Catherine Widgery (born 1953) is an American artist. Widgery is known for both her studio-based sculpture work and her

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Early life

Widgery was born in

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. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1975 where she graduated cum laude and was awarded special distinction in Fine Arts and the Walker Prize for 'outstanding artistic achievement" by the Fine Arts Faculty.

Personal life

Widgery has lived in different parts of the world US,

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London London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...

and

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and Guatemala. She lived in Montreal from 1979 until 2000, when she moved to

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where she lived until 2004 before moving to Guatemala. She currently divides her time between Guatemala and the Boston area.

Public art

Widgery has built more than 40 public art installations across the US and Canada. Widgery's public art projects include: * ''Woven Light'',

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, * ''Halo'', Collège Bourget de Rigaud, Quebec, * ''Shadow Play'', Mill Avenue/Third Street station,

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, * ''Leaves of Wind'',

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, * ''City People'',

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, Toronto, Canada, * ''Sky Circles'', Warm Springs BART station,

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, * ''River Arch'', Norwood Bridge,

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, * ''Trail of Dreams, Trail of Ghosts'',

Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white shell water place'; tiw, Hulp'ó'ona, label= Northern Tiwa; nv, Yootó, Navajo for 'bead + water place') is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. The name “S ...

, * The facade for the

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, Ottawa, * Four artworks installed in

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, under the Public Art program of the

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: ** ''Icarus'' ** ''The Passing Song'' ** ''Le Vent Se Lève'' ** ' * ''Lightscape'' (with cj fleury),

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station,

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* ''Crystal Light'',

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and

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*''Pass Through The Land,''

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the

Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal The Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (MACM) is a contemporary art museum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is located on the Place des festivals in the Quartier des spectacles and is part of the Place des Arts complex. Founded in 1964, it is ...

and the

Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec ( en, National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec), abbreviated as MNBAQ, is an art museum in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The museum is situated in Battlefield Park and is a complex consisting of four bui ...

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Widgery, Catherine 1953 births Living people 20th-century American women artists 21st-century American women artists 20th-century American sculptors 21st-century American sculptors Artists from Pittsburgh Sculptors from Pennsylvania Yale University alumni Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts