Violet Maimbourg - CV

Visual Artist, Filmmaker 

Education 

2021 - Bachelor in Fine Arts Degree - Cleveland Institute of Art - Cleveland, OH 

2013 - 2016 Pratt Institute - Film/Video - Brooklyn, NY 

Group Exhibitions 

2025

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, Philadephia 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