Paul Villinski (born 1960) is an American sculptor best known for his large-scale installations of individual butterflies made from aluminum cans found on the streets on New York City.He briefly attended Phillips Exeter Academy and the Massachusetts College of Art, and graduated with a BFA with honors from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art.

With a lifelong concern for environmental issues, Villinski’s work frequently re-purposes discarded materials, effecting surprising and poetic transformations.An avid pilot of gliders and single-engine airplanes, metaphors of flight and soaring often appear in his work.As an artist, Villinski coaxes clouds of aluminum butterflies into a lyrical orbit.His primary muse has taken the form of butterflies rendered in multiples as they swirl across walls or carefully organize into shapes.

More of Paul Villinski’s creative art can be found at http://paulvillinski.com/.