Carol Saft

Email: carolsaftstudio@gmail.com
https://vimeo.com/205456251      carolsaft.com


Education
2006      International Film and Television Workshop, Rockport, Maine.
1988      MFA, Purchase College, Full Fellowship, State University of New York
1984-85  New Forms Program, Pratt Institute, NY

One-person exhibitions
2023 Fiendish Plots, Nov. 3 - Dec. 22, Lincoln, Neb.
2022 Canada Gallery, "The Cynnie Paintings," Nov. 4 - Dec. 22 Tribeca, N.Y.
2019 Lesley Heller Fine Arts, “Fallen Men,” Feb. 20 - Apr. 7, New York, N.Y.
2006 Anthology Film Archives, “I want to be a Samurai”, New York, N.Y.
2004 artMoving, “My Brother Todd”, Williamsburg, N.Y.
2000 Im n IL gallery, curator Eung Ho Park, Greenpoint, N.Y.

Selected gallery + museum exhibitions + screenings
Upcoming  Andrew Rafacz at NADA NYC, "Christmas in July," curator Wells Chandler, July 8 - Aug. 2 2024,
          New York, N.Y.
          "I'll Be Your Mirror," curator Patrick Burton, Detroit, MI, June 2 2024.
2023  M. & David Co., The Trevor Project, "Why Do You Look That Way?" Nov. 16 - Dec. 17, Bushwick, N.Y.
          Bill Arning Exhibitions, "Winter's Long Embrace," curator Bill Arning, Dec. 16 2023 - Feb. 21. 2024,
          Kinderhook, N.Y.
          Marquee Projects, "A Fall Into Winter Salon: Rotational Invitational II," Dec. 16 2023 - Jan. 16, 2024
          Bellport, L.I.
2022  Garageland,"Ladies of the Canyon", June 24-26, Ridgewood, Queens.
2021  Brick and Mortar Gallery, "I'm so glad I'm just like you," Oct. 29 - Nov. 13, Easton, Pa.
          Mount Airy Contemporary, "Staying Together," two-person show, Aug. - Sept. 12, Phila., Pa.
          Marquee Projects, “Pathological Landscapes,” Aug. 6 - Sep. 12, Bellport, N.Y.
          Rick Wester Fine Art, “Trusting the River,” video for exhibition, Jun. - July
          Guild Hall Museum, Annual exhibition, Mar. 6 - Apr. 10, East Hampton, N.Y.
2020 “Art Off-Screen,” sculpture, curator Eileen Jeng Lynch, Jul. 19 - Oct. 10, E. Moriches, N.Y.
          Marquee Projects, “Strangers in Stranger Lands,” June 20 - July 26, Bellport, N.Y.
          Virtual Event: 5MAX series, Smack Mellon, May 21.
          Timothy Taylor Gallery, video screening online, May - June, London, England.
          Emerson/Dorsch Gallery, video screening online, May, Miami, FL.
2019 CUE Foundation Gala, exhibition and screening, Nov. 18, New York, N.Y.
         Wythe Hotel Screening, curated by Kimia Kline & Rachel Petach, Sept. 30, Williamsburg, N.Y.
         East End Arts Council, "Detour Show," June 1 - Aug. 29, Riverhead, N.Y.
         Art Slope ’19, "Shorts in the Slope," April 6 - 7, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2018 Pratt Institute, "We Make America," continuous screening,  Oct. 12 - Nov. 19, Brooklyn, N.Y.
         Pierogi Gallery, "Power T’s" for Swing Left, Aug. 7 - 10, Brooklyn, N.Y.
         Arete Venue and Gallery, continuous screenings of “We Are the Wave” & “Mary 
         Frank’s Studio,” “The Art of Protest,”  curator Elizabeth Cooper, Mar. 16 - Apr. 29, Brooklyn N.Y.
2017 Inverness Center for the Arts, “Return to the Forest,” curator Elizabeth Whaley, Aug. 5 - 28, Cape Breton,
         Nova Scotia.  
         Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, “Art on the Front Lines,” May 24 - Aug. 10. New York, N.Y.
         Pierogi Gallery, "The Boiler," bi-monthly screenings throughout the year with Film Club, Brooklyn, N.Y.
         Microscope Gallery, open screening, “Women with Torches,” Apr. 17, Bushwick, N.Y.
2016 Making The Future, David & Schweitzer Gallery, Sept. 30, Bushwick, N.Y.
         Centotto at Studio 10, NOMENColorATURE, curator Paul D’Agostino, July, Bushwick, N.Y.
