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CARRI SKOCZEK
69 SUTTON ST.
BROOKLYN, NY 11222
917-604-0607
carriinny@aol.com
www.carriskoczek.com
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
“ATTITUDES OF MAGNITUDE”, Chi Contemporary Fine Art Gallery (now Causey Contemporary Fine Art), NYC
2008
“PIN UPS: 60 YEARS OF FEMININE POSTURING” Portrait Society, Milwaukee, WI
2007
“EYE CANDY” Chi Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, NYC
2006
“BAGGAGE” Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design, Denver, CO
2005
“GIRLS ON PARADE” KM Art, Milwaukee, WI
2004
“FASTER PUSSYCAT” Thomas Werner Gallery, NYC
“NEW YORK” Peligro, New Orleans, LA
2003
“SAY IT ISN’T SO” Thomas Werner Gallery, NYC
2001
“OFFERING” Holland Tunnel Gallery, NYC
2000
“NEW WORK” Peligro Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1999
“LINOCUTS” Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
1997
“PAINTINGS” Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
1996
“NEW WORK” Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1995
“MADMEN, MAD WOMEN & THE SPIRITS THAT HAUNT THEM” Walkers Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
1993
“NEW ARTIST, NEW WORK” Icons Gallery, New Orleans, LA
“ARTE BRUT” Studio Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1991
“JAMAICA PAINTINGS” Florine Roth Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1990
“MARTINI TROPICS” Metropolitan Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1989
Leo Feldman Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1986
Wright St. Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
“BAG LADIES & FRIENDS”, Zachs Gallery, Denver, CO
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2004
“POSTCARDS TO THE CAC” Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA
2000
“OF EARTH AND SKY: STORIES OF OUR ENVIRONMENT FROM TRASH TO ART” American Museum of Natural History curated by Philip de Loach and Rebecca Smith, NYC
1993
“DOLLS IN ART: A METAPHOR FOR PERSONAL IDENTITY” Haggerty Museum of Art curated by Dr. Curtis Carter, Milwaukee, WI
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2010 "BIG STAR" The Portrait Society Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2009 “IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE” Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 “FIGURES” Elaine Erickson Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
2007 “WAR IS OVER AGAIN” Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2006 “COWGIRLS OF THE HUDSON VALLEY” Brick Gallery, Catskill, NY
“THE BIG SHOW” Bridgehampton, NY
“AROUND THE FIGURE”, Chi Contemporary Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
“BLACK & WHITE”, Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
“THE 9th ANNUAL MERMAID SHOW” Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 “WAR IS OVER”, Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“RED” APart, Asbury Park, NJ
“THE 8TH ANNUAL MERMAID SHOW” Coney Island Museum, Brooklyn, NY
2004 “OLYMPUS REVISITED “Holland Tunnel-Greece, Paros, Greece
“THE 7TH ANNUAL MERMAID, SHOW” WAH, Brooklyn, NY
“TUNNEL OF LOVE”, Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
“WOMEN” Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2003 “RIVINGTON BEACH” Gallery 128, NYC
“THE SIXTH ANNUAL MERMAID SHOW” Williamsburg Historical Center, NYC
2002 “MERRY PEACE” Sideshow, NYC
“FIVE” Holland Tunnel, NYC
“The 5th ANNUAL MERMAID SHOW” Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
2001 “21st SUFFRAGETTES” Sideshow, Brooklyn, NY
“BE-MUSED” Pirate Gallery, Denver, CO
“SUMMER CANNIBALS, “2/20 Gallery, Denver, CO
“THE 4TH ANNUAL MERMAID SHOW”, The State of Art Gallery, NYC
“BED” Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
“WORKS ON PAPER” Exhibition Space 156, NYC
“ANGELS” Holland tunnel, NYC
2000 “PAPER, STONE, SCISSORS PART III” Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA
“MAKING FACES” Holland Tunnel, NYC
“TWENTY” Holland Tunnel-Greece, Paros Island, Greece
“DOLLS” Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
“THE 3RD ANNUAL MERMAID SHOW, Right Ban k Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“GERMINATION” Theater for the New City, NYC
1999“MORIR SONANDO” 76 Varick, NYC
“THE 2ND ANNUAL MERMAID SHOW”, Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“EROTICA USA” Jacob Javits Center, NYC
“SEX, MYTH & MAGIC” Sacred Body Arts Tattoo Parlor & Gallery, NYC
“THE WEDDING DRESS SHOW: RECYCLING THE UTLIMATE SOUVENIR,” Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
“DESIRE” Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
“SHE” Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
“100” Holland tunnel, Brooklyn, NY
1998 “BEST OF BWAC” Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“LOCAL COLOR” Henry Street Settlement, NYC
“KUNST & TECHNIK HOSTS RIDGE ST. GALLERY” Kunst & Technik Gallery, Berlin, Germany
“FALTERING FAITH” Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2 person)
1998“ORANGES & TRANSMISSIONS” Ridge Street. Gallery, NYC
“THE MERMAID SHOW” Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
‘TIME TRAVEL” Times Square Gallery, NYC
1997“THE BLACK VELVET SHOW” Ridge Street Gallery, NYC
“SALVATION DAMNATION: ARTIST TALK ON THE SPIRITUAL”
Crossman Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater, WI
“GALLERY ARTISTS” Peligro, New Orleans, LA
