CV/Resume
CV Artist: Cindy Billingsley
Profile
Sculptor and Fine Art Painter , Animals and Figurative Sculptures in Clay, bodies of work on the plight of endangered animals and human issues as the main focus of her work. Also public art projects, Wildlife Painter and Sculptor, Murals projects and Portraiture work.
Awards
3rd place Animal category Gojo sculpture Portrait Society of America member exhibition
Equine painting Else Tuckerman Award for Excellence in Classical Equine Portraiture American Academy of Equine Artists exhibition
Honor Mention for "Dark side of Alzheimer painting" CFA Artist of the Year competition
Public Art Projects
2022
Aug 2022 Bronze Buzzy Shenandoah University
Bronze Private Collection
June 2022 Two Murals Cookeville Police department
May 2022 Cookeville Police Eagle bronze
2021
Bronze Marie Stuart Edwards Suffragist Peru Indiana August 2021
Bronze Lion Memorial Brentwood Police Department. April 2021
Equestrian Jumps Artwork for World Equestrian Games. Tryon, NC Sept 2018
Foal mural add on mural 2018
Three Sea Critters Seas Horse, Pipefish and Pipehorse Moody Museum Texas Mar-April 2017
Sculpture Portrait of D’Iberville for Louisiana Museum Feb 2017
Sculpture Portrait of Allen Wright for Louisiana Museum Jan 2017
40 ducks/geese painted Fish and Wildlife department, Visitor center Louisiana 2015-2016
Bronze Hornet sculpture Shenandoah University 2014
Memorial Portrait mural of Manny, landscape and eight kids, Brentwood Library Sept. 2011
Brentwood Library a Commission for 15 murals and 20 sculptures March 2009- July 2010
7 Horse Jumps for World Equestrian Games Lexington, KY 2010
( Artwork on jumps in National Horse shows: Washington International Horse show, Upperville, Kentucky Horse Park, Lake Placid, Hamptons horse show, Tampa Stadium Horse show, Devon, Capitol Challenge, Alltech Kentucky, Rolex Horse Show Kentucky and many more........) 1992-2020
Arrington Firefighter Memorial, Bronze Relief, TN 2004
Warner Park nature Center 5 bronze sculptures 1999
13 Murals Brentwood Library 1998
Exhibitions Sculpture and Painting
2024
Solo show " Birds" Custom House Museum
2022
Customs House Museum Grief show oct 2022
Artist for Conservation Live show Gorilla Painting and Sanhill Cranes painting virtual show sept 2022
American Academy of Equine Artist show- Oct- end of Nov Aikens SC Foal Painting 2022
2021
The Honey of Bees Painting Artists for Conservation Live exhibition Vancouver Canada Sept 2021
Magic in the Air Ceramic Sculpture exhibition Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC March-August 3, 2021 ( almost sold out)
Booth Museum two paintings in Artists Guild Show 2021
2020
May 2020 Sculpture "Silence" in Booth Western Museum Booth Artist Guild exhibition
March 2020 Equine painting "Little Red" won Else Tuckerman Award for Excellence in Classical Equine Portraiture in the American Academy of Equine Artists Exhibition
Jan 2020-Dark side of Alzheimer painting won Honor mention in CFA Artist of the Year Award
Dec 2019-Sculpture of Baby orangutan Gojo won 3rd place in Animal category Portrait Society of America member competition
2019
Looking West: American Women Artists show at Steamboat Art Museum May 24-Sept 2, 2019
Booth Western Art Museum juried Artists Guild show May 14-August 25, 2019
Downtown Gallery Juried show, Cartersville, GA May 11-Sept 2019
2018
12 Paintings Silent Skies Mural; for Artists for Conservation mural project 2018
Best of Tennessee craft- sculpture, Customs House Museum, 2018
Daydreaming- National Association Women artists, Coral Springs Museum Fla 2018
Artists for Conservation Conference Live exhibit Vancouver 2018
Guild of Scientific Natural Artists member exhibition " Art Revealing Science' AAAS , Washington DC 2018
2013-2017
