Vitae
CAROL BIVINS
b. USA
Lives and works in Denver, CO
Art Education: University of New Mexico 2010-2012
Workshops: Margi Weir, Lauren Mantecon, Nicholas Wilton
Private Study: Leslie Ayers, Diane Rolnick, Natalie Voelker
Exhibitions
2023 juried exhibition, Living Tradition, Taza Gallery, Brighton, CO
2023 Curator, Taking Up Space, Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO
2022 charity art auction, Art In The Round - BRDG Project Contemporary Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2022 juried exhibition, Holy Moly, What's Next?, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO
2022 member exhibition, Small Works, Big Ideas, WCACO, 40 West Arts, Lakewood, CO
2022 duo exhibition, Mystery and Metaphor, Blo Back Gallery, Pueblo, CO
2022 group exhibition, D'Art Gallery Third Anniversary Exhibition, D'Art Gallery, Denver, CO
2022 group exhibition, The Truth Show, Blo Back Gallery, Pueblo, CO
2022 group exhibition, One Square Foot, REACH fundraiser, Redline Contemporary Art Center,
Denver, CO
2022 juried exhibition, #9 Annual Abstract Sanctuary, Verum Ultimatum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2022 juried exhibition, Monochromatic: One Color, Infinite Possibilities, O'Hanlon Center for the Arts,
Mill Valley, CA
2022 juried exhibition, Herstory 2022, Manhattan Arts International, New York, NY
2022 juried exhibition, Celebrating Color, RIWS, Pawtucket, RI
2022 member exhibition, Over Under Further Forever, WCACO, Core New Art Space,
Lakewood, CO
2021 group exhibition, Colorado Women's Hall of Fame, Reframing Herstory, DAC, Denver, CO
2021 juried exhibition, Black & White Winter, R Gallery, Boulder, CO
2021 juried exhibition, Spot On #2, D'Art Gallery, Santa Fe Arts District, Denver, CO;
Juror: Dr. Gwen Chanzit, curator emerita of modern art and the Herbert Bayer Collection
and Archive at the Denver Art Museum.
2021 group exhibition, WEAR ORANGE : Art Exhibit Against Gun Violence, Doris Madsen Gallery,
Easthampton City, MA
2021 juried exhibition, Art Against Racism: Memorial.Monument.Movement, (permanent archive)
Visual Culture Gallery, New Jersey
2021 solo exhibition, Ten : Works on Paper, The Annex, Denver, CO
2021 juried exhibition, Wreck - oning, Cade Gallery, AACC, Arnold, MD
2021 juried exhibition, Beautiful Possibilities, Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI; Juror: Elizabeth
Meissner-Gigstead, Executive Director of the Miller Art Museum, Sturgeon Bay, WI
2021 juried exhibition, Viral Influence: Art in the Time of Coronavirus, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
2021 juried exhibition, All Abstract, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2021 juried exhibition, Love… or Something like It 2021, Core New Art Space, Denver CO
2021 Curator, group exhibition, Beyond the Surface, WCACO Member Exhibition, Core New Art
Space, Denver CO
2020 juried exhibition, Checking In: A Call for Civic Connection, Redline Main Gallery, Redline
Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO
2020 juried exhibition, Minimalism, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2020 juried exhibition, Old Myths, New Stories, Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood Village, CO
2020 juried exhibition, Political Discord, Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2020 juried exhibition, Holy Moly, 2020! / The Year 'Til Now, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO
2020 juried exhibition, The Aqua Show 2020, Core New Art Space, Lakewood, CO
2020 member exhibition, Small Works Exhibit, WCA-CO, 40 Arts West District, Denver, CO
2020 juried exhibition, Meaning In Abstraction, R Gallery, Boulder, CO
2020 juried exhibition, Spot On, D'Art Gallery, Santa Fe Arts District, Denver, CO; Juror:
Michael Paglia, art historian, art critic for Westword Magazine and writer with essays on
the visual arts published in Art News, Architecture, Art Ltd., Modernism, Art & Auction
and Sculpture Magazine
2020 juried exhibition, The New Vanguard: Explorations into the New Contemporary, Keep
Contemporary gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2020 group exhibition, Underwater, fooLPRoof Contemporary Art Gallery, RiNo, Denver, CO
2019 juried exhibition, POP - The Power of Pink, New Studio of Visual Arts, Jupiter, FL
2019 Museum juried exhibition, Gateway to the Imagination 2019, Farmington Museum,
Farmington, NM; Juror: Juror Julie Sasse, Chief Curator, Curator of Modern and
Contemporary Art, and Curator of Latin American Art at the Tucson Museum of Art
