CV
2011
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2013
(Upcoming), Carolyn Salas, Time Equities, Inc. Art-in-Buildings Program, curated by Jennie Lamensdorf, New York, NY
Thanks, curated by Adam Parker Smith, Lu Magnus Gallery, New York, NY
Hang Up, Carolyn Salas, Dodge Gallery, New York, NY, (solo)
Cut Outs, Carolyn Salas and Jenny Brillhart, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL
2012
The Unnatural, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
8 Artist Making Sculpture, curated by Jamie Sterns, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Grounded, curated by Rico Gatson, Airplane Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
AIRspace Exhibition, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
Flights From Wonder, curated by Miki Garcia, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2011
The Unseen, curated by Adela Leibowitz, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Everything Must Go, organized by Jose Noe Suro and Eduardo Sarabia, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York
Al-Ghaib: The Aesthetics of Disappearance, curated by Gaia Serena Simionati, STUX Gallery, New York
Purified Thoughts, curated by Jon Lutz, Rawson Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Improbable Self: Notes from the Void, curated by Fran Holstrom, St Cecelia's Gallery, Greenpoint, New York
In Back of the Real, curated by Dr. Necmi Sönmez, International Studio & Curatorial Program,Brooklyn, New York
2010
Physical Center, curated by Amanda Schmitt, St. Cecelia's Gallery, Greenpoint, New York
Value City, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
Word-less, curated by Felicity Hogan, The Elizabeth Foundation, New York
Talons, Swords and Samurai: A Show of Power, Berkshire Museum, MA
2009
Trophies, Collaboration with Adam Parker Smith, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, QC
Babel Collections, New Outdoor Commissioned Work, Art Space, New Haven, CT, (solo)
Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself, Gallerie Nordine Zidoun, Luxembourg, (two-person)
Scope Art Fair, New Commissions, Lincoln Center, New York
State of the Art: New York, Urbis City Center, Manchester, U.K.
Everybody, curated by Ryan Schneider, Envoy Gallery, New York
2008
Peekskill Project, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York
I Held a Jewel in My Hand and Fell Asleep, Main Site Contemporary, Oklahoma
Admirer, curated by Maureen Cavanaugh, 31 Grand Gallery, New York
Feast of Burden, Silly Thing, Hong Kong, (two-person show)
2007
Against Stone and Sea, Priska Juschka Fine Art Gallery, New York, (solo)
2006
Materiality, Kravets & Wheby Gallery, New York
2005
New Found Land, curated by Yaelle Amir, Priska Juschka Fine Art Gallery, New York
Red/White/Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
Breaking Ground, The New York Horticultural Society, New York
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York
EDUCATION:
2005 CUNY Hunter College, M.F.A. Sculpture, New York
2004 Glasgow School of Art, Hunter College Study Abroad Program, Fine Arts
1999 College of Santa Fe, B.F.A. (Honors) Sculpture, Santa Fe, NM
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS:
2013
Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Grant Nominee, NY
2012
Fountainhead Residency, FL
Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Artist Residency, Shanghai, China
NARS International Studio Residency, NY
2011
Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Grant Nominee, NY
Abrons Art Center, AIRspace Studio Residency, NY
The Elizabeth Foundation Studio Program/Space Award, NY
Franconia Sculpture Park Residency Program, Jerome Grant, MN
2009
Artspace, New Haven, CT
Djerrassi Artists Residency, CA
Chashama Studio Program, NY
2008
Blue Mountain Center, NY
Jentel Artist Residency, WY
The Santa Fe Art Institute, NM
2007-2008
Cha North Artist Residency, NY
2006-2008
Chashama Studio Program, NY
2004
Rita Glassier Scholarship, Study Abroad Program, Hunter College, NY
2001
Vermont Studio Center, (Pollack-Krasner Fellowship Award), VT
APPOINTMENTS:
2011-Present
Lecturer, Sculpture, Mold-Making and Casting, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2010
Assistant Professor, Three Dimensional Design, College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ
LECTURES & ARTIST TALKS:
2009
Urbis City Center, Moderated by Carlos McCormick, Manchester, U.K.
