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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
SLIP, The Lobby Gallery at 860 Washington Street, New York, NY
2019
Catch and Release, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
2016
A Delicate Balance, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2012
Behind the Sun: New Paintings, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2010
Vortical, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Nature Games, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
Antiphony, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA
2006
On Becoming, The Phatory LLC, New York, NY
2004
Supersplat, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA
2003
Liquid Landscape, Perfume River Series, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2002
VIVID - Recent Paintings, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA
2001
Perfume River Series, Reed Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Collection Insights: Recent Acquisitions, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY. Curated by Janet Goleas
2000
Perfume River Series, Cheryl Pelavin Fine Art, New York, NY
1999
Dot-Blob Series, Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art, New York, NY
1987
55 Mercer Artists, New York, NY
SELECTED PUBLIC ART
2025
Steller's Jay, Morgan Stanley One Post Office Square, Boston, MA. Commissioned through Heskin Projects
2021
Current, Arts Brookfield, One New York Plaza, New York, NY. Site-specific mural installation, curated by Tom Kotik
2020
Four multipart paintings, Peachtree Center, Atlanta, GA. Corporate commission in collaboration with Morgan Lehman Gallery
TWO- & THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
Carolanna Parlato, Lucy Maki, Cynthia Hartling, three-person exhibition, G2 Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
2020
Marigold, three-person exhibition, 490 Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Surfacing, two-person exhibition with Alyse Rosner, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Silvermine 75, Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT. Curated by Eleonor de Ropp Flatow
Turned and Turning Still, The Painting Center, New York, NY
Beauty is a Blast: For Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Art Cake, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Christian Haub
Paper, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Rachel Gladfelter
2024
Wishlist, Garvey|Simon at DFN Projects, New York, NY
A Legacy of Making: 26 Contemporary Italian American Artists, Connecticut College, New London, CT. Curated by Joanne Mattera
Winterexpositie, Galerie JoLi, The Netherlands
Among Friends, Metaphor Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY
2023
Let's See, Galerie JoLi and Art The Hague Fair, The Netherlands
A Legacy of Making: 21 Contemporary Italian American Artists, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, New York, NY
Radiate, Garvey|Simon, New York, NY
2022
Slow Motions, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
Among Friends, Equity Gallery, New York, NY
XX: Twenty Year Anniversary Exhibition, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
2021
Magic, Metaphor Projects, Brooklyn, NY
2019
Seeing It Through, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA
Circles and Squares, Rick Wester Fine Art, New York, NY
2017
Brushless, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY
New Gallery, New Work, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Festivus, Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY
2015
Twofold, The Gallery at Industry City, Dedalus Foundation, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Cecile Chong
2013
Pour, Asya Geisberg Gallery and Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
Pour, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL. Curated by Elisabeth Condon and Carol Prusa
2011
Art in Embassies Program, U.S. Department of State, Guatemala City, Guatemala
30: Brooklyn Salon Exhibition, BRIC Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
2008
Material Color, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ. Curated by Mary Birmingham
2005
Splat, Sabina Lee Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
What did Puck Say, Heidi Cho Gallery, New York, NY
2004
Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Charlotta Kotik and Tumelo Mosaka
New York Abstract, Klein Art Gallery, University Science Center, Philadelphia, PA
2003
Stroke, Schroeder/Romero, Brooklyn, NY
2002
Jump, The Painting Center, New York, NY. Curated by Ross Neher
Reactions, Exit Art, New York, NY
2000
Fluid Flow, James Graham & Sons, New York, NY
Eye Candy - West and East Coast Contemporary Women Painters, traveling exhibition, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum, California State University, San Bernardino, CA, and Grand Central Art Center, Santa Ana, CA. Curated by Sue Joyce
