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, New York, NY

2004 Supersplat, OH+T Gallery, Boston, MA

2003 Liquid Landscapes: Works from the Perfume River Series, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY

Selected Public Projects & Commissions

2025 Steller’s Jay, Morgan Stanley OPOS, Boston, MA. Commissioned through Heskin Projects

2020-2021 Current, Arts Brookfield, One New York Plaza, New York, NY. Site-specific mural installation

2020 Four multipart paintings, Peachtree Center, Atlanta, GA. Corporate commission

Selected Two- & Three-Person Exhibitions

2017 Colorforms: Works by Jaena Kwon & Carolanna Parlato, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT

2013 Walk on the Wild Side: Carolanna Parlato and Laurel Sparx, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT

2011 Surfacing: Carolanna Parlato and Alyse Rosner, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT

2007 Soulful, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT

Fluid Abstraction, Scott White Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024 A Legacy of Making: 26 Contemporary Italian American Artists, Connecticut College, New London, CT. Curated by Joanne Mattera

Winterexpositie, Galerie JoLi, The Netherlands

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 XX: Twenty Year Anniversary Exhibition, Morgan Lehman Gallery, New York, NY

Slow Motions, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT

Among Friends, Equity Gallery, New York, NY

2021 Magic, Metaphor Projects, Brooklyn, NY

2020 Marigold, 490 Atlantic Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Unfolding Dialogue: Four Voices, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT

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

2014 Sideshow Nation, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

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

2004 Open House: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY. Curated by Charlotta Kotik

2002 25th Anniversary Selections Exhibition, The Drawing Center, New York, NY

Jump, The Painting Center, New York, NY

2000 Fluid Flow, James Graham & Sons, New York, NY

Eye Candy: West and East Coast Contemporary Women Painters, Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum and Grand Central Art Center, CA. Curated by Sue Joyce

1999 Outer Boroughs, White Columns, New York, NY

1998 Fashioned, White Box, New York, NY and Philadelphia, PA

1997 Current Undercurrent: Working in Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

Surface and Shadow: Abstraction Revisited, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY

1989 Strange Attractors: The Spectacle of Chaos, traveling exhibition. Curated by Klaus Ottmann

1987 Selections 42, The Drawing Center, New York, NY. Curated by Peter Drake

Public & Institutional Collections

Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY

The Library of Congress, Washington, DC

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

2020 Akers, Tory. “The New Abstraction: 8 Artists to Start Collecting Now.” Artspace, February.

2019 McGlynn, Tom. “Carolanna Parlato’s Sporting Informe.” Two Coats of Paint, December 6.

Hutchinson, Cori. “The Floatable Formations of Carolanna Parlato.” Whitehot Magazine, December 13.

2016 McGlynn, Tom. “Carolanna Parlato: A Delicate Balance.” The Brooklyn Rail, February.

Butler, Sharon. “Sweet Direction for Carolanna Parlato.” Two Coats of Paint, February 10.

Panero, James. “Gallery Chronicle.” The New Criterion, February.

Halasz, Piri. “Appealing Duo: Parlato & Walker at Elizabeth Harris.” From the Mayor’s Doorstep, March.

2015 Acha, Beverly. “On the Threshold of Perception: Carolanna Parlato at Morgan Lehman Gallery.” Artcritical, January 23.

Nichols, Matthew Guy. “Carolanna Parlato: Threshold.” Art in America, February.

2014 Meyer, Richard. “Great Show, Great Artists: Sideshow Nation.” Art in America, January.

2013 Einspruch, Franklin. “Oil as Water: Pour at Lesley Heller and Asya Geisberg.” Artcritical, September 19.

2012 Acha, Beverly. “Bringing the Hand Back into Play: Carolanna Parlato at Elizabeth Harris.” Artcritical.

Halasz, Piri. “Carolanna Parlato.” From the Mayor’s Doorstep.

2010 Landi, Ann. “Carolanna Parlato at Elizabeth Harris.” ARTnews, April.

Panero, James. “Gallery Chronicle.” The New Criterion, March.

2008 Maine, Stephen. “Call-and-Response.” The New York Sun, January 17.

Mattera, Joanne. “Carolanna Parlato at Elizabeth Harris Gallery.” Joanne Mattera Art Blog, March 1.

2006 Nichols, Matthew Guy. “Carolanna Parlato at the Phatory.” Art in America, May.

Cohen, David. “Prada Boxes & Motherboards: Zucker, Isensee, and Parlato at the Phatory.” The New York Sun, January 26.

2004 McQuaid, Cate. “Finding Fascination in Blots, Splats, Bubbles, and Shimmer: Jazzy Supersplat.” The Boston Globe, May 14.

Cohen, David. “Open House at the Brooklyn Museum.” The New York Sun, April 22.

Kalm, James. “A Boom Grows in Brooklyn.” The Brooklyn Rail, July.

2003 Seidel, Miriam. “New York Abstracts Energetic with Color.” The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 12.

2002 Johnson, Ken. “Jump.” The New York Times.

Lombardi, D. Dominick. “Spill.” The New York Times, July 7.

McQuaid, Cate. “Critics’ Picks: Carolanna Parlato Vivid.” The Boston Globe, April.

2000 Johnson, Ken. “Fluid Flow.” The New York Times, August 11.

Kalm, James. “Carolanna Parlato: Perfume River @ Cheryl Pelavin.” NY ARTS, March.

1998 Schwabsky, Barry. “Abstract Painting, Though Not Entirely.” The New York Times, October 25.

Scott, Sue. “Carolanna Parlato: Jeffrey Coploff Fine Art.” COVER Magazine, May.

EDUCATION

MFA, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA — Painting and Printmaking

BS, University of Mount Saint Vincent, Riverdale, NY