222 West Harvey Street Philadelphia, PA 19144 618.521.4325 cell caroleloeffler@hotmail.com www.caroleloeffler.com
Education
M.F.A. 2001
B.F.A. 1997
Sculpture
Sculpture
University of South Florida, College of Art and Art History, Tampa, FL
Rutgers University, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ
Solo Exhibitions
2015 Quietude, Art Gallery at Holy Family University, Philadelphia, PA *forthcoming
2014 Daydreaming, Germantown Radio, Philadelphia, PA
Meditative Mediations, Awbury Arboretum, Philadelphia, PA *two-person
2010 Sitting Room: to conflict and coalesce, Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Conglomeration, Three Rivers Community College, Norwich, CT
2007 Fringed, Full, Furry and Fuzzy, Art Gallery, Eastern Washington University, Cheney, WA
2006 infestation, Window on Broad, Rosenfeld-Wolf Galleries, Philadelphia, PA
sensations & wishes, Howard Community College Gallery, Columbia, MD
Materiality: Sculpture and Installation, Resnikoff Gallery, Roxbury, MA *two-person
2005 tubes/tuffets, Gallery One, McHenry County College Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL
linger, Gallery Two, McHenry County College Gallery, Crystal Lake, IL
2004 Dangling, draped and dilly-dallying, Community Center Gallery, Greenbelt, MD
Immersion:Dialogue, Fine Arts Center Gallery, Northeastern Illinois University, IL
Linger, ARC Gallery, Chicago, IL
Tubes & Tuffets, McLanahan Gallery, Penn State University, Altoona, PA
2003 large scale binks, New Harmony Art Gallery, New Harmony, IN
Binks - day.light.hearted., Cedarhurst Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
red lit co., The Space, Carbondale, IL * two-person collaborative installation
Alteration & Habitation, Cuchifritos Art Gallery, NY, NY *two-person
2002 BINKS, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 breach, Centre Gallery, Tampa, FL
Group Exhibitions
2015 Contemporary Textile and Fiber Arts, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC *forthcoming
Impossible Instructions, Philadelphia Sculpture Gym Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Heart Show, Jinxed, Philadelphia, PA
2014 ON THE GROUND: Four Corners, Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA
PARKing Day, Germantown Artist Roundtable, Philadelphia, PA
3 rd Annual Germantown Show, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Reanimate, Destination Frankford, Philadelphia, PA
Fiber Options, Circle Gallery, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD
Perspectives, Art Center Sarasota, Sarasota, FL
2014 Members Exhibition, Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, DE
Summer Show Off, Mt. Airy Art Garage, Philadelphia, PA
2014 Inner Views, Tejas Gallery, Dayton, OH
Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Arts Center New Canaan, CT *semi-finalist
Fibers and Fabric, Markeim Arts Center, Haddonfield, NJ *selected as Jurors favorite
Sculpture New Hope 2104, New Hope Arts Center, New Hope, PA
Fine Arts Exhibition, Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA
51 st Juried Exhibition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
Women’s Work 2014, Old Courthouse Arts Center, Woodstock, IL
A Dream and A Memory, St. Louis Artists Guild, St. Louis, MO
Our Earth, Flow Art Space, Minneapolis, MN
2013 Mixed Messages, Gloucester County College, Sewell, NJ
Open Door, Rosalux Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Philadelphia Open Studio Tour, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA
Hidden City Philadelphia, Germantown Town Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Just for Kicks, Artworks Trenton, Trenton, NJ
Anniversary Exhibition, Red Room Installation, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2012 There is something about Germantown, Imperfect Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
The Persistence of Drawing, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2011 Landscape Love Affair, Philadelphia Welcome Center, Philadelphia, PA
Scale 1:1, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Art in the Open, Painted Bride Art Center and along the Schuylkill Banks, Philadelphia, PA
2010 Contemporary Voices, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA
Organics, Les Idees Gallery, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA
(W)holons, Patrick Henry College, Roanoke, VA
(W)holons, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
William Penn Exhibition, with Abington Art Center at the William Penn Building, Philadelphia, PA