1999
Outer Boroughs, White Columns, New York, NY
1998
Fashioned, White Box, New York, NY, and Philadelphia, PA
1997
New York Drawers: Works on Paper from the Pierogi 2000 Flat File, Gasworks Gallery, London, UK, and Corner House Gallery, Manchester, UK
Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Surface and Shadow: Abstraction Revisited, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
1992
The Forceful Gesture, Valencia College, Orlando, FL. Curated by Judith Page
1989
Strange Attractors: The Spectacle of Chaos, traveling exhibition. Curated by Klaus Ottmann
1988
Selections 42, The Drawing Center, New York, NY. Curated by Peter Drake
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
The Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State, Guatemala City, Guatemala
ArtBank Collection, U.S. Department of State, Washington, DC
Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
NewYork-Presbyterian, New York, NY
Morgan Stanley, Boston, MA
Capital Group
Public Art for Public Schools, New York, NY
Percent for Art Program, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York, NY
Francis Greenburger Collection, New York, NY
SELECTED PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2023
A Legacy of Making: 21 Contemporary Italian American Artists. Exhibition catalog, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute, New York
Italianita: Contemporary Art Inspired by the Italian Immigrant Experience. Edited by Joanne Mattera. Well-Fed Artist Press
2020
Tory Akers, "The New Abstraction: 8 Artists to Start Collecting Now," Artspace
2019
Tom McGlynn, "Carolanna Parlato's Sporting Informe," Two Coats of Paint
Cori Hutchinson, "The Floatable Formations of Carolanna Parlato," Whitehot Magazine
2016
Tom McGlynn, "Carolanna Parlato: A Delicate Balance," The Brooklyn Rail
Sharon Butler, "Sweet Direction for Carolanna Parlato," Two Coats of Paint (solo exhibition: A Delicate Balance, Elizabeth Harris Gallery)
James Panero, "Gallery Chronicle," The New Criterion, February (includes the solo exhibition A Delicate Balance, Elizabeth Harris Gallery)
2015
Matthew Guy Nichols, "Carolanna Parlato: Threshold," Art in America
2013
POUR. Exhibition catalog with Stephen Maine's essay "Cover the Earth." Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL (group exhibition)
Franklin Einspruch, "Oil as Water: POUR at Lesley Heller and Asya Geisberg," artcritical, September 19 (group exhibition review)
2012
Behind the Sun: New Paintings. Exhibition catalog with an essay by Matthew Guy Nichols. Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York
2010
Vortical. Exhibition catalog with Charlotta Kotik's essay "Vorticality in Motion." Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York
Ann Landi, "Carolanna Parlato," ARTnews, April, p. 117 (solo exhibition: Vortical, Elizabeth Harris Gallery)
James Panero, "Gallery Chronicle," The New Criterion, March (includes the solo exhibition Vortical, Elizabeth Harris Gallery)
2008
Stephen Maine, "Call-and-Response," The New York Sun, January 17 (includes the solo exhibition Nature Games, Elizabeth Harris Gallery)
Joanne Mattera, "Paintings and Process-Thirty Years Apart," Joanne Mattera Art Blog, February 17 (includes the solo exhibition Nature Games, Elizabeth Harris Gallery)
2006
Matthew Guy Nichols, "Carolanna Parlato at the Phatory," Art in America, May, p. 191 (solo exhibition: On Becoming)
David Cohen, "Prada Boxes & Motherboards," The New York Sun, January 26 (includes the solo exhibition On Becoming, The Phatory)
2004
Cate McQuaid, "Finding Fascination in Blots, Splats, Bubbles and Shimmer," The Boston Globe, May 14 (includes the solo exhibition Supersplat, OH+T Gallery)
David Cohen, review of Open House: Working in Brooklyn, The New York Sun, April 22 (group exhibition, Brooklyn Museum)
2002
Ken Johnson, review of Jump, The New York Times (group exhibition, The Painting Center)
D. Dominick Lombardi, review of Spill, The New York Times, July 7 (group exhibition, Kenise Barnes Fine Art)
Cate McQuaid, "Critics' Picks: Carolanna Parlato Vivid," The Boston Globe, April 5 (solo exhibition: VIVID - Recent Paintings, OH+T Gallery)
2001
Carolanna Parlato: Perfume River Series. Exhibition catalog with Barry Schwabsky's essay "Desire and Danger." New York
2000
Ken Johnson, review of Fluid Flow, The New York Times, August 11 (group exhibition, James Graham & Sons)
1998
Sue Scott, "Carolanna Parlato: Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art," COVER Magazine, vol. 12, no. 3 (May)
Barry Schwabsky, The New York Times
EDUCATION
1980 MFA, Printmaking, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1978 BS, University of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, NY