Carole Feuerman
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Carole A. Feuerman is an American
artist and hyper-realistic sculptor. She currently lives and works in New York, New York. Feuerman is most known for her resin sculptures painted in oil, but she also utilizes other media such as bronze and stone. She developed a technique she calls “painting with fire” where she pours, splatters and splashes up to five different molten metals that are 2000 degrees in temperature. Most recently she has introduced photography and video media as a component to her sculptural works and plans on creating more installations for 2011.
She is represented by galleries both nationally and abroad, and has work in many public and private collections all over the world. She has enjoyed six museum retrospectives to date, and has been included in exhibitions at, among other venues, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
in New York, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Palazzo Strozzi
in Florence, Italy.
and the Betty Parsons Awards in sculpture, the Lorenzo de Medici Prize at the 2001 Biennale di Firenze, and First Prize at the 2008 Beijing Biennale and the 2008 Olympic Fine Arts Exhibition. Her work is in the collections of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, former President Bill Clinton
and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
, former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev
, the Absolut Art Collection, and Forbes Magazine, among others. Public collections include The Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, The Bass Museum, The Tampa Museum, The Boca Raton Museum, and The Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami
, The Miami Children's Museum, Queensborough Community College
Art Museum, Brandeis University
, and Grounds for Sculpture
.
In 2010, she exhibited her sixth retrospective at the El Paso Museum of Art
in Texas called, Earth Water Air Fire, with over fifty one sculptures, five monumental pieces, two interactive installations, one video, and showing two of her new large photographs. Following that, she had a solo show at Elaine Baker Gallery entitled “Carole Feuerman: H2O" which debuted a new monumental work coupled with interactive floor technology.
In March 2010, her sculpture “Monumental Shower” was exhibited along 140 works by 90 artists including Pierre Bonnard
, Louise Bourgeois
, William N. Copley
, Edgar Degas
, Albrecht Dürer
, and David Hockney
in an exhibition at the Ahlen Art Museum in Germany called “Intimacy! Bathing in Art" accompanied by a full colored book of the exhibition.
In 2009 Feuerman was the featured artist in “46 XX,” an exhibition of four female artists at Moscow’s Na Solyanke State Gallery; showcased in a solo outdoor exhibition along with Etruscan sculpture at the Archeological Museum in Fiesole, Italy; given a solo exhibition, “Swimmers, Bathers, Nudes,” at Jim Kempner Fine Art in New York; and included in “Art and Illusion: Masterpieces of trompe-l’oeil from Antiquity to the Present” at the Palazzo Strozzi
.
In 2008, besides first prize in both the Third International Beijing Biennale and in the same city’s Olympic Fine Arts Exhibition, Feuerman mounted a solo show, “La Scultura Incontra la Realta,” at Florence’s Moretti Fine Art, and was included in Venice’s OPEN International Sculpture Exhibition. At the end of 2008, Feuerman’s retrospective, “Silence-Passion-Expression,” was mounted at the Amarillo Art Museum in Texas, which has been nominated by the AISEI for the best Monographic Exhibition for 2008-2009. One of her sculptures, “Grande Catalina” was published in A History of Western Art by Antony Mason and John T. Spike and published by Abrams
.
In 2007 Feuerman's solo exhibition, “By the Sea”, was held at the Pavilion Paradiso in connection with the Biennale di Venezia, followed by a solo show, Lust & Desire, curated by Peter Frank and the director, Gertrude Kohler-Aeschlimann, with exhibition catalogue with essays by Stephen C. Foster and Peter Frank at the Art-st-Urban in Lucerne, Switzerland.
In March 2007 she held her second workshop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
, entitled La Escultura, La Tecnica, organized by education department curator, Rosa Tejada. In June 2007, she held another monographic exhibition, By The Sea, curated by John T. Spike at the Paradise Pavilion during the Venice Biennial. Again in Venice, in September 2007, she participated in OPEN 2007, an international sculpture exhibition curated by Paolo de Grandis, in conjunction with the Venetian Cinema Festival.
In 2006, her "painting with fire" sculpture "Zeus and Hera," was installed in the permanent collection of "Grounds for Sculpture
" in Hamilton, New Jersey
.
In 2004, she participated in the exhibit An American Odyssey 1945-1980, a survey including over a hundred works of American icons in art, together with several other American artists of the post-WWII era. It was accompanied by a book in full color, that traversed Spain before coming to New York in 2004. The following year she was given a comprehensive one-person show, entitled “Resin to Bronze Topographies”, at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York
.
In 1999, Carole worked with author Dena Merriam on the first edition, Carole A. Feuerman: Sculpture. 2010 began with the publication by Hudson Hills Press, of the second edition of Carole A. Feuerman: Sculpture., written by Eleanor Munro and David Finn.
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artist and hyper-realistic sculptor. She currently lives and works in New York, New York. Feuerman is most known for her resin sculptures painted in oil, but she also utilizes other media such as bronze and stone. She developed a technique she calls “painting with fire” where she pours, splatters and splashes up to five different molten metals that are 2000 degrees in temperature. Most recently she has introduced photography and video media as a component to her sculptural works and plans on creating more installations for 2011.
She is represented by galleries both nationally and abroad, and has work in many public and private collections all over the world. She has enjoyed six museum retrospectives to date, and has been included in exhibitions at, among other venues, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
in New York, the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia, and the Palazzo Strozzi
Palazzo Strozzi
Palazzo Strozzi is a palace in Florence, Italy.-History:The construction of the palace begun in 1489 by Benedetto da Maiano, for Filippo Strozzi the Elder, a rival of the Medici who had returned to the city in November 1466 and desired the most magnificent palace to assert his family's continued...
in Florence, Italy.
Career Highlights
Among the notable honors Feuerman has received are the Amelia PeabodyAmelia Peabody
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and the Betty Parsons Awards in sculpture, the Lorenzo de Medici Prize at the 2001 Biennale di Firenze, and First Prize at the 2008 Beijing Biennale and the 2008 Olympic Fine Arts Exhibition. Her work is in the collections of His Majesty the Emperor of Japan, former President Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
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and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger
Henry Kissinger
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, former Soviet Premier Mikhail Gorbachev
Mikhail Gorbachev
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, the Absolut Art Collection, and Forbes Magazine, among others. Public collections include The Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, The Bass Museum, The Tampa Museum, The Boca Raton Museum, and The Lowe Art Museum at the University of Miami
University of Miami
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, The Miami Children's Museum, Queensborough Community College
Queensborough Community College
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Art Museum, Brandeis University
Brandeis University
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, and Grounds for Sculpture
Grounds for Sculpture
Grounds For Sculpture is a sculpture park and museum located in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, on the former site of the New Jersey State Fairgrounds...
.
In 2010, she exhibited her sixth retrospective at the El Paso Museum of Art
El Paso Museum of Art
Founded in 1959, The El Paso Museum of Art is located in downtown El Paso, Texas. First accredited in 1972, it is the only accredited art museum within a 250 mile radius and serves approximately 100,000 visitors per year. A new building was completed in 1998...
in Texas called, Earth Water Air Fire, with over fifty one sculptures, five monumental pieces, two interactive installations, one video, and showing two of her new large photographs. Following that, she had a solo show at Elaine Baker Gallery entitled “Carole Feuerman: H2O" which debuted a new monumental work coupled with interactive floor technology.
In March 2010, her sculpture “Monumental Shower” was exhibited along 140 works by 90 artists including Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard
Pierre Bonnard was a French painter and printmaker, as well as a founding member of Les Nabis.-Biography:...
, Louise Bourgeois
Louise Bourgeois
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, William N. Copley
William Copley (artist)
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, Edgar Degas
Edgar Degas
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, Albrecht Dürer
Albrecht Dürer
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, and David Hockney
David Hockney
David Hockney, CH, RA, is an English painter, draughtsman, printmaker, stage designer and photographer, who is based in Bridlington, Yorkshire and Kensington, London....
in an exhibition at the Ahlen Art Museum in Germany called “Intimacy! Bathing in Art" accompanied by a full colored book of the exhibition.
In 2009 Feuerman was the featured artist in “46 XX,” an exhibition of four female artists at Moscow’s Na Solyanke State Gallery; showcased in a solo outdoor exhibition along with Etruscan sculpture at the Archeological Museum in Fiesole, Italy; given a solo exhibition, “Swimmers, Bathers, Nudes,” at Jim Kempner Fine Art in New York; and included in “Art and Illusion: Masterpieces of trompe-l’oeil from Antiquity to the Present” at the Palazzo Strozzi
Palazzo Strozzi
Palazzo Strozzi is a palace in Florence, Italy.-History:The construction of the palace begun in 1489 by Benedetto da Maiano, for Filippo Strozzi the Elder, a rival of the Medici who had returned to the city in November 1466 and desired the most magnificent palace to assert his family's continued...
.
In 2008, besides first prize in both the Third International Beijing Biennale and in the same city’s Olympic Fine Arts Exhibition, Feuerman mounted a solo show, “La Scultura Incontra la Realta,” at Florence’s Moretti Fine Art, and was included in Venice’s OPEN International Sculpture Exhibition. At the end of 2008, Feuerman’s retrospective, “Silence-Passion-Expression,” was mounted at the Amarillo Art Museum in Texas, which has been nominated by the AISEI for the best Monographic Exhibition for 2008-2009. One of her sculptures, “Grande Catalina” was published in A History of Western Art by Antony Mason and John T. Spike and published by Abrams
ABRAMS Books
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.
In 2007 Feuerman's solo exhibition, “By the Sea”, was held at the Pavilion Paradiso in connection with the Biennale di Venezia, followed by a solo show, Lust & Desire, curated by Peter Frank and the director, Gertrude Kohler-Aeschlimann, with exhibition catalogue with essays by Stephen C. Foster and Peter Frank at the Art-st-Urban in Lucerne, Switzerland.
In March 2007 she held her second workshop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is a renowned art museum in New York City. Its permanent collection contains more than two million works, divided into nineteen curatorial departments. The main building, located on the eastern edge of Central Park along Manhattan's Museum Mile, is one of the...
, entitled La Escultura, La Tecnica, organized by education department curator, Rosa Tejada. In June 2007, she held another monographic exhibition, By The Sea, curated by John T. Spike at the Paradise Pavilion during the Venice Biennial. Again in Venice, in September 2007, she participated in OPEN 2007, an international sculpture exhibition curated by Paolo de Grandis, in conjunction with the Venetian Cinema Festival.
In 2006, her "painting with fire" sculpture "Zeus and Hera," was installed in the permanent collection of "Grounds for Sculpture
Grounds for Sculpture
Grounds For Sculpture is a sculpture park and museum located in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, on the former site of the New Jersey State Fairgrounds...
" in Hamilton, New Jersey
Hamilton Township, Mercer County, New Jersey
Hamilton Township is a Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2010 Census, the township had a total population of 88,464...
.
In 2004, she participated in the exhibit An American Odyssey 1945-1980, a survey including over a hundred works of American icons in art, together with several other American artists of the post-WWII era. It was accompanied by a book in full color, that traversed Spain before coming to New York in 2004. The following year she was given a comprehensive one-person show, entitled “Resin to Bronze Topographies”, at Queensborough Community College of the City University of New York
City University of New York
The City University of New York is the public university system of New York City, with its administrative offices in Yorkville in Manhattan. It is the largest urban university in the United States, consisting of 23 institutions: 11 senior colleges, six community colleges, the William E...
.
In 1999, Carole worked with author Dena Merriam on the first edition, Carole A. Feuerman: Sculpture. 2010 began with the publication by Hudson Hills Press, of the second edition of Carole A. Feuerman: Sculpture., written by Eleanor Munro and David Finn.
External links
- http://www.carolefeuerman.com