Six Animal and figurative sculptures at American craftsmen gallery, Manhattan NY fall 2016-2017
Women Artists Coast to Coast West NAWA- Seattle, WA Oct- Jan 2017 2 paintings
Finalist ARC competition, NY painting Koala 2017
Artist for Conservation Cover of Calendar 2017 Award
Artist for Conservation live exhibition at Wildlife Festival in Vancouver Sept-29- Oct. 3 2016
"Buggin Out" exhibition- sculpture June 2016 Winston-Salem NC
National Association of Women Artists member show NY sculpture award Sept 2015
The Equine Jubilee two paintings 2015
Short listed in book catalog for David Shepherd Best of Wildlife juried show, London, June 2015
“All things Birds and Beautiful”, Orca Island, Washington state Ocra Historical Museum April- May 2015
“Clay Fest lll”, juried clay show Roseville, CA April-may 2015
“Portraits - Interior and Exterior” - NAWA show -The Arts Club , Washington DC, April 2015
“Dynamic Narratives- Women Ceramic Sculptors”- Folk Art Center, Jan-April 2015
Solo Endangered Animal show, TAL Gallery, Nashville, TN Sept. 2014
Artist for Conservation live juried show- Vancouver, CA Sept-Oct 2014
“Dynamic Narratives-Women Ceramic Sculptors” group show TAL Gallery, Nashville, TN August 2014
“ Dynamic Narratives- Women Ceramic Sculptors” group show, NAWA New York, NY June 2014
“Current Visions” juried show Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell MA April- July 2014
“Ev(e)ulotion Envision Perseverance”, juried show New York Public Library , NYMarch 3-29 2014
Solo show Custom House Museum, Nashville, Tn Oct 23- Jan 5 2013-2014
NAWA Women Exposed July- August 2013 Goggleworks National Assoc. of Women Artist juried show
NAWA Gallery “Clothing Optional” juried show, NAWA New York Gallery July-Aug 2013
NCECA Houston clay conference- Curator for group exhibition “Dynamic narratives” and artist in show March 2013
Midwest Veterinary Conference juried art show Feb. 2013
Two person show “Shared Obstacles” The Seen gallery Feb. 2013
Artists for Conservation juried member live show, Artists for Conservation Festival, Grouse Mountain, Vancouver, Canada Oct. 2012
“Black and White” member show, Folk Art center Sept- Jan. 2012 and 2013
2006-2012
TACA Biennal juried show, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN August- Sept 2012
Ten from TACA, juried show Belmont University Gallery, Nashville, TN Aug- Sept 2012
“Animal House” invited show, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC June-end of July 2012
“Alzheimer’s TN Event” featured artist solo show, Del Monico Winery, Cookeville TN May 2012
CAA Art fair, San Francisco, Oct. 2011
solo show “Endangered Animals” Tennessee Art league Nashville,TN 2011
solo show “Within The Mind” Tennessee Art league, Nashville, TN 2011
Sawtooth Faculty show, June- July, 2011 Milton Rhodes art center, Winston Salem NC
Metro Arts Commission Gallery, juried Local professional Artists show May 31-August 5
“Spectrum” Tom Rossietti Gallery April 2011 Judge’s Award for Sculpture
NAWA show “ Vistas, Views, and Visions”, Tom Rosette Gallery, West Palm Beach, Fla. March 2011 Painting and a sculpture Judge’s Award for Sculpture
Folk Art Center, two person show, Aug. 14 - Oct. 5 2010, Asheville, Nc
NAWA Member show 2010 New York City, New York June-July 2010
Solo Show “Endangered” Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery Nov. 6-28, 09
“Endangered” Gloria Kennedy Gallery, New York Jan- Feb. 28 2009
45th Anniversary Piedmont Craftsmen, Teapot Museum, Sparta, NC
Art Envisions Science, Juried NAWA, NY Hall of Science May-June 2008
Spring in Summer, National Assoc. of Women Artists, NY May-June 2008
45th Anniversary Piedmont Craftsmen, Sawtooth Building June-Aug 2008
Animals, Animals, Animals, invitational Hand in Hand Gallery May-July 2008
