Carl White’s own passionate experiences gained through a lifelong relationship with art are presented with intensity and rhythm of form, colour and text. “In the way that a poet would seek to understand language with the goal of approaching the sublime, I have tried to understand painting with similar purpose,” says White. “I am painting poems, images that dance between realism and abstraction, text and flesh, with the hope that the viewer experiences rather than views.” White achieves this effect well, as we are drawn into the world of art and history in all their rich fullness when looking at his work.
Lisa Christensen 2011
Link to personal website
BORN
Liverpool , England
April 25, 1969
EDUCATION
The Alberta College of Art - Four year diploma Graphic Design, Painting, and Drawing. Calgary, Alberta 1989 - 1992
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2005 LITTLE WORDS – Art firm, Calgary AB.
2005 NEW WORK – Galerie D’avignon, Montreal Qc.
2004 GRACEWITNESS – Harrison Gallery, Calgary AB.
2003 FRAGMENTS - Harrison Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2002 HALF ILLUMINATED IN THE LIGHT OF OUR ENTRY, HALF IN THE SHADOW OF WHAT IS TO COME - Harrison Gallery, Calgary AB.
2002 PENTIMENTI - Harrison Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.
2001 A STUTTERED FLUIDITY - Harrison Gallery, Calgary AB.
1997 THE FOOL IN THE MIRE - solo show, Art is Vital Gallery, Calgary AB
1995 FORM IS VOID, VOID IS FORM - solo show, Seoul Gallery, Calgary, AB
1994 EXSTASIS - solo show, Art is Vital Gallery
1993 TEMPLUM DO CARO - solo show, Art is Vital Gallery
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 ARTORAMA – Triangle Gallery, Calgary Ab.
2006 CONTEMPORARY ENCAUSTICS – Galerie D’avignon, Montreal Qc.
2006 BODY OF 3 – performance work , The Grand Theatre, Calgary AB.
2005 THEATRICAL ARTS AND OTHER STUFF – Mezzanine gallery University of Calgary
2004 TRIANGLE ART GALLERY – Studio’s – Calgary, Ab.
2004 TORONTO INTERNATIONAL ART FAIR – Toronto Ont.
2004 D’UN OCÉAN A’ L’AUTRE – Galerie D’avignon, Montreal Qc.
2002 BODY AND SOUL - Harrison Gallery , Calgary AB.
2000 THE PAPER SHOW -group show -Harrison Gallery Vancouver, BC.
2000 THE PAPER SHOW -group show -Harrison Gallery Calgary, AB.
1999 GROUP EXHIBITION- group show - featured artist, Virginia Christopher gallery, Calgary Ab.
1998 UNDER EXPOSED: Contemporary Figure 1998 - group figurative show, Art is Vital Gallery, Calgary, AB
1997 FACES & FIGURES - group figurative show, curated from province-wide call
Art is Vital Gallery, Calgary, AB
ANGELS IN AMERICA - group figurative show
Alberta Theatre Projects, Calgary, AB
1996 ALIEN AUTOPSY: THE SKIN OF NEW CANVAS - three person figurative show, Art is Vital Gallery, Calgary, AB
FROM THE MODEL - four person figurative show, Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
1995 MUTTART ANNUAL AUCTION - group show, Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
ART IN ACTION XIII - “ Drawing on Dreams“ - group show and demonstration, Art is Vital Gallery, Calgary, AB
1996 ALIEN AUTOPSY: THE SKIN OF NEW CANVAS - three person figurative show, Art is Vital Gallery, Calgary, AB
1994 MUTTART CHRISTMAS SHOW AND SALE - group show Muttart Art Gallery, Calgary, AB
CHILDREN AND ART - Mail Art World Exhibition, group show,
Assemini, Caligiaoi Italy
AIDS CALGARY FASHION SHOW - group show, Night Gallery, Calgary, AB
FLESH - Two man show, Deluxe lounge, Calgary, AB
ART IN ACTION VIII - “ The West is One “
group show and demonstration, Art is Vital Gallery, Calgary, AB
ART IS A GIFT - group show, Art is Vital Gallery
1993 ART IN ACTION III - “ Live Art “ group show and demonstration, Art is Vital Gallery, Calgary, AB
1992 GRADUATING EXHIBITION - Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB
SELECTED STUDENT WORK - Main hall, Alberta College of Art, Calgary, AB
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS, AWARDS
Nominated 2005 Sobey Art Award
Alberta foundation for the arts grant(Body of 3 project) – 2005
Canada council for the arts grant(Body of 3 project) –2005
Calgary region arts foundation grant(Body of 3 project) - 2005
Artist residency Sundre and District allied arts society/centre – August 2005
Artist residency Banff centre for the arts – February 2005
Honorable Mention - Faces & Figures competition - September 1997
MEDIA COVERAGE/INTERVIEWS
2004 Artist Profile – Patricia Robertson, ARTICHOKE MAGAZINE
2003 Cue Section – Vancouver Sun
2001 "Sublime Nudes" - Patricia Robertson , The Calgary Straight
1999 “Body Language “, Anne Severson, Calgary Gallery Guide
1998 Artist Profile, Interview by Friedrich Mayr, NOW TV
1997 “Human Figure Proves Inspiring”, Cinnamon West, CALGARY SUN
“Artist’s Humanist Approach Reawakens Myths in a Spiritually Bankrupt Time”
1996 “Figuring Art is Vital”, David Garneau, FFWD
“From the Model”, Kathryn Burns, MUTTART PUBLIC GALLERY NEWSLETTER
“Calgary Artists Cast Aside Social Clothing”, Jeff Petrick, CORE
“The Skin of New Canvas”, Bev Tosh, ARTICHOKE
1994 “Western Artist Profile”, LOOK WEST
COLLECTIONS
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, AB
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS - Canada, United States and England
