carol gove

Carol Gove works out of her NH studio as an abstract mixed media collage artist. She has a BS from the University of New Hampshire and studied at the DeCordova Museum School in Boston. She has exhibited in numerous solo and group exhibits over the last 15 years. She is a member of the DeCordova Museum Corporate Art Program, the Monadnock Art Colony in NH, and The National Association of Women Artists in New York. She has been accepted in many nationally juried shows including a 100 year retrospective exhibit “In Context: Collage & Abstraction” at the Pavel Zoubok Gallery in New York. This exhibit included contemporary artists as well as master work by Kurt Schwitters, Robert Motherwell, Lee Krasner and more.

STATEMENT

“I am most happy when I am covered in paint, my hands saturated with pigment, and my eyes searching for the “right” piece of collage to complete a composition and expression.”
I draw from nature, landscape, and abstract expressionism, attempting to strike a balance between painterly gesture and the physicality of a pasted collage fragment. I mine a personal and aesthetic history for source material, re-using scraps of old handwritten letters, yellowing labels, sheet music, sewing patterns and other memorabilia from the lives of familial others, creating something new from something old. I create dialogue and play between the graphical history and textures of the found materials and the fluidity and opacity of paint. Remnants of imagery appear and disappear in my work as the materials are washed and worn by layers of paint. It is my intent to give the viewer a “glimpse” at a recognizable fragment or common history so that they may be reminded of their own memories when looking at my work.

RESUME

Affeliations
DeCordova Museum Corporate Art Program artist, Lincoln, MA
Monadnock Art Colonly artist, NH
National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
The Painting Center, Artist Registry, New York, NY

Public Collections
Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
Kodiak Venture Capital, Boston, MA
Dana Associates, Cambridge, MA
Wells Fargo Bank, Summit, NJ

Exhibitions - solo or two person exhibitions
2016
Mill Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2015
CONTINUUM, Regis College Carney Gallery, Weston, MA
3 Textures, Stremmel Gallery, Reno NV
East End Gallery, Nantucket, MA
2014
Conant Gallery, Lawrence Academy, Groton, MA
2013
Art Around the Park (via Simon Gallery), Morristown, NJ
2012
Mill Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM
2011
Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
Victoria Munroe Fine Art, Boston, MA
2010
Judy A. Saslow Gallery, Chicago, IL
2009
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
NH Institute of Art, Manchester, NH
2007
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
Redmond Bennett Gallery, Dublin, NH
2005
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
2004
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
2003
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
Anderson-Soule Gallery, Concord, NH
Mark Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2002
Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
2001
Bromfield Art Gallery, Boston, MA

Group exhibitions
2016
Mid-Century Modern in Full Color, Galerie d-Orsay, Boston, MA
Art Sante Fe, Mill Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM
2015
Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
Contemporary Forum Auction, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
Winter Salon, The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY
The Stable of Ten: The San Francisco Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014
Gebert Contemporary, Scottsdale, AZ
2013
The Drawing Room, East Hampton, NY
Contemporary Forum Auction, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix AZ
2012
Collage at 100, The Cambridge School of Weston, MA
New Art NH, Thorne Sagendorph Gallery, Keene, NH
Victoria Munroe Fine Art, Boston, MA
Louisa Gould Gallery, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
2011
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
2010
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
Victoria Munroe Fine Art, Boston, MA
2008
All Media 08, National Juried Show, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA,
Danforth Museum of Art
23rd Annual International Exhibition, University of Texas
9th Annual National Exhibition, Shippensburg University, PA
The Commercial Woman, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
2007
In Context: collage + abstraction, group show, Pavel Zoubok
Gallery, New York, NY
14th Annual Juried Show, Essex Art Center, Lawrence, MA
Biennial 2007, NH Institute of Art
2006
Allyn Gallup Contemporary Art, Sarasota, FL
Danforth Museum of Art, Framingham, MA
National Juried Competition Touchstone Gallery, Washington, DC
Summer Party Art Auction, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
New Hampshire Painting in the 21st Century, Kimball Jenkins
Estate, Concord, NH
Juried Members Show, Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
2005
Whistler Museum of Art, Lowell, MA
Art Institute and Gallery, National Juried Competition (3rd place)
Salisbury, MD
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
2004
Frances Roddy National Competition (Finalist),
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA
National Juried Competition (Finalist),
Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
2003
DeCordova Museum School Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Judi Rotenberg Gallery, Boston, MA
Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
2002
Anderson-Soule Gallery, Concord, NH
Nahcotta, Portsmouth, NH
DeCordova Museum School Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Mark Gallery, Cambridge, MA
Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, NH
2001
MPG Gallery, Boston, MA
New Art 2001 National Competition (Finalist), MPG Gallery,
Boston, MA
DeCordova Museum School Gallery, Lincoln, MA
Concord Art Association, Concord, MA

Non-Profit Donations
Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Auction, Boston, MA, 2005-2008
Crotched Mountain Harvest Auction/Dinner, Greenfield, NH, 2014

Education
DeCordova School, Lincoln MA
B.S., University of New Hampshire, 1993, Durham NH