Ohio Designer Craftsmen juried Best of 2008 May- Oct 2008
Taught Figure Workshop, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN March 2008
Tennessee Biennial Arts and Craft Exhibition, juried Customs House Museum Feb 2008
Encore’ , juried New York Oct- Dec 2007
Botanical invitation, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem, NC June-July 2007
Applied art vs. Fine Art, New York April 2007
Rooted in Craft, Folk Art Center Gallery, Asheville, NC 2007
Wildlife Show Invitation, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem, NC 2006
Publications and TV / Zoom interviews
Tennessee Crossroads TV episode 2021
James Musuem, Florida Zoom interview/Artist talk 2021
Artists for Conservation Calendar page award 2022
Artist for Conservation Calendar Cover 2017
Contemporary Wildlife Art- 3 pages lay out- releases April 2015
Artists for Conservation book best of wildlife 2014-2018
Lark books “ Making faces in Clay” out in 2014
Lark Books “500 Figures in Clay” out in 2014
Artists for Conservation juried best of wildlife artist book Oct. 2012
full page article Cookeville Herald Newspaper “Within the Mind” Alzheimer’s exhibition May 2012
Ceramics Now spotlight artist March 2012 - European ceramic magazine
Claytimes gallery, March 2012
Numerous artwork in Equestrian Horse magazines 1999-2016
Article on memorial mural Brentwood Life newspaper 2011,
about 15 murals and 23 sculptures Brentwood children’s library 2010 Williamson Herald
Education/Portfolio Development
Artwork for 8 equestrian jumps for World Equestrian Games 2018
Paint Equestrian Horse Jumps- Nationally for Top Horse Shows 1992-2022 with two companies
Artwork on Horse jumps 9 at World Equestrian Games Kentucky, Lake Placid, Wellington, FLa, Key West, Fla, CA, Ohio, Devon, Kentucky Horse Park, Upperville, Pin Oak, TX and on and on.....
Portfolio Development Columbus, Ohio 2000-2002 self study of techniques, processes, and finishes in clay. Working on projects and with other graduate ceramists at OSU University. Taught Beth Cavener how to paint her sculptures, and painted and cast her work for her thesis show OSU.
Apprentice Alan LeQuire 1994-2000 (working on numerous large scale projects, and Monumental Sculptures,casting, molding, training other workers in his studio) Run his studio training and managing other workers and work that was done. Did work on “Women Right to Vote Monument”, “Jack Daniel's Monument”, Reliefs for Country Music Hall of Fame ( Elvis, Dolly Parton, etc..), Nashville Library Doors, Large relief in Nashville State Capital ( help sculpt and cast), Blair School of music harp player, two Montgomery Bell Academy sculptures and Dog sculpture for Butler’s run Printer’s alley and Topiary of Buffaloes off of Hillsboro Rd in Nashville.
Horses shows artwork is shown in - Kentucky Horse park, Kentucky National, World Games Kentucky, Lake Placid, Devan, Wellinton, Fla, Colorado, Ohio, Capital Challenge, Washington International, etc......_
Taught “Animal Portrait” workshop at Sawtooth School of Art, Winston- Salem NC 2010
Taught Figurative workshop at Appalachian Center for crafts 2008
Portrait Artist 30years ( portraits in Texas, Ohio, Florida, California, and Canada)
Muralist 35 years (murals in Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, and Florida)
Clay classes taken at Watkins School of Art classes in Portrait Sculpting, and Figurative Sculpting 1992 and 1993
Harris School of Art, Franklin, TN studied Fine Art and Illustration 1983-19
Profile
Sculptor and Fine Art Painter , Animals and Figurative Sculptures in Clay, bodies of work on the plight of endangered animals and human issues as the main focus of her work. Also public art projects, Wildlife Painter and Sculptor, Murals projects and Portraiture work.
