Cole Carothers
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Biography
(American, Ohio b. 1949)
Cole Carothers was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1949. He received a B.A. degree from Colorado College 1971 and an M.F.A. from American University 1978. From 1978-81, he was the instructor in Art, Art History, and Theater Design at St. Andrew’s School, Middletown, Delaware. He has also taught painting at the Art Academy of Cincinnati 1981-83 and was Adjunct Associate Professor of Design at the College of DAAP, University of Cincinnati from 1985-92. Between 1998-2004 he served as Program Director for the Baker Hunt Arts and Cultural Center in Covington, KY.
His art has been exhibited nationally in New York, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta and throughout the Midwest. He is a recipient of numerous grants, fellowships and awards including an NEA Arts Midwest Fellowship, two Ohio Arts Council grants, twice a Summerfair Artists Grant and a Rome Prize Finalist. His paintings are included in the permanent collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lakeland College, and the University of Cincinnati’s George Elliston Reading Room and numerous corporations.Two paintings are currently placed with the US Department of State Art in Embassies Program at the US ambassador’s residence in Tunis, Tunisia and remained there until 2010.
Professional Experience
2007: Artist in Residence, University Club of Cincinnati
2007-2006: Lecture at the Cincinnati Art Museum, The Tranquil Dream- The Realm of Art
2004-1998: Gallery Talk, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2003: Program Director, Baker Hunt Art & Cultural Center, Covington, KY
1999: Gallery Talk, Weston Gallery of Art, Cincinnati, OH
1992-1995: Painting workshop with Gregory Gillespe, Fine Arts Work Center, MA
1981-82: Adjunct Associate Professor of Design in Foundation Studies, University of Cincinnati, College of DAAP
1981-78: Adjunct Professor of Painting, Art Academy of Cincinnati
Instructor of Art & Art History, St. Andrew's School, Middletown, DE
Awards and Grants
2008: Summerfair Inc., Individual Artist Grant
1994: Cincinnati Arts Festival "Art Invitational," Merit Prize
1988, 1985: Ohio Arts Council, Individual Artist Grant
1987, 1983: Summerfair Inc., Individual Artist Grant
1986: Arts Midwest/NEA Regional Fellowship
1985: American Academy in Rome, Rome Prize Finalist
1985: Print Magazine, Regional Design Annual
Solo Exhibitions
2008, 2005: University Club, Cincinnati, OH
2007: Phyllis Weston-Annie Bolling Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2006: Manifest Gallery,Cincinnati, OH
2004: Springfield Museum of Art, Springfield, OH
2003: The Weston Art Gallery, Aronoff Center, Cincinnati, OH
2003: Dayton Visual Arts Center, Dayton, OH
2002: University of Kentucky Art Museum, Lexington, KY
2002, 2000: Bachelier-Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2001: Gruss Center for Visual Art, Lawrenceville, NJ
2000, 1997, 1994: Linda Schwartz Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
1996: Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, OH
1996, 1994, 1992: Cincinnati Art Galleries
1995: Lagerquist Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1995: Edgewood Orchard Galleries, Fish Creek, WI
1991: Harmon-Meek Gallery, Harbor Springs, MI
1983: Forum Gallery, New York, NY
Vencor Inc.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2007: "Celebration of Creativity: OAC Fellowships 1980-2005," Ohio Art Council
2005: Riffe Gallery, Columbus, OH & The Weston Gallery of Art, Cincinnati, OH
2005: "Rooms with a View," Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, OH
2005: "Cincinnati Timeline," Phyllis Weston-Annie Bolling Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2005: "69th National Midyear Exhibition," Butler Institute of American Art, OH
2004: "Doorways," Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2004: "Terrestrial Domains," Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2001: "Celebrating Ohio Landscapes," Phyllis J. Weston Art Gallery/Closson's, OH
2000: "Urban Imagery," Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
2000: "Paintings of Paintings," Bachelier Cardonsky Gallery, Kent, CT
"The Object Considered: Contemporary Still-Life in Ohio, Illinois and Indiana," travelling exhibit, Columbus College of Art, Southern Ohio Museum, South Bend Regional Museum of Art
1997: "Summer Invitational," Chase Gallery, Boston, MA
1995: "The River," Aronoff Center for the Performing Arts, Cincinnati, OH
1990: "Landscape," J. Rosenthal Fine Arts Chicago, IL
1988: "Choices, Twenty Painters from the Midwest, " Minneapolis College of Art;
Wustum Arts Center, Racine, WI., Evanston Arts Center, Evanston, IL
1986: "Contemporary Midwest Landscape," Herron Gallery of Art, Indianapolis, IN
1983: "Talent," Allan Stone Gallery, NY
1983: "Cincinnati Collects," Cincinnati Art Museum, OH
1982: "Choice Painting," University of Kentucky Art Gallery
1982: "By the Sea," Barbara Toll Fine Arts, NY
Public & Corporate Collections
Cincinnati Art Museum
Cincinnati Bell Inc.
Cincinnati Country Club
CBIS Inc.
Cincinnati Financial Corporation
The Drackett Company
Ethicon Endo-Surgery
Fidelity Investments
Greenville Public Library, Greenville, OH
Jane Vilmont & Associates Inc.
Kemper National Insurance Companies
Lakeland College
Mercy Hospital, Fairfield, OH
MRA Inc.
Proctor & Gamble
RSM Company
University of Kentucky Art Museum
University of Cincinnati
University Club, Cincinnati, OH