Carrie Gillen
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Education
2013- 2016 MFA Studio Arts, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL
2004 - 2008 BA Studio Arts, Loyola University of New Orleans (Magna Cum Laude)
Selected Exhibitions
2017 - Solo Exhibition, Emerging Artists' Series, Ameristar Gallery, Foundry Arts Centre, St. Charles, Missouri.
2016 - Sculpture on Campus: Revisited, Alumni Invitational, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Illinois.
- New Entropy, MFA Thesis exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Illinois.
- St. Charles Community College MFA Invitational Exhibition
- Solo Exhibition Event, Small Works Showcase, Union Studio, St. Louis, Missouri.
-Graduate Exhibition, all media juried exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Illinois (juror: Cheryl Wassenaar: Artist/Associate Professor
Washington University St Louis, Missouri.)
2015 - Pentimento, all media juried exhibition, in conjunction with Intersect STL, St. Louis, Missouri, (Juror: Sarah Bernhardt, Artist/Director Intersect STL)
- Varsity Art XIX, Art Saint Louis, all media invitational exhibition, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Graduate Exhibition, all media juried exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Illinois (Juror: Libby Reuter, Artist/Project Director at Watershed Cairns)
2014 - Two Person Exhibition, Entropy, A Collaborative Installation, The Clothsline, Blank Space, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Enigmatic Materiality, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Summer Regional Exhibition, St. Louis Artist’s Guild Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri, (Juror: Najjar Abdul-Musawwir, Professor of Studio Arts and Art History in the
School of Art and Design and Africana Studies at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale.
- Graduate Exhibition, all media Juried exhibition, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Illinois. (Juror: Stephanie Kirkland, Director of Exhibitions at Craft
Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri.)
2013 - Collectors Choice XII, St. Louis Artist’s Guild Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
2012 - Solo Exhibition, Solidified, 10th Street Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Shades of Chataqua, an invitational site-specific installation, Chataqua Art Lab, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Fall Within the Lines, A regional juried painting exhibition, Syndicate Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
2011 - Grand Opening Exhibition, 10th Street Gallery St. Louis, Missouri.
- Wall Ball, SCOSAG (South City Open Studio and Gallery) invitational painting event St. Louis, Missouri.
Artist Residencies
2017 - Rockland Residency, Seattle, WA.
Grants/Awards:
2015 - Southern Illinois University RGGS (research grants for graduate students) recipient.
- Southern Illinois University Sculpture on Campus Jose Jimenez 1st Place Award. (Juror: Artist Patrick Dougherty.)
- 1234 Shady Valley Lane, Southern Illinois University Sculpture on Campus Award, (proposal selection and stipend, Juror: Emily Dunlap)
- A Reordered Implication, Graduate Exhibition SIUE, Valerie Smith Painting Award, (Juror: Libby Reuter, Artist/Project Director at Watershed Cairns).
2014 - Untitled Painting, SIUE Friends of Art Auction, David Huntley Founders Best in ShowAward.
- Untitled Painting, Graduate Exhibition SIUE, Valerie Smith Painting Award, (Juror: Stephanie Kirkland, Director of Exhibitions at Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri).
2013 - Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Competitive Graduate Award, Scholarship and Stipend.
Publications:
2016 “Art About Money” Griesbach, Sarah. All the Art Magazine. Winter 2015.
2015 “ Pentimento Gallery Opening, In 3d....” Pelhank, Johnny, Exist Magazine: existmagazine.com, October 27, 2015.
2015 “Art on the Lawn” Tucker, Bill. Edwardsville Intelligencer. October 27, 2015.
Commissions:
2015 - Community Supported Art St. Louis. Awarded commission to create 50 pieces for St. Louis Community art share.
2009 - Public Art Commission, large-scale painting (street barricades), South Grand Blvd, South Grand Community Improvement District, St. Louis Missouri
Public Collections:
- Patricia Smith Thurman, 10th Street Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri.
- Monroe Library, Loyola University New Orleans, Louisiana.
Artists Lectures/Panels:
2015 - Juror: South Grand Community Improvement District Public Works Project: Ritz Park Installation