CAROL COATES

CAROL COATES|Resume

Exhibitions

Solo

2023 Solo Show,, “MindsEye”, Larimart Gallery, Naples, FL

2019 Solo Show,, “MindsEye”, Lois Lambert Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1993 Solo show, ”Carol Coates”, Saginaw Art Museum

Installations

1997 Fortune 50 Corporate World Headquarters, Executive wing, 8’x45’ Fine Art Installation

2000. Second National Bank, Saginaw, MI

2000. Midland County Historic Courthouse, 4’x300’ Interior mural

1999. Merril Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, and Smith, tryptich

Group

2022 Two person Show,, “States of Being”, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

2021 Pink Progression “in Skin” Steele Gallery, RMCAD, Denver, CO

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

2021 “H2O” Exhibition, Bailey-Matthews Museum, Fort Myers, FL

2020 “Pain, Process, and Promise” Exhibition, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

2020 “Gratitude” Exhibition, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, FL

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

2018 “Uncanny” Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO

2017. “Electron Salon”, LACDA, Los Angeles, CA

2017 International Exhibition, Meadows Gallery, Tyler, TX

2017 “The Figure: Interpreted through Contemporary Mediums”, SITE:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY

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

2012 Big Arts Invitational, Phillips Gallery, Sanibel, FL

2007 “FOTOwerk” Flatfile Gallery, Chicago, IL

2005 Group show, Tadu Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2005 “The Collectors Show”, Walker Fine Art, Denver, CO

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

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

2003 Florence International Bienalle, Florence, Italy

1997 Three Person Show, “Circuitwork”, Northwood Gallery. Midland, MI

1991 and earlier…

"Latent Image” Statewide Photo Competition, MI

Holland Art Museum State Competition, Holland, MI

“Showcase” Midland Center for the Arts. Midland, MI

Saginaw Art Museum Area Exhibition, Saginaw, MI

Mid-Michigan State Competition, MCFTA, Midland, MI

Krasl Art Center, St Joseph, MI

Slusser Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI

Projects

2011 Ralph L. Carr Judicial Center, Denver, CO…Colorado Creative Industries Finalist

1999 Midland County Courthouse, 4’x300’ Interior mural

1998 Dow Chemical Co. World Headquarters Executive Wing 8’x45’ Fine Art Installation

1985-95 Artist in Residence, Bay Area Schools, Bay County, MI

1963-95 Visual Art Educator, Bay City Schools, Bay City, MI

Awards

2025. Silver Award “RED”, “MindsEye XXVII”, Camelback Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2022. Honorable Mention, “MindsEye III, “Faces and Figures” national, Palm Coast, FL

2013. Full Scholarship, Pilchuck Glass School, Washington State

2003 Bronze Medal in New Media, “Judgment”, Florence Bienalle, Florence, Italy

2001 ArtServe Michigan, Creative Artist Grant

1998 Michigan Art Council, Creative Artist Grant

1992 One-Person Show Award, Saginaw Art Museum, Statewide Competition, Saginaw, MI

1991 and earlier

Silver&Third Place Awards, Holland Art Museum State Competition, Holland, MI

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

Second Place Award, MCFTA Regional Competition, Midland, MI

Third Place Award, Bay Area Photo Competition, Bay City, MI

Honorable Mention, Mid-Michigan Regional Art Competition, Midland, MI

Honorable Mention, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI

Third Place, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw, MI

Second Place Award, ”Revelation”, Latent Image State Photo Competition, St. Joseph, MI

Publications

2024 GULFSHORE LIFE…Emma Witmer, five-page spread, Naples, FL

2021 IN SKIN,….Pink Progression Catalog, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design,

2021 ?? GATEWAY MAGAZINE…, four-page spread, Fort Myers, FL

2021 SPOTLIGHT…??News Magazine, Kathy O’Flinn, two-page spread, Naples, FL

2019 TREND MAGAZINE…Volume 19, Issue 2, Cynthia Canyon, Santa Fe, NM

2018 TREND MAGAZINE…Volume 19…Cover and eight page article??

2018 COATESANDROTH...Creative Duo SANTA FEAN NOW...Cristina Olds, Santa Fe, NM

2018 WESTWARD... Review by Michael Paglia of “Uncanny”at Walker Fine Art

2018 BLANK CANVAS...Colorado museum and gallery guide cover and feature, Denver, CO

2016 SANTAFETVSHOW...Interview feature w/ studio visit video

2016 ART LTD... Top 10 exhibits in New Mexico by Jon Carver

2016 Guy Cross, THE Magazine, Point of View Artist Interview

2015 John O'Hern, American Art Collector Magazine, Free of Color

2015. John O'Hern, American Art Collector Magazine, the Art of the Nude

2008? Kim Russo, The Albuquerque Journal, Art5 Warhol? Invitational, Albuquerque, NM

