"Reach", oil on wallboard, 12" x 10"
"Home", oil on window, reverse painting on glass with painted tiles, 20" x 32"
"Curled", oil on wallboard, 10" x 13.5"
"Collections", oil on window, reverse painting on glass, 19" x 24"
"Mother and Sons", oil on wallboard, 12" x 10"
"Apron Strings", oil on window, reverse painting on glass, 28" x 29"
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"Zimmerbild", oil on window (reverse painting on glass) with mixed media and collage of paper and screen, 30" x 32"
"Process", oil on window (reverse painting on glass) with collage of paper, screen, film, and objects, 46" x 44"
"Embodied Ideas", oil and mixed media on window (reverse painting on glass) with collage of paper and objects, 20" x 32"
"Studio-scape", oil on window (reverse painting on glass) with carving, collage of paper and glass, 19" x 32"
"Big Bang", oil and mixed media on window (reverse painting on glass) with collage of paper, beads, and glass, 32" x 26"
"Still Life", oil on window (reverse painting on glass) with collage of paper, screen, film, and objects, 46" x 44"
"In-Between", 2019, oil on window (reverse painting on glass) with carving, collage, stones, thread, wood, 20" x 40" x 3"
"Trees", 2018, oil on window (reverse painting on glass) with carving, collage, glass, wire and metals, 35" x 33" x 4.5"
"Diana's Hunt", 2019, oil on window (reverse painting on glass) with carving, collage, metal, thread, glass, 30" x 24" x 2"
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"American Prayer Flags: Blue = Sky and Space", 2018, acrylic paint and oil stick on a worn American flag, 68" x 42", framed
"American Prayer Flags: White = Air", 2018, acrylic paint and oil stick on a worn American flag, 68" x 42", framed
"American Prayer Flags: Red = Fire, 2018, acrylic paint and oil stick on a worn American flag", 68" x 42", framed
"American Prayer Flags: Green = Water", 2018, acrylic paint and oil stick on a worn American flag, 68" x 42", framed
"American Prayer Flags: Yellow = Earth, 2018, acrylic paint and oil stick on a worn American flag", 68" x 42", framed
"American Prayer Flags: Hands Across America - Blue, 2018, oil on canvas with collaged painted flag", 18" x 18", one of a series of 5
"American Prayer Flags: Materiality", oil on canvas, bubble wrap and mixed media , 18" x 18", one of a series of 5
"American Prayer Flags: Destruction - Red", 2018, oil on canvas that has been burnt, with copper wire, charcoal, wood, 18" x 18", one of a series of 5
"American Prayer Flags: Construction - Green", 2018, oil on canvas with collaged painted labels, glass, lid, 18" x 18", one of a series of 5
"American Prayer Flags: Circles in the Square - Yellow", 2018, oil on canvas with oil pastel and graphite, 18" x 18", one of a series of 5
"American Prayer Flags: Portrait Grid", 2018, oil on canvas, 8" x 8", 25 shown out of 35
"American Prayer Flags: Boxes and Table", installation view, 2018, Handmade wooden table painted with an American flag holding boxes made from the wood and glass of broken windows, decals, stickers, crystals, objects
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Member Portfolio

Carol Taylor-Kearney

Philadelphia, PA

Résumé

Artist Statement

As an artist, I am a storyteller. That means that when I tell a story it is with the audience in mind. It also means that I closely observe to find that people, places, and things are what they are, but they can also be something else. I have a tendency to think in words, so my life is rich in patterns and descriptors but poor on a defining point. Although I will share a wealth of information, there is always a bit I keep just inside myself.

Translated to my visual art work, I use representational imagery because it is most discernible to others. I use children as subject matter because, like me, they will take any material, object, or situation and use it to fulfill the necessity of the moment. Conveniently, too, childhood is an experience we share, and children are our projection into the future. I collect throwaways to paint on or transform because they have a history, a tale of their own to tell. I glory in cliché because it can be such shorthand for conveying something. I know that everything in this universe--in this multi-verse--has a secret. And I can catch a glimpse of it if I just watch and do and do and watch.

