CAROL SZYMANSKI
studio.szymanski@gmail.com
carolszymanski.org
emergencyeyewash.org
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Unspoken Rule, part of Singing in Unison at Industry City series sponsored by Brooklyn Rail, Brooklyn, NY
2022 You Pair How, signs and symbols, New York, NY
2019 He Said I Thought, signs and symbols, New York, NY
2018 Pareidolia, Totah Gallery, New York, NY
2017 The Phonemophonic Alphabet Brass Band, Winter Garden, New York, NY
Curated by John Schaefer, WNYC New Sounds Live Series
2016 A Distance As Close As It Can Be, Elga Wimmer PCC, New York, NY
2015 My Life is an Index, Tanja Grunert Gallery, New York, NY
2014 Cockshut Dummy-a ten year composition, Guided by Invoices, New York, NY
2012 Pissing Against the Wind, or, Sketches of the Mental Drain on the Dead Banker, Guided by Invoices, New York, NY
2004 / COCKSHUT DUMMY /, Elga Wimmer PCC, New York, NY
2002 A-Z, Elga Wimmer PCC, New York, NY
1998 The Cardinal Vowel Marching Band, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY*
1996 Galerij S65, Aalst, Belgium
1995 Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montreal
Minimal Pairs, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
1993 Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
Amy Lipton Gallery, New York, NY
1991 Amy Lipton Gallery, New York, NY
1989 The Asymptote, Loughelton Gallery, New York, NY
1988 The Broken Phoneme, Pence Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1987 The Broken Phoneme, Loughelton Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Video Installation, The American Academy in Rome
Video Works, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA
1983 Video Installation, Otis Art Institute Gallery, Los Angeles, NY
Video Installation, Emanuel Walter Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Two-Person Exhibition
2017 Carol Szymanski/Barry Schwabsky(Emergency Eyewash), Tanja Grunert Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Carol Szymanski/Suzanne McClelland, Schmidt Contemporary Art, St. Louis, MO
Group Exhibitions
2022 Wet conceptualism, The Opening Gallery, New York, NY
2022 Social Photography X, Carriage Trade, New York, NY
2022. Swept Away, Guild Hall, East Hampton. NY
2022 Artists & Allies 5, signs and symbols, New York, NY
2021 Artists & Allies 4, signs and symbols, New York, NY
2019 Reset, Kai Matsumiya Gallery, New York, NY
2018 Social Photography VI, carriage trade, New York, NY
2017 Soft Power, Elga Wimmer PCC, New York, NY
2017 Social Photography V, carriage trade, New York, NY
2017 Silver Lining: 25 years of Art , Elga Wimmer PCC, New York, NY
2015 Foundation Barbin 2015, Kai Matsumiya Gallery, New York, NY
In An Absolut World True Taste Comes Naturally, curated by Kim Schoen, Camberwell Space, Camberwell College of Arts, London, UK
2014 A Particular Kind of Solitude: An exhibition inspired by the writings of Robert Walser, The Elizabeth Street Garden, NY,
curated by Serra Sabuncuoglu
The Built Enivroment, LES in Istanbul curated by Kathleen Madden at Mixer, Istanbul
The Big Egg Hunt, organized by Faberge, New York, NY
2013 Second Time Around, Lesley Heller Workspace and New Museum, New York, NY
2012 Endless Summer curated by Jee Won Kim, White Box, New York, NY
Spring Benefit Auction Honoring Ai Wei Wei, White Box, New York, NY
2011 A Desert in the Ocean: A View from Cill Rialaig, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, NY
2010 Third Thoughts, CCA Andratx, Spain
2004 Abstraction With a Twist, Elga Wimmer PCC, New York, NY
2001 Project I, Elga Wimmer PCC, New York, NY
1999 Wordsmiths, curated by Karen Shaw, Islip Art Museum, NY *
Phenotypology, curated by Maureen McQuillan, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY *
1998 Christmasbazaar, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
Sharp Metal Objects, Suzanne H. Arnold Art Gallery, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, PA
1997 Light, Sound, Action, curated by D. Dominick Lombardi, Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, NY
Drawn and Quartered, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
Across Lines: Drawings by Contemporary Sculptors, curated by Dan Devine, Rosenberg Gallery, Hofstra University,
Hempstead, NY
Color Detour, curated by Faye Hirsch, Apex Art, New York, NY *
1996 Sign Language, curated by George J. Haas, Polo Gallery, Edgewater, NJ*
96 Works on Paper, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
5th Year Celebration, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
Benefit Exhibition, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Transformal, curated by Maia Damianovic, Wiener Secession, Vienna *
1995 Wheel of Fortune, curated by Amy Lipton, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY
Action Station, curated by Sue Spaid, Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA
Michael Gitlin/Carol Szymanski/Keiji Uematsu: Zeichnung und Skulptur, Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne
Project: Exhibit, curated by David J. Brown, Meyerhoff Gallery,Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD
The Outside Inside Gertrude Stein, Dortmunder Kunstverein, Germany *
1994 Interdisciplinary, curated by Sue Spaid, Woodbury University Gallery, Burbank, CA
The Outside Inside Gertrude Stein, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
10” x 10” x 10”, curated by Barbara Sahlman, TZ’Art & Co., New York, NY
Postizum Moods, curated by Sussan Deyhim, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY*
Jours Tranquils à Clichy, curated by Alain Kirili, Paolo Goyannes, Paris; Tennisport Arts, Long Island City, NY
New Directions, Hybrid Sculpture, Art Finds/Marsha Fogel Gallery, East Hampton, NY
Benefit Exhibition, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Songs of Retribution, curated by Nancy Spero, Richard Anderson Gallery, NY
1992 Writing on the Wall, 303 Gallery, New York, NY
The Sound of Silence, Sue Spaid Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
The Fetish of Knowledge, curated by James Hyde, AC Project Room, New York, NY
1991 New York Diary: Almost Twenty-Five Different Things, curated by Ryszard Waszko, P.S. 1 Museum, Long Island City, NY
Breathing Room, Amy Lipton Gallery, New York, NY
1990 The Totalitarian Zone, Stalin Monument, Prague
Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York, NY
Gallery Artists, Amy Lipton Gallery, New York, NY
1989 Annual Exhibition MCMLXXXIX, American Academy in Rome *
1988 Palestra, curated by Vera Vita Gioia, Castello di Rivara, Turin *
Gallery Artists, Loughelton Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Paint-Film, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY
Apfelbaum/Radloff/Szymanski, Amy Lipton Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Ironic Naturalism, Hallwalls, Buffalo, NY
1984 Video Installation, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY
Performances for Instrument/Sculptures and Voice
2021 Artists Studio, Park Avenue Armory, performance with alphabet horns with Jaimie Branch, New York, NY
2019 Bar Laika by e-flux, Brooklyn, NY
2019 He Said I Thought, signs and symbols, New York, NY
2017 The Phonemophonic Alphabet Brass Band, Winter Garden, New York, NY
curated by John Schaefer, WNYC with Ben Neill and Pauline Oliveros
2016 MANITOGA, performance with alphabet horns with Ben Neill, The Russel Wright Design Center, Garrison, NY
2015 Lost Edge of a Square/Dark Corner/Obscure with Betsy McClelland and Ekmeles Vocal Ensemble, Tanja Grunert Gallery, New York, NY
2014 MANITOGA, performance with alphabet horns with Ben Neill, The Russel Wright Design Center, Garrison, NY
2012 SWAPS, performance by Ben Neill and Peter Zummo, Guided by Invoices, New York NY
Big Thoughts, performance with Ben Neill and Peter Zummo, Haunch of Venison, New York, NY
1996 Untitled performance with Ingrid Jensen, Elga Wimmer Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Untitled performance with Leo Smith, Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA
1993 The King of Thule (Excerpt), with Ben Neill, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
Tongue Tied, with Betsy McClelland and Leo Smith, The Drawing Center, New York, NY
1992 Untitled performance with Leo Smith, Don & Mera Rubell residence, East Hampton, NY
Untitled performance with Monique Buzzarte, 55 Ferris Street, Brooklyn, NY
1991 Antiphony, with Ben Neill, Thread Waxing Space, New York, NY
Untitled performance with Dewey Redman, Pat Hearn Gallery, New York, NY
Works for Publication
2019 CONTRA-DIA, Gervais Jassaud publication, Frejus, France
2014 Selections from cockshut dummy, VANITAS 7 THE SELF, NY, NY
2013 Acquiescence, co-published with Book Works London and Lost Soul Editions, NYC
2011 Selected texts from cockshut dummy, With+Stand 5, Berkeley, CA
2010 Selected texts from cockshut dummy, Wig II 1, Eugene, OR
2010 Selected texts from cockshut dummy, ABE’S PENNY Volume 2.4(1/4), Brooklyn, NY
2010 “Manifestations,” Atlantica, La Palmas, Canary Islands
2010 Relation or The Scratch That Itched Itself, co-published with Book Works, London
2008 Things Contained or Black Asphalt Blinding and Dildos Filled the Air, co-published with Book Works, London
Grants, Awards, Residencies
2019 Bau Institute Arts Residency, Carmago Foundation, Cassis, France
2012 CCA Andratx residency, Mallorca, Spain
