About the Artist

Photo by Mark Dellas

 

Biography
 
 



Education

1989

Brown University, Providence, R.I.
Andrew Mellon Fellowship

M.A. Portuguese and Brasilian Studies and Painting
5/89

1987 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, R.I.
Graduate-Level Independent Study in Painting
2-4/89
1984 State University of New York, Buffalo, NY
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Painting
9/80-4/84

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Selected exhibitions (Single Shows)*

2009 Museum Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea "Le Loggie" (August 2009), San Marino, Italy
2009 Contemporary New Museum, "Bowery Artists Tribute", NY NY
http://mediaspace.newmuseum.org/boweryartisttribute/
2009-2011

Laznia CCA 3rd Edition of the International Competition of the “Outdoor Gallery of the City of Gdansk” – FIRST PRIZE WINNER "Scent of Color," Gdansk, Poland -to be built in 2011 at Dolna Square, as part of the Revitalization of Gdansk! http://www.laznia.pl/english/?id=62

2008 Broadway Gallery, My postcards, a visual typewriter, NY, NY*
2008

Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts - Eco-container Art Project Genova, Italy

07-2008 Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts,- December/January - Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2007 Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, December, Istanbul, Turkey
2007

Broadway Gallery, "CEO's", March 17, NY NY

2006 Beijing Times Gallery, "Chinese Group Show" November
Beijing, China
2006

NY Arts Beijing Gallery, "Solo Show Carmen Einfinger" October*
Beijing, China

2006

Broadway Gallery, The Boarding School, Carmen Einfinger, June *
NY, NY

2005 City Hall Arts and Cultural Center, "True Colors"
Lake Charles, Louisiana
2005 Roger Smith Lab "Le Dejeuner sur L'herbe"
performance with Abraham Lubelski
NY, NY
2005

OHR-O’KEEFE Museum of Art, "True Colors"
Biloxi, Mississipi

2005

Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza "True Colors"
Dallas, Texas

2005

Krasdale Foods, Inc. Krasdale Galleries, "Tried and True"
Bronx, NY

2004

Pierogi, "Derby Cars"10th Anniversary Exhibition
Brooklyn, NY

2004

Krasdale Foods, Inc. Krasdale Galleries, "Warm Worlds"
White Plains, NY

2004

Danubiana Museum, "True Colors"
Bratislava, Slovakia

2004

National Art Gallery, "True Colors"
Tirana, Albania

2003 Galerie Lelong, "Postcards from the Edge", Visual Aids, Benefit
NY NY
2003 Brasil Foundation, Gala Benefit
NY NY
2003 "True Colors"
Portadown, Ireland
2003 Waterfront Hall, "True Colors"
Belfast, Ireland
2003 Allierten Museum, "True Colors"
Berlin Germany
2003 Armory Arts Center, "True Colors"
West Palm Beach, Florida
2003 UCLA/LACMA “Collection Project”
LA, California
2002 Institute of Culture and Fine Art, “Friends of Iceland
Hafnarborg, Iceland
2002 The Public Theater, “New Festival silent auction
NY, NY
2002

SunTrust Plaza Gallery, “True Colors”
Atlanta, Georgia

2002 Sperone Westwater, “Postcards from the Edge” Visual Aids
Benefit, NY NY
2002 Cankaya Cultural Center, “True Colors”
Ankara, Turkey
2002 Topkapi Museum “True Colors”
Istanbul, Turkey
2002 Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Unity Canvas
Brooklyn NY
2002 National Arts Club “True Colors”
NY, NY
2002 Pierogi, Flat Files,
Brooklyn, NY
2002 Meridian International Center “True Colors”
Washington, DC
2002 National Arts Club, “Renaissance” Benefit for YWCA
NY NY
2002 Iowa City Public Library, “Poetry Postcards”
Iowa
2001 Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Silent Auction
NY, NY
2001 Gedok Gallery, “The Emotional Recovery Room” *
Lubeck, Germany
2000 Star Media, “Arte Latinoamericano”
NY NY
2000 NYAA, “Take Home a Nude” Silent Auction
NY, NY
1998 Jacqueline Rothschild Fine Art, Recent Works *
NY, NY
1996 R&J Fine Art, Group Show
NY, NY
1993 Ridge Street Gallery, Recent Works *
NY, NY
1991 Nada Gallery, “A woman, a room and a dress” *
NY, NY
1991 Minor Injury, “Private into Public”
Brooklyn, New York
1991 Brand name damages, “Artists Unleashed”
Brooklyn, New York
1991 HCTAG, “Open Spaces”, (to benefit Eastern European artists)
NY, NY
1990 Totalitarian Zone Gallery, “Totalitni Zona,”
Prague, Czechoslovakia
1990 Albright-Knox Art Gallery, “Selected Works”
Buffalo, New York
1990 Barbara Schuller Gallery, “Still Life Expanded”
Buffalo, New York
1989 List Art Center, Brown University, “Roots in Brazilian Culture” *
Providence, Rhode Island
1987 Goldome Bank, “Small Works Competition”
Buffalo, New York
1985 Hallwalls, Contemporary Arts Center, Group Show
Buffalo, New York
1985 Essex Gallery, “Expressions of Bahia” *
Buffalo, New York
1984 Hallwalls, Contemporary Arts Center, Group Show
Buffalo, New York

