JOANNE CARSON
b. 1953
Education
1979 MFA in Studio Art, University of Chicago
1976 BA in Studio Art, University of Illinois at Chicago
Solo Exhibitions
2023 JoAnne Carson: Under the Stars, Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
2022 JoAnne Carson: Recent Paintings, Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
2021 High Hopes, 527 Madison Ave. Lobby Gallery, Jay Grimm, New York, NY
2020 Wood Nymphs, Zillman Art Museum, University at Maine, Orono, ME
A Sense of Wonder, Burlington City Arts, VT
Rise Up and Shine!, Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY catalog
2018 Hyper Flora, Big Town Gallery, Rochester, VT
2017 JoAnne Carson, Pulse Miami, Black and White Gallery, FLA
Dream Catchers, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2013 JoAnne Carson, Drawings: Re-wilding the Dream, The Front Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2006 JoAnne Carson and Catherine Howe, (two person), Whimsical and Monstrous, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
2002 JoAnne Carson and Tim Blum (two person), Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
2001 Plus Ultra Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
1994 Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1992 Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1990 Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY
1988 Eve Mannes Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1988 Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
1987 Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 JoAnne Carson, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
1982 N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL
1982 Focus: JoAnne Carson, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX
1981 Moming Gallery, Chicago, IL
Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL
1979 Bergman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Art on Paper Fair, Bernay Gallery, New York, NY
Alumni Exhibition, 527 Madison Lobby Gallery, Jay Grimm, New York, NY
All in Together, Washburn Gallery, New York, NY
Living Arrangements, Kathryn Markel Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Storyville: The Intersection of Abstraction, Allusion, and Depiction,Sheldon Art Museum, Lincoln
Re-Wilding: Carson and Unrein, Sara Nightingale Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
Elemental Fictions: Distillation, Distortion, Detail, Coral Door Exhibitions, New York, NY
Rebound, Curated by Dan Cameron, Sandy Hill Arts Center, Hudson Falls, NY
Summertime, Bernay Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Shimmer, Berkshire Botanical Gardens, Stockbridge, MA
2021 Fairyland, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
2020 Works on Paper, Bernay Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2019 Contemporary American Regionalism, Vermont Perspectives, Southern Vermont Art Center, Wilson Museum, Manchester, VT catalog
Incise, Echo and Repeat, Abrazo Gallery at The Clemente, New York, NY catalog
2018 3 Squared, Geoff Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Beyond the Brush, Black and White Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Parallel Realities, Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY
Nature Lab, LABspace, Hillsdale, NY
2016 Future Perfect: Picturing the Anthropocene, University at Albany Museum, NY
False Deities, Gridspace Gallery, New York, NY
Nature Pops! Glyndor Gallery, Wave Hill, New York, NY
It Was Never Linear: Recent Painting, Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
Blue & Black plus Orange, Geoff Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
2015 If Not For You, Geoff Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Remains to be Seen, curated by Phil and Sue Knoll, Geoff Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Through the Looking Glass, Albany Public Library, Pine Hills Branch, NY
2014 If Not for You, Geoff Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Improvised Showboat, Curated by Katherine Bradford, Brooklyn NY
2013 Under The Influence of Finance and Fashion: Selections From the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Carnegie Art Museum, Oxnard, CA
Working/Drawing: An Exhibition of Sculptor’s Drawings”, Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY
Celebrating N.A.M.E. @ 40, Bridgeport Art Center, Chicago, IL
2012 More/Less; The Albany International Airport, NY
2011 Point/Counterpoint; The Andrews Gallery, College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA
2008 The 183rd Annual: An Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art, National Academy Museum, New York, NY
2007 Kindred Spirits, Brooklyn Museum, NY
2006 Flicker, University at Albany Museum, Albany, NY
Twist it Twice, Moti Hasson Gallery, New York, NY
What I Did On My Summer Vacation, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY
2005 Anything But Realism, Schick Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY
2004 Second Nature, FishTank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Spring Benefit, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, NY
Colored Pencil, curated by Geoff Young, K.S.Art, New York, NY
Endless Love, curated by Mark Greenwold, D.C.Moore Gallery, NY, NY
2003 Preliminary Sketches, Arts Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
2002 Images of Water, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Inklings, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Ceremonial Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Spring Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Benefit Show, Momenta Art Gallery and White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
2001 take heart, Gallery at MPI Media Productions, New York, NY
New Work on Wood, Fleming Museum, Burlington, VT
Contemporary Baroque, Gun for Hire, New York, NY
1997 Frederick R. Weisman Collection, New Orleans Museum, LA
1996 Three Person Exhibit, SUNY Binghamton University Museum, NY
1993 Five Artists, Haenah Kent Gallery, New York, NY
The Painters’ Theater, Baxter Gallery, Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
1992 Group Exhibit, Haenah Kent Gallery, New York, NY
Invited Artists, Haenah Kent Gallery, New York, NY
Art for the Land, Five Points Gallery, East Chatham, NY
1991 Physicality, Hunter College of Art Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Inaugural Exhibit, Sylvia Schmidt Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Painting Toward the 21st Century, Rice Gallery, Institute of History and Art, Albany, NY
Empire State Biennial, Everson Museum, Syracuse University, NY
1989 The State of Upstate; New York State Museum, Albany, NY
Birchfield Art Center, Buffalo; National Museum of Women, Washington, D.C.