2019 group exhibition, Take Notice, 6th Annual Benefit for Menaul's Artist-in Residence
Program, Luanem Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2019 juried exhibition, 2019 Contemporary Art Survey, The Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CO
2019 Museum juried exhibition, No Creative Boundaries -- Anything Goes, 2nd Annual Juried
Exhibition, Museum of Encaustic Art (MEA), Santa Fe, NM
2018 group exhibition, Open House, Denver Art Company and Lewis Art Consulting, Denver, CO
2018 juried exhibition, Bees and Wax, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2018 group exhibition, Visions in Color, OnyxSwan Gallery, Old Town Albuquerque, NM
2017 group exhibition, It's A Joint Thang, Fine Art Framers & Nest, Santa Fe, NM
2017 solo exhibition, Gang of Seven, Zendo Artspace, Albuquerque, NM
2017 group exhibition, Tincture, Winning Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2017 group exhibition, My Garden, Real or Imaginary, Art Gallery 606, Albuquerque, NM
2017 juried exhibition, COLOR THEORY—Contemporary Abstraction, Perry and Carlson Gallery,
Mount Vernon, WA
2017 juried exhibition, Women's Work: A Celebration of Women & Creativity, Ghostwolf Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM
2017 group exhibition, The Eighth Annual Peoples Art Show, 5G Gallery at the Factory,
Albuquerque, NM
2017 group exhibition, Flame Annual Valentine's Show, Downtown Contemporary Gallery,
Albuquerque, NM
2014 group exhibition, The Fifth Annual Peoples Art Show, 5G Gallery at the Factory,
Albuquerque, NM
2012 group exhibition, hangovers: a collaborative event showcasing new and emerging talent,
Framing Concepts Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
Public Art
2023 mural, Speak Her Name, Salida, CO
2022 mural, Celebrating Colorado Women Artists, Colorado Women's Day, Denver, CO
2020 mural, Togetherness, Colorado Mills Mall Mural Project "All Together Now" installation
Lakewood, CO (mural team member - WCA-CO)
2020 mural, Homage to Jean B. Smith, Santa Fe Arts District, Denver, CO
2020 group installation, MSU Denver Center for the Visual Art: The Walls Between Us, The Art
In The Everyday Community Quilt Project participant, ArtNauts Group Exhibition, Center
for Visual Art, Santa Fe Art District, Denver, CO
2017 group installation, Rise and Try to Imagine the Galaxies, Anderson-Abruzzo
International Balloon Museum, Albuquerque, NM and Spaceport America,
Truth or Consequences, NM
Galleries
Blo Back Gallery, Pueblo, CO
D'Art Gallery, Denver, CO
Galileo Gallery at The Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, CO
Saatchi Art Online: www.saatchiart.com
The Healing Power of ART and ARTISTS Gallery (Online), New York, NY
R Gallery (online) Boulder, CO
Art Consultants
Denver Art Company, Denver, CO
Nine Dot Arts, Denver, CO
Collections
Private collections across the U.S. and the United Kingdom
Awards
Honorable Mention winner, "Celebrating Color," RIWS, Pawtucket, RI (2022)
Blick's Pantone Color of the Year Art Challenge 2016
Press/Bibliography
SeeMe, self-portrait exhibition catalog, Sasse Museum of Art, Pomona, CA, published August 2022
9th Annual Abstract Sanctuary Exhibition Booklet, Verum Ultimatum Art Gallery, Portland, OR, published March 2022
VoyageLA : Life & Work with Carol Bivins, http://voyagela.com/interview/life-work-carol-bivins-denver/, April 28, 2021
From Babe Walls to Detour, Colorado’s Biggest and Boldest Art Moments of 2020, Denver Post,
https://theknow.denverpost.com/2020/12/27/fine-arts-coronavirus/250979/, December 2020
Artsy Magazine: Minimalism, ShockBoxx Gallery, https://www.artsy.net/artwork/carol-bivins-not-always-the-way, November 2020
Old Myths, New Stories, Art Book, Curtis Center of the Arts, Littleton, CO, published December, 2020
She Votes 100th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment, Commemorative Art Book developed by Bonnie Smith, SCWCA, September 2020
Featured Artist in online critique group sponsored by Xanadu Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ July 2020. The link for the broadcast is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpV1eSoYddI
Featured in photoLA 2020, Barker Hangar, Santa Monica, CA: a collection of portraits of LA Artists and Others by fine art photographer Jeffrey Sklan, February 2020
Art Associations: Redline Contemporary Art Center; Women's Caucus of Art, National, NYC (WCA); Women's Caucus of Art - Colorado Chapter (WCACO); Art Students League of Denver (ASLD)