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Will Hutnick is an artist and curator based in Wassaic, NY. He received his MFA from Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY) and his BA from Providence College (Providence, RI). Hutnick is a 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow in Painting, as well as a 2017 grant recipient from the Berkshire Taconic Foundation and a 2015 grant recipient from the Foundation for Contemporary Art. Recent exhibitions include: 1969 Gallery (New York, NY), Geary Contemporary (Millerton, NY), Sugarlift (New York, NY), Satellite Art Club (Brooklyn, NY), Craven Contemporary (Kent, CT), Collar Works (Troy, NY) and Standard Space (Sharon, CT, solo). Hutnick has been an artist-in-residence at Yaddo, Hambidge Center for the Creative Arts and Sciences, Soaring Gardens Artists’ Retreat, Elizabeth Murray Artist Residency by Collar Works, DNA Artist Residency, Wassaic Project, Vermont Studio Center and a curator-in-residence at Benaco Arte and Trestle Projects. He has curated exhibitions at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, Ortega y Gasset Projects, Trestle Projects, Pratt Institute, Wassaic Project and Standard Space. From 2015-20, Hutnick was one of the Co-Directors of Ortega y Gasset Projects, an artist-run curatorial collective and exhibition space in Brooklyn. He is currently the Director of Artistic Programming at the Wassaic Project, a nonprofit organization that uses art and art education to foster positive social change.