MARY ELLEN CARROLL —Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION
1989—Master of Fine Arts—The Art Institute of Chicago, Time Arts, with Architectural History coursework
1986—Bachelor of Science—The University of Colorado at Boulder, MLM, Geology and Finance, with a minor in Fine
Art, worked in filmmaking — Stan Brakhage and studied with Betty Woodman
PROFESSIONAL TEACHING EXPERIENCE, LECTURES and PANELS
2017 Columbia University, GSAPP, New York, New York
LAX/ART, Los Angeles, California
2016 New Cities, Future Ruins, SMU, Dallas, Texas
ACAW-Guggenheim Museum, New York, New York
Robert Wilson’s Watermill Center, TOO, STOP THE WAR, a performed lecture
Grazer Kunstverein, The work of Robert Blanchon and AIDS, Graz, Austria with Christoph Szelany and Krist
Shefflied Hallam University, This is Not a Buffet. (The political in the work of art.), organized by Sharon Kivland
Transmission, DAI, Arnhem, Netherlands, organized by Ruth Noack
Alserkal Avenue, Where is Dubai? A discussion with OMA and AMO on the city of Dubai
Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, Mapping the city as county, St. Louis: Zoning and the undoing of policy of systemic racism
2015 Alserkal Avenue, Is Public Private? Public Space and the Unsuspecting Materials of Policy, Frequency, and the Square, Dubai, UAE
DIA Center for the Arts, Lecture: Artist on Artist Talk, Mary Ellen Carroll on Fred Sandback
Super WiFi and Unused Television Spectrum, Lambent Foundation, New York
YALE Law School, Symposium, The Legal Medium and Lecture
2014 The Fixers, Columbia University Alumni Forum, GSAPP, New York, New York
The New School for Social Research, New York, New York
2012 Busan Biennale, Busan, Korea
Pool, Seoul, Korea
Pusan National University, School of Architecture, Seminar on Jwacheon, Busan, South Korea
2011 Reconfiguring Site, New Approaches to Public Art, SVA, New York, New York
Montana State University, School of Architecture, Visiting Lecturer
Ft. Worth Museum of Modern Art, Ft. Worth, Texas
Columbia Uniiversity Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
2010 Rice University, School of Architecture, Seminar on Brownfields, Visiting Lecturer
2009 Rice University, School of Architecture, Graduate Seminar on Zoning, Visiting Lecturer
2006 Rice University, School of Architecture, Graduate Studio, Visiting Professor with Charles Renfro
2005 MFA Boston, MA, Visiting Artist/Lecturer
New York University Guest Lecturer
2003 NY Digital Salon, moderated by Larry Kardish, curator MOMA’s film department
CAA, lecture and panel on Artists and Modern Architecture
2000 Lecture, Visiting Artist, University of Colorado at Boulder
International Conference between Artists and Poets, Lecture, Duino, Italy
Visiting Artist, Studio Visits, Art Academy, Vienna, Austria
Artist talk and interview, Ne Travaillez Jamais, Munich, Germany
1999—2000 Visiting Professor, University of California at Irvine
1997 Visiting Artist, Vienna Art Academy, Vienna, Austria
AWARDS
2018 Pollock/Krasner Foundation Award
ISAPIS-Swedish Government
2016 American Academy in Berlin, Fellowship
2015 Civitella Foundation, Italy
2013 Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
2010 Graham Foundation
AIGA, Book of the Year Award
2009 American Institute of Architects, Honor Award, Artist of the Year
2007 Kohler Arts/Industry Program
2006 New York Community Trust, Pennies From Heaven Fund
RIAA, Argentina
2004 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, Bellagio Italy
2003 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship
2000 Italian Government Grant, Community of Duino
1997 Pollock/Krasner Foundation Award
1996 Polaroid Corporation Materials Grant
USIA Grant to Israel
1993 Hospitalhof Stipendium/Residency, Stuttgart, Germany
Kade Collaborative Grant to Germany
Arts International Travel Grant to India
1991 MacDowell Colony Fellow
1990 Illinois Arts Council Grant
1989 Union League Civic and Arts Foundation Award
Edward L. Ryerson Travelling Fellowship
ONE and TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS and Special COMMISSIONS
2017 Daringly Unbuilt at prototype 180, Houston, Texas
No. 9 at Irwindale Speedway, Los Angeles, CA
REDLING FINE ART, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Yinchuan Biennale, curated by Bose Krishnamachari
