Residence

Bothell, Wa, USA

Place of Birth

Vancouver, WA, USA

Personal Statement

I think about light a lot and death --the sensuality of life, people, humor, irony.

I start with photography and may layer and erase drawing by computer and hand, painting and resins –it can be a lengthy process, creating a history with each piece-light leaking, emotional and sensorial.  My thematic focus: the tension of opposites.
I take my images through generations of positive and negative before a final print because I am interested in:
-- noting what is behind what we see
-- influencing of the unconscious on the conscious
-- considering the light and the dark
I use unique color and oils and inks because I am interested in:
-- color influencing response

I see art as proceeding from collective memory.

Biography

B. 1953, Vancouver, Washington.  I hold a BA in French language and linguistics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and continued Fine Art studies at Marylhurst University, Oregon; University of Washington, Seattle; (earlier studies at American College, Paris; and Portland State University, Oregon). I started exhibiting in my mid-thirties and have had 45 solo or two person shows in the last 20 years, including Seattle Art Museum; Art Museum Missoula, Montana; William Reagh Los Angeles Photography Center; Sun Valley Arts Center, Idaho; Dahl Fine Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota; and Goddard Center for Visual and Performing Arts, Oklahoma.

 

My work is in several museums including the Biblioteque National in Paris; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Seattle Art Museum; University of Alaska Museum, Missoula Art Museum, Museum of Northwest Art and Portland Art Museum. 

 

I was recently given artist residencies in Newfoundland and Portugal. My public projects include work for the Seattle Arts Commission and Washington State Arts Commission Art in Public Places Programs, Eastern Washington University Press, King County Public Art Program and Seattle City Light Portable Works.

 

Awards and Honors

2006 Excellence Award, Poncho Invitational Fine Art Exhibition and Auction
2005 Art in Embassies Program, Burma’s ambassadorial residence, (also 2003-04)
2004 Residency at Cape Pine, Newfoundland
2000 Residency at Vivenda Santa Iria, Penado, Portugal
1999 Poetry and Art on Buses Project and Publication, King County Arts Commission, Seattle
Who's Who in American Art, selected for inclusion in 23rd edition forward
1997-1998 Open Studio Project, NEA and Benton Foundation Grant
1995 Juror's Award, Current Works, Society for Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
1st Place Photography, Arts of the Terrace, Mountlake Terrace, WA
People's Choice Award, Canterbury Faire Exhibition, Kent, WA
1994 Metro Poetry/Art Bus Award, Seattle
Juror's Award, Pacific Northwest Annual, Belleuve Art Museum, Bellevue, WA
Juror's Award, WTBA Art Exhibition, Renton, WA (also 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993)
1993 Artist in Residence, University of Montana, Missoula
Juror's Award, Best of Show, Photography, Artquake, Portland, OR
1992 GAP Grant, Artist Trust, Seattle
1991 Juror's Award, Artsplash, Bellevue, WA
Purchase and Juror's Award, Renton Annual Art Show, Renton, WA
Juror's Award, Pacific NW Arts Fair, Bellevue, WA (also 1989)
First Place Purchase Award, Slocumb Gallery, Johnson City, TN
1989 Seattle Artists Project, Seattle Arts Commission, Art in Public Places Program

Contact Information

425 806 0274

Representation

SAM Gallery, Seattle WA
Robischon Gallery, Denver, CO
Augen Gallery, Portland OR
Lorinda Knight Gallery, Spokane, WA
Dana Gallery, Missoula MT
Beta Press, Tenafly, NJ

Artist's Website

www.carolynkrieg.com