Carrie Scanga

Assistant Professor of Art

Phone (207) 725-3938
Title Assistant Professor
Department Art
Work Location 305 McLellan Building, 85 Unio
E-Mail cscanga@bowdoin.edu
Carrie Scanga: Bowdoin College: Visual Art

Education

MFA, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2001
BA, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, 1999

Links

Carrie Scanga's work in the Faculty Gallery
Personal projects site: carriescanga.com

Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions

2009   Share Sat 10:50pm, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2009   Allegories and Architecture, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS (catalog)
2006   Pastland, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2006   Orienteering, collaboration with writer, Martin Seay, Provincetown Theater, Provincetown, MA
2006   Recent Works, Lake George Arts Project, Lake George, NY
2005   Fantastic Girlhood, Artspace, Raleigh, NC (catalog)
2005   The First Flower Of Spring, Hudson D. Walker Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2005   Relaciones Espaciales, El Conteiner, Quito, Ecuador
2002   Of Being Not Places, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009   Paper Narratives, Abecedarian Gallery, Denver, CO
2009   Reconsidered, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2009   Intaglio a go-go, Free Library of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2008   The Medium is the Message, Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, New Paltz, NY
2008   New Works, Manifest Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007   4 Aces Wide Format Print Exhibition, Washington University in St. Louis, University of Texas, Louisiana State University, and University of Wisconsin, Madison
2007   New Prints 2007/Winter, International Print Center, New York, NY
2006   New Prints, 2000 – 2006, International Print Center New York, NY
2006   2006 FAWC Visual Fellows, Provincetown Art Association Museum, Provincetown, MA
2006   Paper Works, Massachusetts Cultural Council, Boston, MA
2005   Domestic Policy, District Fine Arts Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Jewett Gallery, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA; Glass Gallery, University of Texas at El Paso, TX
2005   Works in Progress, Sculpture Space, Utica, NY
2004   New Works, Provincetown Art Association Museum, Provincetown, MA
2003   New Prints 2003/Spring, International Print Center New York, NY
2003   Traditional and Contemporary, Ball State University Gallery, Muncie, IN
2003   Projects ’03, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY (catalog)
2002   Delta National Small Prints Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery, Arkansas State University, AR
2001   Source, Soil Gallery, Seattle, WA
2001   Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA (catalog)

Texts

“Between small and large is the medium,” Germain Lussier, Times Herald-Record, June 6, 2008, p 19B
“Medium Cool,” Paul Smart, New Paltz Times, June 5, 2008,, p 10
“The Medium is the Message,” staff reporters, Ulster County Press, May 28, 2008, p B6
Sculpture Space: The Book, Thomas E. Piché, Jr., Brodock Press, 2007
“New Prints 2007/Winter,” Paul Laster, ArtKrush Editor, www.ipcny.org, 2007
“Superhero,” Brevity and Echo, Rose Metal Press, Boston, MA, 2006
“Orienteering,” Shankpainter, literary publication for the Fine Arts Work Center, 2006
“Orienteering: . . . A New Form,” Ann Wood, Provincetown Banner, Provincetown, MA, 2006
“Art Association shows . . . fellows,” Sue Harrison, Provincetown Banner, Provincetown, MA, 2006
“Carrie Scanga Portrays Girls’ Inner Lives,” The Independent Weekly, Raleigh, NC, 2005
“Artist is Open to Interpretation,” Ellen Sung, The News and Observer, Raleigh, NC, 2005
“Scanga Show Taps Wisdom of Girls,” Sue Harrison, Provincetown Banner, Provincetown, MA, 2005 “Sculptors Find A Nurturing Home . . . ”, Candace Jarrett, Utica Observer-Dispatch, Utica, NY, 2005
“Energetic Fellows,” Cate McQuaid, The Boston Globe, 2005
“Domestic Policy,” Jonathan Mahler, Washington City Paper, 2005
“Sensibilidad de NY en La Floresta,” Cultura y Espectaculos, Quito, Ecuador, 2005
“Apertura de muestra,” Tras Bastidores, Quito, Ecuador, 2005
“En el Conteiner se mira la sexualidad,” Manana, Quito, Ecuador, 2005
“Esas conflictivas 'relaciones espaciales',” La Hora, Quito, Ecuador, 2005
“When Native Heritage Meets Colonialism,” Helen A. Harrison, New York Times, NY, 2003
“Carrie Scanga . . . Print Show Goes Basic,” Mary Cassai, Kingston Daily Freeman, 2002
“Source,” Emily Hall, The Stranger, Seattle, WA 2001

Honors and Awards

2009   Fundación Valparaíso Fellowship, Mojácar, Spain
2008   Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
2007   Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation Grant
2006   Second-year Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Winter Fellowship
2005   Summer Artist-in-Residence, Artspace, Raleigh, NC
2005   Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown Winter Fellowship
2004   New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship
2004   Sculpture Space Funded Residency, Utica, NY
2003   The MacDowell Colony Fellowship
2003   Special Opportunity Stipend, New York Foundation for the Arts