Carol Radsprecher
I was born and still live in Brooklyn, with a Manhattan studio. I got my MFA in painting from Hunter College, CUNY, in 1988 (I received a BFA in painting in 1985, also from Hunter). I have painted for many years and have had solo exhibitions in the Pierro Gallery at South Orange (New Jersey); the Garrison Art Center (Garrison, New York); Get Real Art Gallery (New York City); and Thompson Park Art Exhibition Series (Lyncroft, New Jersey). I have been in many group shows. Reproduction of my paintings have been published in “small” art and literary magazines and journals.
I have also received several awards for my work.
This work is part of an ongoing series in which figurative and abstract elements are combined. These paintings are somewhat narrative; formal issues are also very important to me. In this work, a figure (or figures) struggles in an uncomfortable and precarious environment. The figures exist in the aftermath of attack and can be erased at any moment. There is the possibility, even the probability, of their violent, sudden death. That being said, there is still joy, free-floating movement, and fun to be had.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2006 Pierro Gallery at South Orange; South Orange, NJ (curated by committee)
2002 The Empty Mirror, solo show of paintings, Garrison Art Center, Garrison, NY
2001 Breasts in Hiding, solo show of paintings, Get Real Art Gallery, New York, NY
1999 Rolling, Rolling, Rolling; 1999/2000 Thompson Park Art Exhibition Series,
Lyncroft, NJ (curated by committee)
1990 Taking Up Space, solo show of paintings, Biagio’s Art Space, New York, NY
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006 Signs, Symbols and Subjects: Selections from Gallery 1978; six-person show, 1978 Maplewood Gallery,
Maplewood, NJ
2006 Color, group show curated by Barbara Sherman, Art at First, First Presbyterian Church, New York, NY
2006 Tired Feet, curated by Linda Gilbert-Schneider, St. Francis College, Brookyn, NY
2006 Reflecting the Self, group show, curated by the Spencertown Arts Center Gallery Committee,
Spencertown, NY
2005 Remembrance and Renewal; juried show; Annenberg Conference Center for Medical
Education; Wynnewood, PA
2005 …and death, Manchester Community College, Manchester, CT
2005 Artworks!, START project, Campus Drive, Florham Park, NJ
2004 At the Courthouse, four-artist show, The Atrium Art Gallery, Morristown, NJ
2003 Day Job: Work Influencing Work, curated by Gina Occhiogrosso, The Arts Center of
the Capital Region, Troy, NY (catalog)
2003 Contents Under Pressure, two-artist show, curated by Maria Spector, Queens Theatre in
the Park, Queens, NY
2002 In Response, juried show, Savannah College of Art and Design, GA, juried by Robin
Cembalest and Jeremy Strick
2002 Charlie Parker Celebration of Tribes’ Anniversary, Tribes Gallery, New York, NY
2002 Watching You Watching Me, four-person show, curated by Millie Burns, Marymount
Manhattan College, New York, NY
2001 24th Annual Art on Paper Exhibition; Maryland Federation of Art, Arlington, MD, juried by David Levy, Director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
2001 Figure/Disfigure, curated by Judith Tolnick of the University of Rhode Island
Galleries, Kingston, RI (catalog)
2000 Interiors; curated by Dr. Nancy Einreinhofer; Gallery 214, Montclair, NJ
2000 Whispering Self-portraits, two-person show, The Oakland Street Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
1999 Aspects of Abstraction; Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
1999 Motherlode: Mother and Child, juried by Norma Cohen; Smithtown Township Arts Council, St. James, NY
Painting 20 x 20 inches
Painting 10 x 8 inches
Painting 20 x 20 inches
Drawing 8 x 10 inches
Painting 8 x 10 inches
by artist Adam Simon
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