Artist Space, New Haven CT
Artist in Residence, MS. 137, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Santa Fe Art Institute, NM
Radio Television Hong Kong/Morning Brew, Hong Kong
Santa Fe Radio Café, Santa Fe, NM
CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
2012
You, Me, We, She, Art Book Club, Fleisher Ollman Gallery, PA
2011
Art Book Club, Printed Matter Book Fair, PS1, Long Island City, NY
Art Book Club Presents: Cowboy Mouth, St. Cecelia's Convent, Greenpoint, NY
^..^/:), Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education, Bronx, NY
COMMISSIONS:
2007
Staten Island Yankee Stadium, Chashama Window Project, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Tyler Emerson-Dorsch, Site95, Journal_02_02, Pushing Against The Walls: Tyler Emerson-Dorsch speaks with Jenny Brillhart and Carolyn Salas about their exhibition “Cut Outs” at Dimensions Variable, April 18,2013
Katy Diamond Hamer, Eyes Towards The Dove, http://www.eyes-towards-the-dove.com/201, Jan. 26, 2013
SOFIA, DODGEgallery presents new shows by Doug Weathersby and Carolyn Salas, COOL CULTURE, Jan 13, 2013
Grey Area's Very Important Piece, ARTLOG Magazine, March 09, 2012
Charles Donelan, New Exhibit Explore Perceptions Unbound from Expectations, Santa Barbara Independent, March 21, 2012
Edith Newhall, The Inquirer/Daily News/Philadelphia, Galleries: A wide ranging celebration of 2d-wave feminism, March 11, 2012
Salas, Carolyn, Site Journal no.3, http://www.site95.org/_journal/2012-marc
James Kalm, Brooklyn Dispatches Game-Changer?, The Brooklyn Rail, 2011
Emmy Thelander, Dead in August; Alive in Greenpoint, The Art Blog, Sept 04, 2011
Andrew Russeth, 16 mi., "In Back of the Real":Around the International Studio & Curatorial Program, May 23, 2011,http://www.16miles.com/2011/05/in-back-of-real-in-and-around.html
Manya Schep, Philadelphia Weekly, First-Friday-Picks, May 05, 2010
Diana Mellon, The New Haven Advocate, “The Lots Junkyard Art”, August 05, 2009
Allan Appel, The New Haven Independent, “A Recycled “Babel” Rises”, July 31, 2009
Register Staff, The New Haven Register, “The Lot shows just what student artists can do”, August 10, 2009
Stacey DeWolfe, Mirror Magazine-Artsweek, Montreal, “Guns n’ Antlers”, June 25- July 01, 2009
Karen Rosenberg, New York Times, “Toplessness and Taxidermy in a Bottoming Market”, March 07, 2009
Angela Kelly, Trafford Metro News, Manchester, “Big Apple Art, but Bite-sized”, April 15, 2009
Art World, “Urbis Delivers Hot Stuff From New York”, April / May. 2009
Didier Damiani, d, Land Kultur, “Corpus Christi Amen”, January 30, 2009
Laetitia Collin, La Voix, “Un Materialism Encombrant”, Jan. 2009
France Clarinval, Le Quotidien, “Drole De Communion”, Jan. 2009, www.lequotidien.lu
Creative Force, Milk Magazine, www.milk.com.hk, 2008
Radio Television Hong Kong, htt://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/radio3/morning brew, 2008
Benjamin Genocchio, The New York Times, “In Peekskill, 2 Shows of Raw Works”, 2008
Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Chelsea Now Magazine, “Admirer” Calibrates the Edges of Accord, 2008
Santa Fe Radio Café, www.santaferadiocafe.org/podcasts, 2008
Shu Hung & Joe Magliaro, By Hand, Craft in Contemporary Art, Princeton Architectural Press, 2007
Alison B. Levy, New York Arts Magazine, “Splendor at the Market, July/Aug., 2006
Ken Johnson, The New York Times, Art Listing, “Materiality”, Aug., 2006
The New Yorker, Around Town, Art, “Natural Views”, July 2005
The Village Voice, Voice Picks, “Breaking Ground”, Horticultural Society, Aug. 2005
MFA Candidates, Hunter College Publications, “Spring Semester”, 2005
Carey Ann Schaefer, Matrix Magazine, “Au Pair”, Body Parts Issue #66, 2002
Nancie L. Katz, The Daily News, “Artist Revel in Frontier Space”, June 13, 2000
Ruth Lopez, The Pasatiempo, “With a moo-moo- here and a quack quack there...” July 1999
Gussie Fauntleroy, The Pasatiempo, “Stereotypes about Women Sculptures are Crumbling”, Oct. 1999
2013
(Upcoming), Carolyn Salas, Time Equities, Inc. Art-in-Buildings Program, curated by Jennie Lamensdorf, New York, NY
