Lindsey A. Wolkowicz

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STATEMENT: The work of Lindsey A. Wolkowicz examines the relationship between us and the spaces we occupy by exploring memory, connection, psychodynamics, and the impacts of perception. In her drawings, Wolkowicz creates interdependent visual relationships between figure, surface, lines, geometry, and color all of which appear to simultaneously interrupt and support one another in space. In a rhythmic combination of contoured limbs, illustrative lines and architectural planes, her mark making reflects the movement, chaos and order found within the state of constantly being between.

Bodies drawn are at once strong and susceptible, seeking to ground themselves through their hands and feet, through touch and relationship, while the destabilizing structures beneath or around them shift. These compositions do not represent physical places but instead turn inside out the emotional and psychological spaces we find ourselves in. They are embodiments of our circumstances and make visible the ways we internally experience situations of grief, fear, uncertainty, change, vulnerability, and comfort. Wolkowicz presents us with bodies grappling to find relationship – to each other, to place, to familiar structures- as anchors within the seemingly constant state of transition that we seem to live in. 

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EDUCATION
2009 MFA, Painting/ Drawing, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2003 BFA, Painting, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
forthcoming May 2025. Windows and Stones, Jane Street Art Center, Saugerties, NY (SOLO) 2024 Holding Pattern, Maiden Lane Gallery, Kingston, NY (SOLO) 2022 Go Figure, Jane St. Art Center, Saugerties, NY 2020 It Could Be You: Portraiture in a Constructed World, Portrait Inc., Birmingham, AL 2019 It Could Be You: Portraiture in a Constructed World, Equity Gallery, New York, NY 2019 Room, Loveland Museum Gallery, Loveland, CO
2018 Reperception, Freeform Art Space, Santa Fe, NM
2018 Superfine! DC, with Art Shape Mammoth, Washington, D.C. 2018 Transitional Spaces, Mercy Gallery, Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT 2018 Optimism, Paint the Town Yellow, Kingston City Hall, Kingston, NY
2017 Tympanum, Wayfarers, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Color, Shape and She, ARTBAR, Kingston, NY
2017 Language Orthodox, Lewis Gallery, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
2016 Like Smoke, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
2016 Dissection, Downtown Artery, Fort Collins, CO
2016 Flesh + Bone II, Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC
2016 12 x 12, Roig Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
2015 Into the Woods, Morris Warren Gallery, New York, NY
2015 Queer WAH: Contemporary LGBTQ Artists, Williamsburg Arts and Cultural Center, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Working Artists, Academic Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2015 Sacred Spaces, Studio 6 Gallery, Rockaway Point, NY
2014 You are the line that draws me to shore, Nes Residency, Skagastrond, Iceland
2014 Cosms, Dashboard Co-Op, Atlanta, GA
2014 Complicated Labors, Mary Porter Sesnon Art Gallery, UCSC Porter College, Santa Cruz, CA
2013 Discovery, RAWBrooklyn, Public Assembly, Brooklyn, NY
2013 Others: Film Screening, Loft 594, Brooklyn, NY
2012 The Figure Now, Brooklyn Artists Gym, Brooklyn, NY
2012 New Maternalisms: The Youngstown Screenings, The McDonough Museum of Art, Youngstown, OH
2012 New Maternalisms, FADO Performance Art Centre, Toronto, Canada
2011 21 Rooms, 3S Artspace, Portsmouth, NH, installed: Nevada Motel, York, ME
2010 Generate, 234 Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2010 Harvest Tools, The Project Lodge, Madison, WI
2009 Things that open and close, Steuben South Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (SOLO)
2009 Bike Shorts Film Festival, Public Assembly, Brooklyn, NY
2009 Imaging Desire, Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
2008 Home, Woodland Pattern, Milwaukee, WI
2007 Little Distances, Manette Fine Art, Portland OR (SOLO)
2007 Place Meant, Bosque Gallery, Lone Star College, Cy-Fair, Cypress, TX (SOLO)
2006 Contents, The Milwaukee Gay Arts Center, Milwaukee, WI (SOLO)
2006 Heartpounders, Hotcakes Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2005 New From the 7th Floor, Layton Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2004 Circus, 4731 Gallery, Detroit, MI

PUBLIC WORKS 2022 Commissioned Mural Artist, Institute of Family Health, mural location: Pediatrics Department, Kingston Family Health Center, Kingston, NY 2021 Commissioned Mural Artist in collaboration with GAIA, Arc Mid-Hudson, mural location: Joseph T. Pecora Center, Kingston, NY 2018 Selected Mural Artist, O+ Festival, mural location: Catskill School of Ballet (formerly Anne Hebard School of Ballet), Kingston, NY

AWARDS/ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 2022 The Red Goat Award, Kingston Midtown Arts District, Kingston, NY 2022 Honoree, YWCA Women Who Roar for the Y, YWCA Ulster County, Kingston, NY 2014 Fellowship Artist, Dashboard Co-Op, Atlanta, GA 2009/10 Visiting Artist, Flushing International High School, Flushing, NY 2005 Commissioned Writer, “James Barany: a voice that carries weight,” The Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Mary Nohl Fund Fellowships Catalog, Milwaukee, WI

