Name: Artist Talk: Winston Wingo
Start: 2026-07-23T18:30:00-04:00
End: 2026-07-23T19:30:00-04:00
Location: Columbia Museum of Art

Join us for a special lecture from South Carolina artist Winston Wingo, whose work is in the CMA Collection. Since the 1970s, Wingo has examined the relationships between technology, identity, and society through representations of Black figures. His recent work, on view in collection exhibition Winston Wingo: Who Would We Be/Who Could We Be?, engages questions around artificial intelligence and humanity’s evolving relationship to technological advancements. Arrive early to view his art in the galleries before heading to the theater to hear directly from Wingo about his long career as an artist and educator.
$35 / $25 for members.
Winston A. Wingo was born and educated in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in art education from Claflin University in 1977 and an MFA in sculpture from Clemson University in 1980. In 1984, Wingo studied post-graduate at the Instituto Statute D’Arte in Lucca, Italy, the Luigi Tammasi Foundry in Pietrasanta, Italy, and the Artistica Marinani Foundry in Pietrasanta, Italy. As a painter, sculptor, and art educator, Wingo taught at Claflin University and served as adjunct art professor at South Carolina University, the University of South Carolina Upstate, and Converse College. Wingo has taught in the South Carolina public school system at Hughes Middle School in Greenville, South Carolina Governor’s School for the Arts in Greenville, and L.E. Gable Middle School in Roebuck, SC, and currently teaches at Carver Middle School in Spartanburg. Wingo has had over 40 solo exhibitions and been in over 200 group competitions and invitational exhibitions, and has exhibited his painting and sculptures throughout the United States, Canada, France, and Italy.
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