About the Artist
The Old Thresher, 2012, Gouache on paper, 40 x 27.5 inches
Pre-Partners II, 2008, gouache on paper, 14 x 11 inches
Realism and geometry have always stimulated my curiosity. For me realist and abstract works are connected to each other.
Whether I am drawing a historic building or creating a free forming piece, the geometry of space fascinates me. Much of my artwork has naturally evolved from the pieces that have been made before. It is the daily studio work which has become the foundation for the rest.
Carol Rowan
BIOGRAPHY
A native of Connecticut, Carol Rowan received her B.F.A. in painting at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, in 1986. She began showing her large scale drawings, oil paintings, gouaches, and prints in group exhibitions at venues such as the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis, Maryland; Gerald Peters Gallery in Santa Fe; and Gallery Henoch in New York City. Favorite subjects include architecture, landscapes, harbor scenes, and portraits.
Recently, Rowan received a grant from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. In 1993, she received the Metropolitan Museum of Art Drawing Award in an exhibition at the National Arts Club. She has since exhibited at several other major venues, including the Corcoran Museum of Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the Washington National Cathedral.
Rowan has had solo shows at several galleries across the country, including the Alla Rogers Gallery in Washington, D.C., OK Harris and Hollis Taggart Galleries in New York City, Vose Contemporary in Boston, and Ovsey Gallery in Los Angeles. The artist splits her time between studios in Washington, DC, and Nobleboro, Maine.
RESUME
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BORN: 1960 Norwalk, CT
EDUCATION: Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, B.F.A. Painting, 1986
AWARDS: 2021 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
1993 "Metropolitan Museum of Art, Drawing Award," National Arts Club, New York, NY
Solo Exhibitions
2023 Shaw Contemporary, Northeast Harbor, ME
2020 Shaw Contemporary, Northeast Harbor, ME
2014 Artist Proof, Washington, DC
2010 10 High Street, Camden, ME
2007 “New Horizons,” Vose Galleries, Boston, MA
2002 “Travels in Graphite,” Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art, Salisbury, MD
2002 “Time for Change,” Massoni Art, Chestertown, MD
1998 Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY
1994 Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Ovsey Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1993 Eastern Shore Barns, Academy of the Arts Museum, Easton, MD
1993 Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, MD
1992 O.K. Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Alla Rogers Gallery, Washington, DC
Group Exhibitions
2023 re.new.al, Massoni Art, Chestertown, MD
2022 Summer Gallery Artists Exhibition, Massoni Art, Chestertown, MD
2021 “In the Light,” Massoni Art, Chestertown, MD
2020 “Heart of Resilience,” Vashon Island Center for the Arts, Vashon Island, WA
2019 “Peace,” Massoni Art, Chestertown, MD
2019 Washington International Horse Show, Washington, DC
2018 “Discovering the Native Landscapes of Maryland’s Eastern Shore,” Adkins Arboretum,
juried by Benjamin T. Simons, Ridgely, MD
2017 Haley Fine Art, Sperryville, VA
2017 Massoni Art, Chestertown, MD
2016 Owings Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2016 Louisa Gould Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA
2015 Williamsburg Art Gallery, Williamsburg, VA
2015 Addison/Ripley Fine Art, “DIHISCENT,” Washington, DC
2015 Haley Fine Art, Sperryville, VA
2014 Massoni Art, Chestertown, MD
2013 Owings Gallery, “Contemporary Artists,” Santa Fe, NM
2012 Haley Fine Art, “Gallery Artists,” Sperryville, VA
2012 Louisa Gould Gallery, Vineyard Haven, MA
2012 “Contemporary Artists,” Owings Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2011 “Summer Show,” Massoni Art, Chestertown, MD
2011 “Fresh and Salty,” Ten High Street, Camden, ME
2008 “Surface Tension,” Massoni Art, Chestertown, MD
2007 “Little Gems,” Vose Galleries, Boston, MA