2011 Cill Rialaig residency, Ireland
1988 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Sculpture
Prix de Rome in Sculpture, American Academy in Rome
1984 New York State Council for the Arts Grant in Video
Bibliography
2018 Lynn Maliszewski, Carol Szymanski: Pareidolia, The Brooklyn Rail (February 7)
2018 Thavma Phillips, The Art and Language of Transition at Totah Gallery, Arte Fuse (January 30th)
2017 Rachel Corbett, Taking The Alphabet by The Horns, The Art Newspaper (Nov.1)
2017 Rob Colvin, Emergency Eyewash, Art Press,(February 10)
2016 Jonathan Goodman, A Distance As Close As It Can Be, The Brooklyn Rail (June 3)
2015 Sherman Sam, Nonsense in the System (Interview), Art Critical (December 9)
2015 Anne Sherwood Pundyk, Day Jobs, Dictators and Musical Scales, Art Critical (December 5)
2015 Phong Bui, Publishers Message, Events of Note, Brooklyn Rail (November 5)
2015 Brainard Carey, Yale University Radio WYBCX Interview (September 24)
2014 Rob Colvin, Artists Pick Artists: Carol Szymanski, , Hyperallergic (March 26)
2012 David Carrier, “How Capitalism Functions: Carol Szymanski at Guided by Invoices,”,Art Critical (May 21)
2012 Michael Wilson, “Carol Szymanski: Pissin’ Against the Wind, or, Sketches of the
Mental Drain on the Dead Banker,” Time Out New York (May, 17)
2012 Leigh Anne Miller, “The Lookout: A Weekly Guide to Shows You Won’t Want to Miss,” Art in America (May 10)
2004 /cockshut dummy/ at Elga Wimmer , Art in America
2002 David Carrier, “Carol Szymanski,” Tema Celeste 92 (July-August)
1999 Richard Huntington, “Exploring the sights created in science,” Buffalo News
Maureen McQuillan, Phenotypology, brochure, Hallwalls (April-May)
Karen Shaw, Wordsmiths, catalogue, Islip Art Museum (March 10-May 2)
1998 Carol Szymanski, “The Phonomorphic Cardinal Vowel System,” n.a.p. text(s)
Denise Carvalho, “Carol Szymanski,” Flash Art International 201 (Summer)
Robert C. Morgan, “Carol Szymanski, Theresa Chong,” Art Press 236 (June)
Roberta Smith, “Carol Szymanski,” New York Times (March 27, April 3, April 10)
Carol Szymanski: The Cardinal Vowel Marching Band, brochure, texts by Carol Szymanski & Barry Schwabsky, Elga Wimmer Gallery (March-April)
1997 Faye Hirsch, Color Detour, brochure, Apex Art (January-February)
1996 George J. Haas, Sign Language, catalogue, Polo Gallery (September-October)
Maia Damianovic, Transformal, catalogue, Wiener Secession (March 21-April 25)
Jennifer Couëlle, “Un Vent Venu de New York,” Le Devoir (October 23)
1995 Enno Stahl, “Trompete mit Tücken,” Kolner Stadt-Anzeiger (July 8-9)
“Kultur in Dortmund: Fasziniert von Gertrude Stein,” WAZ (May 31)
Rainer Wanzelius, “Vorbeugungen von einer Kunst-Wegbereiterin,” Westfälische Rundschau (May 31)
Konrad Schmidt, “Gertrude Stein: Bild und Wort,” Dortmunder Zeitung (May 31)
The Outside Inside Gertrude Stein, catalogue, Dortmunder Kunstverein (May)
Robert C. Morgan, “The Whitney Biennial and Other Delights,” Cover (May)
1993 Robert C. Morgan, After the Deluge: Essays on Art in the Nineties (New York: Red Bass Publications)
Promotional Copy, edited by Robin Kahn (New York: Mimi Somersby/S.O.S.)
Postizum Moods, pamphlet, Thread Waxing Space, New York
1992 “Forum: On Motherhood and Apple Pie,” M/E/A/N/I/N/G (November)
Faye Hirsch, “Written on the Wind,” Tema Celeste 37-38 (Autumn)
Alain Kirili, “Who’s Afraid of Abstract Modeling?” Tema Celeste 36 (April-May)
Robert C. Morgan, “Environment, Site, Displacement,” Sculpture (May)
Brooks Adams, “Carol Szymanski at Amy Lipton Gallery,” Art in America (March)
David Carrier, “Carol Szymanski,” Tema Celeste (February/March)
1991 Michael Anderson, Tripled Sixes/Melanie Nielson, Prop and Guide, covers & interior illustrations (Great Barrington, MA: The Figures)
Robert C. Morgan, “New York Diary,” Arts Magazine (October)
“Goings on About Town,” The New Yorker (April 29)
1989 Peggy Cyphers, “New York in Review,” Arts Magazine (December)
Joseph Connors, Annual Exhibition MCMLXXXIX, catalogue, American Academy in Rome (May-June)
Dan Cameron, “Opening Salvos,” Arts Magazine (February)
1988 Vera Vita Gioia, Palestra, catalogue, Castello di Rivara, Turin (September)
Michael Anderson, “Carol Szymanski at Pence,” L.A. Weekly (April 1-7)
C.C., “Carol Szymanski,” Los Angeles Times (March 18)
1987 Roberta Smith, “Carol Szymanski,” New York Times (October 9)
Kim Levin, “Carol Szymanski,” Village Voice, Art Supplement (October 6)
1984 Vivien Raynor, “Paint-Film,” New York Times (July 24)
Education
1982-83 The Whitney Museum Independent Study Studio Program, New York
1982 MFA, San Francisco Art Institute
1977 BA, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill