Carol Mothner
(FROM Carol Cacciola Gallery, New York)
Education
1965 Skowhegan School of Painting, ME
1962-65 School of the Visual Arts, New York
1960-62 Brooklyn College, NY
1958-59 Art Students League, New York
1957 Brooklyn Museum School of Art, NY
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2003 Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2002 Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2001 Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Evansville Museum of Arts & Science, Evansville, IN
1997 Promises, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1993 Theatre of Dolls, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1990 Private Places, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1986 Carol Mothner, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1983 The Four Seasons, The Witkin Gallery, New York
1980 Blair Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1979 Janus Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Selected Exhibitions
2003 J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
2002 J. Cacciola Gallery, New York and New Jersey
2001 J. Cacciola Gallery. New York, NY
2000 J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY
Gerald Peters, Santa Fe, NM
1997 Still Life: A Survey, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 Contemporary American Realist Painters, Halls Gallery, St. Louis, MO
The Still Life Revisited, Evansville Museum, Evansville, IN
1995-96 Flora: Contemporary Artists and the World of Flowers, Traveling exhibition organized by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Wausau, WI
The Poetics of Painting, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1995 Setting the Stage, The Eiteljorg Museum, Indianapolis, IN
Small Packages, The Cumberland Gallery, Nashville, TN
1994 Realism '94, Fletcher Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Tatistcheff Gallery Artists, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Still Life: 1963-1993, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1992 Masters of Still Life, Tatistcheff Gallery, NY
Sesquicentennial Show, Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame University, South Bend, IN
1991 How Art Imitates Baseball, MidHudson Arts and Sciences Center, Poughkeepsie, NY
Amnesty International Benefit Invitational, Sena Galleries, Santa Fe, NM
1990 Interpreting the Figure, Alexander F. Milliken, Inc, New York
New Art of the West, Eiteljorg Museum Invitational, Indianapolis, IN
Illumination and Radiance: Epiphanies in Contemporary Painting, Sherry French Gallery, New York; Kalamazoo Institute of the Arts, MI; Riverside Art Museum, CA; Museum of the Southwest, Midland, TX; Rahr-West Art Museum, Manitowoc, WI
Southwest '90, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1989 Anniversary Exhibition, The Witkin Gallery, New York
Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1988 Anniversary Exhibition, The Witkin Gallery, New York
Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1985 Anniversary Exhibition, The Witkin Gallery, New York
Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1984 Selections from the Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Landscape Invitational, Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Sweeney Center, Santa Fe, NM
1983 Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Still Lifes, Ernesto Mayans Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1982 The Witkin Gallery, New York
Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1981 Graphics House Gallery Invitational, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1980 Graphics House Gallery Invitational, Santa Fe
Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1979 Festival of the Arts, Years of Santa Denver, CO
50 Years of Santa Fe Realists, Ernesto Mayans Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Selections from the Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1978 Santa Fe Festival of the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
Graphics House Gallery Invitational, Santa Fe, NM
1977 The Santa Fe Six, The Fenn Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Selections from the Collection, Museum of Fine arts, Santa Fe, NM
Awards & Grants
1977 Purchase Prize, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM
1965 Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, New York
1965 Scholarship, Skowhegan School of Painting, ME
1999 Collection of Evansville Museum of Arts and Sciences, Evansville, IN
Publications
Women Artists Datebook, Cedco Publishing, CA, 1991
American Watercolors Calendar, Abbeville Press, NY, 1990
Women Artists Calendar, Cedco Publishing, CA, 1989
American Watercolors Engagement Book/Calendar, Abbeville Press, NY, 1989
In Praise of Women Artists Calendar, BoTree Publications, CA, 1988
Reviews
Albuquerque Journal North
American Artist
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
New York Times
Santa Fe New Mexican
Santa Fe Reporter
Southwest Art
http://www.tfaoi.com/newsm1/n1m2.htm
What do birds' nests and flowers have in common? Artist Carol Mothner. This winter, Santa Fe artist Carol Mothner's realist paintings come to the Frye Art Museum in an exhibition showcasing her unique talent for capturing the essence and magic of commonplace objects. Depictions of simple objects such as wild birds' nests and eggs, ripe fruit, and lone flowers portrayed as 'objects of contemplation' are on display from Feb. 5 through Mar. 28, 1999. Working in a variety of media, including monotypes, oils, and egg tempera, Mothner uses starkly simple still life arrangements to create an atmosphere of mystery.
On view for the first time in Seattle, Mothner's work is enhanced by the small dimensions of her monoprints and paintings. Mothner's small panels are similar to medieval decorated manuscripts or Indian miniatures: the viewer is drawn into a entirely new world, in which every object glows with inner life. Originally an abstract painter, Mothner broke away from her training to pursue realist painting, inspired by Dutch and Flemish masters such as Jan van Eyck, Rachel Ruysch, and Jan Vermeer.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Mothner studied at the Brooklyn Museum School, the Art Students League, and the School of Visual Arts. Mothner will hold a question and answer session following her lecture, Private Places, on February 4, 1999 at 2pm. Admission is free.