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In 2010 I was awarded a Doctor of Arts, Honoris Causa, from Pine Manor College in Chestnut Hill, MA. In her citation, President Gloria Nemerowicz stated: “For all you have done to integrate art, education and science in beautiful art forms that ‘please the eye and nourish the soul,’ we are proud to honor you today.”Knowing that my efforts to integrate art and science have been officially recognized in this manner is deeply satisfying. It is a career path I have chosen, but I sense that it has chosen me, as well.
In association with the receipt of the Honorary Degree, “Sculpture 2000-2010, “ a retrospective of my work, was installed at the Hess Gallery, Chestnut Hill, MA. Writing in Artscope Magazine about the retrospective, Brian Goslow commented: “Sculptor Cornelia Kubler Kavanagh brings the shapes and beauty of nature’s more amazing formations to gallery goers. Recent works responding to her environmental concerns, including glacial melting in the Arctic polar cap and damage caused by Tsunamis in the Indian Ocean, leave you with mouth agape, not just for their beauty, but for their size.”
In 2009 WING FORM, a marble sculpture, was installed in the lobby of the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven Hospital. It was featured on the cover of a brochure produced by the hospital’s Development Office. The Smilow Cancer Hospital has the third largest public art collection in Connecticut, and individual works of art were selected by Roz Cama for their ability to contribute to the healing process. Also in 2009, AEVUM II, a bronze sculpture commissioned by the Grace New haven School of Nursing Alumnae Association, was installed in the atrium lobby of the Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT
In 2007 I participated in Miami’s Design District during Art Basel Miami Beach with Tucker Robbins.
I exhibited nine muse sculptures honoring nine female artists whose work has inspired me over the years.
Also in 2007 I participated at OPEN 10, the 10th annual International Exhibition of Sculptures and Installations in Venice, Italy. Co-curated by Achille Bonita Oliva, Allana Heiss and Chang Tong-zung, under the auspices of Arte Communications and the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage, OPEN 10 featured the work of 46 artists from 21 countries.
In 2005 five bronze sculptures from “THE SHAPE OF TIME” series were exhibited at La Biennale di Venezia. Representing the United States Virgin Islands, these sculptures honored The Shape of Time, a well known book about the history of things, written by my father, George Kubler, in 1961.
I have had five solo exhibitions in New York City. My sculptures have been shown at SOFA, Chicago, IL, the Salmagundi Club, New York, NY, the Gallery of Contemporary Art at Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT, the Abigail Adams Smith Museum, New York, NY, the Discovery Museum in Bridgeport, CT, the Audubon Birdcraft Museum in Fairfield, CT, the Stamford Museum and Nature Center in Stamford, CT, the University of Hartford Museum in Hartford, CT and the Yale Medical School Art Gallery in New Haven, CT.
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