Springville to the south ...

References

External links

Caitlin Connolly Official Website

Radio West Films Go to your room: The art of Caitlin Connolly
{{DEFAULTSORT:Connolly, Caitlin Living people 21st-century American painters University of Utah alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Latter Day Saints from Utah People from Provo, Utah Latter Day Saint artists American Latter Day Saint artists