My hope for folks experiencing my art work is that they take the time to peel away the layers of information, find those parts that they have in common, and recall a feeling, a story, a secret that they might have forgotten or didn't know that they had.

Artist Biography

Carol Taylor-Kearney is an artist, arts educator, and curator.  She is a life-long resident of southern New Jersey where she collects materials for her reverse glass paintings on found windows, doors, and frames; for her work on canvas and flags; and for her installations.  A graduate of Rowan University (BA in Art Education) and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (MFA), she has worked as the Coordinator of Graduate Studies at PAFA, taught Studio Art at Burlington County College and Rowan University, and was the curator at StrataSphere, an exhibition space in Philadelphia.  She has served as a Cultural and Heritage Commissioner for Gloucester County, NJ.

Generally, Taylor-Kearney works in series that she compiles in multiple presentations.  Arcadian Dreams (2016) was shown at Atlantic Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, and the Settlement Music School.  American Prayer Flags (2019) traveled from Atlantic Gallery to Cerulean Arts Gallery.  She is responsible for pulling together artist friends for exhibitions she curates such as Plein Air, Plain Air, Plane Air (2019) at Cerulean Arts, More Fun Than Fun (2018) at Iona College,  and The   Personal Picture Plane (2007) at Gloucester County College and Stratasphere, to name a few.

Carol Taylor-Kearney has been exhibited nationally and her art is part of both public and private collections including Wells Fargo Bank, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, Queensborough College, CUNY, Gloucester County Public Library, and Penn Medicine. Art Fairs she has participated in are the Parallax Art Fair and the Clio Art Fair.  Support includes grants from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Artist Fellowship, Inc., and artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Peters Valley Craft Center, and the Pouch Cove Foundation in Newfoundland. She is represented by Atlantic Gallery, an artist co-op in Chelsea, NYC and Cerulean Arts Collective in Philadelphia.  She writes an art blog, www.whatsartblog.com, and presents the   #OneMinuteCrit on Instagram.  Most recently she has opened an art gallery in Collingswood, NJ called Powell Lane Arts.  To find more information visit www.PowellLaneArts.com.

Education

1998
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MFA

1994
Art/Art Education, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
BA

Other Education

2004
Art Seminar at Villanova University/Violette de Mazia Foundation
Wayne, PA

2003
Art Seminar at Barnes Foundation/Violette de Mazia Foundation
Wayne, PA

Awards & Honors

2009
Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Vermont Studio Center Grant

2007
Artist Residency, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ

Grant + stipend from Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Morristown, NJ

2005
Artist Grant, Artists Fellowship, Inc., New York, NY

2004
Artist Residency, Pouch Cove Arts Foundation, Pouch Cove Newfoundland, Canada

2003
Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT

Grant for NJ Artist, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Morristown, NJ

Bibliography

Hammer, Andrea. (2018, June 21) "Carol Taylor-Kearney Finds Meaning in Found Objects," Moore Women Artists, June 21, 2018

Hammer, Andrea. "Q & A With Artist Carol Taylor-Kearney," Artsphoria International Magazine, June 4, 2018

Saslow, James. Review of American Prayer Flags piece in “…Or Curse the Darkness” exhibition at Atlantic Gallery, NYC, October, 2017

Miller, Katita. (2017, March 12) "14 Standout Artists at Clio Art Fair," Art Zealous, March 12, 2017

Hammer, Andrea. "A Look Through the Glass," Artsphoria.com, February 2, 2017

Roncace, Kelly. “Wenonah Resident Has Show in Indiana,” Gloucester County Times, A-6 & 7 Woodbury, NJ, April. 28, 2011

Hammer, Andrea. “Snippets That Glow in My Brain”. Artsphoria.com, June/July, 2009

