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 April 4 - 26, 2008 : Barry Roal Carlsen : Oil & Oil and Encaustic on Panel

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Carlsen Information:            Statement              Resume

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Individual Images

Barry Roal Carlsen, Back Bay, 2008, Oil on Panel, 35 1/2"x 62"

 

 

 
Left:Barry Roal Carlsen, Chances Are, 2008, Oil & Encaustic on Panel, 16 1/2" x 11 1/4"
Right: Barry Roal Carlsen, Destination, 2008, Oil & Encaustic on Panel, 16 1/2" x 11 1/4"

 

 

Left:Barry Roal Carlsen, Lost Days, 2008, Oil & Encaustic on Panel, 16 1/2" x 11 1/4"
Right: Barry Roal Carlsen, Chain Link, 2008, Oil & Encaustic on Panel, 16 1/2" x 11 1/4"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Cold Night Drifting, 2008, Oil on Panel, 16" x 47"

 

Left:Barry Roal Carlsen, Guardian, 2008, Oil on Panel with Gilding, 19 1/2" x 19 1/2"
Right: Barry Roal Carlsen, Set Adrift, 2008, Oil on Panel with Gilding, 19 1/2" x 19 1/2"

 

 

Left:Barry Roal Carlsen, Sight Unseen, 2008, Oil on Panel with Gilding, 19 1/2" x 19 1/2"
Right: Barry Roal Carlsen, Two Weeks Later, 2008, Oil on Panel with Gilding, 19 1/2" x 19 1/2"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Clearing I, 2008, Charcoal on Paper, 24" x 29 3/4" framed

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Clearing II, 2008, Charcoal on Paper, 27" x 33 3/4" framed

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Welcome Back, 2008, Charcoal on Paper, 23" x 29 3/4" framed

 

 

Left:Barry Roal Carlsen, Broken Wish, 2008, Oil & Encaustic on Panel, 13" x 11 1/2"
Right: Barry Roal Carlsen, Hidden From View, 2008, Oil & Encaustic on Panel, 13 3/4" x 10 3/4"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Night Walker, 2008, Oil & Encaustic on Panel, 11 1/2" x 15"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, No Second Chance, 2008, Oil & Encaustic on Panel, 12 1/2" x 15 1/2 "

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Crossing, 2008, Oil & Encaustic on Panel, 11 1/2" x 16 1/2"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Where The Past Ends, 2008, Oil & Encaustic on Panel, 12 1/2" x 15 1/2"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, October Morning; Pike Lake, 2008, Oil on Panel, 14" x 33"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, October Snow on Pike Lake, 2007, Oil on Panel, image: 9 " x 13", framed: 17 1/4" x 21 1/4"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Slowly Open Your Eyes, 2008, Oil on Panel, 20" x 29 1/2"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, I Haunt Your Dreams, 2008, Oil on Panels, 22 1/2" x 24"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, New Day, 2008, Oil on Panels, 22 1/2" x 24"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Still Waiting, 2008, Oil on Panels, 22 1/2" x 24"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Staking Claim, 2008, Oil on Panel and Carved Wood, 18 1/2" x 24"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Too Late For Change, 2008, Oil on Panel and Carved Wood, 18 1/2" x 24"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Already Gone, 2001, Oil on Paper, image: 7 1/2" x 11 3/4", frame: 21" x 17 1/2"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Last Morning Out, 2002, Oil on Paper, image: 9 " x 12", frame: 17 1/4" x 21 1/4"

 

 

Barry Roal Carlsen, Too Far, Too Late, 2007, Oil on Panel, image: 6 " x 24", frame: 10 1/4" x 28 1/2"

 

 

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Barry Roal Carlsen

Artist Statement

Creating artwork can be a journey of esthetic exploration and self-discovery.
Landscape is the vehicle I choose to take that journey and light is always the unifying element. The corporeal light between night and day, light from a consuming fire, light from a distant lantern or an unseen source, all fascinate me and keep calling me back to investigate.

My paintings are reconstructions of another time, spawned from memory, at once real and yet imagined. They are amalgamations, the kind of blending or restructuring of place and situation that revisiting the past creates.

I attempt to find a balance between a personal narrative and a broader symbolism. The work must be open enough for the viewer to bring his or her own experience to bear in interpreting the work and it must not entirely answer the question it asks. The viewer needs to complete the meaning.

What I enjoy most is listening to comments on my work, and how the same landscape can provoke feelings ranging from hope and optimism to a deep sense of loss. Hearing these ideas oftentimes helps me to better understand myself and my work.

Technique

Works are oil or oil and encaustic on panel.

Sizes range from 5" up to 5' wide. All frames are hardwood (black cherry, poplar, oak or black walnut), and designed and built by the artist. Some works incorporate gilding in the frames, or as a substrate under paint.

