Carol Cole

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Born: Philadelphia, MS
Lives: Greensboro, NC

Education
University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS, BA, majoring in Latin, math and English, 1964
Newcomb College of Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, 1971
Masur Museum art classes, Monroe, LA, 1972-75
Classes with Philip Pearlstein, Judy Chicago, and Lynda Benglis at Loretta Heights College, Denver, CO, 1976
Northeast Louisiana University, Monroe, LA, and Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA
CSU Summer Arts, Arcadia, CA, with Elizabeth Murray, 1992
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, with Lynda Benglis, 1993
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, with Elizabeth Murray, 1995
Anderson Ranch, Snow Mass, CO, with Joyce Scott and Arlene Raven, 1995


Solo Exhibitions
2008 ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2006 "Through the Flower into the Garden," Salem Fine Art Gallery, Salem College, Winston-Salem, NC
2002 "Breasts", Camera Oscura, San Casciano dei Bagni, Italy, curated by Cornelia Lauf, Director.
1994 "F.E.A.R.S.: Finally Everything As Remembered Simultaneously," Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
1977 "The Bubble Blower," Bienville Gallery, New Orleans, LA


Group Exhibitions
2010
� "The Visible Vagina," Francis M. Naumann Fine Art and David Nolan Gallery, NYC
2009
� North Carolina Artists Exhibition, Juror: Kimerly Rorschach, Ph. D., Director, Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, Betty McCain Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2008
� Greensboro Bicentenial, Gallery 115, Greensboro, NC
� Scope Basel, Basel, Switzerland, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
2007
� What F Word?, curated by Carol Cole Levin, Cynthia Broan Gallery, NYC
� The Mississippi Story, curated by Patti Carr Black, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
� The E/AB Fair, NYC, Solo Impression, Inc.
� Crooked Mirror, envoy gallery, NYC
� Scope Fair, Miami, FL, ADA Gallery, Richmond, VA
� Ink Miami, Miami, FL, Solo Impression, Inc., NYC
2005
� Body Language, George Adams Gallery, NYC
� Charmed, curated by Michael St. John and Jason Duval, Lower Eastside Girls Club, NYC
2004
� New American Talent, Jerry Saltz, Juror, Arthouse at the Jones Center, Austin, TX (June 11 � August 22, 2004), traveling to Texas venues.
� AC (Anatomically Correct), curated by Kuan Jeff Baysa, Broadway Gallery, NYC,
(May 7 � May 29, 2004)
2003
� Thinking in Blood; Conflict and Culture in the American South, curated by Craig Bunting. Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (January �
March, 2003)
Hite Gallery, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, (August � October, 2003) Harriet Tuban African American Museum, Macon, GA. (January � February, 2004) Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC, (March � June, 2004) Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, NY, (July � August, 2004)
� Homegrown, guest curated by Raphaella Platow, Contemporary Curator, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis, University, SECCA (Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art), Winston-Salem, NC (July � September 26, 2003)
� Tickled Pink, Marcia Wood Gallery, Atlanta, GA (July � September 2003)
2002
� H20 : Imagination�s Matrix, curated by Jo Anna Isaak. Traveling exhibition:
Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham, Washington (October 2002 - January 2003)
Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI (January � March 2003)
Houghton House Gallery, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY (March � April 2003)
Danese Gallery, NYC, NY, July 10 � August 29, 2003
Victoria H. Myhren Gallery, University of Denver, Denver, CO (September, 2003)
Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM, November, 2003
� Art on Paper, curated by Nancy Doll and Ron Platt, Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of NC at Greensboro, NC, (Nov. 12, 2002 � Jan. 17, 2003)
� Aquaria: On the Interaction of Water and the Human Being, curated by Dr. Barbara Wally. Traveling exhibition:
Ober�sterreichisches Landesmuseum, Lintz, Austria (Feb. 7 � April 7, 2002);
Kunstsammlungen, Chemnitz, Germany (May 5 � June 30, 2002.
� Faith and Form; A Religious Art Exhibit, curated by Terry Heder, Director. Meridian Museum of Art, Meridian, MS. (Sept. 8 � Oct. 15, 2002)
� Grand Arts at Green Hill, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC, curated by Sean Kelley, Director, Grand Arts of Kansas City. (Sept. 20 � Nov. 17, 2002)
2001
� 44th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR. Juror: Alyson Saar.
� Chicago Art Invitational 2001, Judith Racht Gallery on Lake, Chicago, IL.
2000
� Sugar and Spice, The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM, curated by Danielle Rae Miller.
� 43rd Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR. Juror: Graham Nickson
� Sculpture 2000, Hattiesburg Public Library, Hattiesburg, MS, Juror: Ed McGowin.
� CrossCurrents, Walter Anderson Museum, Ocean Springs, MS, curated by Luise Ross.
1999
� Cleavage, Jonson Gallery, University of New Mexico Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM.
� Ypay2K, Trans Hudson Gallery, NYC, NY
� Small Works, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, NYC, NY, jurored by Ronald Feldman, Director, Ronald Feldman Gallery.
� Women Beyond Borders, Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1998
� Peep Show: An Exhibition of Erotic Fact and Fantasy, Luise Ross Gallery, NYC, NY, curated by Robert Manley.
� 41st Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, Juror: Peter Frank.
� Collector�s Choice, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR.
1997
� Paradise, E. S. Vandam Gallery, NYC, NY, curated by Peggy Cyphers and K. K. Kosik
� 24th Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Exhibition, The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR, Juror: Bonnie Clearwater, Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL.
1996
� Rutgers National �96 Works on Paper, Stedman Art Gallery, Fine Arts Center, Camden, NJ, Jurors: Ann Philbin, Director of The Drawing Center, New York, NY, and Leon Golub.
� White Columns at Green Hill, Green Hill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC, curated by Bill Arning, Executive Director, White Columns, NYC, NY.
� Grand Traditions: Permanent Collection in Context, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS
1995
� Texas National 95, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX, Juror: Leon Golub
� The Triad Fantastic, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC, curated by Bruce Lineker and Jeff Flemming.
� 38th Annual Delta Exhibition, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, Juror: Ted Potter, Director, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA.
1993 Durham Art Guild�s 39th Annual Juried Art Show, Durham, NC, Merit Award, Juror: Faith Ringgold.
1992 Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina at Greensboro,NC.
1979 Southern Realism, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, (Traveling Exhibition and catalog).
1978
� All Media Art Competition �78, Houston, TX, Juror: Ellen Lanyon.
� Mississippi Artists� Competitive Exhibition, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, First
Place Award, Jurors: Ida Kohlmeyer, Diane Gingold, and Byron McKeeby.
1977 20th Delta Annual, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, Juror: Marcia Tucker, Director, The New Museum, New York, NY.
1975
� SPAR National Juried Show, Shreveport, LA, Merit Award, Juror: James K. Monte, Curator of American Art, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY.
� LA Festival of the Arts, Monroe, LA, First Merit Awards in Painting and Drawing, Juror:
Townsend Wolfe, Director, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR.
� Mississippi Artists� Competitive Exhibition, Jackson, MS, Juror: John Bullard, Director, New Orleans Museum of Art, New Orleans, LA.
� 18th Delta Annual, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, Juror: Thomas N. Armstrong, Director, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY
� 53rd National Juried Show, Shreveport, LA, Best in Show award, Juror: Stuart P. Feld, Hirschl and Adler Gallery, New York, NY.
1974 17th Delta Annual, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR, Juror: Will Barnett.


