Vitae
CAROL BIVINS
b. USA
Lives and works in Denver, CO
Exhibitions
2021 group exhibition, WEAR ORANGE : Art Exhibit Against Gun Violence, Doris Madsen Gallery,
Easthampton City, MA
2021 group 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 group exhibition, Wreck - oning, Cade Gallery, AACC, Arnold, MD
2021 group exhibition, Beautiful Possibilities, Woodwalk Gallery, Egg Harbor, WI
2021 group exhibition, Viral Influence: Art in the Time of Coronavirus, Arvada Center, Arvada, CO
2021 group exhibition, All Abstract, 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC
2021 group exhibition, Love… or Something like It 2021, Core New Art Space, Denver CO
2021 Curator, group exhibition, Beyond the Surface, Core New Art Space, Denver CO
2020 group exhibition, Checking In: A Call for Civic Connection, Redline Main Gallery,
Redline Contemporary Art Center, Denver, CO
2020 group exhibition, Minimalism, ShockBoxx Gallery, Hermosa Beach, CA
2020 group exhibition, Old Myths, New Stories, Curtis Center for the Arts, Greenwood
Village, CO
2020 group exhibition, Political Discord, Las Lagunas Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA
2020 group exhibition, Holy Moly, 2020! / The Year 'Til Now, Niza Knoll Gallery, Denver, CO
2020 group exhibition, The Aqua Show 2020, Core New Art Space, Lakewood, CO
2020 group exhibition, Small Works Exhibit, WCA-CO, 40 Arts West District, Denver, CO
2020 group exhibition, Meaning In Abstraction, R Gallery, Boulder, CO
2020 group exhibition, Spot On, D'Art Gallery, Santa Fe Arts District, Denver, CO
2020 group 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 group exhibition, POP - The Power of Pink, New Studio of Visual Arts, Jupiter, FL
2019 group exhibition, Gateway to the Imagination 2019, Farmington Museum, Farmington, NM
2019 group exhibition, Take Notice, 6th Annual Benefit for Menaul's Artist-in-Residence Program,
Luanem Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
2019 group exhibition, 2019 Contemporary Art Survey, The Lincoln Center, Ft. Collins, CO
2019 group 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 group 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 group exhibition, COLOR THEORY—Contemporary Abstraction, Perry and Carlson Gallery,
Mount Vernon, WA
2017 group 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
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
Gallery Representation
Denver Art Company, Denver, CO
Saatchi Art Online: www.saatchiart.com
The Healing Power of ART and ARTISTS Gallery (Online), New York, NY
Collections
Private collections across the U.S. and the United Kingdom
Awards
Blick's Pantone Color of the Year Art Challenge 2016
Press/Books
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, 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