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Education 2001 Master of Fine Arts
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina
1998 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Cum Laude
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia
Solo Exhibitions 2009 Caroline Gore, Urban Institute for Contemporary Art, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Tangential Memories, Luke & Eloy Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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 2009 RE:ACTION(S), Craft Alliance, Saint Louis, Missouri
Equilibrium: Body as Site Metalsmith Magazine’s Exhibition in Print, Stanlee & Gerald Rubin Center for Visual Arts, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas
2008 SOFA Chicago 2008, represented by Ornamentum Gallery, Chicago Illinois
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 City, 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 On the Edge, 9th Biennial Conference of the Enamellist Society
Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington
Gallery Mack, Seattle, Washington
The Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon (Juried)

Color Has It, A Show of Contemporary Enamel Jewelry Art, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington (Invitational)
2001 The World Competition of Arts & Crafts Kanazawa 2001, Korinbo Daiwa, Kanazawa City, Japan, (Juried)
Through MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Arts Center, Kinston, North Carolina, (Solo)
Putting Things Together, Taking Things Apart, Two Person Show with Sara Dismukes
The Arts Center, Kinston, North Carolina, (Solo)

2007 Transparent, The Granary, Fiskars, Finland
2006 Sparkle Plenty 2, Quirk Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Metals Exhibition, Muskegon Museum of Art, Muskegon, Michigan
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
2003 Color Has It, A Show of Contemporary Enamel Jewelry Art, Facere Jewelry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Juried Exhibitions: 2008 Co-Laboratory, La Galerie Bleue, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Georgia
2007 CraftForms 2007:13th Annual Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Craft, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
West Michigan Area Show 2007, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Jewelry + Object, Michigan Silversmiths Guild, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
Topeka Competition 28, Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, Kansas
2006 Golden Opportunity, Marx Saunders Gallery, Chicago, Illinois & The Brewery, London, England
Reinterpreting the Vessel, Perimeter Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
27th Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition, Mesa Contemporary Art Center, Mesa, Arizona
2005 2nd Annual Chicago Metal Arts Guild Members Exhibit Suburban Fine Arts Center, Highland Park, Illinois
Biennial 23, Juror: Aron Packer, South Bend Regional Museum of Art, South Bend, Indiana
Jewelry + Object, Michigan Silversmiths Guild, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
West Michigan Area Show 2005, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Resources: Steel, Rubber, Coal, and Salt, in conjunction with the 2005 SNAG Conference “Intersection” Cleveland Museum of Natural History, Cleveland, Ohio
2004 A Survey of Contemporary Jewelry, Chicago Metal Arts Guild, Mindscape Adornment, Evanston, Illinois
The Arsenal Metals & Enamels Exhibition, The Columbus Cultural Arts Center, Columbus, Ohio
Objects of Desire, Florida Society of Goldsmiths, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Florida
Stone/s: a piece of rock for a specific function, The Society for Midwest Metalsmiths, Emerson Gallery St. Louis, Missouri
2003 On the Edge, 9th Biennial Conference of the Enamellist Society Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, Gallery Mack, Seattle, Washington, The Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, Oregon
  Jewelry + Object, Michigan Silversmiths Guild, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan
2001 The World Competition of Arts & Crafts Kanazawa 2001, Korinbo Daiwa, Kanazawa City, Japan
23rd Annual Contemporary Crafts, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, Arizona
Hand Crafted, Rocky Mount Arts Center, Rocky Mount, North Carolina
Lectures & Workshops Presented 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
  “questions & false:start”, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  “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 2 day Workshop Jewellers & Metalsmiths Group of Australia Biennial Conference 2006 University of Sydney, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney, Australia
2005 “Collections” Visiting Artist/Lecturer, Portage Central High School, Portage, Michigan
  “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)
Publications & Bibliography 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.
Gallery Representation   Ornamentum Gallery, Hudson, New York, USA
    Andora Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA
    Quirk Gallery, Richmond, Virginia, USA