1987 Review/Preview, Ruth Siegel Gallery, New York, NY
High Profiles, Gallery 400, Chicago, IL
1986 Eccentric Drawings, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY
1985 The Whitney Biennial, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
Awards in the Visual Arts 4, The Albright Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA
1985 Group Show, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
1984 Spring Exhibition of Fellows, The American Academy in Rome, Italy
1983 Constructed Paintings, Allan Frumkin Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Group Exhibit, Dart Gallery, Chicago, IL
1982 Group Exhibition, Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981 34th Annual Illinois Invitational, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
1981 Group Show, Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, IL
1981 Some Girls, South Dearborn Gallery, Chicago, IL
1980 Members Invitational, West Hubbard Gallery, Chicago, IL
1980 Chicago Prospective, Illinois Arts Council, Chicago, IL
1980 Illinois Painters Three, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL
1979 Midway Between Comedy and Art, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Narrative Imagery, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago Comes to Buffalo, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
Daley’s Tomb, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL
1978 7 by 9, N.A.M.E. Gallery, Chicago, IL
1977 4 Over 4, Chicago Cooperative Galleries, Chicago, IL
1976 Group Show, Oxbow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
Teaching
1985-2021 Faculty member, Department of Art and Art History, University at Albany
2022 Distinguished Professor Emerita
Public Collections
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, NY
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, NE
David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
Frederick R.Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN
University at Albany Art Museum, NY
Awards and Grants
2021 Appointment to Distinguished Professor, University at Albany
2016 John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in the Fine Arts
2012 New York State University Chancellor’s Award for Excellence for Research or Creative Activity
2011 University Award in Excellence for Research or Creative Activity, University at Albany, SUNY
2008 Ellin P. Speyer Award, for Sculpture, National Academy Museum, 183rd Annual Invitational Exhibition of Contemporary American Art
2007 Louise Bourgeois Residency for a Sculptor, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2005 Artist in Residence, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NY
2002 Purchase Prize in Sculpture, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
1985 Awards in the Visual Arts 4
Administered by the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art
Funded by the Equitable Life Assurance Society, The Rockefeller
Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts
1983 Prix de Rome, Fellow in Painting, American Academy in Rome
Illinois Arts Council, Individual Artists’ Fellowship
1982 The National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist’s Fellowship
The Midway Studios Prize, The University of Chicago
JoAnne Carson Selected Bibliography
Books and Catalogs
Carbone, David, Rise Up and Shine! 64 page catalog for solo survey exhibition, Opalka Gallery, Albany, NY, 2020
Chicago Review, Cover(illus), Vol.31, number 1, summer 1979
Consagra, Sophia, essay, exhibition catalogue, American Academy in Rome Spring Exhibition, American Academy in Rome, Italy, 1984
Evans, Robert, introductory essay, exhibtion brochure, 34th Annual Illinois Invitational, Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois, 1982
Felshin, Nina, introductory essay, exhibition catalogue, The State of Upstate: New York Women Artists, The New York State Museum, Albany, NY 1989
Frank, Peter, SECCA Awards in the Visual Arts 4, The Arts Journal, Catalogue, 1986
Frueh, Joanna, introductory essay, exhibition catalogue, Narrative Imagery, ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, pp 18-19, 1979
Goldwater, Marge, essay, exhibition catalogue, Focus: JoAnne Carson, Fort Worth Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX, Dec. 1982 (illus)
Hofman, George, Physicality, Catalogue, Hunter College, City University of New York, 1991
Kinghorn, George, Wood Nymphs, catalog 2020, Solo exhibition Zillman Museum of Art, UMaine, Orono
Kasini Kadour, Ric, text; exhibition catalogue, Contemporary American Regionalism: Vermont Perspectives, 38 pgs. illustrated.
