Carole Silverstein
SOLO/TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 in your thousand other forms, Gallery 169, Santa Monica, CA 2019 our mingling spirits, Nancy Toomey Fine Art, San Francisco 2017 arabesque, Nancy Toomey Fine Art, San Francisco
2016 Indra’s Net, Private Home, Los Angeles, CA
A Cosmology of Pattern & Play, Napa Gallery, CSU Channel Islands, Camarillo, CA
2009 the aim of waking is to dream, Overtones, Los Angeles (with Amy Ross)
2008 degrees of tangibility, 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
2006 Filigree, Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles (with Simone Lourenco)
2002 Each Calm Shimmer, The Living Room Gallery, Saint Peter’s Church, New York, NY
2001 Rituals and Preoccupations: A Collaboration, EMS Commons Gallery, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL (with Diane Christiansen)
1999 Paintings, DiRT Gallery, Los Angeles
1995 Irregular and Imperfect, Pridmore-Taylor Gallery, Lake Forest Academy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015 We Must Risk Delight: 20 Artists from Los Angeles, 56th Venice Biennale,
Venice, Italy (co-organized by BardoLa & Accademia di Belle Arte), Magazzino del Sale
2013/16 It’s About Time, TEDxWomen’s Conference, Santa Monica/Culver City, CA
2012 space/adversity/motion, d.e.n. Contemporary Art, West Hollywood, CA
2011-12 ALPTRAUM! Cell Projects, London; Deutscher Kuenstlerbund, Berlin; The Company, Los Angeles; Blank Projects, Cape Town; Goethe Institute, Johannesburg, South Africa; Green Papaya Art Projects, Manila, Philippines
2010 The Death of Painting is Dead, Hite Art Gallery, University of Louisville, KY Draft, 643 Project Space, Ventura, CA
2009 Connections, Overtones Gallery with den Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 2008 Beauty and the Beast, Overtones, Los Angeles
2007 Scope NY Art Fair, Overtones, Los Angeles
2006 Flourish, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA, curated by Kristina Newhouse 2004 Ultrachrome, Carl Berg Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2003 Womenkind, Butters Gallery, Portland, OR
2002 Of Shadow and Sun, Bliss Gallery, Pasadena, CA (brochure w/ essay by Eric Weiss) DisOrnamentations: Paintings by Kirsten Kindler, Carole Silverstein, and Amy Yoes
Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2001 Mapping Cultures, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA (catalogue w/ essay by Charlotte Wellman)
Art Expo Chicago, Carrie Secrist Gallery, collaborations with artist Diane Christiansen
2000 The Hokey Pokey Show, DiRT Gallery, Los Angeles Wall Space, Miller Durazo, Los Angeles
DRS Project Wall, Roberts and Tilton Gallery, Los Angeles 1999 The Last Spring, DiRT Gallery, Los Angeles
Painting in Chicago Now, Columbia College Art Gallery, Chicago
1998 New American Talent: The 14th Exhibit, Texas Fine Art Association, Austin, TX - Art on Tour -through 2000, curated by Amada Cruz
Evanston & Vicinity Show, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL
25th Anniversary of CWCA, Northern Illinois University Art Gallery, Chicago Pleas for Love, Dogmatic Gallery, Chicago
1996 Strappy Sandals and Skinny Belts: The Hyperfeminine Position in Painting, Murray Feldman Gallery, Los Angeles, curated by Sue Spaid1995
Strappy Sandals..., Victoria Room/ !PUSH, San Francisco, curated by Sue Spaid
Of, By, and About (Women), Near NorthWest Arts Council Gallery, Chicago 1994 Group Show, Empty Space Gallery, New York, NY
CAA Juried Show, Hunter College, C.U.N.Y., NY, NY
1992 The Sentimental Art Show, Beret International Gallery, Chicago
EDUCATION
M.F.A. Queens College, City University of New York International School of Art, Todi, Italy, Summer Program
B.F.A. The School of The Art Institute of Chicago AWARDS / HONORS
2018 Art Research & Travel Trip/Southern Spain & Morocco - Fiscal Sponsorship by Fractured Atlas
2016-20 Dream Years - Art Sabbatical 2016-20- Fiscal Sponsorship by Fractured Atlas Artist Materials Grant, Grafix
Artist Materials Grant, Daler - Rowney U.S.A. 1999 Artist Materials Grant, Daler - Rowney U.S.A.
