DENISE CARSON | website

Education

  • M.F.A., fine arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

  • B.F.A., fine arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Credentials

  • Professor of Painting, 1992–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

  • Visiting Artist, 1998, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH

  • Administrative Staff, 1996, Olympic Games Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, 25th Anniversary Edition, 2019

  • Sabbatical Research Grant, Vatican Museum, Rome, Italy, 2014–15

  • Ambassador Choice Award, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2008, 2012

  • New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, Southern Edition, 2002

  • Who’s Who Among America's Teachers, 1996–2007

  • Travel grant, Professional Development, Havana, Cuba, 2001

  • Travel grant, Professional Development, Ireland, 1999

  • Travel grant, Professional Development, Beijing, China, 1998

  • Celebrate Savannah Award, The Georgia Guardian, 1996

  • Guinness World Records Book, Southern Arts Revival Artist Collaborative Project Coordinator, World's Largest Painting: 76,726 square feet. Tybee Island, GA, 1995

  • Independent Creative Achievement Award, Savannah College of Art and Design, 1994-95

  • Graduate scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990–92

  • Visual Arts scholarship, Left Bank Art League, 1982

  • Travel grant, Rome, Italy and Hydra, Greece, 1981

  • Haag Memorial Scholarship, Augustana College, 1979

Organizations

  • National Council of Art Administrators

  • College Art Association

  • SECAC

Publications and presentations

  • Small Works, Jepson Museum, Savannah, GA, 2018

  • World of Frida, Bedford Gallery, Jurors: Lisa Congdon, Rebecca Gomez, Bedford, CA, 2018

  • The Year of the Rabbit, Moot Gallery, Hong Kong, 2011

  • Why Go Anywhere Else?, Contemporary Art Centre of Montenegro, Petrovic Castle, Podgorica, Montenegro, 2010

  • Modern Gallery, Budva, Montenegro, 2010

  • Gallery Josip Bepo Benkovic Herceg Novi, Serbia, 2010

  • Kod Homena Gallery Kotor, Serbia, 2010

  • Vojvodina Contemporary Art Museum, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2010

  • Songs of the South, Gallery Trois, Atlanta, GA (Solo), 2007

  • Show Horse, Red Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2005

  • La Broderie Blanche, Gallery Pfriem, Provence, France (Solo), 2004

  • Pour l’Amour des Chiens, Mona Bismarc Foundation, Paris, France, 2003

  • October Report, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2002

  • Women by Women, Mona Bismarc Foundation, Paris, France, 2002

  • Limerick Ladies, The Art Store, Dublin, Ireland (Solo), 2002

  • Limerick Ladies, The Gallery in Cork Street, London, England (Solo), 2002

  • Over the Sofa, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, GA, Curator Bernice Steinbaum, 2002