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Grants, Residencies and Awards,

2009 FIRST PRIZE WINNER "Scent of Color," Gdansk. CCA 3rd Edition of the International Competition of the “Outdoor Gallery of the City of Gdansk, Poland ” -to be built in 2011 at Dolna Square, as part of the Revitalization of Gdansk! http://www.laznia.pl/english/?id=62
2007-08

Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung Interntional Container Arts Festival, Grant, Taiwan

2007

NY Arts Beijing, Art Residency
Beijing, China

2005

NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship
New York,NY

2001 Gedok Schleswig-Holstein Art Residency
Lubeck, Germany
2000 Blue Mountain Art Center Residency
Blue Mountain Lake, NY
1991 Artists Space, New York City, Grant for Exhibition Aid
Czech-Mate Productions
1992 Artist Space Independent Project Grant
New York, NY
1990 Linhart‚s Foundation, at Snemovni, (Residency)
Totalitarian Zone, Prague. Czechoslovakia
1987 Andrew Mellon Fellowship, Providence
Rhode Island

Personal History

Born in Nottingham, England
Lived in Brasil for 17 years.
Presently living in New York City for 18 years.

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Private Collection

Luigi Benedetti
Gray Stream
Abby Simpson and Todd Mydland
Mr. and Mrs Duayne Hatchett
Mr. and Mrs Joseph Saunders
Luan Spingola
Richard Sheinmel and Christopher Frommer
Mr and Mrs. Carlos Barba
Jacqueline Rothschild
Mr. and Mrs. Eben Shapiro
Joanna Vincente and Jason Kliot
Mr. and Mrs. Giles Hemmings
Michelle Satter and David Latt
Nancy Gerstman
Michael Harris
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dixon
Rick Field
Kathleen Springhorn
Ute Holl
Mr. and Mrs.Eckart Holl
Lynda Hansen
Steve Gallagher
Mark Thompson and Robert Doyle
Nora Gabriels
Donna Daniels
Mr. and Mrs. Rudi Taurit
Candace Worth
Fielding Dawson
Tina Kramer
Peter Novello
Michael Bevins and Charles J. Fombrun
Mr. and Mrs.Tony Singh
Coleman Hough
Alexandra Forman and Christian Hawkey
Kendrick Reid
Ricardo Beninatto
Sigmund R. Balka
Hayet Ennabli and John Graham-Cumming
Mr. Dorval Carter and Mrs. Vivian Carter

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Publications and Reviews

March/2009 Space Craft 2, More fleeting Architecture and Hideouts, by Gestalten, Italy
Oct/2008 Susie Walsh, Broadway Gallery "Blog Archive" Carmen Einfinger, NYNY
May/June 2008 Bora Shehu, “Return to Innocence” NY Arts Magazine
May/June 2007

Marc Kristal, “seeCEOseen” NY Arts Magazine online NY, NY

May/
June, 2007
Vol. 12
Julia Draganovic, New York
Paintings to Live In: Carmen Einfinger's "seeCEOseen" at Broadway Gallery
NY Arts Magazine
November, 2006, Vol.1

Times Art Gallery - Catalogue for The First Contemporary Art Exhibition
Beijing, China

September/
October, 2006
Vol. 11

Ute Holl, New York
The Orphanage at Broadway Gallery
NY Arts

March 13
2005

Scott Cantrell, Dallas
Palette of pathos, “9-11 exhibit skirts the edges of kitsch”
The Dallas Morning News

September
2003

Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin - “True Colors”
Die Katastrophe als Kunstwerk, Berlin

May
2003
Elvan Teckan Sahinoglu, Istanbul "True Colors" Akademist
December
2002
Jerry Cullum, Atlanta
“America in the Wake of September 11”
The Atlanta Journal Constitution
December
2002
Bragi Asgeirsson, Hafnarborg, Iceland, Morgunbladid
September
2002
Basinda Guven, Istanbul Milliyet
September
2002
Kultur, Istanbul, Cumhuriyet
Cemalettin Candir, Istanbul, Zaman
September
2002
Muharrem Aydin, Istanbul, Hurriyet
September
2002
Michael Cooper
“Istanbul greets Bloomberg with apples and sympathy
The New York Times
February
2002
Joanna Shaw Eagle, “Healing with creative works”
The Washington Times
February
2002
Joanna Shaw Eagle
“America’s True Spirit on display”
The Washington Times
June
2001
Lis Kevenhorster, Germany
“Carmen Einfinger zu Gast im Gedok-Atelierhaus”
Nord Magazine
June
2001
Ausstellungen in Juni, Germany, Nord Magazine
June 28
2001
Von Oda Rose Oertel, Germany
“Die Einheit mit der Welt”, Lubecker Nachrichten
February 1991 Ondrej Hejma, “Torn Velvet”, Art News
(review of Totalitarian Zone Exhibition)
December
10, 1990
The Talk of the Town, “Underground”, The New Yorker
(review of Totalitarian Zone Exhibition)
December 24, 1990 Amy Spindler, “Letter from Prague”, W
(Totalitarian Zone was mentioned)
March/April 1990 Carmen Einfinger
Brown University Arts and Entertainment Monthly

 

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