EDUCATION:
Art Student’s League, NY, NY - 1977-80, Instructor’s Scholarship, Drawing w/Marshall Glasier
Self taught, painting.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
“Where Parting is No More”, Stellarhighway Gallery, Brooklyn, NJ
“The Crosses We Bear”, Inaugural show about endangered species, in the Historic Christ Church Chapel, being used as an art space. Christ Episcopal Church, Middletown, NJ. To view and/or purchase the catalogue, click here. To view a PDF version of the catalogue, click here.
2020
“Back Story”, curated by Hannah Traore, presented on Oarbt.com online 3-D art exhibition platform
2018
Sawyer Savings Bank Lobby Exhibition, Saugerties, NY
2014
Atrium Lobby Exhibition, Curated by Chashama, 45 Broadway, NYC, NY
2011
M55Art, “Rock ‘Em, Sock ‘Em”, Long Island City, NY. Catalogue available from Blurb: “ROCK ‘EM, SOCK ‘EM” Recent work by Carolyn Oberst.
2000
Margaret Bodell Gallery, NY, NY
1992
Mary Delahoyd Gallery, NY, NY
1990
Willoughby Sharp Gallery, NY, NY
1989
Mary Delahoyd Gallery, NY, NY
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITION
2011
“Two Lines of Sight: Carolyn Oberst & Jeff Way”, Vit Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea
“Carolyn Oberst and Sharon Broit”, The Forge Gallery, Milford, PA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
”I Dreamed a Garden”, curated by Lois Bender. Presented on the NY Artists Circle website.
2021
“Backordered”, curated by Sara Nightingale, director of the Sara Nightingale Gallery in Sag Harbor, NY. Presented on the NY Artists Circle website – nyartistscircle.com/curated-shows
“Global Meltdown”, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY.
“Coping Reservoir”, Box Factory Gallery, Queens, NY.
“Women Celebrate Women”, El Barrio’s Artspace PS 109, curated by Yvonne Lamar-Rogers. NY, NY
”Forever Young”, Group show, curated by Holly Gordon, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
”Art Expo 40”, BJ Spoke Gallery, Huntington,NY *Link to 60 second video statement w/images from the show - https://youtu.be/Dir-iGQ6Vno
“Lost and Found: A Personal Vision”, Curated by Lori Horowitz Presented on the NY Artists Circle website – nyartistscircle.com/curated-shows
2020
“Save the Earth”, Art at First Gallery, First Presbyterian Church, NY, NY
“Unleashing Magic”, Group Show, PXP Contemporary Gallery, online
“Summer Magic”, Create! Magazine, online group show.
“Congruence”, Summer show I Like Your Work, podcast, curated by Bridgette Mayer
“Touch”, 5 person online Group Show, Yi Gallery, NY, NY
2019
“Worlds Seen and Unseen”, 5-person Group Show, Westbeth Gallery, NY, NY.