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Kingston Midtown Arts District honors ‘champions of the arts.’ Daily Freeman. NOV 6.       2022 The Walkabout: The Court of St. James. Hudson Valley One. FEB 18. CJ Ansorge.                        2021 Kingston: From Crossroads to Crisis. Chronogram. OCT 1. Peter Aaron.                                          2021 Summer Diversions: 5 Artists & Designers Catching Our Eye This Month. Aspire Design & Home. AUG 3. Paul Hagan 2019 Artist Lindsey Wolkowicz’s Dynamic Body Studies, Chronogram, APR 1, Brian K. Mahoney.  2018 Memories & Identity, Albuquerque Journal, OCT 18, Megan Bennett 2018 Memories, Personal Identity and Our Sense of Self, Santa Fe Arts Journal, OCT 14, Emily Van Cleve 2018 Lindsey Wolkowicz: Drawing Connections, MAD Midtown Arts District, Kingston, NY      
2015 Try On These ‘My Little Pony’ Hats at WAHC’s Exhibit of Queer Art, Bedford + Bowery, Oct 14, Cassidy Dawn Graves
2014 Featured Artist: Lindsey Wolkowicz, BRIC Blog, Brooklyn Information & Culture, OCT 8, Banyi Huang 2014 Last chance to see “remarkable” installations at Dashboard Co-Op’s “COSMS,” ArtsATL, MAR 4, Jerry Cullum, Atlanta, GA
2014 365Artists/ 365Days, A Frank Juarez Gallery and Greymatter Gallery Collaborative Project, FEB
2013 New Maternalisms: The Materialities of Art-Making and Becoming Mother, Museum and Curatorial Studies Review, No. 1 Vol. 1, UC Berkley/ Berkley Electronic Press/California Digital Library, Petra Hroch
2013 Tales of Motherhood, ARTPULSE Magazine, No. 14 Vol. 4, Jennie Klein    
2010 Lindsey Wolkowicz, Lock Up Your Daughters, Issue 4, Louise Cowley, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
2006 Putting Flesh and Bones on the Past, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, MAR 22, Mary Louise Schumacher,
2006 Vulnerable Beyond Her Years, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, MAR 21, Mary Louise Schumacher
2005 New from the Seventh Floor, MKE, OCT 14, Erin Kane
2005 Common Ground, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, OCT 2, Mary Louise Schumacher

ADMINISTRATIVE/CREATIVE EXPERIENCE 2021-pr Art Director, O+ Festival, Kingston, NY 2018-21 Manager of International Student Affairs, The Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY 2017-18 Interim AiR Program Coordinator, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY 2017-18 International Admissions, The Culinary Institute of America, Hyde Park, NY 2012-17 Associate Director of International Admissions, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY 2015-18 Represented Artist/ Member, Art Shape Mammoth, Burlington, VT 2014 Official Juror, International School Arts Awards, Berlin, Germany 2013 Curator, “On Location,” Loft594, Brooklyn, NY 2013 Moderator, “Others” Panel Discussion, Loft 594, Brooklyn, NY 2011-12 Salon Coordinator, Heart Hair & Makeup, New York, NY 2010-11 Studio Coordinator, Mary Howard Studio, Brooklyn, NY 2010 Videographer/ Editor, “I Don’t”, music video for Pocketful, Gothenburg, Sweden 2008-10 Artist Tour Lead, Judd Foundation/ 101 Spring Street, New York, NY 2007-08 Gallery Manager, Jen Bekman Gallery, New York, NY 2007 Visiting Artist, Cy Fair College, Cypress, TX 2006 Scenic Design/Construction, “Closer,” MOB Productions, Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, IL 2005-06 Freelance Arts Writer, MKE/ mkeonline, Milwaukee, WI 2004-07 Admissions Counselor, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI

TEACHING EXPERIENCE/ CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
2023-24 Instructor/Curriculum Development, The D.R.A.W. Kingston, NY: Kingston Youth Voices (public art focused), Ages 15-24 2023 Instructor/Curriculum Development, Iris Portfolio Center, Alacati, Turkey: Summer Drawing Intensive, Grade 10-12 2020 Instructor/Curriculum Development, The D.R.A.W. Kingston, NY: Drawing Into Focus: An observational drawing bootcamp, Teens-Adults 2015-19 Instructor/Curriculum Development, Pratt Institute/ Iris Portfolio Center, Alacati, Turkey: Summer Drawing Intensive, Grade 10-12
2016 Instructor/Curriculum Development, Drawing/ Portfolio Prep Workshop, Istanbul, Turkey
2016 Curriculum Development, Pratt Institute Continuing Education, Brooklyn, NY: Drawn into Focus: Portfolio Development and Personal Exploration
2015/16 Instructor/Curriculum Development, Art History, Pratt Institute Pre-College, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Instructor/Curriculum Development, Pratt Institute/ HorizonIstanbul, Istanbul, Turkey: Portfolio Development & Observational Drawing, Grade 10-12
2014 Curriculum Development, Pratt Institute Portfolio Development Workshop, Izmir, Turkey
2011 Instructor/Curriculum Development, Educational Alliance, New York, NY: Observational Drawing, Grade 6-12
2007 Instructor/Curriculum Development, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR: Art Adventures Summer Program, Painting & Drawing Course, Grade 1-8
2006-07 Teaching Assistant, Art 4 Life, Portland, OR *Non-profit Arts & World Culture Program, Grade K -5
2006 Instructor/Curriculum Development, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI: Creative Futures: Writing in Response to an Exhibition, Grade 10-12, Pre-College: Advanced Portfolio, Grade