Lindsey Wolkowicz (b.1981) is a multidisciplinary artist whose work revolves around the relationship between us and the spaces we occupy by exploring memory, perspective, relationship and psycho-dynamics. Both the influence of her hometown of Detroit, and her decade in New York City, can be felt through the presence of grand, sometimes dilapidated, architectural lines in her work, as well as her awareness of the body in space. In her drawings, figure, surface, lines, geometry and color simultaneously interrupt and support one another. Within three-dimensional space, objects and architectural surrounds are constructed to promote a physical and evocative connection with the body of the viewer. The work is not about representing a location but instead about presenting what is found there. These bodies exist in a situation as much as they do in a location. They seek to ground themselves in the “places” they occupy through their hands, feet, through touch and strength. But they are also nowhere. Intersecting lines, partial views of the body and planes of dislocated material produce windows into this experienced place.
Though drawing is at the center of her practice, Wolkowicz’s work also moves into the realm of photography, video and performance installation through ongoing collaborative projects with her partner Dillon Paul. She received her BFA from Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design in 2003 and her MFA in Painting/ Drawing from Pratt Institute in 2009. After a decade in Brooklyn, she recently moved to Kingston, NY with her partner and their daughter.
EDUCATION
2009 MFA, Painting/ Drawing, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2003 BFA, Painting, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2019 Room, Loveland Museum Gallery, Loveland, CO
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
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2018 Lindsey Wolkowicz: Drawing Connections, MAD Midtown Arts District, Kingston, NY, https://madkingston.org/2018/04/24/lindsey-a-wolkowicz/
2015 Try On These ‘My Little Pony’ Hats at WAHC’s Exhibit of Queer Art, Oct 14, Cassidy Dawn Graves, www.bedfordandbowery.com
2014 Featured Artist: Lindsey Wolkowicz, BRIC Blog, Brooklyn Information & Culture, OCT 8, Banyi Huang www.bricartsmedia.org
2014 Last chance to see “remarkable” installations at Dashboard Co-Op’s “COSMS,” ArtsATL, MAR 4, Jerry Cullum, www.artatl.com
2014 365Artists/ 365Days, A Frank Juarez Gallery and Greymatter Gallery Collaborative Project, FEB www.365artists365days.com
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
TEACHING EXPERIENCE/ CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT
2015,16, 18 Lead Instructor/ Curriculum Development, Pratt Institute/ Iris Portfolio Center, Alacati, Turkey: Portfolio Development & Observational Drawing, Grade 10-12
2016 Lead 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 (adult course)
2015/16 Instructor, Art History, Pratt Institute Pre-College, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Lead 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 10-12
PROFESSIONAL CREATIVE EXPERIENCE
2017-18 AiR Program Coordinator, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Woodstock, NY
2014-17 Associate Director of International Admissions, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2015-prst Art Shape Mammoth, Represented Artist/ Member, Burlington, VT
2012-14 Assistant Director of International Admissions, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Official Juror, International School Arts Awards, Berlin, Germany
2014 Dashboard Co-Op Fellowship Artist, Atlanta, GA
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, Göteberg, Sweden
2009-10 Visiting Artist, Flushing International High School, Flushing, NY
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, “Closer,” MOB Productions, Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago,IL
2005-06 Freelance Arts Writer, MKE/ mkeonline, Milwaukee, WI
2005 Commissioned Writer, “James Barany: a voice that carries weight”, The Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Mary Nohl Fund Fellowships Catalog, Milwaukee,WI
2004-07 Admissions Counselor, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, Milwaukee, WI