Finnegan, Liz. "Obsessing Over Multiple Art Mediums - Islip Museum Presents Projects 09," Islip Bulletin, A-3, East Islip, NY, August 20, 2009

Riley, Kristin. "'Repurposed Art" Showcases Work of 12 Creative Artists," Ocean City Sentinel, A-3 & 12, Ocean City, NJ, February 7, 2008

Weintraub, Linda. NJ State Council on the Arts

Shryock, Bob. "Local Artist Featured at A.C. Gallery," The Gloucester County Times, B - 3 & 4, Woodbury, NJ, March 11, 2007

Kepplinger, Carrie J. "Not to Be Missed," Art Matters, p.9 Philadelphia, PA, December, 2007

Sozanski, Edward J. "Cliches, Positively," The Philadelphia Inquirer, W-34, Philadelphia, PA, September 9, 2005

DelVecchio, Dante, "Life’s a Cliché", The Gloucester County Times, B-1, Woodbury, NJ, September 8, 2005

"Pouch Cove Residency," Todd O’Brien, producer. CBC. 2004.

Larro, Angela. "Art Center Exhibits South Jersey Painter," Ocean City Gazette, p. 18, Ocean City, NJ, July 14, 1999

Beyer, Rite. "Fellowship of PAFA Exhibition," Chestnut Hill Local, p. 23, Philadelphia, PA, January 9, 1997

Publications

Taylor-Kearney, Carol. (2018, Winter) Review of “Hopeful Darkness” at Atlantic Gallery. Encaustizine, pg. 34 – 37

Taylor-Kearney, Carol. “Business Smart Arts Venues in Philadelphia: PAFA, Stanek Gallery, and Cerulean Arts”, Artsphoria International Magazine.

Collections

Public

Queensborough College, New York, NY

Gloucester County Library, Mullica Hill, NJ
(commission)

First Union Bank (now Wells Fargo Bank), Philadelphia, PA

Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius, LLP.

Woodruff Middle School, Seabrook, NJ
(commission)

Wenonah, West Deptford, So. Harrison, National Park, Mantua Twp., & Westville, NJ school systems

Affiliations

InLiquid, Philadelphia PA

Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY

Cerulean Arts Collective, Philadelphia, PA

NurtureArt Registry, Bushwick, NY

Mutual Arts, Registry

Professional Experience

2017 - Present
Blogger, WhatsArtBlog.com

2014
Juror, Annual Juried Exhibition, National Arts Program, Blackwood, NJ

Juror, Annual Juried Exhibition, Center for the Arts of Southern NJ, Marlton, NJ

2000-2010
Adjunct Instructor of Art, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ

2006
Juror, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

2002
Juror, Burlington County College Annual Art exhibition, Pemberton, NJ

1998-1999
Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

1998 & 2008
Juror, Boardwalk Art Show, Ocean City, NJ

1997-2002
Commissioner, Gloucester County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Gloucester, NJ

Lectures and Talks

2019
Curator Lecture, Cerulean Arts. Philadelphia, PA

2017
Artist Talk (with Ruth Wolf and Peter Treiber), Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY

2016
Artist Lecture, Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University

2010
Picasso in Bloom, Lecture, Croft Farm Art Center, Cherry Hill, NJ

2008
Contemporary Art, Lecture series, Katz Jewish Community Center, Cherry Hill, NJ

2007
Artists on Art, Lecture/Q&A, Willingboro Art Alliance, Kennedy Center, Willingboro, NJ

2006
Juror Lecture/Q & A, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA

Exhibitions

Solo

2022
Reflection. Window, Reflection, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2021
Process of an Artist Mind, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2020
Leaving Traces, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Past is Present, Waverly Heights Gallery, Gladwyne, PA
2020

Process of an Artist Mind, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA. December 9, 2020 – January 10, 2021.
Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY. September 10 – September 26, 2020

2018
American Prayer Flags, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY

Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2016
Arcadian Dream, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
Travels to:
Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson Universty, Teaneck, NJ
Samuel Lieberman Gallery, Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA

2011
In the Studio Series, Krempp Gallery, Jasper Art Center, Jasper, IN

2009
Gnomenculture, Projects 09 at the Carriage House, Islip Museum, East Islip, NY

2006
Illuminating Childhood, Educational Testing Services, Princeton, NJ

2005
Eyes Are the Windows to the Soul, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2001
The Stories We Tell, Papp Gallery, New York, NY

1999
Ocean City Paintings, Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ

1997
Child's Play, Gloucester County Public Library, Mullica Hill, NJ

Group and Juried

2024
The Naked Show, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2022
Karen Shechtman Cole and Carol Taylor-Kearney: Natural Imprint, Salus University, Elkins Park, PA

2020
FAME, Fellowship of PAFA Juried Exhibition, HOT•BED, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: James Oliver
Leona King Braverman Award for Sculpture

2018
More Fun Than Fun, Brother Kenneth Chapman Art Gallery of Iona College. New Rochelle, NY

2017
The Collective, Cerulean Arts. Philadelphia, PA

Present Tense, Atlantic Gallery. New York, NY

…Or Curse the Darkness, Atlantic Gallery. New York, NY

2016
Dialogues, Invitational/Members Exhibition. Atlantic Gallery. New York, NY

Radius, Art Gallery of Franklin Commons. Phoenixville, PA
2015

New Jersey Isn't Boring, Arts Guild of New Jersey. Rahway, NJ
Cyd Katz, juror.

ARTsisters Group Exhibition, Mainline Art Center. Haverford, PA

New Work, Atlantic Gallery. New York, NY

2014
The Green Exhibition, Olde City Jewish Art Center. Philadelphia, PA

2013
Broad Spectrum, The DCCA, Wilmington, DE
Molly Donovan, curator

National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, NYC, NY
Donald Kuspit, juror

2012
Art of Illusion, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ

Body/Figure/Nude, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY

2011
Artist and Studio, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton NY

2010
Reality and Artifice - NJ Arts Annual, NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Margaret O'Reilly, curator.

2009
Celebration, Annmarie Gardens, Solomons, MD

In Your Dreams, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

Personal Boundaries, Sage Projects, Philadelphia, PA

2008
Assemblage, Collage, Construction, Callahan Gallery, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY

Eco Demo M-O, NURTUREart Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Linda Weintraub, curator.

Repurposed Art, Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ

The Green Exhibition Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

2007
Expanding Circles The DCCA, Wilmington, DE
J. Susan Isaacs, curator

NJ Biennal Juried Exhibition, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ

Particular Places, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Bernard Chaet, juror.

2006
Crossovers: Craft, Art, Design, The DCCA, Wilmington, DE
Ursula Ilse-Neuman, juror.

Visions of Liberty, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA

2005
Here and Now HighWire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Juried Painting Exhibition Greeley Square Gallery, New York, NY
Lilly Wei, juror.

Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, and Streams, Park Avenue Club, Florham Park, NJ

2004
Culture and Agriculture, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI

Masquerade Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY

2003
Nature, Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, MD

Women and the Arts, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA

2001
Roger Lapelle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

Snapshot, Gallery at Beaver College, Glenside, PA

2000
Identity Gloucester County College, Sewell, NJ

1998
Nudes, Gallery Alexi, Philadelphia, PA

Wayne Art Center Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA

1997
Juried Exhibition of the Fellowship of PAFA, Woodmere Museum. Chestnut Hill, PA
Jack Beal, juror.

Portraiture, Gallery Alexi, Philadelphia, PA

1996
Contemporary Realism, Gallery Alexi, Philadelphia, PA

1995
Annual Juried Exhibition, Marcella Geltman Gallery, Center for the Arts of Northern NJ, New Milford, NJ

Annual Juried Painting Exhibition Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA

Other

2017
Clio Art Fair, New York, NY
March 2nd - March 5th.

2012
Parallax Art Fair, 72 Mercer Street, New York, NY
August 3 - 5

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