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CORINNE LIGHTWEAVER
www.corinnelightweaverstudio.com
(b. Minneapolis, 1963)

Awards
2020         Grant from National Arts and Disability Council & the California Arts Council

Solo Exhibitions
2019         Piece by Piece, Jennifer Diamond Cancer Resource Library & Gallery,
                 USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles
2017–18   Breast in Show: Viewing Breast Cancer’s Impact through Art, Hoyt Gallery
                 and Hoffman Research Building, USC Keck School of Medicine,
                 Los Angeles
2010         Corinne Lightweaver, Selected Works 2008–2010, Premiere Oncology
                 Foundation Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2000         Family Portraits, Upstairs At the Market Gallery, Los Angeles

Group Exhibitions
2021         The Light at the End of the Tunnel, Valise Gallery, Vashon, WA
                 Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance, Round 11, Los Angeles
2020         Bent Not Broken, Beatnik Lounge Gallery, Joshua Tree, CA
                 Reweaving Our Tattered Social Fabric, 4-woman show, Studios on the Park,
                 Paso Robles, CA
                 Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance, Rounds 4, 5, and 10, Los Angeles
                 Post Card Art Exchange Virtual Exhibit, One Hundred Vibrant Artists of LA
2019/20    The Patient-Artist Experience, Misericordia University, Dallas, PA
2019/20    Artist & Researcher 3, USC Keck School of Medicine
2017         Pain/2, USC Keck School of Medicine
2014/15    Annual Artistic Uprising, Antioch University Los Angeles, Culver City           
2013         From the Canvas to the Couch: Art and Cancer New Center for
                 Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles
2012         Face Deep: A Photography Exhibition, New Center for Psychoanalysis,
                 Los Angeles
                 Through the Eyes of Our Children, Chai Lifeline West Coast at The Mark,
                 Los Angeles
2011         Works on Paper, Premiere Oncology Foundation, Santa Monica
                 Hatsu-Dayori, 13th Annual Shikishi Exhibition, Japanese American Cultural
                 & Community Center, Los Angeles   
2010         Works on Paper & Sculpture, Premiere Oncology Foundation, Santa Monica
                 Naked Art, IncredibleArtist Gallery, Cathedral City
2009         Works on Paper & Sculpture, Premiere Oncology Foundation, Santa Monica
                 Culver City Art Group, Veteran’s Memorial Building, Culver City, CA
                 Four Pearls, Beckstrand Foundation, Newport Beach, CA
                 Art4aCure, Premiere Oncology Foundation, Santa Monica
                 Incredible Artists Gallery, Palm Springs
2002         OutAuction, Butterfields, Los Angeles
                 Southern California Women’s Caucus for Art Exhibition, Amor Studio Gallery,
                 Alhambra (invitational)
                 Día de los Muertos, Mercado La Paloma, Los Angeles
                 No Limits for Women Artists Collective, private residence, Los Angeles
2001         abd 16, California State University Long Beach, Design Gallery
                 Art Extraganza, Lankershim Arts Center, North Hollywood, CA
                 Lofty Ideas, Loft Gallery, San Pedro, CA
                 The Wagner Show 2, Joe’s Car Parks, Los Angeles
2000         Centered on the Center, Huntington Beach Art Center, CA
                  Progressing Out, The Advocate Gallery, Los Angeles
                  Annual Showcase, Golden West College Fine Arts Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA
                  Art Access, West Hollywood City Hall, CA
                  Viewpoints, Camber Clinic, Culver City, CA (two-artist show)
                  Eye of the Artist, Showcase Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
                  Viewpoints, Catchlight Films, Marina del Rey, CA (two-artist show)
1998          Art Access, Advocate Gallery, The Village at Ed Gould Plaza, Los Angeles
                  Art Access, Midnight Special Cultural Center, Santa Monica, CA
1996          Out on Melrose, Gallery Galgano, West Hollywood, CA
1994          A Show of Hands, Artist’s Studio, Los Angeles
 
Residency
2021         EveryLibrary Biennial Artist In Residence

Selected Publications & Press
2020         "Studios on the Park re-opens with show, "Reweaving Our Social Fabric,"
                  Paso Robles Daily News.
2018         “Cutting, Pasting, and Piecing: A Memoir of Healing” (chapter) and “The
                  Hall of Mirrors: Art Making in Community” (essay) in Cancer and Creativity:
                 
