I think about traces—big traces like a memory, little traces like the stone I pick up on a walk, a picture I snap on my phone, or a card someone gave to me. They have meaning as lucky charms, a piece of history, or a story to be retold. There is also a commonality as we all find and leave traces in the world. I am mindful about this—collecting, examining, curating, and displaying my finds around me in my studio. While I can relate to them, I can also change what they are and how they’re seen by placing them in another context. I select a support- a found window or door, a canvas or a panel of wood, a disintegrating flag or blanket. Objects that are used and have a history. They remind me of a space in my mind, a thought I had contemplated, a dream I had. I paint scenes from an excursion, a conversation heard, an activity that leaves me wondering. I add marks and shapes by carving into the wooden elements, by adding layers of materials, or attaching items from my troves. Each artwork is a compilation of a time and place specifically rendered with materials that assist me in exploring experiences. They are collections of ephemera that manifest memory and connections in our lives.
Carol Taylor-Kearney is a life-long resident of southern New Jersey. She creates in series, painting on canvas as well as on unique objects such as windows, doors, flags, blankets, and wood panels. These pieces are then put together to form a themed environment.
A graduate of Rowan University (BA in Art Education) and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (MFA), she worked as the Coordinator of Graduate Studies at PAFA, taught Studio Art at Rowan University, and was the curator at StrataSphere, an exhibition space in Philadelphia, and organized exhibitions such as Plein Air, Plain Air, Plane Air (2019) at Cerulean Arts, More Fun Than Fun (2018) at Iona College, and The Personal Picture Plane (2007) at Gloucester County College. Currently, she is the artistic director and part owner of Powell Lane Arts (www.PowellLaneArts.com), a gallery in Collingswood, NJ.
Taylor-Kearney has been exhibited nationally and her art is part of both public and private collections. Art Fairs she has participated in are the Parallax Art Fair, the Clio Art Fair, and Art Fair 14C. Support includes grants from the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation and Artist Fellowship, Inc., and artist residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Peters Valley Craft Center, and the Pouch Cove Foundation in Newfoundland. She is represented by Atlantic Gallery, an artist co-op in Chelsea, NYC and Cerulean Arts Collective in Philadelphia. She had written an art blog (www.whatsartblog.com), presents the #OneMinuteCrit on Instagram, and presents talks with other artists on YouTube (www.youtube.com/channel/UCD_xXan6QaGZ-TV_rnNPLZA PowellLaneArts)
1998
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MFA
1994
Art/Art Education, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
BA
2004
Art Seminar at Villanova University/Violette de Mazia Foundation
Wayne, PA
2003
Art Seminar at Barnes Foundation/Violette de Mazia Foundation
Wayne, PA
2009
Artist Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Vermont Studio Center Grant
2007
Artist Residency and Grant, Peters Valley Craft Center, Layton, NJ
Grant and Stipend from Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Morristown, NJ
2005
Artist Grant, Artists Fellowship, Inc., New York, NY
2004
Artist Residency, Pouch Cove Arts Foundation, Pouch Cove Newfoundland, Canada
2003
Artist Residency and Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Grant for NJ Artist, Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Morristown, NJ
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Queensborough College, New York, NY
Gloucester County Library, Mullica Hill, NJ
(Commission)
First Union Bank (now Wells Fargo Bank), Philadelphia, PA
Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius, LLP.
Woodruff Middle School, Seabrook, NJ
(Commission)
Wenonah, West Deptford, South Harrison, National Park, Mantua Township, and Westville, NJ school systems
Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, NJ
Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
InLiquid, Philadelphia, PA
Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
Cerulean Arts Collective, Philadelphia, PA
NurtureArt Registry, Bushwick, NY
Mutual Arts, Registry
2022 – Present
Owner, Art Adviser, Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, NJ
2020
Invited Artist, Online lecture for Special Problems in Art, Dr. Fred Adelson, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
2017 - Present
Blogger, WhatsArtBlog.com
2016
Artist Lecture, Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University.
