Born 1965, USA
the artist lives and works in New York, USA
Artist’s Biography, Carla Goldberg
Born and raised in Southern California, Carla moved to the East Coast at age 22 to pursue Her graduate degree in Painting at Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. In Her weekend travels with Her husband Stephen, They stumbled onto the Hudson Valley region of New York in 1990 and it was love at first sight. having always been a non objective abstract painter, in recent years the Hudson landscape has grabbed the artists attention. For the better part of two years Carla has been working with paint embedded in layers of resin, yet still applying That abstract sensibility to these Hudson River Landscapes. Her layered surfaces and rich patinas add a dimension of age and variation in the surface of her pieces which evoke the past, the present and possible future. While the landscape may be a new genre for this artist, the use of heavily textured surfaces, transparent and solid layering and a painterly style are a continuation of a past style of work into this new imagery. she will be one of the featured artists in NY Art’s Magazine,Tips and Picks section in late November, early December 2007.Her work can be found in numerous public corporations and private institutions. Carla, her husband and two young daughters now call Nelsonville, NY home. Says Carla, “It’s a visually and historically rich area which promises to continue to fuel the imagery and interplay of light I use to inspire my painting.”
Education
1989 M.F.A Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, MD. Mount Royal Graduate School of Art
(Studied under the supervision of Babe Shapiro and Sal Scarpitta)
1987 University of Redlands, Redlands California. B.A. Studio Art, (Graduated with Honors), B.A. Art History
(studied under the supervision of John Nava and John Brownfield)
Solo Exhibitions
2008 Turner Center for the Arts Valdosta,GA
Jun.’07 Bannerman Island Gallery, Beacon, NY
1991 Beagle Gallery, Peekskill, NY “Kitchen Floor Works”.
Selected Exhibitions
2009 Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art University of Connecticut’s Avery Point Campus June 12th - July 26th,
Dec.6-20th Rhonda Schaller Studio, “Small Rays of Hope” Chelsea art district NY, NY
November 6-December 10, 07 University Of Redlands Alumni Show, Curated by Carla Goldberg
September ‘07 A-Forest Gallery, Chelsea art district NY, NY
July-September ‘07 Foundry Arts Centre ,”New Landscapes”Juried Competition St. Charles Missouri
July-September Northern National Juried Art Competition, Nicolet college, WI
June-July 07 15×15 Show, Maryland Institute, College of Art
June-July ‘07 Garrison Art Center Members Show
June, 2007 Projekt 30’s June Exhibition
May-July ‘07 bau presents @ the Muddy Cup Poughkeepsie
May 4-June 2, 07 Seaside Art, 16th International Miniature Art Show
May1-31, 2007 Projekt 30’s May Exhibition
April 07 www.artromgallery.com “New Landscapes 2007” Finalist, Rome, Italy
March10 Haldane Foundation “Snow Ball” Cold Spring, NY
March 5-Apr.26 ‘07 Gallery 181:”Facets of Transformation” Lawrence, MA
March 3-25 ‘07Howland Cultural Center for the Arts: “Women of the Hudson Valley” Beacon, NY
March 3-May13 2007 Ironstone Vineyards Spring Obsession, Murphys, CA
Dec.2006 bau presents @ the Muddy Cup Poughkeepsie Premiere.
December-January 07 Garrison Art Center Members Show: Surf and Turf
December 2006 Up Stream People Gallery, 4th Annual Color Bold/Subtle Intl.Juried Exhibition
October Photographs: Beacon Sloop Club
October 2006 Garrison Art Center, Artist’s on Location.
