Catherine Widgery

Catherine Widgery (born 1953) 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 (with cj fleury), 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.