2014
Juror, Annual Juried Exhibition, National Arts Program, Blackwood, NJ
Juror, Annual Juried Exhibition, Center for the Arts of Southern NJ, Marlton, NJ
2010
Picassso in Bloom, Lecture, Croft Farm Art Center, Cherry Hill, NJ
2008
Contemporary Art, Lecture Series, Katz Jewish Community Center, Cherry Hill, NJ
2007
Artists on Art, Lecture/Q&A, Willingboro Art Alliance, Kennedy Center, WIllingboro, NJ
2006
Juror, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2002
Juror, Burlington County College Annual Art exhibition, Pemberton, NJ
2000-2010
Adjunct Instructor of Art, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ
1998-1999
Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1998 & 2008
Juror, Boardwalk Art Show, Ocean City, NJ
1997-2002
Commissioner, Gloucester County Cultural and Heritage Commission, Gloucester, NJ
2019
Curator Lecture, Cerulean Arts. Philadelphia, PA
2017
Artist Talk (with Ruth Wolf and Peter Treiber), Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
2016
Artist Lecture, Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University
2010
Picasso in Bloom, Lecture, Croft Farm Art Center, Cherry Hill, NJ
2008
Contemporary Art, Lecture series, Katz Jewish Community Center, Cherry Hill, NJ
2007
Artists on Art, Lecture/Q&A, Willingboro Art Alliance, Kennedy Center, Willingboro, NJ
2006
Juror Lecture/Q & A, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, PA
2023
Skies, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2022
Reflection. Window, Reflection, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2021
Process of an Artist Mind, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA
2020
Leaving Traces, Cerulean Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Past is Present, Waverly Heights Gallery, Gladwyne, PA
Process of an Artist Mind, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2018
American Prayer Flags, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
2016
Arcadian Dream, Atlantic Gallery, New York, NY
Also traveled to:
Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Teaneck, NJ
Samuel Lieberman Gallery, Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA
2011
In the Studio Series, Krempp Gallery, Jasper Art Center, Jasper, IN
2009
Gnomenculture, Projects 09 at the Carriage House, Islip Museum, East Islip, NY
2006
Illuminating Childhood, Educational Testing Services, Princeton, NJ
2005
Eyes Are the Windows to the Soul, Muse Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2001
The Stories We Tell, Papp Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Ocean City Paintings, Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ
1997
Child's Play, Gloucester County Public Library, Mullica Hill, NJ
2024
The Naked Show, InLiquid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
At the Edge of Light and Darkness, Center for Emerging Artists (CFEVA) Philadelphia, PA
Curator: Angela MCQuillan
2023
Fellowship Virtual Gallery, Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Virtual Exhibition
Curator: Michelle Soslau
2022
Karen Shechtman Cole and Carol Taylor-Kearney: Natural Imprint, Salus University, Elkins Park, PA
2020
FAME, Fellowship of PAFA, Virtual Exhibition, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: Rebecca Segal
Five Points Gallery Annual Juried Exhibition, Five Points Art Center, Torrington, CT
Juror: Joseph Fucigna
FAME, Fellowship of PAFA Juried Exhibition, HOT•BED, Philadelphia, PA
Juror: James Oliver
Leona King Braverman Award for Sculpture
2018
More Fun Than Fun, Brother Kenneth Chapman Art Gallery of Iona College. New Rochelle, NY
2017
The Collective, Cerulean Arts. Philadelphia, PA
Present Tense, Atlantic Gallery. New York, NY
…Or Curse the Darkness, Atlantic Gallery. New York, NY
2016
Dialogues, Invitational/Members Exhibition. Atlantic Gallery. New York, NY
Radius, Art Gallery of Franklin Commons. Phoenixville, PA
2015
New Jersey Isn't Boring, Arts Guild of New Jersey. Rahway, NJ
Cyd Katz, juror.
ARTsisters Group Exhibition, Mainline Art Center. Haverford, PA
New Work, Atlantic Gallery. New York, NY
2014
The Green Exhibition, Olde City Jewish Art Center. Philadelphia, PA
2013
Broad Spectrum, The DCCA, Wilmington, DE
Curator: Molly Donovan
National Juried Exhibition, First Street Gallery, NYC, NY
Juror: Donald Kuspit
2012
Art of Illusion, Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ
Body/Figure/Nude, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2011
Artist and Studio, Kirkland Art Center, Clinton NY
2010
Reality and Artifice - NJ Arts Annual, NJ State Museum, Trenton, NJ
Curator: Margaret O'Reilly
2009
Celebration, Annmarie Gardens, Solomons, MD
In Your Dreams, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
Personal Boundaries, Sage Projects, Philadelphia, PA
2008
Assemblage, Collage, Construction, Callahan Gallery, St. Francis College, Brooklyn, NY
Eco Demo M-O, NURTUREart Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Linda Weintraub, curator.
Repurposed Art, Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, NJ
The Green Exhibition, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, PA
2007
Expanding Circles, The DCCA, Wilmington, DE
Curator: J. Susan Isaacs
NJ Biennal Juried Exhibition, Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, NJ
Particular Places, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT
Juror: Bernard Chaet
2006
Crossovers: Craft, Art, Design, The DCCA, Wilmington, DE
Juror: Ursula Ilse-Neuman
Visions of Liberty, National Constitution Center, Philadelphia, PA
2005
Here and Now HighWire Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Juried Painting Exhibition Greeley Square Gallery, New York, NY
Juror: Lilly Wei
Oceans, Rivers, Lakes, and Streams, Park Avenue Club, Florham Park, NJ
2004
Culture and Agriculture, New Visions Gallery, Marshfield, WI
Masquerade, Mills Pond House Gallery, St. James, NY
2003
Nature, Adkins Arboretum, Ridgely, MD
Women and the Arts, Chestnut Hill College, Philadelphia, PA
2001
Roger Lapelle Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Snapshot, Gallery at Beaver College, Glenside, PA
2000
Identity, Gloucester County College, Sewell, NJ
1998
Nudes, Gallery Alexi, Philadelphia, PA
Wayne Art Center Juried Exhibition, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
1997
Juried Exhibition of the Fellowship of PAFA, Woodmere Museum. Chestnut Hill, PA
Juror: Jack Beal
Portraiture, Gallery Alexi, Philadelphia, PA
1996
Contemporary Realism, Gallery Alexi, Philadelphia, PA
1995
Annual Juried Exhibition, Marcella Geltman Gallery, Center for the Arts of Northern NJ, New Milford, NJ
Annual Juried Painting Exhibition Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, PA
2023
Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NJ
October 12th – 15th
2017
Clio Art Fair, New York, NY
March 2nd - 5th
2012
Parallax Art Fair, 72 Mercer Street, New York, NY.
August 3rd – 5th
2022 – Present Powell Lane Arts, Collingswood, NJ
Winter Invitational (January – March, 2022)
Paperworks, June – August, 2022
Changelings, September – November, 2022
Portray-It, January – March, 2023
The Marvelous and Unusual, May – July, 2023
It Is Written, October – November, 2023
Small Works, November 2022 and 2023
Geometry, January – March, 2024
Materials Matter, June – August, 2024
2019
Plein Air, Plain Air, Plane Air, Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio, Philadelphia, PA
Artists: Ellen Abraham, Melissa Rubin, Roni Sherman Ramos, Susan Stefanski, Joan Walton
Curator’s Talk
2018
More Fun Than Fun, Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery, Iona College, New Rochelle, NY
Artists: Andrea Beizer, Alysa Bennett, Ruby Silvious, Carol Taylor-Kearney, Peter Treiber, Ruth Wolf
2010
Women With a View: Nine Women, Nine Artists, Nine Views of the World, Stratasphere Exhibition Space, Philadelphia, PA
Artists: Peggy Beardsley, Diane Cover, Kathy Elias, Linda Dubin Garfield, Linda Gissen, Susan Long, Jill Salome Milstead, Roberta Welburn Milstead, Elsa Wachs
2009
The Floating World, StrataSphere Exhibition Space, Philadelphia, PA
Artists: Darla Beckemeyer Cassidy, Paul Hamanaka
Shadows, StrataAphere Exhibition Space, Philadelphia, PA
Artists: Ruth Wolf, April Faye
2008
Eternal Temporality, StrataSphere Exhibition Space, Philadelphia, PA
Artists: Rosemary Castiglioni, Brook Hine, Keith Sharpe
2007
The Personal Picture Plane, College Hall Gallery, Gloucester County College, Sewell, NJ and StrataSphere Exhibition Space. Philadelphia, PA
Artists: Ellen Abraham, Jim Brossy, Aurora Deshauteurs, Richard Elzo Dunn, Jessica Makin, Carol Taylor-Kearney
2006
The Progress of Process: A "behind the scenes" examination revealing how artists create their work, StrataSphere Exhibition Space, Philadelphia, PA
Artists: Michelle Marcuse, Kathryn Pannepacker, David Foss, with Aurora Deshauteurs
2003
4 From Rowan—A Mixed Media Exhibit, West Deptford Public Library Gallery, Thorofare, NJ
Artists: Luke Weichman, Jessica Makin, Susan Lucci, Carol Taylor-Kearney
