CAROLYN SALAS
Bio
Carolyn Salas was born in Hollywood, CA. She earned a BFA in sculpture from the College of Santa Fe and an MFA from Hunter College. She has attended residencies at the Abrons Art Center A.I.R. Space Program and The NARS Foundation, New York, NY; Blue Mountain Center, Blue Mountain Lake, NY; the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT; and the Santa Fe Art Institute, Santa Fe, NM. She has also been a Chashama Studio Space recipient, and an Elizabeth Foundation Studio Program/Space awardee. Selected exhibitions include the Berkshire Museum, Berkshire MA; Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara; Ever Gold [Projects], San Francisco, CA; Casey Kaplan, Koenig & Clinton, Brookfield Arts, and Kate Werble Gallery, New York, Mrs., Maspeth, NY; Terrault Contemporary and Towson University, Baltimore, MD; Páramo Gallery, Guadalajara, Mexico; and NADA Special Projects, Miami, FL. Salas was named a 2021 Artist-in-Residence at Google and most recently was commissioned by the United States Tennis Association and the Armory Show to create a new outdoor sculpture for the US Open.
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Exhibitions
Anniversary, 2021
Buried Alive in the Blues, 2021
Full Body, 2018
Fairs
Armory Off-Site, 2022
NADA Miami, 2020
NADA FAIR, 2020
NADA Miami, 2019
News
NMSU hosts sculptor Carolyn Salas for visiting artist lecture series
New Mexico Sun
5 Ways to Reverse a Curse
The Hole, NYC
At the US Open, 5 Artists Get a Place in the Sun
Kalia Richardson, New York Times
At the U.S. Open, Serena Williams and Stellar Artworks
Ryan Waddoups, Surface Magazine
In Pictures: See the Grand-Slamming Sculptures in the Armory Show’s First-Ever Exhibition at the U.S. Open
Vittoria Benzine, Artnet News
The Armory Show unveils large-scale sculpture installation at the US Open
Aaron Ginsburg, 6sqft
Armory Off-Site at the US Open | The Armory Show and the United States Tennis Association
Constanza Falco Raez, Flaunt Magazine
The Armory Show Announces Public Art Installations In New York City
Mark Westall, Fad Magazine
The Artful Life: 5 Things Galerie Editors Love This Week
Editors, Galerie Magazine
U.S.T.A. and the Armory Show to Bring 5 Artists to the U.S. Open
Kalia Richardson, New York Times
Carolyn Salas: Woman, Transcendent
Noelani Kirschner, The American Scholar
Egg Collective show celebrates female talent and mothers
Pei-Ru Keh, Wallpaper*
Designing Women Exhibition Explores the Intersection of Motherhood and Creativity
Pilar Viladas, W Magazine
Your Concise Guide to Miami Art Week 2019
Valentina Di Liscia, Hyperallergic
2019 Art Basel Miami Beach Week: A Cheat Sheet to the Fairs
Claire Selvin, ARTnews
Two Coats Selected Gallery Guide / June 2018
Sharon Butler, Two Coats of Paint