CURRICULUM VITAE
CARL WILSON
carl@carlwilsonart.com / www.carwilsonart.com
EXHIBITION WORK
SOLO (SELECTED)
2018 Dead & Lost in Detroit, Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Center/Curated by Amy Kantgias, Birmingham, Michigan, USA.
2018 Seven Houses of The Holy, Hatch Gallery/Curated by Christopher Schneider, Hamtramck, Michigan, USA
2018 Interior Streets, University of Michigan, Institute for the Humanities Gallery/Curated by Amanda Krugliak, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
2017 Her Purse Smelled Like Juicy Fruit & Other Tales, Grand Rapids Art Museum/Curated by Ron Platt, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA
2014 Featured Artist, Detroit Artists Market/Curated by Jack O. Summers, Detroit, Michigan USA
2013 The Parkhurst Papers, Detroit Repertory Theater/Curated by Gilda Snowden, Detroit, Michigan USA
GROUP (SELECTED)
2019 Textures of Detroit: Six Detroit Artists with Peter Bernal, Matt Corbin, Roy Feldman, Carol Harris, Carl Wilson, Ann Smith. Concordia University Kreft Center Gallery/Curator Ann Smith
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
2018 Six, with Emilee Arter, Andrew Blake, Dennis Jones, Megan Parry, Catherine Peet. Janice Charach Gallery/Curator Dennis Jones, West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, USA
2017 Now And Then: Artists Contemplate The Summer of 1967, with 27 artists including Taurus Burns, Olayami Dabls, Sydney G. James, Charles McGee, Carol Morisseau, Tylonn Sawyer, Elizabeth Youngblood. Detroit Artists Market/Curated by Jeff Cancelosi, Detroit, Michigan, USA
2017 ShiftSpace Detroit’s Cafe, with Senghor Reid, Olayami Dabls, Anders Ruhwald, Ben Saginaw, Marie Herman, Floyd, Sister Pie. Saint Etienne Design Biennale/Curated by Cezanne Charles, Saint Etienne, France
2016 The Printer’s Devil, with 34 artists including Lynne Avadenka, Bernie Brooks, Andrew Davis, Janet Hamrick, Stephen Magsig, Ryan Standfest. The Scarab Club/Curated by S. William Schudlich, Detroit, Michigan, USA
2015 Art X Detroit Visual Arts Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Arts Detroit, Detroit, Michigan, USA
COMMISSIONS
PRIVATE OR CORPORATE (SELECTED)
2018 The Kresge Foundation, Detroit, Michigan, USA. Window Graphic, (Interior)
2018 Calvin College, Dr. Larry Gerbens, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Traveling Print Exhibit (Interior)
BIBLIOGRAPHY & MEDIA
Dewey, Charles. “Detroit Artist Discovers His Mother In Latest Exhibit.” GR Mag, January 2018, Online Magazine
Veal, Josh. "Triple Threat: Three new, and very different, exhibits move into the GRAM.” Revue, November 2017, p.6a. Print Magazine
Bechiri, Holly. “Stories worth listening to: Detroit printmaker tells stories of his mother in GRAM exhibition.” cultured GR, November 2, 2017, Online Magazine
Canty, Cynthia. Michigan Radio, Stateside, “Detroit artist tells his mother’s story in black and white at first solo exhibition.” Radio Interview, November 2017
Detroit Performs, “Paintings, Prints and Candies.” PBS, Detroit Public TV, Season 4, Episode 13, July 12, 2016, Television Broadcast
Panton, Steve. Essay’d/ 30 Detroit Artists. Painted Turtle Books, Detroit: Wayne State University Press, 2016
Stryker, Mark. “At Art X fest, it’s about forging community through art.” Detroit Free Press, April 5, 2015, Online Newspaper
Wood, First Jennifer. “20 Detroit Artists You Should Know.” Complex, September 30, 2014. Online Magazine
Brown, Jocelynn. “Handmade. Artist draws inspiration from life.” Detroit News, August 8, 2012, p.12H. Print Newspaper
PUBLICATIONS
“My Portion of Territory.” One Mile Magazine, Volume 2, p. 68-69, 2016, Print Magazine
Her Purse Smelled Like Juicy Fruit. Exhibition Catalogue, Hatch Gallery, Hamtramck, Michigan, 2014
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2013, Visual Arts Fellowship, Kresge Arts In Detroit, $25,000
RESIDENCIES
2014, Studio residency, Yaddo, Saratoga Springs, NewYork
2018, Studio residency, The MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, New Hampshire