Awards
3rd place Animal category Gojo sculpture Portrait Society of America member exhibition
Equine painting Else Tuckerman Award for Excellence in Classical Equine Portraiture American Academy of Equine Artists exhibition
Honor Mention for "Dark side of Alzheimer painting" CFA Artist of the Year competition
Public Art Projects
2022
Aug 2022 Bronze Buzzy Shenandoah University
Bronze Private Collection
June 2022 Two Murals Cookeville Police department
May 2022 Cookeville Police Eagle bronze
2021
Bronze Marie Stuart Edwards Suffragist Peru Indiana August 2021
Bronze Lion Memorial Brentwood Police Department. April 2021
Equestrian Jumps Artwork for World Equestrian Games. Tryon, NC Sept 2018
Foal mural add on mural 2018
Three Sea Critters Seas Horse, Pipefish and Pipehorse Moody Museum Texas Mar-April 2017
Sculpture Portrait of D’Iberville for Louisiana Museum Feb 2017
Sculpture Portrait of Allen Wright for Louisiana Museum Jan 2017
40 ducks/geese painted Fish and Wildlife department, Visitor center Louisiana 2015-2016
Bronze Hornet sculpture Shenandoah University 2014
Memorial Portrait mural of Manny, landscape and eight kids, Brentwood Library Sept. 2011
Brentwood Library a Commission for 15 murals and 20 sculptures March 2009- July 2010
7 Horse Jumps for World Equestrian Games Lexington, KY 2010
( Artwork on jumps in National Horse shows: Washington International Horse show, Upperville, Kentucky Horse Park, Lake Placid, Hamptons horse show, Tampa Stadium Horse show, Devon, Capitol Challenge, Alltech Kentucky, Rolex Horse Show Kentucky and many more........) 1992-2020
Arrington Firefighter Memorial, Bronze Relief, TN 2004
Warner Park nature Center 5 bronze sculptures 1999
13 Murals Brentwood Library 1998
Exhibitions Sculpture and Painting
2024
Solo show " Birds" Custom House Museum
2022
Customs House Museum Grief show oct 2022
Artist for Conservation Live show Gorilla Painting and Sanhill Cranes painting virtual show sept 2022
American Academy of Equine Artist show- Oct- end of Nov Aikens SC Foal Painting 2022
2021
The Honey of Bees Painting Artists for Conservation Live exhibition Vancouver Canada Sept 2021
Magic in the Air Ceramic Sculpture exhibition Folk Art Center, Asheville, NC March-August 3, 2021 ( almost sold out)
Booth Museum two paintings in Artists Guild Show 2021
2020
May 2020 Sculpture "Silence" in Booth Western Museum Booth Artist Guild exhibition
March 2020 Equine painting "Little Red" won Else Tuckerman Award for Excellence in Classical Equine Portraiture in the American Academy of Equine Artists Exhibition
Jan 2020-Dark side of Alzheimer painting won Honor mention in CFA Artist of the Year Award
Dec 2019-Sculpture of Baby orangutan Gojo won 3rd place in Animal category Portrait Society of America member competition
2019
Looking West: American Women Artists show at Steamboat Art Museum May 24-Sept 2, 2019
Booth Western Art Museum juried Artists Guild show May 14-August 25, 2019
Downtown Gallery Juried show, Cartersville, GA May 11-Sept 2019
2018
12 Paintings Silent Skies Mural; for Artists for Conservation mural project 2018
Best of Tennessee craft- sculpture, Customs House Museum, 2018
Daydreaming- National Association Women artists, Coral Springs Museum Fla 2018
Artists for Conservation Conference Live exhibit Vancouver 2018
Guild of Scientific Natural Artists member exhibition " Art Revealing Science' AAAS , Washington DC 2018
2013-2017
Six Animal and figurative sculptures at American craftsmen gallery, Manhattan NY fall 2016-2017
