Caroline Larsen
Caroline Larsen
b. 1980, Toronto, Canada
Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY
Caroline Larsen was born in Canada and studied at the University of Waterloo there, the University of Auckland in New Zealand, and got her MFA with honors at Pratt in 2015. She has exhibited widely in Canada with solo exhibitions at General Hardware, internationally in Tel Aviv, and in New York at Wave Hill Public Gardens in the Bronx and The Hole in 2016.
Education
2015
Masters of Fine Arts, Honors, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2007
Graduate Diploma, Visual Arts and Art History Education, University of Auckland, New Zealand
2004
Honors Bachelors of Arts, Fine Arts Studio Specialization, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
Select Solo Exhibitions
2022
Chromatic, Over the Influence, Hong Kong
2021
Double Vision, The Hole, New York, NY
The Gilded Lily, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, Florida
Flowers, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
Home for the Holidays, Craig Kull Gallery, Santa Monica, California
2020
Mystic Flowers, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2019
Cyclades, Dio Horia, Mykonos, Greece
Kaleidoscopic, The Hole, New York, NY
2018
Flower Shop, On Canal – 359 Canal Street, The Hole/Wallplay Network, New York, NY
Romance on the Islands, Dio Horia, Mikonos, Greece
Mountain Paintings, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
Flower Frenzy, Andrew Rafacz Gallery, Chicago, IL
2017
Wildflowers, Gordon Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Poolside, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Mirror/Mirror, Spring Break Art Show, 4 Times Square, New York, NY, curated by Adam Mignanelli
Animal House, One River School, Englewood, NJ
2016
Kabloom!, The Hole, New York, NY
Fruits and Foliage, Wave Hill Public Gardens, New York, NY
Lush Life, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2015
House Plants, Gordon Gallery2, Tel Aviv, Israel
Vacation Views, Craig Krull Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Night Tropics, Thesis Exhibition, Pratt Institution, Brooklyn, New York, NY
Tropical Blooms, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
2014
Palm Flora, Mulherin Gallery, New York, NY
2013
Burning Up, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
Select Group Exhibitions
2021
Phase One, The Hole, East Hampton, NY
Fairyland, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, FL
2019
We buy Gold, Good Too Know FYI, Miami, FL
Damsel Not in Destress, Blender Space, NY
Yin/Yang, 0.0 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selections From Our Contemporary Collection, Hollis Taggart, New York, NY
ZONA MACO, The Hole, Mexico City, Mexico
Spiritual Art Advisory, Spring Break Art Fair, New York, NY
Works on Paper, Beers Gallery, London, England
Textured Environments, Barrett Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2018
Art Toronto, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, ON
CODE Art Fair, The Hole, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dallas Art Fair, The Hole, Dallas, TX
ALAC, The Hole, Los Angeles, CA
Works On Paper, Beers London, London, England
The Ashtray Show, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Georgia O’Keefe and Contemporary Artists, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, Arkansas
Material, Cob Gallery, London, England
Shapeshifter, Guerrero Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Art Gems, Auction for Creative Works Studio, Toronto, Canada
2017
Post Analog Painting II, The Hole NYC, New York, NY
No Commission, Dean Collection, Miami, FL, Curated by Swiss Beatz
Still Life, Allouche Gallery, New York, NY
Three Painters, Andrew Rafacz, Chicago, IL
The Veterans, Dio Horia, Mikonos, Greece
2016
Kitsch, Studio e Gallery, Curated by Emily Burns, Maake Magazine and Kelsey Siegert, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
The River, Hionas Gallery, Curated by ROE Projects, New York, NY