2016 Alserkal Avenue, Dubai, UAE
Yinchuan Biennale, curated by Bose Krishnamachari
The Kennedys, American Academy in Berlin, Germany
2015 Public Utility 2.0, The Lambent Foundation, New York
2014 The Copy of Goethe’s Cottage, CCA-Weimar-Germany
Concrete Deviation, Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria with Bill Bollinger
Public Utility 2.0, AIA New Orleans, Prospect.3, Franklin Sirmans, Artistic Director
2013 Open Outcry, Special Commission, Feast, Blaffer Museum, University of Houston, curated by Claudia Schmuckli
2012 Busan Biennial, Special Commission, No. 18, curated by Roger Buergel
Open Outcry, R 20, New York, New York in collaboration with SImon Dance Design
Third Streaming, New York, New York
Open Outcry, Special Commission, Feast, Smart Museum, University of Chicago, curated by Stephanie Smith
2011 Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
GSAPP, prototype 180—Buell Gallery, GSAPP, Columbia University, curated by Mark Wasiuta
2010 prototype 180—American Institute of Architects
Third Streaming, New York, New York
2008 Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
2007 The Powerhouse, Memphis, Tennessee, curated by Peter Fleissig
2006 The Precipice Alliance, New York
2005 Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York
2004 Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
2001 F/Taylor Gallery, New York, New York
2000 Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
1999 F/Taylor Gallery, New York, New York
1998 Printed Matter, New York, New York
1997 Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Hubert Winter, Berlin, Germany
1995 University Art Museum•SUNY at Binghamton, New York
TZ’Art & Co., New York, New York
1994 The Palmer Museum, Penn State, Pennsylvania
Sibell Wolle Galleries, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado
1993 Hospitalhof Stuttgart, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2016 New Cities, Future Ruins, Gavin Kroeber director, SMU, Dallas, Texas
Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter, Museum of Modern Art, curated by Sean Anderson, New York, New York
Yinchuan Biennial, Yinchuan China
2015 Tracing Waste, Princeton University, New Jersey
The Legal Medium, YALE Law School and Fred GIampetro Gallery, New Haven
Prospect 3.0 New Orleans, Biennial, curated by Franklin Sirmans
2014 Prospect 3.0 New Orleans, Biennial, curated by Franklin Sirmans
Venice Architecture Biennale, US Pavilion
TBG, curated by Franklin Sirmans at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Economy of Waste, with Billy Dufala, curated by Kate Kraczon, ICA, Philadelpha, PA
2013 TBG, curated by Franklin Sirmans at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Progress of Love, The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas curated by Kristina Van Dyke
Open Outcry at the Armory Art Fair, 2013
Brought Into Being, Performativity and Formative Performance, curated by Robert Gero, Amelie A. Wallace Gallery, SUNY Westbury,NY
Storefront for Art and Architecture Benefit and Exhibition
BAM Benefit and Auction Exhibition, The HOLE, New York
2012 Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria, curated by DIana Baldron and Ilse Lafer
Model Theories, Ford Projects, New York, curated by Philip Ording and Helena Kauppila
The Progress of Love, The Menil Collection, Houston, Texas curated by Kristina Van Dyke
2011 Temporary Structures, DeCordova Museum, Lowell, Massachusetts, curated by Dina Deitsch
Sense and Sensibility, Salzburger Kunstverein, curated by Hemma Schmutz
2010 Muscarelle Museum, William and Mary, Envelopes, curated by Christopher Hight
Mason Gross Galleries, Rutgers University, Planet of Slums, curated by LaToya Frazier, Omar Lopez Chahoud
Time Batteries, curated by Olivia Shao, PS1, Greater New York
Time Batteries, curated by Olivia Shao, David Zwirner Gallery, New York
Pratt Manhattan Gallery, Envelopes, curated by Christopher Hight
2009 No Zoning, curated by Toby Kamps, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
2008 DOYERS, curated by Jay Sanders and Olivia Shao
2007 Weather Report, curated by Lucy Lippard, Boulder Art Museum
