Catherine Widgery
Catherine Widgery is an American artist. Widgery is known for both her studio-based sculpture work and her public sculpture.Early life
Widgery was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She received a B.A. degree from Yale University in 1975.Public art
Widgery has built more than 40 public art installations across the US and Canada.
Widgery's public art projects include:
- Woven Light, Denver, Colorado,
- Halo, Collège Bourget de Rigaud, Quebec,
- Shadow Play, Mill Avenue/Third Street station, Valley Metro Light Rail, Tempe, Arizona,
- Leaves of Wind, El Paso, Texas,
- City People, Royal Bank Plaza, Toronto, Canada,
- Sky Circles, Warm Springs BART station, Fremont, California,
- River Arch, Norwood Bridge, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
- Trail of Dreams, Trail of Ghosts, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
- the facade for the Rideau Centre, Ottawa,
- four of her public artworks are installed in Montreal, under the public art program of the City of Montreal,
- Lightscape, Blair O-Train station, Ottawa
Collections
Her work is included in the collections of the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal and the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec.