Thanks, curated by Adam Parker Smith, Lu Magnus Gallery, New York, NY
Hang Up, Carolyn Salas, Dodge Gallery, New York, NY, (solo)
Cut Outs, Carolyn Salas and Jenny Brillhart, Dimensions Variable, Miami, FL
2012
The Unnatural, Kate Werble Gallery, New York, NY
8 Artist Making Sculpture, curated by Jamie Sterns, BRIC Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Grounded, curated by Rico Gatson, Airplane Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
AIRspace Exhibition, Abrons Art Center, New York, NY
Flights From Wonder, curated by Miki Garcia, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
2011
The Unseen, curated by Adela Leibowitz, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Everything Must Go, organized by Jose Noe Suro and Eduardo Sarabia, Casey Kaplan Gallery, New York
Al-Ghaib: The Aesthetics of Disappearance, curated by Gaia Serena Simionati, STUX Gallery, New York
Purified Thoughts, curated by Jon Lutz, Rawson Projects, Brooklyn, NY
Improbable Self: Notes from the Void, curated by Fran Holstrom, St Cecelia's Gallery, Greenpoint, New York
In Back of the Real, curated by Dr. Necmi Sönmez, International Studio & Curatorial Program,Brooklyn, New York
2010
Physical Center, curated by Amanda Schmitt, St. Cecelia's Gallery, Greenpoint, New York
Value City, Little Berlin, Philadelphia, PA
Word-less, curated by Felicity Hogan, The Elizabeth Foundation, New York
Talons, Swords and Samurai: A Show of Power, Berkshire Museum, MA
2009
Trophies, Collaboration with Adam Parker Smith, Parisian Laundry, Montreal, QC
Babel Collections, New Outdoor Commissioned Work, Art Space, New Haven, CT, (solo)
Please Allow Me to Introduce Myself, Gallerie Nordine Zidoun, Luxembourg, (two-person)
Scope Art Fair, New Commissions, Lincoln Center, New York
State of the Art: New York, Urbis City Center, Manchester, U.K.
Everybody, curated by Ryan Schneider, Envoy Gallery, New York
2008
Peekskill Project, Hudson Valley Center for Contemporary Art, New York
I Held a Jewel in My Hand and Fell Asleep, Main Site Contemporary, Oklahoma
Admirer, curated by Maureen Cavanaugh, 31 Grand Gallery, New York
Feast of Burden, Silly Thing, Hong Kong, (two-person show)
2007
Against Stone and Sea, Priska Juschka Fine Art Gallery, New York, (solo)
2006
Materiality, Kravets & Wheby Gallery, New York
2005
New Found Land, curated by Yaelle Amir, Priska Juschka Fine Art Gallery, New York
Red/White/Blue, Spencer Brownstone Gallery, New York
Breaking Ground, The New York Horticultural Society, New York
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hunter College, Times Square Gallery, New York
EDUCATION:
2005 CUNY Hunter College, M.F.A. Sculpture, New York
2004 Glasgow School of Art, Hunter College Study Abroad Program, Fine Arts
1999 College of Santa Fe, B.F.A. (Honors) Sculpture, Santa Fe, NM
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS:
2013
Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Grant Nominee, NY
2012
Fountainhead Residency, FL
Swatch Art Peace Hotel, Artist Residency, Shanghai, China
NARS International Studio Residency, NY
2011
Rema Hort Mann Foundation, Grant Nominee, NY
Abrons Art Center, AIRspace Studio Residency, NY
The Elizabeth Foundation Studio Program/Space Award, NY
Franconia Sculpture Park Residency Program, Jerome Grant, MN
2009
Artspace, New Haven, CT
Djerrassi Artists Residency, CA
Chashama Studio Program, NY
2008
Blue Mountain Center, NY
Jentel Artist Residency, WY
The Santa Fe Art Institute, NM
2007-2008
Cha North Artist Residency, NY
2006-2008
Chashama Studio Program, NY
2004
Rita Glassier Scholarship, Study Abroad Program, Hunter College, NY
2001
Vermont Studio Center, (Pollack-Krasner Fellowship Award), VT
APPOINTMENTS:
2011-Present
Lecturer, Sculpture, Mold-Making and Casting, Yale University, New Haven, CT
2010
Assistant Professor, Three Dimensional Design, College of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ
LECTURES & ARTIST TALKS:
2009
Urbis City Center, Moderated by Carlos McCormick, Manchester, U.K.