Under Pain of Death, Austrian Cultural Forum, curated by Gerald Matt and Abraham Orden
2006 The Whitney Museum at Calvin Klein
Soft Sites, ICA Philadelphia, PA
2005 Museum fur Volkerkunde, Munich, Germany
MOMUK, curated by Edelbert Kob, Vienna, Austria
100 ARTISTS SEE GOD, curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, on tour with ICI
2004 Renaissance Society, University of Chicago
Touch and Temperature, curated by Michael Rees, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston
Whitewalls, Hyde Park Center, Chicago, Illinois
100 ARTISTS SEE GOD, curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, on tour with ICI
Touch and Temperature, curated by Michael Rees, Bitforms, New York
Architecture Unplugged, curated by Max Henry, Frederieke Taylor Gallery, New York
2003 100 ARTISTS SEE GOD, curated by John Baldessari and Meg Cranston, on tour with ICI
3,2,1 Gallery M, Harlem, New York
Group ExhibitionFrederieke Taylor Gallery, New York
2002 ITINERANT GASTRONOMY, Apex Art, New York
Armory Art Fair, Angles Gallery, New York
PS122 Benefit and Exhibition, New York
Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
Angles Gallery, Los Angeles, California
2001 Out of Order,Travelling Museum Exhibition, curated by Susan Krane and Pamela Auchincloss
Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, California, Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Georgia
Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pennsylvania, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota
Geppo, Galerie Max Kampl, Munich, Germany
Photography in the Landscape, Art Omi, New York
Do you have the time?, LiebmanMagnan, New York, New York
Crossing the Border, Queens Museum, curated by Omar Lopez-Chahoud and Valerie Smith
2000 Photasm, Hunter College, New York
Contemporary Photography, Santiago, Chile
Out of Order,Travelling Museum Exhibition, curated by Susan Krane and Pamela Auchincloss, University of Colorado at Boulder
Narrative, Duino, Italy
Ne Travaillez Jamais, Munich, Germany
Representations, Parrish Art Museum, Southhampton, New York
Photasm, Union College, New York
1999 Point of View: Between Two Cities, Art in General, New York, New York
Summer Group Exhibition, Frederieke Taylor, New York, New York
Spatial Interests, The WorkSpace, New York, New York
Parking, Maydayproductions, New York, New York
Home, Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria
Photography, Nikolai Fine Art, New York, New York
The Apartment Show, curated by Anton Vidokle + Maydayproductions, New York
Three Suitcases, Art & Idea, Mexico City, Mexico
Portraits, Trans-Hudson, New York, New York
Apex Art, curated by Nancy Princenthal, New York, New York
Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, New York
1998 Architecture! Architecture! Architecture!, Hunter College, New York
Educating Barbie, TransHudson Gallery, New York, New York
Memory, Tz’Art & Co., New York, New York
Hospitalhof, Stuttgart, Germany
I’m Still in Love with You, 20th Century Club, Los Angeles, California, curated by Steven Hull
1996 Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Transformations, Office In Tel Aviv Central Bus Terminal, Tel Aviv, Israel
The New York Kunsthalle, New York
Copiacabana, Museo de Arte Extremeño e Iberoamericano, Badajoz, Spain
Thread Waxing Space, New York
1995 Ronald Feldman, Summer Group Exhibition, New York
Momenta Art, Two Person Exhibition, Brooklyn, New York
Art in General, HardWear, New York
Smells Like Vinyl, Roger Merians, New York
Silence, Academy of Sciences, New York, New York
Self-Portraiture, John Michael Kohler Center, Curated by Maureen Sherlock
1994 SHAPE, Organized by Sally Levine, Cabrini Green and the Peace Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Stuttgart Stadt Galerie and Stadtbücherei, Stuttgart, Germany
Female Trouble, City College Gallery, New York
Caught Between Mind and Body, New York, New York
1993 A Century of Silence, In Memoriam • John Cage 1902-1992 Catalog—Curated by Lynn Gamwell,
University Art Museum•SUNY at Binghamton
The Drawing Center, Invitational New York, New York
1992 Whitney Museum of American Art, Dirt and Domesticity catalog—Essay by Frazer Ward, New York, New York
Seeing Red, White, and Blue, Visual Arts Center of Alaska Catalog—Curated by Jan Erickson, Anchorage, Alaska
