Violet Maimbourg - CV
Visual Artist, Filmmaker
Education
2026 - Master of Fine Arts (Sculpture + Expanded Media) - Kent State University - Kent, OH
2021 - Bachelor of Fine Arts (Sculpture + Expanded Media) - Cleveland Institute of Art - Cleveland, OH
2013 - 2016 Pratt Institute - Film/Video - Brooklyn, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Your Love Is My Favorite Carnival - Waterloo Arts Gallery - Cleveland, OH
MFA Thesis Show “All Of It Exists At Once” - Kent State University - Kent, OH
2021
BFA Thesis Show - Cleveland Institute of Art - Cleveland, OH
Group Exhibitions
2025
64th 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 Exhibition - Valley Art Center, Chagrin Falls, OH
Are We There Yet? Alumni Exhibition - Reinberger Gallery, Cleveland, OH
2023
17th Annual HWD Exhibition - Rosewood Arts Centre - Kettering, 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 - Doubting 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 Artist 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
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
Professional Experience
2024 - Present
MFA Candidate - Kent State University - Kent, OH
Instructor of Record/Graduate Assistant - Kent State University - Kent, OH
Fall 2024: Foundations 3D Composition - School of Art
Spring 2025: Foundations 3D Composition - School of Art
2022 - 2024
Studio Technician, Fabrication Studios - Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
2023 - Encapsulated Silicone Prosthetics Workshop - Carnegie Mellon University, PA
Activated Animorphs - CMU College of Fine Arts
Artist Talk/Lecture - The Frank-Ratchye STUDIO for Creative Inquiry
2022-2023 The Sylvia and David Steiner Speaker Series Grant
2022 - The Sculpture Center - Twelve Face Castings for Abigail DeVille as part of the FRONT Triennial
2021-2022 - Fabrication Apprentice - Rebuilder’s Xchange Fabrication
2017 - Special Effects Artist - “Deepest Darkest” Short Film, Akron, OH
2012 - 2020 - Freelance Director, Editor - Music Videos, Cleveland OH, New York NY
2008 - 2015 Content Creator/Partner - YouTube, Cleveland, OH
2016 - Summer Intern, Video Editor, DMNDR LLC, New York, NY
2015 - Product Collaborator - LittleBits, New York, NY
Press
Cleveland Institute of Art’s 74th annual Student Independent Exhibition displays talents on the rise - Cleveland Plain Dealer
Converge: Artists Archives presents the works of 71 regional artists to share the LGBTQ experience - Freshwater Cleveland
CIA Student Helms Rapper Riz Leigh’s New Music Video - Cleveland SCENE
Studio Montclair presents "Viewpoints 2022" - New Jersey Stage
Converge Art Exhibition - Lake Erie College