Violet Maimbourg - CV
Kent State University, Kent, OH
MFA, Sculpture and Expanded Media, May 2026
Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
BFA, Sculpture and Expanded Media, May 2021
Pratt Institute - Brooklyn, NY
Film/Video Program Candidate, 2013-2016
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Your Love Is My Favorite Carnival - Waterloo Arts Gallery - Cleveland, OH
MFA Thesis Show - Kent State University - Kent, OH
2021
BFA Thesis Show - Cleveland Institute of Art - Cleveland, OH
Group Exhibitions
2025
54th Annual Juried Exhibition - Valley Arts, Chagrin Falls, OH
80th Annual May Show - Mansfield Art Center, Mansfield, OH
BAYArts Annual Juried Exhibition - Bay Village, OH
Metamatic - CTRL Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Fresh: Soft Offerings - Summit Artspace, Akron, OH
2024
53rd Annual Juried Exhibition - Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, OH
In Touch: A Hands-On ExhibiMon - Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, OH
Are We There Yet? Alumni ExhibiMon - Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2023
17th Annual HWD ExhibiMon - Rosewood Arts Centre - Keiering, OH
The Big @ss @rt Show - Valley Art Center - Chagrin Falls, OH
Regional Juried Exhibition - Newburyport Arts - Newburyport, MA
13th Annual May Show - Lakeland Community College - Kirtland, OH
Anything But A Canvas - Ground Floor Artists - Surprise, AZ
The Absurd - The Chateau Galley - Louisville, KY
National Juried Exhibition - The Delaplaine Arts Center - Fredrick, MD
Prague International Art Exhibition, Prague, Czech Republic
Paroxysm - Westbeth Gallery, New York, NY
2022
Best American Artist - The Holy Art Gallery - London, UK
Mystery, Magic, Macabre, Deines Cultural Center - Deines, KS
The Occult - DoubMng Thomas Gallery - Cleveland, OH
51st Annual Juried Exhibition - Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, OH
The Ridgefield Guild of Artists' 45th Annual Juried Exhibition
At Hand, The Muse Gallery, London, UK
HWD, Rosewood Arts Centre, Dayton, OH
NewNow Exhibition, Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, OH
10th Juried Exhibition, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Viewpoints 2022, Studio Montclair, Montclair, NJ
By Visceral Effect, StartaArta, New York, NY
2021
Converge LGBT Exhibition, Lake Erie College, Cleveland OH
Waterloo Arts, Waterloo Arts Juried Exhibition, Cleveland OH
Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland OH
MiniSX Emerging ArMst Symposium, SculptureX, Edinboro University PA
2020
Portrait: A Picture Show, Black Box Gallery, Portland OR
Handled With Care, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH
Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland OH
2019 - Student Independent Exhibition, Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland OH
2018 - Spring Show, Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland OH
2013 - Chagrin Falls Documentary Film Festival, Chagrin Falls OH
Grants & Awards
2026
Best In Show (Graduate) - Kent State Annual Student Exhibition - Kent, OH
Graduate Student Senate Research Grant - Kent State University - Kent, OH
2nd Place - 54th Annual Juried Exhibition - Valley Arts, Chagrin Falls, OH
2024
1st Place Award - Summit Artspace - Akron, OH
2023
The Sylvia and David Steiner Speaker Series Grant - Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA
Best In Show - Newburyport Arts - Newburyport, MA
Juried Award - Lakeland Community College - Kirtland, OH
Honorable Mention - The Chateau Gallery - Louisville, KY
2022
2nd Place Award - Deines Cultural Center - Deines, KS
Honorable Mention Award - Rosewood Arts Centre - Dayton, OH
Virginia Krauss Hess Award - Excellence in Sculpture - Dayton, OH
2018-2021
Gund Family Scholarship - Cleveland Institute of Art - Cleveland, OH
Press
Cleveland artist Violet Maimbourg turns heartbreak and mental health struggles into colorful carnival of art - NBC WKYC Cleveland
Kent State University School of Art Announces Permanent Installation of Sculpture “Metamorphosis” - Kent State University
Violet Maimbourg Invites You to Step into Her Colorful, Compelling Carnival of Art - CAN Journal