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Caroline Gore received her MFA from East Carolina University (Greenville, NC) and a BFA from Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA). Her work is represented by Ornamentum Gallery in Hudson New York, and she is Associate Professor of Art and the Area Coordinator for Metals/Jewelry at Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo, Michigan where she lives and works. The outcomes of Gore’s studio practice vary in media, scale and implementation - ranging from small-scale wearable pieces to large sculptural installations. While maintaining an active studio practice and exhibition record, she frequently lectures on her work and the metals/jewelry field. Her work is included in many private and public collections including the Museum of Fine Arts – Houston, and is regularly featured in publications, for example, Like, An Experiment in Interpretation, by New Zealand jeweler and curator Stella Chrysostomou, Metalsmith Magazine, and 21st Century Jewelry: The Best of the 500 Series.
Curriculum Vitae
(abbreviated)
Education:
2009 Opere Jewellery School, Ravenstein, The Netherlands
2001 MFA, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
1998 BFA, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Public Collections:
2010 Museum of Fine Arts - Houston
2008 Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska
2007 Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Solo Exhibitions:
2010 site: interventions, observations & simulations, Mezzanine Gallery, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas (in conjunction with the 2010 Society of North American Goldsmiths conference Going to Extremes)
2009 Simulations, Permanent Collections Gallery, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan | Caroline Gore, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2008 Recent Play, Plata Y Oro, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2006 spaces:bodies, Kingscott Gallery, Kalamazoo, Michigan | false:start, Gallery II, School of Art, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan | Caroline Gore, Arcus Winter Garden, Arcus Foundation, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2001 Through, The Arts Center, Kinston, North Carolina
2000 Putting Things Together, Taking Things Apart (with Sara Dismukes) The Arts Center, Kinston, North Carolina
Invitational Exhibitions:
2012 The Art of Influence, Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
2011 Signs of Life 2011, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington | School of Art and Design Alumni Exhibition, Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina | SOFA New York 2011, New York, New York, represented by Ornamentum Gallery | Wearable Ceramics: Jewelry by International Artists, Pewabic Pottery, Detroit, Michigan
2010 SOFA Chicago 2010, Chicago, Illinois, represented by Ornamentum Gallery | SOFA New York 2010, New York, New York, represented by Ornamentum Gallery | Charmed, Society of Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Equilibrium: Body as Site, Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas
2009 SOFA Chicago 2009, Chicago, Illinois, represented by Ornamentum Gallery | SOFA Chicago 2009, Chicago, Illinois, The Stimulus Project 2009, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts | Re/Thinking Design for Consumption, The Scarab Club, Detroit, Michigan | The Stimulus Project 2009, Sienna Gallery, Lenox, Massachusetts | RE:ACTION(S), Craft Alliance, Saint Louis, Missouri | SOFA New York 2009, New York, New York, represented by Ornamentum Gallery | TAG, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina | Equilibrium: Body as Site, Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for Visual Arts, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas
2008 Annual Earring Exhibition, Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, New York | SOFA Chicago 2008, Chicago, Illinois, represented by Ornamentum Gallery | Like: an Experiment in Interpretation, Hawkes Bay Museum and Art Gallery, Napier, New Zealand | TAG, The Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania | Surfaces, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York, New York | Western Michigan University Faculty Exhibition, SACI Gallery, Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy | Like: an Experiment in Interpretation, The Suter, Nelson, New Zealand
2007 Transparent, The Granary, Fiskars, Finland
2006 Sparkle Plenty 2, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, Virginia | Metals Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan | ECU Alumni, Grey Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina | Glass/Wear, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri | Our Town, Kalamazoo Arts Council, Epic Center, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2005 Body Adornments, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, Michigan | Made in America, Bevier Gallery, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York | Exhibition in Motion - Collaboration with Susan Kingsley and Christina Miller – Runway Brides In conjunction with the 2005 SNAG Conference “Intersection”, Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, Cleveland, Ohio
Lectures & Workshops Presented:
2012 "The Intentionally Ambiguous Narrative", Penland School of Crafts, Penland, North Carolina |
"...departures, arrivals and the subsequent ambiguous narrative...", University of Illinois - Champaign Urbana, Champaign, Illinois
2011 "Finding Signs of Life", Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington | "Shifting Tradition: A Journey Through Lineage", Keynote lecture for East Carolina University Symposium 2011, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
2010 "Research methods and work", Glassell School of Art, Museum of Fine Arts - Houston, Houston, Texas | Floor Talk, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, Texas | "Work" Kendall College of Art, Ferris University, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2009 “Recent Works” Michigan Silversmiths Guild, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan | “Play & Ideation” workshop, “Visual Sources” Lecture, Grand Valley State University, Allendale, Michigan | Floor Talk, Urban Institute of Contemporary Arts, Grand Rapids, Michigan
2008 “Emerging Artists 2008” Sponsored by the Society of North American Goldsmiths, SALON SOFA Lecture Series, International Expositions of Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, Illinois | “Visual Articulations - Bemis Center Artists-in-Residence John Henry Blatter, Caroline Gore & Nathalie Miebach”, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha, Nebraska
2007 “site interventions/observations and other recent works” Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan | “Blurring Across Fields – Siting the Maker” New Craft — Future Voices International Conference, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland | “Endings and Beginnings” Artist Talk Kuparipaja (Copper Smithy), Fiskars Cooperative, Fiskars, Finland
2006 “Markings – Recent Work” Artists Talk University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia | “Blurring the Field – Siting the Maker” Carry the Can – Association of Contemporary Jewellery Conference London Metropolitan University, London, England | Artist Talk Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy | Artist Talk Fuji Studios, Florence, Italy | “the blurring between sculpture and adornment”, Lecture to Joyce Kubiski’s Body in Art Course, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan | “questions & false:start”, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan | Artist Talk, to spring 06 Art 1200 course lead by Cat Crotchett, Western Michigan University |“Spaces, Sculpture & the Body” Panel member with Mark Edgoose, Melbourne, Australia, and Tracey Clement, Sydney, Australia Paper presented entitled “the blurring between sculpture and adornment - spaces:bodies” Jewellers & Metalsmiths group of Australia Biennial Conference 2006 University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia | “Where does sculpture end and adornment begin?” Post - Conference Workshop Jewellers & Metalsmiths Group of Australia Biennial Conference 2006 University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia
2005 “the beauty:poison series” Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho | Technical workshop presented “Kumboo: Gold and More” Lecture “contemporary practices in jewelry using Kumboo processes” Idaho Metal Arts Guild, Boise, Idaho
Artist Residencies:
2008 Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, Nebraska, USA (May 1 – July 31)
2007 The Artisans, Designers, and Artists Cooperative of Fiskars, Fiskars, Finland (April)
2006 Studio Art Centers International, Florence, Italy (July)
Teaching:
Present - 2010 Associate Professor of Art - Metals / Jewelry Area Coordinator, Western Michigan University, Frostic School of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan
2010 -2004 Assistant Professor of Art - Metals / Jewelry Area Coordinator, Western Michigan University, Frostic School of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Publications:
2011 Signs of Life 2011, Facèré Jewelry Art Gallery | 21st Century Jewelry - The Best of the 500 Series, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
2010 500 Gemstone Jewels: A Sparkling Collection of Dazzling Designs, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
2009 Metalsmith, Saturated: Metal and Color, Juried Exhibition in Print, Volume 29 No: 4 2009.
2008 Metalsmith, Equilibrium: Body as Site, Curated Exhibition in Print, Volume 28 No: 4 2008 | 500 Pendants and Lockets: Contemporary Interpretations of Classic Adornments, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc. | Like, An Experiment in Interpretation, Stella Chrysostomou - Icebox 2008, Printhouse, Nelson, New Zealand, 2008.
2007 Caroline Gore, “Blurring Across Fields – Siting the Maker”, 2007 New Craft — Future Voices International Conference Proceedings; Edited by, Georgina Follett, and Louise Valentine; Past, Present, and Future Craft Practice Research, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, 2007.
2006 Tracey Clement, “The Versatile Body: Subject, Object & Implement”, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2006 | Caroline Gore, “The Blurring of Sculpture and Adornment, Spaces:Bodies”, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2006 | Lynn Cool, “Resources; Steel, Rubber, Coal and Salt”, Metalsmith, The Society of North American Goldsmiths, Spring 2006, Volume 26, No.1, p.53, 2006 | The Art & Craft of Making Jewelry, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
2005 Shirley Dawson, “Metal shines in two new shows: two shows exude brilliance in a faintly retro way”, Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, New York. 2005 | Dorothy Shin, “Big and Beautiful shines in Exhibit: SNAG members use Ohio industry materials for outsized art works”, Akron Beacon Journal, Cleveland, Ohio. 2005.
2004 1000 Rings: Inspiring Adornment for the Hand, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc | 500 Beaded Objects: New Dimensions in Contemporary Beadwork, Lark Books, Sterling Publishing Co., Inc.
On sale at:
Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, New York, USA
FORTHCOMING
November 4-6 2011
Ornamentum Gallery -Featured Artist
SOFA Chicago - Navy Pier, Chicago Illinois
Opening night preview November 3rd 7-9pm
January 13-February 18 2012
The Art of Influence - East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina
April 13-14 2012
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Visiting Artist
Lecture April 13 (stay tuned for more information!)
July 22-August 7 2012
the intentionally ambiguous narrative - upper metals
Penland School of Crafts, Penland North Carolina