Min, Mary, essay, exhibition catalogue, High Profiles, Gallery 400, Chicago, Illinois, 1987
Rosenblum, Gina, essay, exhibition catalogue, The Chicago Art Prospective, Illinois Arts Council, Illinois, p.3, 1980
Warren, Lynn, essay, exhibtion brochure, Options 25: JoAnne Carson, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, 1985
Articles and Reviews
Artner, Alan, "Artists Show Off ‘Options’ at Exhibit", The Chicago Tribune, Sec. 5, p. 9A, Feb. 21, 1985
Artner, Alan, "Politics, Ideology Are Absent in ‘Girls Exhibit’", The Chicago Tribune, Sep. 18, 198l
Aubin, Barbara, "False Face", Visual Dialogue, vol. 4, number 1, p. 21, Fall 1978
Awodey, Marc, "Going with the Grain", Seven Days, Burlington, VT, p.29a, October 31, 2001
Bannon, Anthony, "Art Show at Hallwalls", The Buffalo Evening News, Feb 9, 1979
Bonesteel, Michael, "JoAnne Carson: Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago", Artforum, pp.114-115, May 1985 (illus)
Brickman, David, "Next Time, With Feeling", Metroland, page 22, Sept. 15-21, 2005
Cameron, Dan, "A Whitney Wonderland", Arts Magazine, p.66, Summer, 1985
Cameron, Dan, "A Newe Generation of Chicago Artists", Art News, pp 110-116, Oct. 1984 (illus)
Cameron, Dan, "The Submerging Figure", Arts Magazine, p.68, September 1985
Church, Amanda, "Color Pencil at KS Art", Art on Paper, p.52, July/August, 2004
Close, Cynthia, “JoAnne Carson’s Garden of Earthly Delights”, Art and Object, January 20, 2020
Close, Cynthia, “Artists and Their Gardens”, Art New England, July 2019
Cohen, David, "Gallery - Going", The New York Sun, p.18, Feb. 5, 2004
Danto, Arthur, "A Guide to Horrors", The Nation, p. 501, April 27, 1986
Elliott, David, "A Radioactive Mystery of Oversexed Vamps", The Chiago Sun Times, Show Sec., p 23, June 7, 1981
Elliott, David, "The Dinner Party Wait is Over", The Chicago Sun Imes, Weekender, p.68, Dec. 1981
Elsamanoudi, Nancy, X-rays, Divers, Evil Trees Dazzle at Clemente, The Villager, Arts & Entertainment, February 12, 2019
Freudenheim, Susan, "JoAnne Carson at the Fort Worth Art Museum", Art in America, Spring, illus. 1983
Golden, Devon, "JoAnne Carson", The New Art Examiner, Sept. 19, 1987
Green, Roger, "Another Gem Shines on Julia Street", Times Picayune, Lagniappe Sec. p. 25, Dec. 7, 1990
Greenleaf, Ken, "'Theater' Puts Nine Painters in Spotlight", The Sunday Telegram, pp. iE, WE, July 4, 1993
Griffin, Amy, “Vision Thing”, Albany Times Union, p. 5, Feb.17, 2013
Heller, Faith, "SECCA Show Afford Symbolism, Form and Color", Winston-Salem Journal, Aug. 4, 1985
Hoffman-Yuni, Wendy, "Dark Horses", The New Art Examiner, 1979
Huntington, Richard, "Women Artists Show is Put Together With High Intelligence", The Buffalo News, Mar. 9, 1990
Jaeger, William, Albany Times Union, Berkshires Botanical Garden Show More than Pretty Nature, April 11, 2022
Jaeger, William, “JoAnne Carson ‘Rise Up and Shine’ at Opalka”, Times Union, Jan. 30, 2020
Jarmusch, Ann, "Awards in the Visual Arts", Art News, pp 127-128, Mar. 1986
Johnson, Ken, "Albany Art Professor a Hybrid Under Limelight of the Whitney", The Albany Times Union, p. C5, April 5, 1985
Jones, Abe, "SECCA Show is on Art's Cutting Edge", Greensboro News and Record, p. G9, Aug 4, 1985|
Jones, Rachel Elizabeth, Seven Days, Burlington, VT; Art Review: JoAnne Carson's 'Hyper Flora,' BigTown Gallery, August 22, 2018
Jones, Rachel Elizabeth, Seven Days, Burlington, VT; Seven Favorite Vermont Art Shows of 2018, December 26, 2018
Kasini Kadour, Ric, “The Synthetic Landscapes of JoAnne Carson”, Vermont Art Guide, illustrated interview, 2019
Katz, Sonia, "JoAnne Carson", The New Art Examiner, Summer, 1979 (illus)
Kneeland, Douglas, "Chicagoans Suggest Variety of Ways to Remember Daley", The New York Times, Mar. 31, 1978 (illus), p.21
Korotkin, Joyce B., "Contemporary Baroque", New York Arts, p 77, Julyl/August, 2001
Kramer, Hilton, "This Endless Love Isn't REally Erotic", The New York Observer, p.1, Feb. 2, 2004
Kreiner, Rich, "Land's Sale", Metroland, p 13, Sept 19, 1991
Krejnik, Catherine, "JoAnne Carson at Nancy Lurie Gallery", The New Art Examiner, Summer, p.16, 1981 (illus)
Kutner, Janet, "Organized Disorder", Dallas Morning News, p. 1C, Dec. 27, 1982 (illus)
LaDuke, Sarah, Radio Interview WAMC, January 28, 2020, about Rise Up and Shine! exhibition.