”New Beginnings”, Group show, curated by Holly Gordon, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2018
“Toys”, Curated by Asha Ganpat, Mikhail Zakin Gallery, Demarest, NJ
Group Show, The Dutch Barn Art & Heritage Gallery, Saugerties, NY
“ArtSites in the Village”, Art walking tour in business windows, Saugerties, NY
Group Show, Opus 40, Saugerties, NY
“Girlhood”, Curated by Bibiana Huang, The Howland Cultural Center, Beacon, NY
2017
Group Show, Manhattan Borough President’s Maggie Peyton Gallery, NY, NY
2016
"In Harm's Way", Group show on the topic of endangered species - Central Booking Gallery, NY, NY
"Small Works/Baruch 2016", Curator, Richard Timperio, Director of Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“Thru the Rabbit Hole”, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
TH Studio Exhibition, Brooklyn Navy Yard, NY
Obracadobra Artists’ residency in Oaxaca, Mexico, 4 weeks through Jan. 22, 2015 : Blog documenting Oaxaca experience: http://carolynoberst.tumblr.com
2014
“New York Eden”, Luise Ross Gallery, NY, NY
“Rock the Boat”, 490 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY Curated by Harriet Korman
Selected by Obracadobra for their 4-week visual artist’s residency in Oaxaca, Mexico, starting late December 2014
“Art From the Boros II”, Denise Bibro Gallery, NY, NY
Summer Group Show, Torche Gallerie, Bel Mar, NJ
Included in the Artifact Gallery’s booth at Spectrum Miami, Miami, FL during Miami Art Week
2013
Curate NYC 2013, Curated by Janusz Jaworski of Chashama Gallery presented at 4 Times Square, NY, NY
“21”, The Forge Gallery, Milford, PA
Hullabaloo Collective, Fountain Art Fair, 69th Regiment Armory, NY, NY
Group Show, “Inside/Out”, Torche Galerie, Bel Mar, NJ
2012
“Art From the Boros”, Denise Bibro Gallery, NY, NY
“Winter Group Show”, “The Forge Gallery, Milford, PA
“Collage at 100 – STRANGE GLUE (Traditional & Avant-garde Collage), Curated by Todd Bartel, The Thompson Gallery, The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA
2011
“Celebrating Pioneer Artists of Tribeca”, Salomon Arts Gallery, NY, NY
Group Show, New Art Center, NY, NY
“Joy”, Grace Institute Gallery, NY, NY
2010
“River Stories”, The Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
“Amoeba to Zebra”, 404 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2009
“Playing Around”, The Brattleboro Museum, Brattleboro, VT
Group Show, The Taos Gallery, Taos, New Mexico
“Inaugural Exhibition”, The Craftsbury Gallery, Craftsbury, VT
OIA, NY Law School, NY, NY
Group Show, 404 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008
“Square Foot Show”, Art Gotham Gallery, NY, NY
“Juxtapositions”, Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
Group Show, Art Gotham Gallery, NY, NY
"Town and Country", Whitewater Gallery, E. Hardwick, VT
2007
Group Show, Synagogue for the Arts, NY, NY
2006
Tamarack Gallery, Craftsbury Common, VT
2005
“Devils and Dolls”, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Group Show, Tamarack Gallery, Craftsbury Common, VT
“Colored Pencil”, KS Art Gallery, NY, NY
Tamarack Gallery, Craftsbury Common, VT
2003
Tamarack Gallery, Craftsbury Common, VT
2000
Group show, Margaret Bodell Gallery, NY, NY
1999
Summer Show, Margaret Bodell Gallery, NY, NY
“Take a Notion”, D.L. Cerney, Curated by Margaret Bodell, NY, NY
1997
“Ordinary/Extraordinary, The Artist’s Use of Home”, Wood Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996
By Vermont Hands, Johnson, VT
“Figurative Work”, Gallery Henoch, NY, NY
1995
By Vermont Hands, Johnson, Vermont
“The Field of Vision”, curated by Hodiernal-V, presented by Art Initiatives, NY, NY
Florida Abstract Co., Palm Beach, FL
1994
“The Childs Play”, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, NY, N.Y
The Fox Islands Gallery, North Haven, Maine
The Fog Gallery, Vinalhaven, Maine.
“The Symbolic Essence of the Flower”, The Culture Center, NY, NY
1993
Bridgewater/Lustberg Gallery, NY, NY
”10th Anniversary Show”, Mary Delahoyd Gallery, New York, NY
1992
“Consumption of Paradise”, Elsa Mott Ives Gallery, Curated by Paul Bridgewater, NY, NY
1991
Group Show, Willoughby Sharp Gallery, NY, NY
CORPORATE COLLECTIONS:
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Executive Suite, NY, NY
SAS (Software + Solutions), Corporate Headquarters, Raleigh, NC
To download a PDF version of Carolyn’s CV, please click here.