Women Artists Coast to Coast West NAWA- Seattle, WA Oct- Jan 2017 2 paintings
Finalist ARC competition, NY painting Koala 2017
Artist for Conservation Cover of Calendar 2017 Award
Artist for Conservation live exhibition at Wildlife Festival in Vancouver Sept-29- Oct. 3 2016
"Buggin Out" exhibition- sculpture June 2016 Winston-Salem NC
National Association of Women Artists member show NY sculpture award Sept 2015
The Equine Jubilee two paintings 2015
Short listed in book catalog for David Shepherd Best of Wildlife juried show, London, June 2015
“All things Birds and Beautiful”, Orca Island, Washington state Ocra Historical Museum April- May 2015
“Clay Fest lll”, juried clay show Roseville, CA April-may 2015
“Portraits - Interior and Exterior” - NAWA show -The Arts Club , Washington DC, April 2015
“Dynamic Narratives- Women Ceramic Sculptors”- Folk Art Center, Jan-April 2015
Solo Endangered Animal show, TAL Gallery, Nashville, TN Sept. 2014
Artist for Conservation live juried show- Vancouver, CA Sept-Oct 2014
“Dynamic Narratives-Women Ceramic Sculptors” group show TAL Gallery, Nashville, TN August 2014
“ Dynamic Narratives- Women Ceramic Sculptors” group show, NAWA New York, NY June 2014
“Current Visions” juried show Whistler House Museum of Art, Lowell MA April- July 2014
“Ev(e)ulotion Envision Perseverance”, juried show New York Public Library , NYMarch 3-29 2014
Solo show Custom House Museum, Nashville, Tn Oct 23- Jan 5 2013-2014
NAWA Women Exposed July- August 2013 Goggleworks National Assoc. of Women Artist juried show
NAWA Gallery “Clothing Optional” juried show, NAWA New York Gallery July-Aug 2013
NCECA Houston clay conference- Curator for group exhibition “Dynamic narratives” and artist in show March 2013
Midwest Veterinary Conference juried art show Feb. 2013
Two person show “Shared Obstacles” The Seen gallery Feb. 2013
Artists for Conservation juried member live show, Artists for Conservation Festival, Grouse Mountain, Vancouver, Canada Oct. 2012
“Black and White” member show, Folk Art center Sept- Jan. 2012 and 2013
2006-2012
TACA Biennal juried show, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, TN August- Sept 2012
Ten from TACA, juried show Belmont University Gallery, Nashville, TN Aug- Sept 2012
“Animal House” invited show, Cabarrus Arts Council, Concord, NC June-end of July 2012
“Alzheimer’s TN Event” featured artist solo show, Del Monico Winery, Cookeville TN May 2012
CAA Art fair, San Francisco, Oct. 2011
solo show “Endangered Animals” Tennessee Art league Nashville,TN 2011
solo show “Within The Mind” Tennessee Art league, Nashville, TN 2011
Sawtooth Faculty show, June- July, 2011 Milton Rhodes art center, Winston Salem NC
Metro Arts Commission Gallery, juried Local professional Artists show May 31-August 5
“Spectrum” Tom Rossietti Gallery April 2011 Judge’s Award for Sculpture
NAWA show “ Vistas, Views, and Visions”, Tom Rosette Gallery, West Palm Beach, Fla. March 2011 Painting and a sculpture Judge’s Award for Sculpture
Folk Art Center, two person show, Aug. 14 - Oct. 5 2010, Asheville, Nc
NAWA Member show 2010 New York City, New York June-July 2010
Solo Show “Endangered” Piedmont Craftsmen Gallery Nov. 6-28, 09
“Endangered” Gloria Kennedy Gallery, New York Jan- Feb. 28 2009
45th Anniversary Piedmont Craftsmen, Teapot Museum, Sparta, NC
Art Envisions Science, Juried NAWA, NY Hall of Science May-June 2008
Spring in Summer, National Assoc. of Women Artists, NY May-June 2008
45th Anniversary Piedmont Craftsmen, Sawtooth Building June-Aug 2008