         Pierogi Gallery, "The Boiler," bi-monthly screenings, Film Club, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2015 Fisher Landau Center for Art in conjunction with the exhibition “ Literary devices” presents 
         Four Walls Slide and Film Club, curator Matt MarelloLong Island City, N.Y.
         Pierogi Gallery, lobby screen, “Identities,” Brooklyn, N.Y.
         Mascot Studio, "Mascot Studio’s 16th Annual Dog Show," Mar. 28, New York, N.Y.
2014 Pierogi Gallery, Pierogi XX: “Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition,” Sept. 5 - Oct. 5, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2012 The Parlour Bushwick, May 19 - June 29, Brooklyn, N.Y.
         Herning International Short Film Festival, Apr. 24, Denmark.
         Aurora Picture Show, April 19 - 24, Houston, TX.
         Anemic Film Festival, March 17, Prague, Cz.
2011 Pierogi Gallery, "Twin Twin," curator Matt Friedman, Sep. 11, Brooklyn, N.Y.
         Art101, “Williamsburg 2000,” with Meredith Allen, curator Larry Walczak, Mar. 12 - Apr. 17, Williamsburg,
         N.Y.
         DiverseWorks, “Personal Boundary,” two-person show, Mar. 11 - Apr. 16, Houston, TX.
         White Box, “Sanctioned Array,” Feb., New York, N.Y.
2010 Winkleman Gallery, Pulse Miami, Dec. 10, Miami, FL.
         SOIL GALLERY, “My Brother Todd, a video series,” two-person show, Seattle, W.A.
2009 A.M. Richard Fine Art Gallery, “A Contemporary Bestiary,” Williamsburg, N.Y.
2008 CRG Gallery, “Insertions,” video series, curator Angela Dufresne, Nov. 15., New York, N.Y.
2007 Schroder Romero Gallery, “Keeping Up with the Joneses,” curated by Jane Harris, Nov. - Jan. 2008, New
         York, N.Y.
2005 Abrons Art Center, “Looking…Seeing,” curated by Suzanne Randolph, June 7 - July 17, New York, N.Y.
2003 Berkeley Film & Video Festival, Nov. 1 - 3, Berkeley, CA.
         Broadcast screenings on ESPN, CNN, The Weather Channel, “28 sec. Project”, July - Aug.
         SoMA Arts, screening, curator Susan Joyce, April, San Francisco, CA.
         Remote Lounge, “Visual Effects,” curator Susan Joyce, New York, N.Y.
2002  Wythe Studios, The Brooklyn Rail, curator Phong Bui, Williamsburg, N.Y.
2001 S. Cono Pizzeria, “Made in Brooklyn,” curator Chris Martin, Williamsburg, N.Y.
         “The Brewster Project”, curator Edward Winkleman, Brewster, N.Y. 
          LA Arboretum, “Cross Pollination,” curator Susan Joyce, Los Angeles, CA.
          Holland Tunnel Gallery, curator Merylynn McCorkle, Brooklyn, N.Y.
2000  57 Hope Street, “Me and My Friends,” curator M. Magsamen, Brooklyn, N.Y.
           Pierogi Gallery, lobby display sculpture, Williamsburg, N.Y.
1999  “3 Suitcases,” curators Omar Lopez-Chahoud & Laurie De Chiara, Mexico City.
           Abrons Art Center, "Line Up, and Scope," curator Olivia Georgia, New York, N.Y.
           Eyewash Gallery, curators Annie Heron and Larry Walczak, Williamsburg, N.Y.
1998  Gaga Gallery, “Bang On a Can,” curator Patrick Callery, New York, N.Y.
          S.U.N.Y. Purchase Gallery, "Art Furniture," Purchase, N.Y.
          P.S. 122, small works show, curator Susan Schreiber, New York, N.Y.
          Pelham Art Center, "Domestic Curiosities," curator Allison Paul, Pelham, N.Y.
1996 Vermont Studio Center Gallery, Johnson, VT.
1995 United Nations World Conference, Documentary Screening, Miami, FL.
1994 The Sculpture Center, "Works on Paper," New York, N.Y.
1993 Guild Hall Museum, "The Young Blood Show”, East Hampton, N.Y.
         The Drawing Center, "The Exquisite Corpse," New York, N.Y.
1991 Suffolk Community College, outdoor sculpture installation, Riverhead, N.Y.
         Guild Hall Museum, "Prints of the Eighties," East Hampton, N.Y.
1990 Smithsonian Institute, Documentary screening, Museum of the American Indian, New
         York, N.Y
1987  Islip Art Museum, “Markers for an Uneven Sky,” site installation, Islip, N.Y.

