Carol Schwartz is an artist/sculptor. She was born in Brooklyn, New York and attended Pratt Institute and the Art Students League. She now lives and works in Northern New Jersey.

 

People are at the core of her socially inspired work.  

Schwartz addresses human dilemmas that leave us vulnerable and exposed. Life size and larger, her vigorously painted sculptures are a reflection of our self conscious and unselfconscious selves.

With a delightful playfulness and poetic sensibility she honors our authentic moments.

 

For the last several years she has been working in rough pieces of wood that she glues and dowels together to create mammoth yet graceful people. Alone and in relationships, they reflect issues concerning identity, sexuality, age and avarice. Her latest work is just shy of five feet in height and it gives voice and visibility to an aging population

 

Carol has been a recipient of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship, in Sculpture and her work has been shown widely across the United States. To view additional work, go to: carolschwartzsculptor.com

For a studio visit call: 201- 978-4365 for an appointment

 

Shows and Exhibitions

 

● Mack - Cali Atrium, “Constructions in the Sunken Garden”, Jersey City New Jersey, 2010

● New Jersey Fine Arts Annual “Local Life” at The Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey, 2009

● New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship Exhibition at the Visual Art Center of New Jersey, Summit New Jersey 2009

●Ceres Gallery, Exposure, New York, New York, 2008

●The Beacon, Lifecycles 3D, Jersey City, New Jersey 2008

●Arts Guild of Rahway, Body Parts, Rahway, New Jersey 2008

●Atlanti Care, I Will Survive Atlantic City, New Jersey 2007

●Bill Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica, California   2007

●Bill Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, Georgia   2007

●The Noyes Museum of Art: Oceanville, NJ: New Jersey Arts Annual   2007

● Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts: The Family Experience, Deconstruction and Reconstruction   May 2006

● Gallery International, Baltimore, Maryland: Juried Show 2004

● Roshkowska Galleries, Windam, NY:  One Person Show 2004

● Ceres Gallery, New York, New York: National Juried Show, 2004

● Rotunda Gallery, Jersey City, NJ: New Kid on the Block, 2003

● Jersey City Museum, Jersey City NJ: Paper Ball 2003

● Arts Students League, NY, NY: Small Works Show 2002

●Old Church Cultural Center, Demarest, NJ: Small Works Show 1998

 

Scholarships, Awards

 

●Carol E. Schwartz received a 2007 Fellowship from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts

●Special Honorable Mention, Margo Harris Hammerschlag Competition in Sculpture, 2007

●National Juried Competition, Ceres Gallery NYC, first place in sculpture

  Awarded by Museum of Modern Art curator Fereshteh Daftari, 2004

●Allen Tucker Scholarship

●Full Scholarship, Pratt Institute

 

Publications/Productions

 

● Star Ledger Features Nov15, 2008

●YouTube Video “Formidable Women”

●JCVibe on – line Magazine: Interview with artist: Oct 2006

●The Jersey City Reporter: Oct.2006

●The Weehawken Reporter: Oct 2006

●Union City Reporter: Oct 2005

●Arts and Entertainment, Windam Journal June 2004

●Jersey City Reporter Oct. 2003

Professional Memberships and Affiliations

 

● International Sculpture Center

●National Association of Woman Artists

●National Sculpture Society

●Newark Arts Council

●City Without Walls

●Pro Arts

Work Experience

 

●Working Artist, Union City New Jersey 2000 to present

Sculptor

●Director of Real Estate and Planning Quest Diagnostics 1984 to 1999

Architecture and Space Planning

 

Professional Training

 

●Arts Students League: 4 Year sculpture certificate

●Pratt Institute BFA: Architecture/Interior Design

●Putney School of Art: London England: Drawing, Painting and Pottery