GARY CARPENTER BIO
ARTIST STATEMENT
I want the viewer to not think of my work as materials and shapes on paper or canvas but as forms that have nothing to do with paper, ink, wax, adhesives, color pencil, paint, and other wet and dry media that are alone prosaic.
Through the combination and manipulation of material, form, spatial manipulation of interior and exterior edges; the image exists because it has to. Anything else would be false. Anything else would be merely a product.
EDUCATION
1982 University of Cincinnati, Master of Fine Arts
1981 Ball State University, Master of Arts
1979 Indiana University Southeast, Bachelor of Arts
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1990 – 96 Three solo exhibitions, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
10 group exhibitions, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
1983 – 88 Two solo exhibitions, Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY
Four group exhibitions, Yvonne Rapp Gallery, Louisville, KY
GRANTS & FELLOWSHIPS
1996 New Jersey Teacher Institute, New Jersey Council for the Humanities
1992 Leonardo Teacher Institute, Arts Foundation of New Jersey
1991 Figaro Teacher Institute, Arts Foundation of New Jersey
1990 Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1994 – 2015 Woodrow Wilson High School, Camden, NJ
Two-Dimensional Design, Painting, and Computer Technology
1990 – 1994 Skill Development Center, Camden, NJ
1984 – 1989 University of Louisville, Louisville, KY
Foundation Life Drawing, Color Theory and Design
1987 – 1988 Spalding University, Louisville, KY
Foundation Drawing, Color Theory and Design
1986 University of Louisville Overseas Program, Perugia, Italy
Italian Landscape Drawing
University of Georgia Overseas Program, Cortona, Italy
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