1998 CAAP Grant, Department of Cultural Affairs, City of Chicago PUBLICATIONS
2018 Paintings Catalogue with essay by Elizabeth Betinski, bardola December Magazine, Spring/Summer Issue
VoyageLA Online Magazine, Art Feature
The Los Angeles Press, Issue Zero, Against Erasure
2000 Clearly These Clouds - A limited edition catalogue collaboration with poet Jim
Henderson, illustrated in color
COMMISSIONS
2006 Large-Scale Site-Specific Commission for Private Collection, Santa Monica, CA
TEACHING / EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE
2018
2017
2010 – 2016
2008 - 2010 2000 - 2010 2003 - 2008
2002
2000 - 2005 2001 1995-1999
1997-1998 1996 1995-1996
1993-1994
New Roads School, Santa Monica, CA , Guest Artist (Art 4, Senior class) California State University, San Marcos, Guest Lecturer
Sierra Canyon School, Chatsworth, CA
Full-Time Art Faculty, Drawing, Painting, Collage, Human Anatomy, and AP Studio Art - students Grades 7-12
New Roads School, Santa Monica, CA
Art Instructor, Drawing, Painting, Collage, Sculpture to students Grades 6-8, 9-11
Long Beach City College, Long Beach, CA
Adjunct Instructor, Fine Arts Dept; Courses: Beg. Drawing, Life Drawing, Intro to Art
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Adjunct Instructor, Roski School of Fine Arts
Courses taught: Adv. Drawing, Life Drawing, Drawing1, Drawing 2, Beg. Painting
Washington State University, Pullman, Pullman, WA Visiting Artist, Graduate Fine Art Department; Spring Semester
Brentwood Art Center, Los Angeles, CA
Instructor, Courses: Beg - Adv. Painting, Life Drawing; Private Lessons/Tutoring
Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, CA Interim Assistant Chair, Fine Arts Department; Spring Semester
Columbia College, Chicago, IL Adjunct Faculty, Art & Design Department
Courses taught: Beg. Painting, Drawing 1, Drawing 2, 2-D Design; Undergraduate Critique Panel Member
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL Instructor, Painting & Drawing Department
Courses taught: Life Drawing; Graduate Critique Panel Member
University of Chicago, IL
Visiting Artist, - Winter Quarter, Graduate Art Dept.,
Graduate Advisor, Slide Lecture, Graduate Critique Panel Member
Lake Forest Academy, Lake Forest, IL
Teaching Fellowship/ Artist-in-Residence, High School Art Dept.,
Courses taught: Drawing, 2-D Design/Painting; Studio Visits, Museum Field Trips, and One- Person Exhibition held in conjunction with fellowship
Queens College, C.U.N.Y., Flushing, NY
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Art Department; Courses taught: Advanced Drawing with Gabriel Laderman, Color with Diane Karol, 2-D Design with Arthur Cohen
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Carole Silverstein @ Nancy Toomey” Review, SquareCylinder.com, Roth, David M., April 24, 2019 Online Interview, VoyageLA, August 13, 2018 http://voyagela.com/interview/art-life-carole-silverstein/
Vikram, Anuradha, “City Among Nations: Los Angeles at the Venice Biennale”, KCET Artbound Napoli, Lisa, “The woman who’s bringing LA to the world’s most influential art fair”, KCRW “Los Angeles sbarca a Venezia”, theplaceb.com, September 2015
Linn, Bruce, “The Death of Painting is Dead: Proving the Obituary Wrong” exhibition catalogue essay, Hite Art Institute, University of Louisville, Jan 14-Feb 14, 2010
Wyszpolski, Bondo, “‘Flourish’; Greenhouse Laboratory; Food and Shelter”, Easy Reader, Volume XXXVI, Number 40, June 8, 2006
Wood, Eve, “Digital Splendor”, Artnet.com Online Magazine, September 24, 2004
Myers, Holly, “Around The Galleries: A print-off in one kind of ink”, Los Angeles Times, August 20, 2004
Weiss, Eric, “Disbelief and Suspension: Of Shadow And Sun at Bliss”, Bliss Gallery catalogue essay, Pasadena, CA, 2002
Steinberg, Aaron, “70’s Redux”, C-Ville Weekly, Charlottesville, VA, January 1-7, 2002
Latter, Ruth, “Art Should Engage Mind And The Eye”, The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, VA, Thursday, December 13, 2001
Wellman, Charlotte, “Mapping Cultures” catalogue essay, Bruce Gallery, Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Edinboro, PA, 2001
Schade, Christopher, “Photographers Top Class of New Talents”, Austin-American Statesman, Thursday, Sept 30, 1999
Willicott, Ben, “Calendar: Picks of The Week”, The Austin Chronicle, Sept 17, 1999
Bonetti, David, “Gallery Watch”, San Francisco Examiner, 1995
Reiter, Artemisia, “Hyper Femmes Fatales at Victoria Room and PUSH!”, San Francisco Bay Times, November 2, 1995
Roche, Harry, “Critic’s Choice: ‘Strappy Sandals and Skinny Belts’”, San Francisco Examiner, October 25-31, 1995
COLLECTIONS
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Arts in Embassies U.S. Embassy Collection, Djibouti Art for Healing, Inc., San Francisco
Citibank Collection
Susan Salser Collection
Private Collections