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carolyn zick

exhibitions:

4/30/22 – 5/22/22
Intimacies
An Exhibition of Crit Lab Artists
Celebrating the intimate – small of stature, big of heart.
curated by Gaby Collins-Fernandez and Patricia Miranda
MAPSpace
Port Chester NY

08/21
XLII Summer Salon Des Independants
Hygienic Art
New London, CT

05/21
Tiny Art/Steal It! 
The Kitchen Gallery
New London, CT

04/21
Big League Online Art Show
Seattle Artist League
Seattle, WA

03/14 – 04/04, 2020
The Virus Show Solo Exhibit
The Ridgecrest Public House
Shoreline, WA

2006-2019
Nervous Breakdown – Extended Project
Various Mindscapes
Seattle, WA

8/06
In Clover
Mt. Scott Park
Portland, OR

7/06
Pale Sun – Solo Exhibit
SHIFT Collaborative Studio
Seattle, WA

12/05
Little Shift
SHIFT Collaborative Studio
Seattle, WA

11/05
New Members Exhibition
SHIFT Collaborative Studio
Seattle, WA

10/05
Visual Aids- Postcards From the Edge
Robert Miller Gallery
New York, NY

9/05
Trippin’ Balls: A Mycological Exploration
V-Gun Gallery
Portland, OR 

9/05
[distil] bill – Solo Exhibit
SHIFT Collaborative Studio
Seattle, WA

7/05
New Drawings: Radiolaria Solo Exhibit
Highline Community College
Des Moines, WA 

2/05
Chroma
Gallery 500
Portland, OR

11/04
Night of 1,000 Drawings
Artist Space
New York, NY

2/04
Artist Trust Auction
Consolidated Works
Seattle, WA

12/03
Little Things Count
Center on Contemporary Art
Seattle, WA

11/03
Artist Window Spaces
Cosmopolitan Engineering Group
Tacoma, WA

9/03
Douglas Dibble Memorial Art Auction
Hunter College Times Square Gallery
New York, NY

6/03
Di-visions
Richard Hugo House
Seattle, WA

5/03
Loyal Treat
The John Foss Gallery
Seattle, WA

6/00
Special Projects for the Web
smash art galleries
Brooklyn, NY

1/00 
Billburg.com
Williamsburg digital gallery Project
Brooklyn, NY

2/99
“Gridworks”
S.C. Center for the Arts
West Kingston, RI

11/98 
“The Scratch and Sniff Show”
The New School Academy of Fine Art
Grand Rapids, MI

9/98 
10″
No Name Exhibitions @ The Soap Factory
Minneapolis, MN

2/96 

Exhibit with Ken Polinskie
RCCA: Rensselaer County Council for the Arts
Troy, NY

10/95 
New Directions
Barret House Galleries
Poughkeepsie, NY

12/94
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition
State University at Albany
Albany, NY

10/94
Black Velvet Exhibition
Lake George Arts Project
Lake George, NY

5/93
Window Projects
Collaborative w/ Benjamin Jones
RCCA: Rensselaer County Council for the Arts
Troy, NY

9/92
Group Exhibition
Gallery 313
Albany, NY

7/92
Exhibition with Diane Szukovathy
Four Winds Gallery
Ellensburg, WA

5/92
Solo Exhibition
Cunningham Gallery: University of Washington
Seattle, WA

3/92 
“A Show of Strength: Expressionist Painters”
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, WA

11/91 
N.A.R.A.L. Exhibition
Italia
Seattle, WA

9/91
Group Exhibition
Alexandria Museum of Art
Alexandria, LA

8/91 
“The Artist in the Art”
Bumbershoot ’91
Seattle, WA

5/91 
Group Exhibition
William Traver Gallery
Seattle, WA

3/91
Solo Exhibition
William Traver Gallery
Seattle, WA

12/90
Idol/Idle Worship
Invitational
Phoenix, AZ

9/90 
Northwest Annual at COCA
Center on Contemporary Art
Seattle, WA

8/90
Never Before Funded!
Bumbershoot
Seattle, WA

4/89
Group Exhibition
William Traver Gallery
Seattle, WA

12/88 
Solo Exhibition
The Oxford
Seattle, WA

10/88
M.A. Thesis
Sarah Spurgeon Gallery
Ellensburg, WA

3/88
Dakotas 100 International Exhibition
Dickinson State University
Dickenson, ND

11/87
Annual International Art Exhibition
Whatcom Museum of Art and History
Bellingham, WA

professional honors:
Panelist- Avant Blog
Pacific Northwest College of Art
Portland, OR
11/29/2007

Artist Residency
Gil-society Gueststudio
Akureyri, Iceland
12/05

Artist in Residence/ Seminar Director
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, N.C.
6/05

Panel Moderator
Front Gallery – American Standards
exhibit Asheville, N.C.
6/05

Visiting Artist Lecture Series
Asheville Art Museum
Asheville, N.C.
6/05

Presidential Honors Convocation
Distinguished M.F.A. Project
State University at Albany
1995

Benevolent Grant
State University at Albany
1993

selected bibliography:
Catching Up with Carolyn Zick and Dangerouschunky
Two Coats Conversations podcast
Interview by Sharon Butler
June 1, 2022

Artstar Radio
KPSU 1450AM
Interview by Eva Lake
February 21, 2005

New Art Examiner
10: No Name Exhibitions
at the Soap Factory
Review by Cynthia Morgan
March 1999

The Times Union
Art Review:Ken Polinskie and Carolyn Zick
Review by William Jaeger
March 1996

The Daily Gazette 
RCCA: The Arts Center
Review by Peg Churchill Wright
February 1996

Seattle Post-Intelligencer 
Recent Work at William Traver Gallery
Review by Regina Hackett
April 1989

education
Master of Fine Art, State University at Albany, Albany, NY
Master of Art, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA
Bachelor of Art, Central Washington University, Ellensburg, WA