2007 “Spotlight on Vose Contemporary,” Vose Galleries, Boston, MA
2007 Boston International Fine Art Show, Boston, MA
2007 “Gallery Artists,” Long View Gallery, Sperryville, VA
2006 Boston International Fine Art Show, Boston, MA
2005 Print Exhibit with George Stubbs, Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2005 Waterfowl Festival, Easton, MD
2005 Wildlife Festival, Chestertown, MD
2005 American Museum of Fly Fishing, Manchester, VT
2004 “New Work,” South Street Gallery, Easton, MD
2004 “Into Nature,” Massoni Art, Chestertown, MD
2004 “Gallery Premier,” Equestrian Life Art Gallery, Devon, PA
2004 “Drawing Now,” Cade Art Center, Annapolis, MD
2004 “Art for Art’s Sake,” National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
2003 Greenspring Valley Hunt Club Art Gala, Glyndon, MD
2003 “Wildlife,” Massoni Art, Chestertown, MD
2003 “Art of the Horse,” Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, MD
2003 “America,” The Ralls Collection, Washington, DC
2002 A.I.R. Gallery, “Generations III,” New York, NY
2002 “To Keep a Rendezvous,” Massoni Art, Chestertown, MD
2002 Art Miami, Miami, FL
2002 “Fly Fishing,” University of Maryland, College Park, MD
2002 National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC
2001 “Willard Hotel, Work from the Chesapeake,” Washington, DC
2001 “A Celebration of the Arts,” Massoni Art, Chestertown, MD
2001 9th Annual Fly Fishing Show, Somerset, NJ
2000 Waterfowl Festival, Easton, MD
2000 “Tribute to Nature,” Broadway Gallery, Alexandria, VA
1999 WPA/Corcoran 20th Anniversary, Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
1999 “Works on Paper,” Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, NY
1999 “In the Company of Angels,” Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC
1999 Art Miami '99, Miami, FL
1999 “10 x 10,” Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
1998 U.S. Artists '98, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1998 “A Sampling of Recent American Prints,” Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
1998 “New Works by Contemporary Artists,” Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
1998 “A Study and Collaboration,” Federal Reserve, Washington, DC
1998 Baltimore Contemporary Print Fair, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore, MD
1997 “Drawings 1856 - 1996,” Addison/Ripley Fine Art, Washington, DC
1994 "Flora: Artist's Gardens," The Hope Street Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 “Contemporary American Drawings,” Capricorn Galleries, Bethesda, MD
1993 97th Annual Exhibition, National Arts Club, New York, NY
1992 New York Icons, Michael Ingbar Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Centennial Biennial Invitational, OK Harris Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
1992 “New York Icons,” Michael Ingbar Gallery of Architectural Art, New York, NY
1992 “Heart of America,” The O.K. Harris Collection, Dada Building, Fukuoka City, Japan
1991 Gallery Henoch, New York, NY
1988 “Works on Paper,” Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, MD
Public Collections
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Me.
American Board of Surgery
Library of Congress
National Institutes of Health
Private Collections
AARP
Akridge Co. Inc.
AlliedSignal, Inc.
Electrical Industries Inc
Ernst & Young
Matsushita Corporation
Morgan, Lewis & Bacchus
National Cattleman's Association
Royal Insurance
Special Olympics
State Plaza Hotel
United Technologies, Inc.
Press
“Three to Watch,” by Thomas Connors, Fine Art Connoisseur magazine, August 2020
“Carol Rowan's Exquisite Graphite Renderings,” ArtDaily.com, June 24, 2020
”A Shared Past,” by Tina Coplan, Home and Design magazine, July/August 2016
“All in Good Time,” Chesapeake Life magazine, February, 2008
Carol Rowan: New Horizons (exhibition catalog), with essay by Marcia Vose, Vose Gallery, Boston, Mass. 2007
"Turning Pencil into Gold," by Mila Andre, New York Daily News, August 21, 1998
"Travels in Graphite," Antiques and the Arts Weekly, August 7, 1998
Black and Light, by Dave Williams, Star Democrat, Easton, Md. April 2, 1993
Restoring History, by Dave Williams, Star Democrat, Easton, Md. November 1993