Artist Space, New Haven CT
Artist in Residence, MS. 137, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Santa Fe Art Institute, NM
Radio Television Hong Kong/Morning Brew, Hong Kong
Santa Fe Radio Café, Santa Fe, NM
CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
2012
You, Me, We, She, Art Book Club, Fleisher Ollman Gallery, PA
2011
Art Book Club, Printed Matter Book Fair, PS1, Long Island City, NY
Art Book Club Presents: Cowboy Mouth, St. Cecelia's Convent, Greenpoint, NY
^..^/:), Casita Maria Center for Arts and Education, Bronx, NY
COMMISSIONS:
2007
Staten Island Yankee Stadium, Chashama Window Project, New York
BIBLIOGRAPHY:
Tyler Emerson-Dorsch, Site95, Journal_02_02, Pushing Against The Walls: Tyler Emerson-Dorsch speaks with Jenny Brillhart and Carolyn Salas about their exhibition “Cut Outs” at Dimensions Variable, April 18,2013
Katy Diamond Hamer, Eyes Towards The Dove, http://www.eyes-towards-the-dove.com/201, Jan. 26, 2013
SOFIA, DODGEgallery presents new shows by Doug Weathersby and Carolyn Salas, COOL CULTURE, Jan 13, 2013
Grey Area's Very Important Piece, ARTLOG Magazine, March 09, 2012
Charles Donelan, New Exhibit Explore Perceptions Unbound from Expectations, Santa Barbara Independent, March 21, 2012
Edith Newhall, The Inquirer/Daily News/Philadelphia, Galleries: A wide ranging celebration of 2d-wave feminism, March 11, 2012
Salas, Carolyn, Site Journal no.3, http://www.site95.org/_journal/2012-marc
James Kalm, Brooklyn Dispatches Game-Changer?, The Brooklyn Rail, 2011
Emmy Thelander, Dead in August; Alive in Greenpoint, The Art Blog, Sept 04, 2011
Andrew Russeth, 16 mi., "In Back of the Real":Around the International Studio & Curatorial Program, May 23, 2011,http://www.16miles.com/2011/05/in-back-of-real-in-and-around.html
Manya Schep, Philadelphia Weekly, First-Friday-Picks, May 05, 2010
Diana Mellon, The New Haven Advocate, “The Lots Junkyard Art”, August 05, 2009
Allan Appel, The New Haven Independent, “A Recycled “Babel” Rises”, July 31, 2009
Register Staff, The New Haven Register, “The Lot shows just what student artists can do”, August 10, 2009
Stacey DeWolfe, Mirror Magazine-Artsweek, Montreal, “Guns n’ Antlers”, June 25- July 01, 2009
Karen Rosenberg, New York Times, “Toplessness and Taxidermy in a Bottoming Market”, March 07, 2009
Angela Kelly, Trafford Metro News, Manchester, “Big Apple Art, but Bite-sized”, April 15, 2009
Art World, “Urbis Delivers Hot Stuff From New York”, April / May. 2009
Didier Damiani, d, Land Kultur, “Corpus Christi Amen”, January 30, 2009
Laetitia Collin, La Voix, “Un Materialism Encombrant”, Jan. 2009
France Clarinval, Le Quotidien, “Drole De Communion”, Jan. 2009, www.lequotidien.lu
Creative Force, Milk Magazine, www.milk.com.hk, 2008
Radio Television Hong Kong, htt://www.rthk.org.hk/rthk/radio3/morning brew, 2008
Benjamin Genocchio, The New York Times, “In Peekskill, 2 Shows of Raw Works”, 2008
Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, Chelsea Now Magazine, “Admirer” Calibrates the Edges of Accord, 2008
Santa Fe Radio Café, www.santaferadiocafe.org/podcasts, 2008
Shu Hung & Joe Magliaro, By Hand, Craft in Contemporary Art, Princeton Architectural Press, 2007
Alison B. Levy, New York Arts Magazine, “Splendor at the Market, July/Aug., 2006
Ken Johnson, The New York Times, Art Listing, “Materiality”, Aug., 2006
The New Yorker, Around Town, Art, “Natural Views”, July 2005
The Village Voice, Voice Picks, “Breaking Ground”, Horticultural Society, Aug. 2005
MFA Candidates, Hunter College Publications, “Spring Semester”, 2005
Carey Ann Schaefer, Matrix Magazine, “Au Pair”, Body Parts Issue #66, 2002
Nancie L. Katz, The Daily News, “Artist Revel in Frontier Space”, June 13, 2000
Ruth Lopez, The Pasatiempo, “With a moo-moo- here and a quack quack there...” July 1999
Gussie Fauntleroy, The Pasatiempo, “Stereotypes about Women Sculptures are Crumbling”, Oct. 1999
