CAROLINE WRIGHT
Born and resides in Austin, TX
EDUCATION and RESIDENCIES:
November – December, 2011: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
September – October, 2010: Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Amherst, VA
May – June, 2010: AIR Le Parc, Pampelonne, France
August, 2009: Byrdcliffe Colony at the Woodstock Guild, Woodstock, NY
August, 2007: Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Fall, 2006 – Spring, 2007: Foundations of Yoga (Austin, TX) 300 hour Yoga Teaching Certification (RYT-200)
Fall, 2005: Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art (Pont-Aven, France) Post-Baccalaureate certification in Painting and Strategies in Contemporary Art
2000 – 2004: Brown University (Providence, R.I.) B.A. Double major in Visual Arts and Art History, with focus on 20th Century Western Art
Spring, 2003: La Scuola di Lorenzo de’Medici (Florence, Italy) Studio courses in mixed media and installation art, fashion design. Courses in Renaissance art history
Spring/Fall 2001: Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, R.I.) Courses in drawing and digital imaging
Summer, 1998: Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, NY) Courses in fashion design, foundation art, and art history
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
June, 2011: New Works by Caroline Wright, Martine Chaisson Gallery, New Orleans, LA
December, 2010: Leaf Wall, Kick Pleat, Austin, TX
December, 2009: The Drip and The Line: Art in the Raw by Eliza Thomas and Caroline Wright, Toquigny, Austin, TX
October, 2009: The Western Plain, Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin, TX
July, 2009: Art in the Studio: Art and Yoga at Austin Kula Yoga, Austin, TX
March, 2009: I Do Not Know What it is I am Like, Bay6, Austin, TX
August, 2008: Migration, Bay6 Gallery, Austin, TX
September, 2007: Sound Paintings, Lambert’s Restaurant, Austin, TX
February, 2007: In the Studio, Private Studio, Austin, TX
May, 2004: Making Absences, List Art Center, Brown University
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
October, 2011: Group Show at Martine Chaisson for Prospect 2 New Orleans Preview Party
October, 2011: Austin Design Riot at Threshold Furniture
September, 2011, 2010, 2009: Red Dot, Women & Their Work, Austin, TX
May, 2011, 2010: 5×7, Art House, Austin, TX
April, 2011, 2010: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Gala and Auction, Austin, TX
March, 2010: Art In Bloom, New Orleans Museum of Art Gala and Auction, New Orleans, LA
February, 2010: I Do Not Want What I Have Not Got, Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin, TX
February, 2010, 2009: The People’s Gallery, City Hall, Austin, TX
November, 2008: The Monster Show, Domy Books, Austin and Houston, TX
April, 2007: VAST Juried Exhibition, Visual Arts Society of Texas, Denton, TX
May, 2006: La Friche, La Générale, Paris, France
December, 2005: D’ici et d’ailleurs, Centre International d’Art Contemporain, Pont-Aven, France
April 2003: Juried Exhibition: Best in Class La Scuola di Lorenzo de’Medici, Florence, Italy
COLLABORATIONS:
June 2011: Califa Arts Collaborative, Projections and music with Ballet Austin dancers, Ballet Austin, Austin, TX
November 2010: Cello track for new album by singer-songwriter Suzanna Choffel
June 2010: Califa Arts Collaborative: Projections and music with Ballet Austin dancers and musicians, Salvage Vanguard Theater, Austin, TX
March 2010: Soundtrack, The Big Bends, a film by Jason William Marlow
2006 – 2008: Mediums: Cellist for the all-instrumental band in Austin, TX
October 2003: Waterfire, costume design for dance performance, downtown Providence
WORK EXPERIENCE:
February 2005 – Present: Practicing artist in Paris (2005-06) and Austin (2006-Present)
June 2007 – 2009: Yoga instructor at Austin Kula Yoga, Esquina Tango, and Castle Hill Fitness
Jan 2005 – May 2006: American Apparel, Paris, France. Merchandiser and sales associate.
Fall 2004: Dorothy Barrick, handbag designer, Paris, France. Assistant.
Summer 2004: Politipunk, hip t-shirts for John Kerry. Designer and co-founder.
Jan 2002 – May 2004: Brown University Theatre. Assistant seamstress and costume designer.
Summer 2000: Carol Burton, Decorative interior/exterior artist, Austin, Texas. Apprentice.