Animals, Animals, Animals, invitational Hand in Hand Gallery May-July 2008
Ohio Designer Craftsmen juried Best of 2008 May- Oct 2008
Taught Figure Workshop, Appalachian Center for Crafts, Smithville, TN March 2008
Tennessee Biennial Arts and Craft Exhibition, juried Customs House Museum Feb 2008
Encore’ , juried New York Oct- Dec 2007
Botanical invitation, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem, NC June-July 2007
Applied art vs. Fine Art, New York April 2007
Rooted in Craft, Folk Art Center Gallery, Asheville, NC 2007
Wildlife Show Invitation, Sawtooth Building, Winston-Salem, NC 2006
Publications and TV / Zoom interviews
Tennessee Crossroads TV episode 2021
James Musuem, Florida Zoom interview/Artist talk 2021
Artists for Conservation Calendar page award 2022
Artist for Conservation Calendar Cover 2017
Contemporary Wildlife Art- 3 pages lay out- releases April 2015
Artists for Conservation book best of wildlife 2014-2018
Lark books “ Making faces in Clay” out in 2014
Lark Books “500 Figures in Clay” out in 2014
Artists for Conservation juried best of wildlife artist book Oct. 2012
full page article Cookeville Herald Newspaper “Within the Mind” Alzheimer’s exhibition May 2012
Ceramics Now spotlight artist March 2012 - European ceramic magazine
Claytimes gallery, March 2012
Numerous artwork in Equestrian Horse magazines 1999-2016
Article on memorial mural Brentwood Life newspaper 2011,
about 15 murals and 23 sculptures Brentwood children’s library 2010 Williamson Herald
Education/Portfolio Development
Artwork for 8 equestrian jumps for World Equestrian Games 2018
Paint Equestrian Horse Jumps- Nationally for Top Horse Shows 1992-2022 with two companies
Artwork on Horse jumps 9 at World Equestrian Games Kentucky, Lake Placid, Wellington, FLa, Key West, Fla, CA, Ohio, Devon, Kentucky Horse Park, Upperville, Pin Oak, TX and on and on.....
Portfolio Development Columbus, Ohio 2000-2002 self study of techniques, processes, and finishes in clay. Working on projects and with other graduate ceramists at OSU University. Taught Beth Cavener how to paint her sculptures, and painted and cast her work for her thesis show OSU.
Apprentice Alan LeQuire 1994-2000 (working on numerous large scale projects, and Monumental Sculptures,casting, molding, training other workers in his studio) Run his studio training and managing other workers and work that was done. Did work on “Women Right to Vote Monument”, “Jack Daniel's Monument”, Reliefs for Country Music Hall of Fame ( Elvis, Dolly Parton, etc..), Nashville Library Doors, Large relief in Nashville State Capital ( help sculpt and cast), Blair School of music harp player, two Montgomery Bell Academy sculptures and Dog sculpture for Butler’s run Printer’s alley and Topiary of Buffaloes off of Hillsboro Rd in Nashville.
Horses shows artwork is shown in - Kentucky Horse park, Kentucky National, World Games Kentucky, Lake Placid, Devan, Wellinton, Fla, Colorado, Ohio, Capital Challenge, Washington International, etc......_
Taught “Animal Portrait” workshop at Sawtooth School of Art, Winston- Salem NC 2010
Taught Figurative workshop at Appalachian Center for crafts 2008
Portrait Artist 30years ( portraits in Texas, Ohio, Florida, California, and Canada)
Muralist 35 years (murals in Texas, Tennessee, Ohio, and Florida)
Clay classes taken at Watkins School of Art classes in Portrait Sculpting, and Figurative Sculpting 1992 and 1993
Harris School of Art, Franklin, TN studied Fine Art and Illustration 1983-19