John Carey

Barkalow Series #3
acrylic & mixed media
16" x 21"
Open Book Series #2
acrylic & mixed media
8" x 10"
Open Book Series #3
acrylic & mixed media
8" x 10"
Two Figures
acrylic & mixed media
10" x 10"
Double Self Portrait
acrylic & mixed media
8" x 10"
Open Book Series #4
acrylic & mixed media
8" x 10"
John Carey

John Carey
 
John Carey
John Carey

John Carey
 
John Carey
price range | $600 to $6,000

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artist's statement
The main question I ask myself as a painter is: How do I make valid, unique, contemporary figurative paintings? The imagery in my work addresses that question -- or quandary -- in various ways. My work usually involves figures in separate realities; people interact with one another but not necessarily within the same time or space. When working with the illusion of realism I will also use devices like transparency or skewed perspective. In addition, I do not relinquish the surface of a work-- its textures and three dimensional aspects maintain the painting as an object. Consequently, the viewer is asked to deal with certain ironies in the presentation of my paintings -- but never in the sincerity of the work.

 


 


 

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John Carey

education
1989 - 1990 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY: Teaching Certification Program
1982 - 1984 University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio: Master of Fine Arts
1975 - 1979 New York University, New York, NY:  Bachelor of  Science in Studio

solo exhibitions
1997 Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT. - 1998, 1999, 2001
1996 Hotel Triton Gallery, San Francisco - California
1990 Harcourts Contemporary Gallery, San Francisco - California
1988 Art 88 - Basel, Switzerland
1987 Harcourts Contemporary Gallery - San Francisco,  California
1986 Mission Gallery - New York - 1987
1986 Civilian Warfare Gallery - New York
1986 Paris / New York / Kent Gallery - Kent, CT. 1988, 1996
1985 Paulo Salvador Gallery - New York
1985 Cincinnati Commission on the Arts - Cincinnati, Ohio

selected group exhibitions
2000, 2001 Monmouth Museum Juried Show, Monmouth Museum (Best in Show) Lincroft, NJ
1998 Monmouth Museum Juried Show, Monmouth Museum (Best in Show) Lincroft, NJ
1994 10 X 10 (Ten SOHO Dealers/Ten Artists) 148 Tribeca Gallery, NY.
1993 Their Faces and Their Work,  Bachelier/Cardonsky Gallery, Kent CT.
1992 Small Works -- Five U.S. Artists, Galerie Gianna Sistu, Paris, France
1992 New York Four, Bachelier/Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, Connecticut
1991 Beyond Town and Country, Philippe Staib Gallery, New York
1991 Urban Jungle, Elston Fine Arts, New York
1990 Currents in Contemporary Art, New England Museum for Contemporary Art
1988 Los Angeles Art Fair 88, Los Angeles, California
1988 Group Exhibit John Davis Gallery, New York
1987 East Village Comes to Stamford, Stamford Museum, Stamford, CT.
1987 Works of Small Scale by Major Artists, Lever-Myerson Gallery, NY.
                   
grants
1998 Geraldine R. Dodge Summer Initiative Grant
1985 Pollock - Krasner Foundation
1983 Meta Wolfstein International Traveling Scholarship, Univ. of Cincinnati: Italy

 


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