Lail, Thomas, "Artists Prove Painting Can Survive the 2000's", The Albany Times Union, Preview, p. 10, 1991
Li, Stefanie, “21 Unexpected Pairings of Design Imitating Art”, Galerie Magazine, March 4, 2017
Litten, Laura, "Narrative Imagery", The New Art Examiner, Feb. 1979
Lowe, Ron, "Expression Found on Many Levels", The Fort Worth Star Telegram, p 1C, Dec. 10, 1982 (illus)
Lyon, Christopher, "JoAnne Carson", The Reader, 1982
Maschal, Richard, "Show Seeks Mostly Unknown Artists", The Charlotte Observer, p 4F, Aug 25, 1985
Marvel, Bill, "Pop-Up Art", The Dallas Times Herald, p 1E, Dec 29, 1982 (illus)
McWilliams, Margot Brown, "From Krazy Kat to the Third World", Portland Telegram, July 10, 1993
Moynihan, Martin, "Art, for Land's Sake", The Albany Times Union, p. 1H, Sept 8, 1991
Munson, Margaret, "Exhibit Features Update Women Artists", Schenectady Gazette, p. 21, Oct. 28, 1989
Nash, Indiana, “On Exhibit: Albany Work of longtime UAlbany professor on view at Opalka”, The Daily Gazette, May 4th, 2020
Peart, Andrew, Artistic Evolution, UChicago Magazine, Spring 2020, Volume 112, Number 3
Pendergaft, Norman E. "Awards in the Visual Arts 4", Art Papers, p. 45, 46, Nov/Dec, 1985
Phillips, Renee, “Interview with artist JoAnne Carson”, Manhattan Arts, Fall 2019
Porges, Timothy, "JoAnne Carson at N.A.M.E. Gallery", The New Art Examiner, p. 17, Dec 1982
Radio Interview, Ralph Buels, WRR Dallas, Texas 1982
Radio Interview, KERA, Dallas, Texas, 1982
Radio Interview, "Critics Choice", Harry Bouras, WFMT Chicago
Rowe, Ron, "Expression Found on Many Levels", The Fort Worth Star Telegram, Dec. 10, 1982, p. 1C
Smith, Roberta, "JoAnne Carson", The New York Times, Art in Review, p. E 35, Nov. 9, 2001
Smullen, Sharon, The Berkshire Eagle, "Created Against a backdrop of dark times, these works of art 'Shimmer' with hope and a healthy dose of whimsy", March 24, 2022
Shepard, Rebecca, "Slick Visuals at Schick", The Albany Times Union, Aug. 7, 2005
Spector, Buzz, "Midway Between Comedy and Art", The New Art Examiner, April 1979
Strickland, Carol, "America's Top 100 Collectors", Art and Antiques, "Letting the Good Times Roll", p 85-90, March 1993
Triplette, Laurie, "A Proud Homecoming", The Spectator, Winston-Salem, Aug. 13, 1985
Tyler, Paula Eyrich, "Bold, Witty Confusions", Art Week, volume 14, number 1, Jan. 8, 1983 (illus)
Weiss, Hedy, "Bruce Patterson/ JoAnne Carson", The New Art Examiner, Nov. 1981, p. 11
Wolff, Theodore, "Many of Today's Best Artists Are Women, But Recognition Lags", Christian Science Monitor, Jan. 1986
Unrein, Suzanne, “Conversation with JoAnne Carson”, Figure/Ground, June 20, 2019
Yood, James, "Options", The New Art Examiner, May 1985, (illus), page 67
Link to press items:
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