Carrie A. Scanga

Assistant Professor of Art

Spring 2012

  • Drawing I (VART 150B)
  • Printmaking I (VART 170)
Phone 725-3938
Title Assistant Professor
Department Art
Work Location 308 Visual Arts Center
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 Exhibitions

2012    Ballast/Break, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX
2011    Breathe, St. Louis Craft Alliance & SGC, St. Louis, MO (catalog)
2011    Display Windows, Fashion Lab, SAKS 5th Avenue
2010    Blow-up (collective breath experiment), Salina Art Center, Salina, KS
2010    View From High Places, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia, PA
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

2012    Building New Traditions, The Janet Turner Print Museum at California State University Chico, CA 2012    East – West, traveling exhibition: Central Connecticut State University Art Gallery, University of Central Florida Visual Arts Gallery, Colorado University Art Museum, University Art Museum at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Nicholls State University Art Gallery, Clara M. Eagle Gallery at Murray State University, Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art at Utah State University, Rockford College Art Gallery, McNeese State University Art Gallery (catalog)
2011    Space Invaders, Rose Contemporary, Portland, ME
2011    Refugee Reading Room, Space 1026, Philadelphia, PA
2011    Inside and Outside the Clamshell Box, DCCC, Wilmington, DE
2010    Cut Shuffle and Draw, Illges Gallery, Columbus State University, Columbus, GA
2010    Philagrafika 2010 portfolio, Crane Arts and the Free Library, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
2009    The Sketchbook Project, Art House Gallery, Atlanta, GA; 303 Grand, New York, NY; Art and Shelter Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Soulard Art Market, St. Louis, MO; Home Gallery, Chicago, IL
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)

Projects and Collaborations

“Exhale,” performance at St. Louis Craft Alliance, St Louis, MO, 2011
River Festival Iron Pour and Installation, Salina, KS, 2010
Steamroller Printing, Block Party, Space Gallery, Portland, ME, 2010
Collaboration with writer, Martin Seay, “New Strategies for Invisibility,” MAKE magazine, spring 2010
Art Seed Pack for Hudson Valley Seed Library, 2007
Collaboration with writer, Martin Seay: “Orienteering,” Shankpainter, literary publication for the Fine Arts Work Center, 2006
Cover art for Brevity and Echo, Rose Metal Press, Boston, MA, 2006

Texts

“…Carrie Scanga at Lawndale Art Center,” Kelly Klaasmere, Houston Press, December 5, 2011
“New Contemporary Gallery Makes Impressive Debut,” Daniel Kany, Portland Press Herald, July 31, 2011
“Review: Rose Contemporary Blasts Off,” Nicholas Schroeder, Portland Phoenix, July 6, 2011
“Space Invaders,” Sarah Bouchard, The Bollard, August 9, 2011
The Art Issue, Maine Home and Design, 2011
“Installation Gives Craft Alliance a … Glow,” Miriam Moynihan, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, March 25, 2011
“Take a Deep Breath,” Dickson Bealle, St. Louis West End Word, January 26, 2011
“’Breathe’ Lightly,” Ivy Cooper, St. Louis Beacon, January 26, 2011
Interview on The St. Louisan TAKES, January 18, 2011
“Building on the Box,” Victoria Donohue, The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 14, 2011
“A Seed Library…Thrives in the Hudson Valley,” Joy Y. Wang, New York Times, October 6, 2010
“Carrie Scanga at Tiger Strikes Asteroid!” Amze Emmons, printeresting.org, February 12, 2010
“PW’s Guide to First Friday,” Roberta Fallon, Philadelphia Weekly, February 2, 2010
“February First Friday Roundup,” Roberta Fallon, the artblog, February 2, 2010
“Carrie Scanga: Featured Artist,” Culture Hall, Issue #26, September 2009 “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

2011    Artist Residency, Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY
2010    Artist-in-Residence, Salina Art Center, Salina, KS2009   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

Collections

University of Washington (Academic Affairs, Student Activities, School of Art)
Print and Picture File, Free Library of Philadelphia
Louisiana State University
Women's Studio Workshop
University of Colorado
University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Nicholls State University
Zine Library at Little Berlin Gallery

Archives and Slide Registries

Museum of Modern Art's Artist Files Archives, New York, NY
The Drawing Center's Viewing Program, New York, NY
White Columns, New York, NY