2007? Ouida Touchon Las Cruces Bulletin, Art5 Warhol Invitational, Las Cruces, NM

2007? Doug Bullis, Author, hardcover One Hundred Artists of the Southwest, Amazon.com

2006? Craig Liebelt, Bliss Magazine in Santa Fe, Gallery Director Interview, Santa Fe, NM

2003? Teri Thomson Randall, the SF New Mexican (Pasa Tiempo), Santa Fe, NM

2003 The Biennale Awards, the Nationale Press... ?New Media Bronze Medal, Florence, Italy, ?

2002? Melanie Harembski, C.L.Coates: The State of the Art, ?SVSU Press...Saginaw, MI

2002. Helen Raica-Klotz, The Bay City Times, Upfront Magazine, EvoDiva, Bay City, MI ?

2002. The Associated Press, Grand Rapids Press, Carol Coates at UICA, Grand Rapids, MI . (a solo exhibition in tandem with Sandy Skoglund and Sally Mann)?

2001? Roger Green, Kalamazoo Gazette, Critical Mass, Kalamazoo, MI

2001 Dana Carter, Battle Creek Enquirer, Critical Mass, Battle Creek, MI

2001 Roger Green, Ann Arbor News, Critical Mass, Ann Arbor, MI

2001 Janet Martineau, The Saginaw News, Evo Diva, Saginaw, MI

2000?? Angela Lakey, Midland Daily News, Evo Diva, Midland, MI

Education

-2016… Graduate Study…

University of Michigan, Michigan State Univ, Instituto Allende(MX), Central MI Univ.,

Santa Fe and Palm Beach Photo/Digital Workshops, Santa Fe-SFCC, Delta College,

Workshops with Jerry Uelsmann, Michel Tcherevkoff

1982 Master of Fine Arts, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

1963 Bachelor of Science, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI

1959 Grand Haven High School, Grand Haven, MI

Bio

Carol Coates…. American Artist

Carol Coates was born in the mid-west where her content-driven work addressed issues of racism, sexism, antisemitism, and intolerance. Her Masters in Fine Art from the University of Michigan and her lifelong study has served support her desire to make a difference with her work. She has been a pioneer in experimental photo-based work using both digital and physical continued her graduate studies in drawing, painting, photography, metal fabrication, fine art glass, and ceramics. Her current media includes oil and acrylic paint, photography, and photo-based mixed media.

She was the recipient of two major Creative Artist Grants from Michigan’s State Art Council. She has created grand format Fine Art installations for corporate and public spaces, has had numerous solo and group shows, has won many awards, is in countless collections, and has exhibited internationally and from coast to coast in the US. She is currently represented in Denver, CO and in Los Angeles, CA.

“[she has] created six major ongoing series over time. They include the ‘Perception’, ‘Contact’, ‘Mark-making’, ‘Dissonance’, ‘MindsEye’, and ‘Beginnings’ Series. [Her} themes are humanistic and focus on perception, choice, and issues of social justice. [She] hopes to engage and evoke an emotional and empathic response from the viewer and provide visual food for thought.”

Coates currently resides and works in her heart’s home, Santa Fe, NM.

Statement

“As a sensitive child, I observed or experienced injustice, arrogance, ignorance, intolerance, racism, antisemitism, homophobia, hypocrisy, bullying, a lack of empathy, and little appreciation for diversity. My life’s work is concerned with how we see the world and care for one another.

I create images ranging from classical nudes to quirky surreal portraits and nature-inspired abstractions that hopefully move viewers in positive ways.

I’ve been inspired by Caravaggio, Goya, Rauschenberg, Uelsmann, Viola, Chicago, and a plethora of creative contemporaries. I begin each piece by immersing myself in personal photos and/or physical materials. The pieces evolve as either pure or mixed media paintings.

I’m a post visualizer, having little (if any) idea of where I’m going at the outset. I love the mystery of the process and the challenge of discovering new ways of presenting ideas. I work in series (six so far) . Their common thread is that they are all photo based and all are intended to strike a humanistic cord about the power and wisdom of our perceptions and moment to moment choices in response to life and to one another.

While I love to lose myself in my personal work, I also enjoy creating private, public, and corporate commissions.”

Publications

2024 GULFSHORE LIFE…Emma Witmer, five-page spread, Naples, FL

2021 IN SKIN,….Pink Progression Catalog, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design,

2021 ?GATEWAY MAGAZINE…, four-page spread, Fort Myers, FL