C.W. Carson

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Selected Works

C.W. "Chickens + Legs"
Chickens + Legs
mixed media
18 x 48"
C.W. Carson "Death in the Street (Street Life)"
Death in the Street (Street Life)
mixed media
12 x 16"
C.W. Carson, Deer in the Forest 18 x 48" mixed media on canvas
Deer in the Forest
mixed media on canvas
18 x 48"
C.W. Carson "Diamond Dancing Jesus 2"
Diamond Dancing Jesus 2
mixed media on canvas
16 x 16"
C.W. Carson "Distorted Portrait"
Distorted Portrait
mixed media on canvas
24 x 16"
C.W. Carson :Documenting Escape from the Wild Kingdom
Documenting Escape from the Wild Kingdom
mixed media
23 x 47"
C.W. Carson "I Creator"
I Creator
mixed media on canvas
10 x 8"
C.W. Carson "Iris"
Iris
mixed media on canvas
24 x 16"
C.W.Carson "Magic Carpet (On and Off the Hopper Bed)"
Magic Carpet (On and Off the Hopper Bed)
mixed media
12 x 16"
C.W. Carson "Purple Edges"
Purple Edges
mixed media
12 x 16"
C.W. Carson "Red + White"
Red + White
mixed media
18 x 48"
C.W. Carson "Signifying Nothing"
Signifying Nothing
mixed media
40 x 64"
C.W. Carson "Sun Burst"
Sun Burst
mixed media
36 x 16"
C.W. Carson "Superboy's Disguise"
Superboy's Disguise
mixed media
18 x 12"
C.W. Carson "Superboy's Good Deed"
Superboy's Good Deed
mixed media
48 x 36"
C.W. Carson "The Danger of Sunbathing (At the Western Motel)"
The Danger of Sunbathing (At the Western Motel)
mixed media
12 x 16"
The Impact of Violence on Television
The Impact of Violence on Television
mixed media
23 x 47"
Uncover (Visitation) (On and Off the Hopper Bed)
Uncover (Visitation) (On and Off the Hopper Bed)
mixed media
12 x 16"
Whiskers
Whiskers
mixed media
24 x 16"
Chris Carson - Wild Cats, Mixed Media on Canvas, 18 x 48"
Wild Cats
mixed media on canvas
18 x 48"

Biography

EDUCATION  

1986: Master of Fine Arts, University of British Columbia, Vancouver BC

1981: Bachelor of Arts Special - Visual Arts and Design, University of Alberta AB

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2008: Stories from the Inner City, Latitude 53, Edmonton

2004: Feature Artist Art Rental & Sales Gallery, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton

2004: Water Logged, Douglas Udell Gallery, Edmonton

2002: High & Low, Harcourt House Art Centre, Edmonton

2000: I AM, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton

1999: Building Bridges, Prairie Art Gallery, Grande Prairie

1998: Ninety Nine, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton

1997: Urban Totem Poles, The Works, Edmonton

1997: PIRATES OF ART, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton

1996: Reinterpreting the Classics, Commerce Place Galleria, Edmonton

1992: Urban Revitalization, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton

1985: Mostly Birds, A.M.S Gallery, Vancouver

COMMISSIONS

Syncrude Canada Ltd., Edmonton (a 17 art piece mural created for Centre for Intelligent Mining Systems, Computing Science Building, University of Alberta).  July 2001

Edmonton Public School Board, Edmonton. (Painting for Virginia Park Elementary School). November 1998Misericordia Art Enrichment Group, Edmonton. (3 mixed media paintings for Speech Pathology, Audiology, and Physical Therapy). December 1997
Bleachers, C.F.B. Namao. (Large mixed media moose head). March 1997

Telus Communications, Edmonton. (Creation of mixed media icons depicting what take place in their work environment). November1996

SELECTED AWARDS 

2006, 2004, 2001: Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant

1993: Medici Art Foundation

1984 -1985: B.C. Binning Memorial Fellowship

1984- 1985: British Columbia Cultural Services Branch Senior Arts Award

 

 

 

 

 

 

Artist Statement

C. W. Carson is a multi media artist (photographer, painter, drawer, sculptor, installation artist). He completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Alberta, and received a M.F.A. in painting from the University of British Columbia.

Carson has exhibited widely in Alberta, taking part in shows at the Art Gallery of Alberta, Latitude 53, Snap Gallery, Harcourt House Gallery, The Prairie Art Gallery, Douglas Udell Gallery and The Glenbow Museum. Some of the prominent shows in his recent past include “I AM” exhibited at The Art Gallery of Alberta.

Carson’s art deals with visual ‘over indulgence.’ Inspired by popular culture mixed with a dose of high art, Carson tends to work on a small scale complicating rooms. An urban artist with a trap line, rather than collecting bottles and cans, he collects images and stories. Carson deals with crime and grime, sometimes even beauty. Following in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, Carson is a scientific observer of the minute changes in nature. Unlike Thoreau, his ‘trap line’ is the natural world found in the inner city. He is a visual voyeur. Occasionally even an ‘ambulance chaser’. He collects, filling his pockets with the detritus of a lost civilization. He records.

Carson uses, reuses and abuses content, material and media in the art making process. His art reflects his multifaceted life as a twenty first century white urban gay Canadian.