“GALLERY ARTISTS” Harmony Hall, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
“THREE ON THE FIGURE” Carroll College, Milwaukee, WI
1996 “DIOS DE LOS MUERTOS” Walkers Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
Harmony Hall, Ocho Rios, Jamaica
1995 “THE PRINT” Internos Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
“SMALL WORKS” Internos Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1993 “THE GANG OF 40” Gallery 218, Milwaukee, WI
“INVITATIONAL GROUP SHOW” Seebeck Gallery, Kenosha, WI
1992 “THE BEST OF” Metropolitan Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
“THE BODY” Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee, WI
“UWM ALUMNI EXHIBITION” University of Wisconsin, WI
1991 “THE FIGURE” Gallery at the Rep, Sante Fe, NM
“THE WOOD SHOW” Metropolitan Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
1989 “FOLK & FANCIFUL” Gallery 500, Elkins Park, PA
“MAD HATTERS ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN”
Metropolitan Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
“REVISION: CONFRONTING THE PAST” Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, WI
“FABRICATED IMAGES” Alverno College Fine Arts Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
“CARRI SKOCZEK, FRANCIS FORD, JOHN KRUTH” Walkers Point Center for the Arts, Milwaukee, WI
1988 “BEST OF FELDMAN II” Leo Feldman Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
“HOMAGE TO THE FAR SIDE” Metropolitan Gallery, Milwaukee, WI”
“NEW ART FORMS” Navy Pier, Chicago, IL
1987 “MUSEUM OF SEXUALITY” Theatre X, Milwaukee, WI
1986 “FIGURATIVE INTENSITY” Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,
“DRAMA/TRAUMA”, Bogart Gruel Studios, Milwaukee, WI
1985 “SIX ON THE FIGURE” Union Gallery, University of Wisconsin- Milwaukee,
“NEW ARTISTS” Joy Horwich Gallery, Chicago, IL
“CARRIE SKOCZEK & TODD FASSBENDER” Survival Graphics, Madison, WI
“OPEN DOOR 3” Survival Graphics, Madison, WI
“EROTICA: WOMEN CREATING BEYOND THE SEXUAL” Union Gallery, Wisconsin- Milwaukee, WI
“PAIRS” Schwayder Gallery, University of Colorado-Denver, CO
COLLECTIONS
NYC Taxi & Limousine Commission, NYC, NY
Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum, New Orleans, LA
Milwaukee City Hall, Milwaukee, WI
Carroll College, Milwaukee, WI
AWARDS
1989 Wisconsin Arts Board Project Grant
1986 Wisconsin Arts Board Painting Fellowship
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2009 James Kalm, “Brooklyn Dispatches: Tough Times, Don’t Whine, Get with a “Project”, Brooklyn Rail. February 2009
Trent Morse, Trent’s Top Gallery Picks, WG: Williamsburg Greenpoint News+Arts. February 2009
2008 Judith Moriarty, “Flesh & Flash” Shepard Express, April 3, 2008
Mary Louise Schumacher, “Pinned to Perspective” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, CUE, March 18, 2008
2004 Lily Faust, “Tunnel of Love” M The New York Art World, March 2004
2002 James Auer, “Emotion...comes to fore; Carri Skoczek: Paintings, Portraits” Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 13, 2002
Critics’ Choice, Shepard Express, November 14, 2002
2001 Tsaurah Litzky, The Williamsburg Observer, “The 4th Annual Mermaid Show, July 4, 2001
NPR, “ All Things Considered” The Holland Tunnel Gallery and Carri Skoczek’s installation “Offering” Rick Carr, November 19, 2001
2000 Stuart Nicholson, “Mermaids” Zing Magazine, October
1999 Lenore Skenazy, “The Little Mermaids” Daily News, June 22, 1999
1995 Janice T. Paine, “Skoczek, Unafraid to Make Beautiful Art” Milwaukee Sentinel, March 31, 1995
1994 Milwaukee Tonight, Channel 10 PBS, video feature
1993 “Where the Waters Meet” Channel 14 public access television, video feature
1991 “Arts Place” Channel 10 PBS, video feature
James Auer, “Wood Gets a New Life in Adventuresome New Exhibit” The Milwaukee Journal, March 17, 1991
Janice T. Paine,” Art Comes Out of the Woodwork” Milwaukee Sentinel, 3/15
Tina Maples, “Sincerity Forever” The Milwaukee Journal, March 15, 1991
1990 James Auer, “Cutting Out Her Niche” Milwaukee Journal, 2-23-1990
Jeff Worman, “Art Now: Shephard Express, January 17, 1990
1989 James Auer, “Hatters’ A Sane Show,” Milwaukee Journal, May 21, 1989
James Auer, “Artistic Melting Pot” Milwaukee Journal, February 12, 1989
1988 Jerome Schultz, “Carri Skoczek, New Art Examiner, March
James Auer, “Looking at Art” The Milwaukee Journal, January 10, 1998
1988
Tina Maples, “Walkers Point Becomes a Home for Growing Community of Artists” Milwaukee Journal, March 17, 1988
Jerome Shultz, “Give Your Body the Best” Art Muscle Magazine, September
PUBLISHED WORK
2003 BABY ON THE WATER poems by Tsaurah Litzky, cover by Carri Skoczek, Long Shot Publications, NYC
2000 GOODBYE BEAUTIFUL MOTHER, poems Tsaurah Litzky, linocuts Carri Skoczek, Lo-Tech Press, NYC
1999 KAMIKAZE LOVER Tsaurah Litzky, Appearance Literary Magazine, NYC, cover and internal linocuts
1997 Festival Francaise-Americaine Poster, New Orleans, LA
Friends of Art T-shirt, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI
1996 Via Mystica game and card set, Mag Force 7
Ricochet magazine, Back cover woodcut, Dec. Jan issue Art Muscle Magazine, cover painting, March issue Art Muscle Magazine, Artist page woodcut in collaboration with David Carroll
EDUCATION
1974-78 University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire studied drawing and printmaking