Carolyn Polk
artist

Websites:

• http://www.carolynpolk.com

Bio:

Exhibitions of my artwork have been shown in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Virginia, Georgia, and Washington. I have had eight successful solo shows in the past three years as well fourteen groups shows. Those include exhibits in Seattle, WA at the: COCA: Center on Contemporary Art, Form/Space Atelier, and Studio Brick Gallery. I have a broad audience including private collectors from across the globe as well as corporate entities that have purchased and commissioned artwork.

About the Art:

Scarab beetles are one of the subjects for the artwork. Intriguing perspectives, art that pushes your notions of aesthetics. Scarabs were first identified as an important icon in ancient Egypt. They are symbols of good luck, and protection. A variety of media, materials and techniques were used in creating these artworks including: encaustic (wax), recovered barn wood, washers and burlap coffee bags, acrylic paint and mediums, paper, resin, metallic pigment, coasters, image transfer, and print.

My acrylic paintings are varied in size reaching up to 4x10 feet, sometimes utilizing multiple canvases for visual effectiveness. There are several series I am currently developing. I predominantly focus on one color family in each work. The work is derived from landscapes, including cityscapes. I find what I see as the most important aspect of the scene, and emphasize that point. The resulting in images become abstract, often using the repetition of basic shapes.

Two of the series that I'm working with are: Paused and View. Both have similarities of intent. Both have been created as means of reflection. In View it is about allowing yourself to slow down and experience, see, what is around you, the 'view'. Paused captures the same theme, of holding onto moments and feelings. It embraces the ideology of being fully aware and present. Allow yourself to take in details of seemingly small unimportant moments alongside the obviously important ones. Paused is a moment of time, the exact moment of the pause are represented by the numbers on the canvases. The number can be the time of day, date, a counter showing elapsed time, odometer, some form of measurement visually showing when that pause took place.

Please contact me if you are interested in viewing the artwork or are interested in commissioning a piece. carolyn.polk@gmail.com www.carolynpolk.com

Working with clients to match my current artwork or create artwork for spaces that address the client's specific wants and needs.

I'm looking for places to show my artwork. I am also looking to get my artwork into corporate spaces as well as condos.

BFA from Endicott College in Beverly, Massachusetts

Currently working on a graduate degree in art education at SCSU

Solo Shows

October 2009, Flavour Cafe & Lounge, Troy NY.
April 2009, Cafe Dharwin, Seattle WA.
March 2009, Victrola Coffee and Art, Seattle WA.
March 2009, Studio Brick Gallery, Seattle WA.
January 2009, Starbucks, Seattle WA.
June 2008, ReSurfacing, Form/Space Atelier, Seattle WA.
November 2006, Elbasha Café, Seattle WA.
July 2006, Purr Cocktail Lounge, Seattle WA.
June 2006, Mr. Spots Chai House, Seattle WA.

Group Shows

2009
Germain, Great Barrington, MA.
Hungry Eye Cooperative Gallery, New Haven, CT.
APW Gallery, NYC.
Intellisites, Albany, NY.
Artifakt multi-genre art show, LoFi, Seattle, WA.

2008
Featured artist at Monster Art & Clothing, Seattle WA.
Punk Rock Flea Market, Underground Events Center, Seattle WA.

2007
Through the Looking Glass, See Sound Lounge, Seattle WA.
$100 and under group art show, Retrofit Home, Seattle WA.
Crawls Out/Cinq, Form/Space Atelier, Seattle WA.

2006
Wall of Art for Sale Under $400, Form/Space Atelier, Seattle WA.
The Beat Salon, COCA, Seattle WA.
Santoro's Books, Seattle WA.
Zebra Club, Seattle WA.

2005
Pioneer Square Art Walk, Seattle, WA.
Healing Arts Wellness & research Center, Renton WA.
Aradia Women's Health Center, Seattle WA.

2004
100x100x100, The Averitt Art Center, Statesboro GA.
Wall to Wall, Jaffe Arts Center, Norfolk VA.
Art by Healers, J. David Broudo Gallery, Beverly, MA.
Cranwell Resort, Spa & Golf Club, Lenox, MA.
47th Annual Mystic Outdoor Juried Art Festival, Mystic, CT.
20th Annual Charlestown Juried Seafood Festival, Charlestown, RI.
The Pantry, Fairfield, CT.
Church on the Hill Juried Arts & Crafts Fair, Lenox, MA.
Fairfield Juried Arts and Crafts Fair, Fairfield, CT.
The ArtShow Amherst, Annual Juried Fine Art Street Gallery, Amherst, MA.
2nd Annual Art in the Park, Aspray Boathouse Pawtuxet Park, Warwick, RI.

2003
Kiwanis Juried Arts and Crafts Fair, Fairfield, CT.
Brooklyn Coffee and Tea House, Providence, RI.

COMMISSIONED COMMERCIAL SALES

2007
Three large paintings for the interior of the office. Express Employment Professionals, Seattle, WA.

2005
Six paintings enlarged and printed on canvas for front windows. Windham Hotel, Willimantic, CT.
Eighteen 3'x5' paintings for the interior of a condo development. Avenue One, Seattle, WA.

PUBLICATIONS Artwork appears in Our Truths/Nuetras Verdades magazine, spring 2007.