September 2006 Haldane Foundation Artists Auction
August 2006 Marina Gallery, Cold Spring, NY
June-July 2006 Meyerhoff Gallery, Baltimore, MD
March 2006 Haldane Foundation “Snow Ball” Cold Spring, NY
October 2005 The Carriage House, Cold Spring, NY
1996-97 Main Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 The Paramount, Peekskill, NY
1995-96 Maryland Institute, College of art, 15 by 15 show
1994-95 Kelmscott Gallery, Cold Spring,NY Rotating group exhibitions
1993 Artist’s in the Garden, Vanderbuilt Mansion, Hyde Park
1992-95 Putnam Art’s Council, Rotating group exhibitions
1992-95 Group shows and artist’s on Location, Garrison Art Center
1990 Museum of Contemporary Art, “Visual Aids”: A Day without Art,
1989 MICA, Graduate Thesis show: “Revelation at Mc Donalds”
1989 Group show, Decker Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1988 Group show, Artscape, Alternative spaces, Baltimore, MD
1987 University of Redlands, Redlands, CA. Honor’s Thesis Show
1986 Gallery Gaffney, Palm Springs, CA Lithographs intaglios
1984-87 Pepper’s Gallery: University of Redlands
1984-87 Johnston Student Gallery, University of Redlands
1983 Indio Date Festival, Drawings and paintings. “1st.Place” and “Best in Show”
Artist’s Statement
The play of light seen behind a transparent surface is a theme that runs through all of my work over the last 20 years, whether abstract or more representational. The landscape is ever changing either by nature, time or man. It’s never static. Part meditative, my paintings are as much about that transformation, evolution and juxtaposition as they are about finding small moments of pure peace and beauty. It’s all around us, but most of the time it’s hidden behind the distraction of man-made visual noise.I am equally influenced by the work of Hudson River School of Art painter’s Thomas Cole and Frederick Church on the one hand and on the other, modern painter’s like Mark Rothko and his zen like color fields and Jackson Pollack ’s action paintings. Even though my paintings don’t look like anything any of these artists paint, their spirit infuses my subject matter and imagery. I take the love and history for the Hudson region from Cole and Church.The vibration of color on color from Rothko and the planned yet seemingly random action dripping of paint from Pollack and extend that to layers of paint, resin and wax as well. For the last two years I’ve been working with layers of poured resin, embedding paint in these multiple layers and gluing boxes within the canvas which adds a dimensionality to my work. Each layer beneath is closer to the past. In a sense, the paintings are a sort of reversed archaeology, layer upon layer covering past brush strokes. I also use interference paint which adds atmosphere and causes light diffraction. As a result, the colors change with the movement of your head. There is a lot of movement in my paintings as a result of deep layering, transparent and solid layers as well as light diffraction. Many of the titles for this series come from sailors’ shanties and old Dutch and regional tales from all along the Hudson River. You can still find places in the Hudson Valley where the view is unchanged from those of the Hudson River School of Art of past centuries. I like to think that I’m one of many carrying on the tradition, but on my own terms and with my own particular take.
Curators comments/reviews
Artrom
Gallery Commen
Goldberg’s artistic research is to penetrate into the canvas, to go beneath the surface by creating layers of transparent color, somewhat obscuring what is below but creating other relationships and images as the layers build. Carla is willing to experiment with new techniques and adapt them to her needs to bring out an aesthetic that comes more from a building process of at-the-moment decisions. The interference paint is yet another tool she uses to great effect.
Marjory Kaye Gallery 181, Lawrence,MA-”Carla Goldberg, Nelsonville, NY (Painting, Mixed Media – Carla’s work eminates from a singular point, and follows through to transform the surface)”
Larry Bradshaw Curator, Professor of Art
Upstream peoplegallery
Carla Goldberg of Nelsonville, NY creates a presence in her thick painterly use of acrylic and interference paint embedded in multiple layers of poured resin on wood in her two works “Hudson River Poems: No. 4” and “Hudson River Poems: Willowisp”. In both the actual surface space and the implied illusive space are fascinating. The latter is especially intriguing in the coloration and the horizontal soft geometric and organic edges.
