Grand Rapids Artist Mandy Cano Villalobos receives $25K National Grant

Michigan is a haven for creative and high quality artists creating work on display around the globe, and that is once again on the national stage as Grand Rapids-based artist, Mandy Cano Villalobos, has been selected by The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation support grant.

A grant program based out of New York City, The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb foundation has announced the selection of twenty artists to receive its 46th annual Individual Support Grants. Cano Villalobos was selected by a panel of five independent jurors who reviewed applications submitted to the Foundation by 705 artists. Each of the visual artists chosen will receive an award of $25,000.

Mandy Cano Villalobos is an interdisciplinary artist whose projects span installation, painting, drawing, performance, sculpture and video. Her art has been in exhibitions around the world including with drj (Berlin, Germany), Van Der Plas Gallery (New York, NY), the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum (Clinton, NY), Maryland Institute College of Art (Baltimore, MD), the Ukranian Institute of Modern Art, (Chicago), The Museum of New Art (Detroit, MI), Hillyer Art Space (Washington, DC), Gray Contemporary (Houston, TX) and La Casa Pauly (Puerto Montt, Chile), among others.

Cano Villalobos has been an artist-in-residence at Vermont Studio Center, Art Omi, Post Contemporary, Wassaic Project, Ragdale, and ACRE; and received her MFA from The George Washington University in Washington, DC.

The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Individual Support program was established in 1976 to encourage and recognize mature painters, sculptors, and printmakers who have dedicated their lives to developing their art regardless of their level of commercial success. The Foundation also administers the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant program, which offers assistance to mature visual artists who have suffered a current or recent catastrophic event. More information about the Foundation and its programs can be found at www.gottliebfoundation.org.