A Guide to Therapeutic Transformation. Esther Dreifuss-Kattan, ed. London:
                  Routledge, Taylor & Francis, 2018.
2014         “Behind the Cavernous Eye” artwork reproduced in Groundswell magazine.
2013         Essay in From the Canvas to the Couch: Art and Cancer. Exhibition catalog.
                  Los Angeles: New Center for Psychoanalysis.
2011         Zeek: A Journal of Jewish Art and Culture magazine, four artworks,
                  August issue.
                  “What We Leave Behind." Essay in Remembering, Creating, and Working
                  Through
exhibition catalog. Santa Monica: Premiere Oncology Foundation.
2010         In the Breast of Health: Healing from Cancer through Art. Art book,
                  exhibition catalog.
                  “Some Notes on the Process.” Essay in Cancer Stories exhibition catalog.
                  Santa Monica: Premiere Oncology Foundation.
                  “An artist displays her own journey of survival,” Culver City News,
                  Scott Bridges.
                  “Corinne Lightweaver—Survivor and Artist,” Culver City Crosscurrents.
                  “Rivers of the World Live Art Event to Restore Culver City Murals,”
                  Culver City Crosscurrents.
2009         “Creativity and Cancer—Some Reflections.” Essay in Zizi Raymond: Works
                  on Paper and Sculpture
exhibition catalog. Santa Monica: Premiere
                  Oncology Foundation.
                  Cover photograph in I Like Jewish Faces. Debra Darvick. New York: URJ
                  Books and Music.
2008         Cover art and inside artwork, 4-color brochure for The Beckstrand Art
                  Therapy Program’s Cancer and Creativity Program.
2000        “Corinne Lightweaver: Painting exotic animals from the natural world,”
                  DigitalCity.com.
                 “Art Exhibition showcases work from GWC students,” The Western Sun.

Curatorial Projects
2012          Exhibition coordinator, Face Deep: A Photography Exhibition, New Center
                  for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles
                  Co-curator, Dream Scapes, New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles
2011          Co-curator, Michelle Leddel and Paul Levine Memorial Exhibition,
                  Premiere Oncology Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
2010          Co-curator, Cancer & Creativity Exhibition, Premiere Oncology Foundation,
                  Santa Monica, CA
                  Co-curator, Howard Bass Memorial Exhibition, Premiere Oncology
                  Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
2009          Exhibition coordinator, Zizi Raymond Exhibition, Premiere Oncology
                  Foundation, Santa Monica, CA
2001          Curator, Double Exposure: Photography by Ivona Jezierska and Kevin
                  Davidson,
Upstairs Upstairs at the Market Gallery, Los Angeles
1985          Curator, Women Writers Series, The Woman’s Building, Los Angeles

Teaching & Presentations
2021         Artist talk, Burbank Art Association
2019         Artist talk, Artist & Researcher 3, USC Keck School of Medicine,
                 Los Angeles (recorded)
2019         Presentation and interview, Piece by Piece, Jennifer Diamond Cancer
                 Resource Library & Gallery, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center,
                 Los Angeles
2018         "Art as a Window into Understanding Anxiety and Depression," presentation
                  at California State University Long Beach graduate program in social work,
                  Roderick De Los Reyes, instructor
2017         Presentation and interview, Breast in Show: Viewing Breast Cancer’s
                 Impact through Art,
USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles (recorded)
2017         Workshop Leader, Using Collage Journals as a Tool for Healing, The TLC
                 Foundation for Body-Focused Repetitive Behaviors Conference,
                 San Francisco
2019         Guest Instructor, Alternative Sketchbooks/Journals, Art Center College
                 of Design, Pasadena, CA

Selected Editing Projects in the Arts
Art and Mourning: The Role of Creativity in Healing Trauma and Loss. Esther
                  Dreifuss-Kattan. New York and London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis
                  Group, 2016.
From the Canvas to the Couch: Art and Cancer. Exhibition catalog. Los Angeles: New
                  Center for Psychoanalysis, 2013.
Heroes Gone But Not Forgotten: The Art of Charles White. Los Angeles: Landau
                  Traveling Exhibitions / Heritage Gallery, 2012.
Through the Eyes of Our Children. Exhibition catalog. Los Angeles: Chai Lifeline,
                  2012.
Cancer Stories. Exhibition catalog. Santa Monica: Premiere Oncology Foundation,
                  2010.
Beats and Rhymes: A Socio-Cultural Examination of Rap Music. Cheryl L. Keyes.
                  University of Illinois Press, 2002.
Putting Creativity to Work: Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities.
                  Washington, D.C.: VSA Arts, 2002.
Beads, Body, and Soul: Art and Light in the Yorúbà Universe. Henry J. Drewal, John
                  Mason. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1998.
The Art of Being Kuna: Layers of Meaning Among the Kuna of Panama.Mari Lyn
                  Salvador, ed. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1997.
Che Guevara: Icon, Myth, and Message.
                  David Kunzle. Los Angeles: Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1997.

Education
M.A. in Nonprofit Management, Antioch University Los Angeles, 2015
B.A. in English, University of California Los Angeles, 1985
University of Chicago Press Certificate in Editing, University of Chicago, 2007
Studio Art: Santa Monica College, West Los Angeles College, Golden West College
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Vessel of Life, 2009, Collage on paper, 17x14 in.

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Castles in the Sky, 2010, Collage on paper, 9x12 in.

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