2009 Metamorphosis, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
Art a la MODE, 950 Complex Northern Liberties, Philadelphia, PA
Alumni Weekend Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Endurance, Abington Art Center & Sculpture Park, Abington, PA
Faculty Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
2008 Hovering Above, Abington Art Center & Sculpture Park, Abington, PA
Inside/Outside, Abington Art Center, Abington, PA
Dear Fleisher, Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA
Currents, Studio Montclair, Court Gallery, William Patterson University, NJ
2007 Faculty Exhibition, Arcadia University Art Gallery, Glenside, PA
Abundance, Schuylkill Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
SEPCHE exhibition, Holy Family University Art Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Contemporary Works 2007, Phoenix Village Art Center Gallery, Phoenixville, PA
The Greater Good, Site and Architecture Workshop, Philadelphia, PA
2006 Delaware Women’ Exhibition, Newark County Art Alliance, Newark, DE & Biggs Art Museum, Dover, DE
back to school, Schuylkill River School Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Fourth Show, Underwear Nation Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Closeknit: History, Textile & Place, Coral Street Arts House, Philadelphia, PA
StudioB Sculpture Invitational, Findlay Street Warehouse, Cincinnati, OH
2005 Arts: Lake County Sculpture Walk, San Francisco, CA
Industrial Interchange Organic, Robert A. Peck Gallery, Central Wyoming College, Riverton, WY
Calpine, Geothermal Visitors Center, Middletown, CA
Anniversary Exhibition, New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art, New Harmony, IN
Counterpoint: Project Creo The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Just in Case, Central Wyoming College Gallery, Riverton, WY
Soft Boundaries, Biggin Gallery, Auburn University, Auburn, AL *invitational
Process, Performance & Projection III, Surplus Gallery, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL
Annual Combined Faculty Exhibition, University Museum, SIU, Carbondale, IL
2004 52 words/52 images, Administration Gallery, Cedarhurst Mitchell Museum, Mt. Vernon, IL
Well Hung, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO
Faculty5, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Certain Charms, Bradley University Gallery, Peoria, IL
Identity Crisis, Delta Axis @ Marshall Arts, Memphis, TN
Recent Works, Mark Palmer Gallery, Paducah, KY
If you had $1,000,000 mail art project, Monticello Community Center, Monticello, MN
Sprung, Art Coop, St. Louis, MO
52 words/52 images, Vergette Gallery, Carbondale, IL
Selections:Abstractions, SPACES Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Process, Performance & Projection II, Surplus Gallery, SIU, Carbondale, IL
Annual Combined Faculty Exhibition, University Museum, SIU, Carbondale, IL
Miniprint 9, Vergette Gallery, SIU, Carbondale, IL
2003 Art St. Louis XIX, The Exhibition, Art St. Louis, St. Louis, MO
Arts in Celebration, Gallery HQ, Carbondale, IL
Miniprint 8, Vergette Gallery, SIU, Carbondale, IL
On and on' til the break of dawn, Mossa Center, St. Louis, MO
Boring Mail Show, Andrew Oleksiuk Gallery, Chicago, IL
Sculpture Salmagundi VII, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, NC Juror: Patrick Dougherty
Figuratively Speaking, International Sculpture Center, Hamilton, NJ Juror: Helen Escobedo
Secret Postcards, University of the Arts Printmaking Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Process, Performance & Projection, Surplus Gallery, SIU, Carbondale, IL
Annual Combined Faculty Exhibition, University Museum, SIU, Carbondale, IL
2002 Miniprint 7, Vergette Gallery, SIU, Carbondale, IL
Slang Postcard Art, Fluxus Art Gallery, Rockville, MD
Works II, Surplus Gallery, SIU, Carbondale, IL
Annual Combined Faculty Exhibition, University Museum, SIU, Carbondale, IL
2001 Dick Beckman and the Fab Five Game 2, South Florida Art Center, Miami, FL
Union, Contemporary Art Museum (CAM), Tampa, FL
Rebound, Brooke Dorsch Gallery, Miami, FL
1st Annual Regional Graduate Honors Exhibit, The South Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
25th Annual Student Exhibition, CAM, Tampa, FL
Las Damas - Sunday in the Arts, Scarfone-Hartley Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL
MFA/USF, Gallery 501, Tampa, FL
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