CAROL COATES

CAROL COATES...American Artist

(Homepage image by Kate Russell)

BIO...

Carol Coates was born in Michigan where her content driven work found many issues of concern. She earned her Masters in Fine Art at the University of Michigan.

Her lifelong graduate study continued in drawing, painting, photography, metal fabrication, and ceramics. She created and exhibited her work in juried and solo shows in Michigan before growing into her current national/international skin.

Receiving two major Creative Artist Grants from Michigan’s State Art Council led to the creation of several 7’x7’ canvas/mesh overlay pieces.

Grand format corporate and public Fine Art commissioned installations, and her unique layered mixed media work have distinguished her career. She received a full scholarship to attend Dale Chihuly's Pilchuck Glass School. She studied, exhibited, and received awards abroad.

She is currently represented in Denver, CO, in Los Angeles, CA, and in Naples, FL., and has a studio in Fort Myers, FL.

Five major ongoing bodies of work have evolved over time. They include the Contact, Markmaking, Dissonance, MindsEye, and Beginnings Series.

Her representational work conveys feeling states and is centered on issues of perception and choice. Her abstract pieces are visual tone poems.

Surreal, Classical, Minimal, and Abstract imagery are used to communicate. While the work varies in style, the content and aesthetics are constant. It can be poetic and dead serious or quirky and laced with humor. It is all from one heart and one mind.

She hopes to evoke an emotional and empathic response from the viewer, Finally, provoking thought and promoting greater wisdom and justice.

CV...

*Born, Grand Haven, Michigan

*Masters Degree - Fine Art, University of Michigan

*Bachelor of Science, Western Michigan University

*Lifelong Graduate Study in U.S. and abroad in Drawing,
Painting, Photography, Digital, Encaustic, Metalsmithing,
Ceramics, and Fine Art Glass.

*Fine Art Faculty 1963 - 1995

*Artist in Residence 1985 - 1995

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS/AWARDS:

2022 "States of Being", Selected images by Carol Coates/Sculptures by Alice Kiderman, Alliance for the Arts, Ft Myers, FL

2021 "In Skin" from the Pink Progression Series, at Steele Gallery, Denver, CO

2021 35th Annual Juried All Florida Exhibition, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

2021 H20 Exhibition, Bailey-Matthews Museum, Sanibel, FL

2020 "Gravity of Gratitude", Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

2020 "Pain, Process, and Promise", Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

2020 34th Annual Juried All Florida Exhibition,Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

2019 Solo show,, “MindsEye”, Lois Lambert Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2018 Group show,, “Uncanny”, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO

2017 Group show, “Electron Salon ”, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA

2017 International Exhibition, “Figure/Contemporary Media”, Site: Brooklyn, NY

2017 32^ndInternational Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, Tyler, TX

2016 Solo Show, “Dissonance”, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2015 Group Show, “Absence of Color”, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2015 Representation, Tansey Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2012 Re-Presenting the Nude, Evoke Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2012 Solo show, “Momentum”, Lois Lambert Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2012 Representation, Lois Lambert Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA

2012 Big Arts Invitational, Phillips Gallery, Sanibel, FL

2011 Colorado Creative Industries, Carr Judicial Center finalist, Denver, CO

2010 Solo Show, The Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2008 Solo show, “Interplay”, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO

2008 Santa Fe Community Gallery Inaugural Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM

2007 “FOTOwerk”, Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005 Group show, Tadu Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2005 The Collector’s Show, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO

2005 “Design After Dark”, Invitational Benefit, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO

2005 Invitation/Inclusion in “100 Artists of the Southwest”, by Douglas Bullis

2005 Group show, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO

2005 Representation, Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2005 “Small Works Invitational”, Sandy Carson Fine Art, Denver, CO

2005 Representation, Aspen International Art, Aspen, CO

2005 Solo show “Within the Moment”, Tadu Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM

2003 Bronze Medal in New Media, Fortezza de Basso, Florence, Italy

2001 Solo show “Critical Mass”, 9/13/2001, Art Center of Battle Creek, MI

1999 “Carol Coates”- Urban Institute of Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, MI.

1999 300’ Public Commission, Historic District Courthouse, Midland, MI

1998 45' FineArt Installation - Fortune “500” World Headquarters Executive Wing

1998 Solo show, “Binary Poetics” SVSU, Saginaw, MI

1998 Solo show, “Carol Coates”, Studio 23, Bay City, MI

1998 Creative Artist Grant, Michigan Art Council

1997 Three-Person Invitational, “Circuitwork” Northwood Gallery, MI

1997 Solo show, “Evo-Diva”, Saginaw Art Museum, MI

1994 Solo show, “Assertions”, MCFTA Museum, MI

1993 One-Person Show, Saginaw Art Museum

1992 One-Person Show Award, Saginaw Art Museum Statewide Photo

1991 Second Place Award, Latent Image Statewide Photo Competition

1990 Third Place Award, Holland Art Museum State Competition-

1990 Juried inclusion, Showcase, Midland Center for the Arts

1990 and earlier -

Juried inclusion, Saginaw Art Museum Area Exhibition

Honorable Mention, Mid-Michigan State Competition

Best of Show Award, Regional Competition

First Place Award, Regional Competition

Third Place Award, Saginaw Art Museum

Juried inclusion, Krasl Art Museum State Competition

Group Exhibit, Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI

First and Second Place Awards, Studio 23, Bay City, MI

Honorable Mention, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI

Second Place Award, Regional Competition

Third Place Award, Bay Area Photo Competition

Three-Person Show,Midland Center for the Arts