Bibliography
2008 Kevin Abreu, Woosta.com, Internet magazine interview
2007 Holland Cotter, �What F Word?� The New York Times, Mar. 9, 2007
The Mississippi Story, Patti Carr Black, edited by Robin C. Dietrick, published by The Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, 2007
Eleanor Heartney, �What F Word?� Art in America, June/July 2007, p.200
Gillian Reagan, �F is for Feminism and Other Things!� New York Observer, Feb. 28.
2006 Tom Patterson, �NURTURE: Symbol pervades one-woman show,� Winston-Salem Journal, March 5, p. F3
2004 Catherine Fox, �Confronting the South�s Complexities,� The Atlanta Journal Constitution, January 18, p. M4
2003 Tom Patterson, �Speaking in Symbols�, Winston-Salem Journal, September 7, p. F4
Rich Copley, �Art�s History Lessons,� Lexington Herald-Leader, September 28, p. E4
Laurence Hegarty, �New York: H20 at Danese,� CIRCA; Contemporary Visual Culture in Ireland, issue 105, pps. 72-73.
2001 John Richardson, Sacred Monsters, Sacred Masters, Random House, NY, photo of Who�s Afraid of Judy Chicago, not with my consent.
1999 Wesley Pulka, ��Cleavage� a powerful look at women�s bodies, roles�, The Sunday Journal, September 19.
1996 Robert Baxter, �Rutgers Exhibit�,� Courier-Post, Sunday, March 31.
1995 Cathy Gant-Hill, �The �Triad Fantastic��, Greensboro News & Record, May 11, p. D1
Tom Patterson, �Triad Group Show Reflects SECCA�s Identity Crises�, in Winston-Salem Journal, June 18, p E2.
1994 Tom Patterson, �Eye on Art: Two Exhibits at Green Hill Offer Big Contrast�, in Winston-Salem Journal, May 22, p. C2.
Margaret Shearin, �Cole, Winnett Stand Out at Greensboro Center,� in TriadSTYLE, May 4, p.16.
1977 George E. Jordan, �Bienville Opens Two Exhibitions�, Times Picayune, October 1.


Projects
CURATORIAL PROJECT
�What F Word?� an exhibition of all women artists at Cynthia Broan Gallery, NYC, February � March, 2007

Publications
The Bubble Blower, edited by Cornelia Lauf, essay by Irene Tsatsos, designed by Christophe Boutin, published by One Star Press, Paris, France. 2006
Cornelia Lauf, �Camera Oscura�, Revolver, Frankfort, Germany, 2004, p. 106