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CORINNE LIGHTWEAVER www.corinnelightweaverstudio.com (b. Minneapolis, 1963) Education M.A. in Nonprofit Management, Antioch University Los Angeles, 2015 Certificate in Editing, University of Chicago Press, 2007 B.A. in English, University of California Los Angeles, 1985 Awards & Residencies 2021 EveryLibrary National Artist-in-Residence 2020 Grant from National Arts and Disability Council & the California Arts Council Solo Shows 2022 Libraries, Politics, and Art, Oh My!, West Virginia University, Morgantown, VA 2021 Libraries, Politics, and Art, Oh My!, Hastings Library, Pasadena, CA 2019 Piece by Piece, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles 2017–18 Breast in Show: Viewing Breast Cancer’s Impact through Art, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 2010 Corinne Lightweaver, Selected Works 2008–2010, Premiere Oncology, Santa Monica, CA 2000 Family Portraits, Upstairs At the Market Gallery, Los Angeles, CA Books/Art Catalogs 2021 The Psyche's Gifts: Art, Art Making, and the Journey from Mental Illness to Mental Wellness ISBN-10 1098351592 2010 In the Breast of Health: Healing from Cancer through Art Group Exhibitions 2022 Animals in Odd Places, Valise Gallery, Vashon, WA (two-artist show) Call and Response: Nature, Shoebox Arts, Los Angeles, CA The Big Picture, Valise Gallery, Vashon, WA 2021 Maternochronics, Indiana University, Bloomington VIVA at Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA Sex and Territory, Valise Gallery, Vashon, WA Shoebox Arts Call and Response: Collaboration at a Distance, Rounds 11 & 12, Los Angeles, CA The Light at the End of the Tunnel, Valise Gallery, Vashon, WA 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, & 10, Los Angeles, CA Post Card Art Exchange Virtual Exhibit, One Hundred Vibrant Artists of LA 2019/20 Trauma: The Patient-Artist Experience, Misericordia University, Dallas, PA 2019/20 Artist & Researcher 3, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 2017 Pain/2, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA 2014/15 Annual Artistic Uprising, Antioch University Los Angeles, Culver City, CA 2013 From the Canvas to the Couch: Art and Cancer New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, CA 2012 Face Deep: A Photography Exhibition, New Center for Psychoanalysis, Los Angeles, CA Through the Eyes of Our Children, Chai Lifeline West Coast at The Mark, Los Angeles, CA 2011 Works on Paper, Premiere Oncology Foundation, Santa Monica, CA 13th Annual Shikishi Exhibition, Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, Los Angeles, CA 2010 Works on Paper & Sculpture, Premiere Oncology Foundation, Santa Monica, CA Naked Art, IncredibleArtist Gallery, Cathedral City, CA 2009 Works on Paper & Sculpture, Premiere Oncology Foundation, Santa Monica, CA 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 Selected Publications, Press, & Presentations 2021 The Psyche's Gifts: Art, Art Making, and the Journey from Mental Illness to Mental Wellness Artist Interview by Ted Meyer of Art and Med for Our Heart Speaks Artist Interview, EveryLibrary Artist Presentation, Burbank Art Association The Mind Issue, Queer Quarterly, vol. 2 The Ritual Issue, Fatal Flaw Literary Magazine, vol. 4 Artist Interview, Les Femmes Folles The Body Issue, Queer Quarterly, vol. 1 "A Collage Artist's Book Tells Story of Mental Health Journey," Vashon-Maury Island Beachcomber 2020 Artist Interview, "Studios on the Park reopens with show, "Reweaving Our Social Fabric," Paso Robles Daily News Artist Interview, Bent Not Broken Disabled Artists show, Joshua Tree, CA 2019 Artist Talk, Artist and Researcher 3, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles Artist Interview, Piece by Piece, USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Los Angeles 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. New York and London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis. Artist Presentation, "Art as a Window into Understanding Anxiety and Depression," California State University Long Beach Department of Social Work 2017 Artist Interview and Presentation to Medical Students, Breast in Show: Viewing Cancer's Impact through Art, USC Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles 2014 “Behind the Cavernous Eye,” Groundswell magazine. 2013 Essay in From the Canvas to the Couch: Art and Cancer. Los Angeles: New Center or Psychoanalysis. 2011 Zeek: A Journal of Jewish Art and Culture magazine, August issue. “What We Leave Behind." In Remembering, Creating, and Working Through. Exhibition catalog. Santa Monica: Premiere Oncology Foundation. 2010 In the Breast of Health: Healing from Cancer through Art “Some Notes on the Process.” In Cancer Stories exhibition catalog. Santa Monica: Premiere Oncology Foundation. “An artist displays her own journey of survival,” Culver City News. “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.” In Zizi Raymond: Works on Paper and Sculpture. Exhibition catalog. Santa Monica: Premiere Oncology Fndn. 2008 Cover art, Beckstrand Art Therapy Program’s Cancer & Creativity Program brochure. 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 at the Market Gallery, Los Angeles 1985 Curator, Women Writers Series, The Woman’s Building, Los Angeles Teaching & Presentations 2017 Workshop Leader, Using Collage Journals as a Tool for Healing, The TLC Fndn 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 lllinois Press, 2002. Putting Creativity to Work: Careers in the Arts for People with Disabilities. Washington, DC: VSA Arts, 2002. Beads, Body, and Soul: Art and Light in the Yorúbà Universe. Henry J. Drewal, John Mason. Los Angeles: UCLA 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: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1997. Che Guevara: Icon, Myth, and Message. David Kunzle. Los Angeles: UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History, 1997. |
Vessel of Life, 2009, Collage on paper, 17x14 in.
Castles in the Sky, 2010, Collage on paper, 9x12 in.
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