Sculptor
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Member of FLAG:
Area 5 Chair 2009 – 2011
Facebook, Social Media Chair, 2018 – 2024
About the artist:
Mindy Z. Colton, B.F.A.M.A., originally from NYC, was classically trained in traditional fine arts. She pursued a career in Graphic Design, illustration, and publication design. Mindy still found time for her fine art. Involved with horses her entire life, she chose to combine her passion for art and horses in her unique equine sculptures.
Mindy has created works ranging from tabletop to monumental outdoor works. She has mastered and incorporated numerous natural and man-made materials and processes to create her unique mixed-media horses.
Mindy graduated with honors from the renowned High School of Music & Art in NYC, and attended Parson’s School of Design. She earned a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts degree with Honors is from Washington University School of Fine Art in St. Louis. Colton’s award-winning fine art has been exhibited in over 400 solo, two-person shows and group shows. Her sculptures can be found all over the world. Mindy is a three-time State of Florida Grantee, and three-time United Arts of Central Florida Grant recipient. Two of these grants were to create large-scale, outdoor sculptures exhibited at Epcot Invitational Flower & Garden Sculpture Exhibit. She has received many Best of Show, People’s Choice Awards and the sculptures public and private venues. Mindy is in many permanent collections in museums and public venues. Her sculptures have been exhibited in The Boca Raton Museum of Art, The Appleton Museum, Ocala, The Ormond Museum of Art, The Mennello Museum of American Art, Winter Park, American Association of Equine Art, KY, Elliott Museum, Stuart, Deland Museum of Art, Emerald Down, Auburn, WA, The International Museum of Art, TX, Pace Performing Arts Center, CO., Westchester Arts Center, NY, Polk Museum of Art and more.
Artist Statement
My lifelong love of and involvement with horses drives my passion to create equine-themed art. I create one-of-a-kind and limited edition sculptures in mixed media, bronze, aluminum, wood, and other permanent media. I use the horse and other symbols to elicit a feeling or mood or to create a story, sometimes using the horse as a vehicle for concepts and metaphors, or just expressing their incredible nature and beauty.
With my unique mixed media sculptures, I can indulge my artistic passion to create an endless exploration of media and imagery. Creating in clay, metal, wood, oriental papers, wires, air dry clays, stone, beads, shells, and whatever materials inspire my imagination, I try to evoke the mystery and beauty of the natural form of horses, but also abstracting it to invoke symbolism, mystery, and energy.
I live on a small horse farm in rural East Orlando with my husband, rescue doggie Bonnie, and a host of wild animals and birds, where I have my studio.
Recent Exhibitions and Awards
2026
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery 100% Pure Florida Annual Juried Exhibition, Sandy Johnson Honor Award
76th Annual FLAG Symposium Exhibition, CourtHouse Cultural Center, Stuart, FL.
Laguna Company Award Artists Workshop, New Smyrna Beach, 68th Annual Members’ Show, Magnolia Most Creative Award
Art League of Daytona Beach “The Way I See it” Honorable Mention
2025
Beaux Arts of Central Florida 63rd Annual Show, Third Place
Artists’ Workshop New Smyrna Beach 67th Annual Members Show, Third Place
Mennello Museum of American Art Orlando, Invitational Gala Dinner & Fundraiser
Art League of Daytona Beach “The Way I See It” Awards Exhibit Award of Distinction
North Brevard Art Association, Third Place Sculpture
City of Orlando City Hall 150th Anniversary Exhibit, Sculpture, Florida Cracker Horse: Wish you were here International Experimental Art Association, Juried On-Line Show, Ninety Entries chosen, Award of Merit
2024
66th Annual Members Show, President’s Award
Artists Workshop 66th North Brevard Artist’s League, First Place, Sculpture
Beaux Arts of Central Florida 64th Annual Exhibit, Third Place
Art League of Daytona Members Showcase Exhibit, Award of Excellence, Art League of Daytona Beach Open Show, Award of Achievement
Artist’s Workshop Small Works Show, Honorable Mention
2023
Galerie ELAN, Daytona Beach, EQUUS: Visions of the Horse, First Place
North Brevard Art Association 58th Annual Show, Second Place Sculpture
Art League of Daytona Beach Member’s Showcase, Award of Distinction
Eau Gallery, Melbourne Annual Kaleidoscope Juried Show, Third Place
Art League of Daytona January Members Show, Third Place
Beaux Arts of Central Florida 63rd Annual Exhibit, Award of Distinction
Fifth Avenue 100% Pure Florida Annual Juried Show, Award of Merit
Art League of Daytona Beach, “Figuratively Speaking”, Award of Recognition
2022
North Brevard Art League 57th Annual Art Show, Third Place
Florida Women’s Art Association Collective Wisdom Art Show, Judges Choice Award
Beaux Arts of Central Florida 62nd Annual Show, Award of Achievement
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery 100% Pure Florida, North Brevard Art League Sponsor Award
2021
Winter Garden Art Association, SOBO Gallery Top Choice Show, Best of Show in Sculpture
ArtCenter Manatee, “A Walk in the Woods”, solo sculpture show, two painters.
National Association of Women Artists, MA, FL, SC Some Like it Hot II, Best in Sculpture
Art League of Daytona Beach Open, Figuratively Speaking Exhibit, Award of Recognition
National Association of Women Artists, Herstory, Honorable Mention
The ArtList Online Competition, Grand Prize Winner
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, 100% Pure Florida Annual Juried Show, Melbourne, FL, Artistic Merit Award
Light, Space, Time Online Gallery, Art of the Animals, Third Place Sculpture, Award of Recognition
and Award of Merit, Sculpture Art League of Daytona Annual Members Show, Award of Distinction
2020
Art League of Hilton Head CraftArt Juried Exhibition
Visions, Strawbridge Art Association, Foosener Museum of Art, Merit Award
North Brevard Art Association 56th Annual Show, First Place, Mixed Media, Honorable Mention, 3-D
The ArtList On-Line Grand Prize Winner and Banner Award
Light, Space, Time Online Gallery, Third Place Sculpture, Recognition and Merit, Sculpture
Fifth Avenue Art Gallery, 100% Pure Florida Juried Show, Melbourne, FL, Merit Award
Flagler Art League, Animals, Tall, Small, Wild, or Not! First Place
Art League of Daytona Beach Open Show, Award of Distinction
2019
58th Beaux Arts of Central Florida Annual Show, Best in Show
Washington State Thoroughbred Breeders & Foundation, “Horses in Art” Exhibit, First Place, Sculpture
North Brevard Art League Art Show & Competition, Third Place, Sculpture