1991 Immagini Proiettate, ViaFarini, Curated by Laurie Palmer and Federica Thiene, Milan, Italy
Coast to Coast, Curated with catalog by Mary Jane Jacob
1990 In the Beginning . . . , Curated by Bill Radawec, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art
Art Urgency: Artists Perspective on the Epidemic, MoMing,Chicago
Looking for Trouble, Curated with an essay by Timothy Porges, X-S Gallery, Nevada
Beneath the Skin, Curated by John Pakosta, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
Conceptual Installations, Curated with an essay by Deborah Donato
Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Illinois
1989 The State of Illinois Art Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Travelling Fellowship Exhibition Betty Rymer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
ARC Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Serious Fun, Truthful Lies, Curated by Lynn Brown, Randolph Street Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
WORKS ARE IN NUMEROUS PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS INCLUDING
Whitney Museum, New York
MOMA, New York
LACMA, Los Angeles
New York Public Library, New York
MUMOK, Vienna
Goldman Sachs, New York
BOOKS AND PUBLICATIONS
2014 prototype 180 supported by the Graham Foundation
2010 Monograph/Mary Ellen Carroll published by Steidl/Mack
2007 Kruder and Dorfmeister, in collaboration with Tan Lin, Centro Cultural Montehermoso
2006 All OF THE MEN WHO THINK THAT THEY CAN BE ME, OneStar Press, Paris
1998 100 German Men, Presse Endemique
1995 WITHOUT INTENT, a photo-documentation of New York, Presse Endemique
1992 A Modist Prepozel/A Modest Proposal, with an essay by Frank Boyle, published by SUNY Binghamton
SELECTED REVIEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
McCracken, David, Returning the Grotesque, Chicago Tribune, pg. 60, December 1989.
Porges, Timothy, Chicago, Contemporanea, pgs. 8-9, May 1989.
Donato, Deborah, The Oblique Strategies of Intertextuality, 1989
Jacob, Mary Jane, Coast to Coast, 1991
Levin, Kim, Voice Choices, The Village Voice, pg. 71, July 14, 1992
Förch, Julia, Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Zwischen Hoffen und Bangen, August 18, 1993
Ward, Frazier, Dirt and Domesticity, Catalog Essay, Whitney Museum, 1992
New Yorker, January, 1995
New York Magazine, January, 1995
Robinson, Joyce Henri, New Art Examiner, March 1995
Willumson, Glenn, Catalog Essay, Double Plots, Palmer Museum, 1994
Princenthal, Nancy, The Print Collector’s Newsletter, January 1995
Kachur, Lewis, Artpapers, Spring 1995
Volk, Gregory, Art News, Summer 1995
Vine, Richard, Art In America, May 1995
Aletti, Vince, The Village Voice, May 1996
Princenthal, Nancy, On Paper, Winter, 1996
Phillips, Patricia, Winter 1996
Hofleitner, Johanna, Die Presse, September 19, 1997
Princenthal, Nancy, On Paper, Summer, 1998
Lin, Tan, Artbyte, September, 1999
Surface Magazine, October, 1999
Sonna, Birgit, Süddeutsche Zeitung Nr. 66, Ein Hoch auf das Kuckucksei, 3.20.2000
Johnson, Ken, The New York Times, November, 2001
Interiors Magazine, 2002
Princenthal, Nancy, Bookforum, 2004
Barliant, Claire, ArtForum 2005
Domus, 2005
Time Out, 2005
NYTimes, 2007
Architect’s Newspaper, 2007
ID Magazine, 2007
ArtLies, 2009
ArtForum, 2009
Afterall, 2010, Claire Barliant
ArtForum, 2010, Lauren O’Neal Butler
NYTIMES, 2010, Joyce Wadler
NYTIMES, 2011, Holland Cotter
ArtForum, 2012, Critic’s Pick
Domus, Open Outrcy, 2012
Icon, Open Outcry 2012
ArtForum, Busan Biennale 2012, by David Joselit
Afterall, 2013
New City, 2014
Art In America, 2014
Guardian, 2017
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ARTICLES, ESSAYS
A Space for the Living, Domus, June 2012
Architecture is Not Art, Art Lies, Spring 2011
Itinerant Gastronomy, for Gastronomica, a Journal of Food and Culture, University of California at Berkeley,2003
Robert Blanchon, LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA, Catalog essay, 1998
Robert Blanchon, Obituary and essay, The New Art Examiner, 2000
Worn Clothes or Real Clothes, Zing Magazine, Fall
INTERVIEWS/RADIO
National Public Radio, Living on Earth
The Lazy Environmentalist
WHYY, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania