C.W. Carson
11625 96 Street
Edmonton, AB T5G 1T8
780.436.5773
c.w.carson@hotmail.com
www.cwcarson.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Ikons
Scott Gallery, Edmonton.
June - July 2014
Patterns of Consumption
Multicultural Centre Public Art Gallery, Stony Plain.
January - February 2014
Stories from the Inner City
Latitude 53, Edmonton
February – March 2008
Feature Artist
Art Rental & Sales Gallery, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton.
September – October 2004
PIRATES OF ART
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton.
January – June 1997
Reinterpreting the Classics
Commerce Place Galleria, Edmonton.
November 1996
At Home: Selected Animals in their Environment
McMullen Gallery, Edmonton.
November 1992 – January 1993
Urban Revitalization
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton.
October 1992
From the Ark
The Works, Edmonton.
June – July 1991
Mostly Birds
A.M.S. Gallery, Vancouver.
September 1985
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Water Logged
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton.
February – March 2004
Steam
Scott Gallery, Edmonton
January - February 2013
High & Low
Harcourt House Art Centre, Edmonton.
October – November 2002
Cabinet of Queer-iosities 2012
Bowman Art Centre, Lethbridge
July - September 2012
I AM
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton.
November 1999 – January 2000
In/stall/ed
Installation at 94 St & 108A Ave
Latitude 53, Edmonton
August 27, 2011
Enclose
Victoria School of Performing & Visual Arts, Edmonton.
March 1999
X Position
VAAA Gallery, Edmonton
March -- April 2011
Building Bridges
Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie.
January – March 1999
(and Provincial Travelling Exhibition:1999 - 2000)
Boxn’t
The Works, Edmonton
June – July 2010
Ninety Nine
SNAP Gallery, Edmonton.
November – December 1998
Bathhouse
Steamworks, Exposure Festival, Edmonton
November 2008
Global Signs
The Works, Edmonton.
June – July 1998
Whimsey
Front Gallery, Edmonton.
February 2008
Urban Totem Poles
The Works, Edmonton.
June – July 1997
Hat – story
McMullen Gallery, Edmonton.
June – July 2007
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flat
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton
April – May 2007
snapshots
Latitude 53, Edmonton.
April – May 2006
Fall Show
Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton.
September 2005
Footnotes: Artist – Made Shoes
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton.
September – October 2003
(and Provincial Travelling Exhibition: 2003 –
2005)
The Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge.
January 1994 – 1996
Art and Body
Lewton-Brain / Fontans Centre for Jewellery Studies, Calgary.
September 1993
Local Stories
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton.
June – September 1993
Just Niche It
Art Evo, Edmonton.
February – March 1992
The Sky’s the Limit
McMullen Gallery, Edmonton.
September – October 1989
Pulse: Northern Alberta Drawing Exhibition
Profiles Gallery, St. Albert.
October – November 2002
(and travelling exhibition: 2003 - 2004)
Edmonton ‘89
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton.
June – August 1989
Building Zones (four person show)
Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie.
July – October 2002
Installation 11
Latitude 53, Edmonton.
July 1988
Drawings - 4
The Works, Edmonton.
June – August 2001
Suspects
Latitude 53, Edmonton.
May – June 1988
Unnatural Constructs (two person show)
University of Alberta Extension Gallery, Edmonton.
February – April 2001
In Touch with Abstract Art
McMullen Gallery, Edmonton.
September – October 1987
Undivided Highway
Harcourt House Art Centre, Edmonton.
May – June 1999
(and Art Walk, Calgary. October 2000)
Fall Show
Woltjen/Udell Gallery, Edmonton.
September – October 1987
JUNK (four person show)
Latitude 53, Edmonton.
March – April 1999
18 Ringy Thingys: The Art of the Telephone
The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton.
June – August 1995
The End of Modernity (three person show)
Glenbow Museum, Calgary.
June – December 1994
RE-INCARNATION
Alberta Craft Council Presents, Edmonton.
June – July 1994
(and Provincial Travelling Exhibition from The Edmonton Art Gallery:
1995 - 1997)
Two person show
Grace Gallery, Vancouver.
March – April 1987
Graphex 9 Art Gallery of Brant, Brantford, Ontario.
Fall 1984
(and travelling exhibition: 1984 – 1986)
COMMISSIONS
Syncrude Canada Ltd., Edmonton. (a 17 art piece mural created for
Centre for Intelligent Mining Systems, Computing Science Building,
University of Alberta). July 2001
Edmonton Public School Board, Edmonton. (Painting for Virginia
Park Elementary School). November 1998
Alberta Agriculture, Edmonton. (Large interactive mixed media
sculpture of “Duke“). October 1998
literary allusions
Provincial Travelling Exhibition from
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Misericordia Art Enrichment Group, Edmonton. (3 mixed media
paintings for Speech Pathology, Audiology, and Physical Therapy).