Awards, honors, grants
2010 UCross Ranch, Honorary FFT Residency, Sheridan, Wyoming
2006 New Vision, grant for documentary, editorial and production funds
         Residency and exhibition, curator Jeff Gibson, Cooper Union
2003 Best of Festival, Experimental Video, Berkeley Film & Video Festival
1998 Henry Street Settlement, A.I.R Workspace Program
1996 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont Critics Award in Sculpture
1993 New York Foundation for the Arts, SOS exhibition grant for sculpture
1990 Athens International Film Festival, Best Short Documentary, Athens, Ohio
         Suffolk County Film Festival, N.Y. Cable vision Award Best Documentary
         New York State Council on the Arts, grants for video
         The New York Community Trust, grants for video
         The National Endowment for the Arts, City Arts Grant for Sculpture

Bibliography
2023 Journal Star, "Exhibition at Fiendish Plots exhibition an intimate, everyday look at NYC artist Carol Saft's
         wife," L. Kent Wolgamott, Nov. 16.
         The Lincoln Journal, "Carol Saft in Nebraska," The Sunday Magazine, Nov. 12. 
2022 The Brooklyn Rail, "Carol Saft: The Cynnie Paintings," Amanda Millet-Sorsa, Nov. 22.
         Painters on Paintings, "Elizabeth Johnson 'The Cynnie Paintings' by Carol Saft," Dec. 24
         Inertia, Exhibition Visit - Carol Saft, Nov. 21
2021 Catalog essay for Rick Wester Fine Art, Alyse Rosner exhibition, May/June ’21.
2020 Delicious Line, Elizabeth Johnson, “Stranger in Stranger Lands, at Marquee Projects."
2019 Two Coats of Paint, "Gestures of grace: Carol Saft at Lesley Heller," Julia Couzens, Mar. 24
         Ocula Report, Armory Week: Shows to See, Sharmistha Ray, Mar. 2.
2018 Voyagemia, "Meet Carol Saft."
2011 The Graduates, Robert Dinsmore, Purchase College, Fall 2011, p. 23.
2007 Chelsea Now, "Keeping up with the Joneses," Debra Jencks, Dec. 7.
         New Yorker Magazine, "Keeping up with the Joneses," Dec. 24, p. 28.
2005 Southhampton Press, Perspectives, Eric Ernst, Oct. 13, p. B10.
1999 Art & Idea, ART NEXUS, Nov.1999 -Jan. 2000, p.108.
1993 Southhampton Press, "Young Blood Show," Jennifer Cross, Dec.
1992 Southhampton Press, Profile: Carol Saft, Leslie Santapaul, Apr. 18.
         Southhampton Press, "Sense of Deja Vu," Robert Long, Apr. 8.

Private Collections

Jason Andrew
Bill Arning
Katherine Bradford
Sarah Braman
Ana Benaroya
Andreea and Gabriel Cimoca
Angela Dufresne
Aram Ferdowsi
Lawrence Greenberg
Mariana Houston
Janet Phelps
Blanca Solar
Scott Rudin
Jeremy Wallison

Public Collections
CUE Art Foundation
Georges Guilbaud, Bellevigne-en-Layon, France.
Guild Hall Museum
Heckscher Museum
Parrish Museum
Museums of Stony Brook
Water Mill Center

Teaching, Visiting Artist, Zoom Talks 
2022 Canada Gallery, Public Interview with Jane Ursula Harris and Katherine Bradford, Dec. 4.
         School of Visual Arts, studio with visit MFA students.
2020  Interview Zoom round table with Eileen Jeng Lynch, Aug. 2020
2019  S.U.N.Y. Purchase, visiting artist screening and talk with Nancy Bowen, Oct. 16.
2004-14 Vanguard High School, art instructor, New York, N.Y.
Ongoing Sculpture, Furniture Design, and Boat Building courses