Murals
Giant Seascape Mural residence, Ocean City, NJ 2006
TWO Landscape- SeascapeResidence, Chantilly, VA 2005
TWO Landscapes-Residence, Nelsonville, NY 2004- 05
Chinese Landscape-Residence, Nelsonville, NY2004
TWO Children’s Murals, Residence, Cold Spring, NY 1996-97
TWO murals commissioned for doors, Kasa Residence, Garrison, NY 1992
Bekins Hall, University of Redlands, 1986
“Sphere’s”University of Redlands, Anderson Hall, 1985
Surrealist Mural, University of Redlands, Anderson Hall, 1984
Private and Public Collections
Johns Hopkins Hospital
1986 University of Redlands, Redlans, CA. Administration Lobby, permanent collection.
Tony Aidukas Sr. Painting commissioned for State Farm Insurance Offices, Palm Springs,
Owen Resnick, Raven and Paul, C.P.A. offices, Los Angeles,CA
Dr. David J. Kraus, Baltimore, MD Sculptural Paintings commissioned for Doctors offices at Greater Baltimore Medical Center, Baltimore, MD
Ron Jennings C.P.A. offices, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Herman Kleinbaum, medical offices, Peekskill, NY
Scott and Jane Myers, Baltimore, MD
Allen Harmon, Baltimore, MD
Dr. and Mrs. L. Paul Resnick, Los Angeles, CA
Dani LoCastro
Pam and Gary Gunther
Jan Nelson, Towson, MD
Joe Raposo, Queens,NY
Gaylan and Lisa Powell, Edmond, Oklahoma
Jamie and Aran Broderick, Corona CA
Ed Shulttheiss, Hoboken , NJ
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Goldberg, Arlington, VA
Dereyk Patterson, Boston, MA
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Bergthold, Seattle WA
Christopher Lotts, Brooklyn, NY
Marc and Tracy Kazlauskas, New Canaan, CT
Chip and Hilary Reid, Chantilly, VA
Lara Demberg
Vernon Dornbach
Lectures
Nov.7, 2007 University of Redlands, Curators talk, “The Importance of being Findable”
Artist’s Guilds/Gallery Memberships and Representation
Represented by A-forest Gallery, Ny, NY
Artrom Gallery Guild International Society of Artists, Rome
Your Gallery at The Saatchi Gallery, London
www.saatchigallery.co.uk/yourgallery/artist_profile/artpage/25032.html
Projekt30 www.carlagoldberg.30art.com
GAC, Garrison NY
Publications
NY Arts Magazine, Tips and Picks section in Nov. Dec. 2007
Putnam County News & Recorder May 30,‘07 Nelsonville Artist Carla Goldberg to Show at Bannerman Island Gallery
Hudson Valley Press “Womens’s History Month Celebrated At Howland” Mar.7,2007
Putnam County News & Recorder, Dec.13, 2006 Artist Carla Goldberg Receives Special Recognition
Poughkeepsie Journal News, “Enjoy” section Dec. 1, 2006
Country Living Magazine Sept. 2004 Issue “Dream It UP” Daughter’s bedroom including the bed I designed and built for her.
Country Living Magazine Nov. 2003 Issue “A Character Restoration”
Photographer’s Forum: 1994 Annual Best of Photography.Hardbound
1987 Redlands Daily Facts, Newspaper article & photo of honors thesis.
Redland’s Review: 1984,1985,1986,1987 edition’s
Curated shows by Carla Goldberg
2007 Centennial Celebration Alumni Show, University of Redlands, CA
1987 University of Redlands African Art Collection
1986 Tom and Ann Pepper’s Gallery, Non-Traditional Sculpture Show
1986 Johnston Student Gallery, U of R, CA”Black and White Show”
1985 Johnston Student Gallery, U of R, “Kinetic”
1984 Johnston Student Gallery, U of R “Diptychs” Cardboard constructions
Internships
1994-95 Assistant for Artist Pamela Morin
1993-94 Tallix art Foundry- worked in the Patina department mostly on ERTE’ Sculptures applying gold leaf, patinas, and a lucky few days on the Korean War Memorial.
1992-93 Beckwith and Barrows-created artwork for design firm.
1987-88 Fibers Department for Maryland Institute, College of art, taught weaving basics, alternative fibers and assisted students.
1986-87 Ran painting studio for University of Redlands.
1986-87-Los Angeles County Museum of Art- Assistant in the Islamic and Indian Arts Department.
1986-87-Watermark Printshop- prepared paper, inks and helped print Intaglios for Established artists.
Contact information
Artist, Carla Goldberg
webpage, carlagoldberg.30art.com
e-mail, artchick@bestweb.net
Phone,(845) 265-3093
studio mailing address,63 Pearl Street, Nelsonville, NY 10516
Website: projekt30
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