Paint is a Thing, Craig Krull Gallery, Curated by Beth Parker, Santa Monica, CA
Another World, Drake Devonshire, Price Edward County, Canada
Small House, Craig Krull Gallery Pop Up Exhibition, Palm Springs, CA
2015
Cerampics, Side Effects Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
17th Annual RBC Painting Competition, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC Ecstatic
Prismatic, Honey Ramka, Brooklyn, NY
Surface Matters, Fouled Projects, San Francisco, CA (curated by Russel Tyler)
Lets go Away for a While, One Mile, Kingston, New York, NY (curated by Maira Calandra)
Signs of Life: in and out of time and place, MFA Exhibition, Boiler Room, Pierogi Gallery, New York, NY (curated by Sara Reisman)
Intimate Jest, Left Field, San Luis Obispo, CA (curated by Nick Wilkinson)
You Don’t Bring Me Flowers, 68 Projects, Berlin, Germany
Left Field, San Luis Obispo, CA (curated by Ryan Christian)
2014
Propellers to Palms, General Hardware, Toronto, Canada
The Last Brucennial, Presented by Vito Schanbel and The Bruce High Quality Foundation, 837 Washington Street, New York, NY
2013
Skipping Stones, General Hardware Contemporary, Toronto, Canada
20th Annual Art with Heart Auction – A Fundraiser for Casey House (Auction & Catalogue)
Art Spin, Annual Closing Exhibition, Toronto, Canada
2012
Merge, Art Gallery of Ontario, Sales and Rental Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Art Fairs
2016
Spring Break Art Show, Mulherin Gallery
2015
Miami Projects, Fouladi Projects
Art Toronto, General Hardware Contemporary
Art Toronto, RBC Canadian Painting
Competition 2015 – NEWD Fair, Greenpoint Terminal Gallery
Art Market San Francisco, Mulherin Gallery New York
2014
Untitled Art Fair, Miami, Mulherin Gallery New York
Art Toronto, Toronto, Mulherin Gallery New York
Awards and Grants
2015
17th Annual RBC Painting Competition Finalist
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Vacation Views)
Outstanding Merit Award, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Atkinson Memorial Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2014
Calrow Memorial Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
2013
Merit Based Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Burning Up)
2012
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Fire Drive)
Emerging Artist Grant, Ontario Arts Council
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council (P.A.N.A.M.A R.E.N.A)
Ontario Arts Council Community Outreach Grant
2011
Exhibition Assistance Grant, Ontario Arts Council (Gone with the Ghost) 2010 – Emerging Artist Grant, Toronto Arts Council
2004
Fine Arts Memorial Award, University of Waterloo
Select Press and Publications
2019
John Martin Tilley, “Vortex Blossom,” Office Magazine, January 30
Nina Wolpow, ” Caroline Larsen : Kaleidoscopic & Mathew Zefeldt : Customizable Realities,” The Brooklyn Rail, February 5
2018
Annable Osberg, “Caroline Larsen and Dominic Terlizzi,” Artillery Magazine, January 3
2015
P. Dimtriadi, “Paint or Textile,” Daily Metal, March 19
2014
Joshua Barone, “Spare Times,” New York Times, April 10
J. Stopa, “December Shows to Know,” Whitewall Magazine, Dec 11
R. Morgan, “Miami, Part 1: Rebecca Morgan’s pick from Untitled and Art Basel,” Two Coats of Paint, Dec 7
D.Balzer, “Canadian Art, Miami Slideshow: Hot Art from the North & Beyond,” Dec 4
F. Schechter, “This week’s must-see art,” Now Magazine, November 14
“Photos: The Last Brucennial,” theBLAAAHg, March 10
Leigh Mozes, “The 2014 Armory Show,” OUT OF ORDER Magazine, March 24
2013
“Caroline Larsen’s Woven, Illustrative Paintings,” Juxtapoz Magazine, October 28
Maisie Skidmore, “Art: Caroline Larsen makes paintings looks like tapestries in astonishing series Burning Up,” Its Nice That, August 13
2012
Christi Vincent, “The Art Cake,” October 29
tv, September 23
Tennessee State University Slocumb Galleries, “Day on Fire: Apocalypse in Contemporary Art,” Exhibition Catalogue
Amir, “Caroline Larsen’s Painted Needle Point,” Beautiful Decay, March 28