 

 

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RESUME

Barry Roal Carlsen


Education
M.F.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison 1983
B.F.A. University of Nebraska, Omaha 1980

One Person Exhibitions

2008 On Second Thought-Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
2006 Recent Paintings and Prints-Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
2004 From Dusk to Dawn-Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
2002 A Time and Place-Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2001 Kohler Art Center, Art Space, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
2000 Memory and Light-Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
1999 Past Life-Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1998 Madison and Points North-Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
1995 Zona Gale Art Center, Portage, Wisconsin
1994 Undercurrents: Traveling Exhibit-Dane County Libraries,Wisconsin
1993 Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin Center, Marshfield, Wisconsin
1989 Natasha Nicholson Works of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
1988 University Club of Chicago Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1987 Albion College, Albion, Michigan
1986 Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1983 Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin

Selected Exhibitions

2008 Featured Artist-Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
2006 Salon d’ Ete-Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, California
2004 Featured artist-Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
2003 Wisconsin Artists Biennial-Merit Award, Memorial Union Gallery,Madison, Wisconsin
Lure of the Lake-Rahr-West Museum, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Landscapes-University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
2002 Featured artist-Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Waters-Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences, Madison,Wisconsin
2001 My work and I-Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
2000 Three Painters-UNO Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Omaha, Omaha Nebraska
Singular Visions: 10 Wisconsin Painters at the Academy-Wisconsin Academy of Arts & Sciences, Madison, WI
Featured artist-Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
1999 Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
1998 Featured artist-Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Small Treasures-Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
1997 Treasures-Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Enigmatic Landscapes, Cardinal Stritch College Art Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Three person Show-Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
WAB Fellowship Touring Exhibition ‘97-Seven venues throughout the state
The Collector’s Choice-Miller Art Center, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
1996 Ronald Feldman Fine Arts Inc., New York, New York
Benefit Invitational, Momenta Art, Brooklyn, New York
Featured artist-Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Triennial-Madison Art Center
Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1995 Modesty: A Policy-Gallerie Sfeir-Semler, Kiel, Germany
Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
1994 The City Observed-Sordoni Art Gallery, Wilkes University,Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
1993 Verging on Emergence, Invitational Exhibition-UW-Milwaukee,Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Solitary Experiences, Two Person Exhibition-Bradley Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1992 Little Landscapes: The Wide Visions of Eleven Midwestern Painters, Lands' End Corporate Gallery, Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Mini Art Show-Bradley Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
1991 Wisconsin 91-University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point
1990 Wisconsin Triennial-Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
About Painting: Carlsen, Ripple, McGibbon-Natasha Nicholson Works of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
Apocalyptic Vision-Sioux City Art Center, Sioux City, Iowa
1989 Group Exhibition-Natasha Nicholson Works of Art, Madison, Wisconsin
Two-Person Show-Wisconsin Academy of Arts and Sciences, Madison, Wisconsin
1988 20th Annual Midwest Biennial-Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Two-Person Show-Milder Art Gallery, University of Nebraska-Omaha
Group Show-Center for Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois
1986 Neo-Rustic International Exhibition-Theatre Art Gallery, Design Center of Los Angeles, California
20th National Drawing & Sculpture Exhibition-Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, Texas (Cash Award)
National Print & Drawing Annual-University of North Dakota-Grand Forks
National ‘86 Small Works Exhibit-Schoharie Arts Council, Cobleskill, New York
60 Square Inches National Small Print Exhibition-Purdue University
The Fifth Year, A Response to Political Issues of Our Time-Third Floor Gallery, Oakland, California
1985 Two-Person Show-Survival Graphics, Madison, Wisconsin
1984 New Talent Group Exhibition-C.A.S.H. Gallery, New York, New York
Works on Paper-Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Invitational Exhibit-Center Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
Group Show-Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
1983 Group Show-Printworks Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Three-Person Show-Center Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
Finch Prints Invitational-Salt Lake City, Utah
1982 Philadelphia Print Club 58th Annual International Competition-Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Invitational Exhibition-Sagamon State University, Springfield, Illinois
UCLA National Student Print Competition (Merit Award)
34th Camera Concepts Exhibition-Madison, Wisconsin
Art Positive International Exhibition of Artists Against Nuclear War,organized by Survival Graphics, Madison,WI
1981 17th Midwest Biennial-Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska
Cranbrook Invitational Traveling Print Exhibition-Cranbrook Academy of Art, Detroit, Michigan
Wisconsin Printmakers-St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota

Special Awards and Honors

2008 Project Evaluator-Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission
2007 Project Evaluator-Madison Arts Commission
Board Alternate-Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission
2006 Visiting Artist Lecture-University of Wisconsin
2004 Wisconsin Percent for Art-Direct Purchase
2001 Selected artist-Dane County Cultural Affairs calendar
1999 Wisconsin Individual Artist Fellowships Selection Committee-Wisconsin Arts Board
Featured on Wisconsin Public Television Show-Gone Fishin’
Keynote speaker/Awards presenter-The Wisconsin Regional Art Program Annual Show
1998 Selection committee member -Wisconsin Arts Board Percent for Art Program
1997 Selection committee member -Wisconsin Arts Board Percent for Art Program
1996 Individual Artist’s Grant-Wisconsin Arts Board
Featured Artist-Wisconsin Academy Review, Vol. 42 Issue 4
University of Wisconsin-Madison, Percent for the Arts committee
C.A.S.E. 5, Speaker/Panel, Chicago, Illinois
1994 Yahara Suite, Project Grant-Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission
Dane County Directory Cover Artist
1992 New works grant-Wisconsin Arts Board
Evaluator for the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission
1991 Chancellor's Featured Artist, UW-Madison
Juror-1991 Art Fair on the Square, Madison, Wisconsin
1990 Wisconsin State Directory Cover Artist

Other Job Experience
1985-Present Senior Graphic Designer, Publications Office, University of Wisconsin- Madison
1990-1991 Lecturer in Lithography, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1983-1985 Preparator of Exhibitions, Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
1981-1983 Teaching Assistant (Basic Drawing and Two-Dimensional Design), University of Wisconsin-Madison

Lectures and Workshops

2008 Encaustic Workshop-Edgewood Orchard Gallery
2006 Colloquium Artist-University of Wisconsin, Madison
Drive by Press-Print Workshop Artist
2003 Visiting Artist-University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
1998 Guest Lecturer-Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors
1997 Guest Lecturer-Northern Iowa University
1996 Guest Lecturer-University of Wisconsin-Madison
1993 Visiting Artist-University of Wisconsin Center, Marshfield, Wisconsin
Guest Critic-University of Wisconsin-Madison
Guest Lecturer-Wisconsin Academy, Madison, Wisconsin
1990 Lecture on Current Work-Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Visiting Artist-Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana
Guest Lecturer-University of Wisconsin-Madison
1989 Guest Lecturer-University of Wisconsin-Madison
1988 Guest Critic-University of Wisconsin-Madison
1983 Phyllis Bramson-Litho (Printer)
1981 Jim Butler-Etching (Printer)
Mary Jane Ingrams-Etching (Printer)
Tom Majeski-Etching (Printer)
1980 Jack Damer-Litho (Printer’s Assistant)
1979 Garo Antrasian-Litho (Printer’s Assistant)
Ray George-Litho (Printer)
Illinois State Print Workshop in Lithography
Linda Plotkin-Etching (Printer)
William Walmsley-Litho (Assistant to Printer David Kiester)

Public and Corporate Collections

Wisconsin Governor’s Mansion, Madison, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, Fitchburg, Wisconsin
Rayovac Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin
Progressive Corporation, Cleveland, Ohio
Lathrop & Clark S.C., Madison, Wisconsin
Cranbrook Academy of Art
Illinois State University-Normal
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
University of Nebraska-Omaha
University of South Dakota-Vermillion
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Selected PrivateCollections

Charles Frazier, Lorrie Moore, Renyolds Price, Tom Garver & Natasha Nicholson,
Jim Doyle, Tom Bramberger, Ruth Kohler, Greg Conniff, Mary Alice Wimmer

Bibliographies

Painting Suspense, The Capitol Times, Friday, February 17, 2006-Kevin Lynch
Uneasy Places, Dean Jensen Gallery, Catalog essay, 2004-Dean Jensen
Toying with Qualms, Paranoia, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 16, 2004, James Auer
Wisconsin Waters, Wisconsin Academy, Catalog essay, 2004-Dean Jensen
Singular Visions: 10 Wisconsin Painters at the Academy- Catalog essay, July, 2000-Randall Berndt
Dark, Deep, The Capital Times,Wednesday, February 16, 2000-Kevin Lynch
Revealing the Mystic Land, Wisconsin State Journal, February 1,1998-John Aehl
Wisconsin Academy Review, Essay, Vol.42 Issue 4, September, 1996-Thomas Garver
WAB traveling exhibit, Catalog essay, September, 1996-E. Michael Flanagan
The City Observed: catalog essay, October, 1994-Stanley I Grand
Art Muscle, February/March, 1993-Leslie Fedorchuck
Milwaukee Sentinel, February, 15 1993-Janice T. Paine
Milwaukee Journal, January 24, 1993-James Auer
The Capital Times,Thursday, June 7, 1990-Kevin Lynch
Art Muscle, July/September, 1989-Greg Conniff

Galleries
Micaela Gallery, San Francisco, California
Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Dean Jensen Gallery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Grace Chosy Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin
Edgewood Orchard Gallery, Fish Creek, Wisconsin
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill, North Carolina



 


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