December 1997
Bleachers, C.F.B. Namao. (Large mixed media moose head). March
1997
Telus Communications, Edmonton. (Creation of mixed media icons
depicting what take place in their work environment). November 1996
AWARDS
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
(2006, 2004, 2001)
Medici Art Foundation (1993)
B.C. Binning Memorial Fellowship
(1984 - 1985)
British Columbia Cultural Services Branch
Senior Arts Award
(1984- 1985)
EDUCATION
University of British Columbia
M.F.A. – Painting
September 1983 – April 1986
University of Alberta
B.A. Special – Visual Arts and Design
September 1977 – 1981
PUBLICATIONS
ED TEL 1993 Annual Report. (Front cover art by
C.W. Carson)
BIOGRAPHY
O’Keefe, Mary Christa. “Thoughtsome and jetsam: remixing Stories
from the Inner City” in Vue Weekly, #645/Feb 28 –Mar 5,
2008, p. 21
Fung, Amy. “C.W. Carson ‘Stories from the Inner City” Prairie
Artsters (prairieartsters.blogspot.com) Friday, February 29,
2008
Laviolette, Mary-Beth. “An Alberta Art Chronicle: adventures in recent
& contemporary art” Altitude Publishing, 2006, p. 25
Santa-Balazs, Hoyne. “Reaching or Transcendence
fifty3: a magazine about visual culture, Winte2005 pp. 8 12
Bouchard, Gilbert. “The resurgence of beauty” in the
Edmonton Journal, Friday February 20, 2004, p.
E6.
Bouchard, Gilbert. “Art in high (and low) places” in The Edmonton
Journal, Friday November 8, 2002, p. E13.
Sasano, Mari. “Peanuts meets Picasso” in See, October 31 -November 6, 2002, p.32.
Bouchard, Gilbert. “An artist metamorphosis” in The Edmonton
Journal, Friday August 24, 2001, p. E14.
Bouchard, Gilbert. “Drawing far more than just a prelude to the
artistic kiss” in The Edmonton Journal,
Thursday, July 28,2001, p. C4
Mandel, Charles. “Portrait of ‘a cultural cannibal, an art machine’” in
The Edmonton Journal, Friday January 07, 2000, p. E8.
Beauchamp, Elizabeth. “Art of This Place” in Alberta Views, Vol. 1,
No. 3, Summer 1998,
pp. 36 - 41
Mandel, Charles. “Arts scene marred by bickering, pettiness” in The
Edmonton Journal, Friday January 3rd, 1997, p. C11
Mandel, Charles. “Mixed-media show stopping passers-by in their
tracks (Carson’s inventive work receiving long-overdue
recognition)” in The Edmonton Journal, Friday November
1st, 1996, p. C5
Faulder, Liane. “Call of the Wild“ in The Edmonton Journal, Saturday
August 5th, 1995, p. B1
18 Ringy Thingys: The Art of the Telephone. (curated by Stuart
Adams and Sheralee Hancherow) Catalogue Design: Bob
Robertson , printed by: DeJong Printing Ltd. 1995
Brayshaw, Christopher. “End of Modernity“ in
Artichoke (Volume
6, number 3) Fall/Winter 1994, pp. 60-65
Tousley, Nancy. “What’s Up“ in The Calgary Herald, Friday August
5th, 1994
Mandel, Charles. “here’s an Alberta show that’s real trash“ in The
Edmonton Journal, Friday July 8th, 1994, p. D11
Alexander, Anne. “Style“ in The Edmonton Sun, Tuesday June 28th,
1994, p. 32
Beauchamp, Elizabeth. “Show Reflects Real Life“ in The Edmonton
Journal, Saturday February 22nd, 1992, p. B6
Beauchamp, Elizabeth. “What’s On - At the Galleries“ in The
Edmonton Journal, Friday July 5th, 1991, p. D9
Beauchamp, Elizabeth. “Regionalism takes hold in Alberta“ in the
Visual Arts Newsletter, Issue 54, p. 12
Beauchamp, Elizabeth. “Prairies Worth Showing Despite Protests“ in
The Edmonton Journal, Saturday September 9th, 1989, p.
D1
Beauchamp, Elizabeth. “No need for special training to enjoy
installation art form“ in The Edmonton Journal, July 4th,
1988
Kleber, Barry. “Visual Arts“ in The Edmonton Bullet,
July 1st, 1988
COLLECTIONS
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB
University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
Cavalier Enterprises Ltd., Saskatoon, SK.
Shtabsky & Tussman (Barristers & Solictors), Edmonton, AB.
Private Collections (Canada & United States)
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