Biography


Carole d’Inverno grew up in Italy and Belgium and moved to the United States in 1979. She now resides in Seattle.
Her paintings have been exhibited in solo and group shows in galleries throughout the United States and her work is in the public collections of Seattle Group Health and the Seattle University.
Carole d’Inverno is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. Most notably in 2002, she was awarded Best of Show in the Richland City Arts Competition, juried by Debra Byrne, former Director of Curatorial Affairs and Exhibitions at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington. She is the recipient of the 1998 Jurors Choice Award in the Northwest Fine Arts Competition, juried by Peggy Weiss, former Director of Art programs for Bank of America.
In 2009, she will be in residence at the Vermont Studio Center and the Wassard Elia Center in Ascea, Italy and will be attending the 2009 Biennale di Firenze.

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Exhibitions

Selected Solo Shows


2008 Gallery 6311, Seattle, Washington. (September 08).

2007 Gallery 070, Vashon Island, Washington.
Victrola, Seattle, Washington.
Galley 6311, Seattle, Washington.

2006 Orcas Island Cultural Center, Orcas Island, Washington.
Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington.

2005 Viveza Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
RC Gallery, Portland, Oregon.

2004 Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River College, Auburn, Washington.

2003 Atelier 31, Seattle, Washington.

2002 Fireplace Gallery, Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, Oregon.
‘Big Talk,’ installation with Andree Carter at Gallery 6311, Seattle, Washington.

2001 Atelier 31, Kirkland, Washington.

1999 Atelier 31, Kirkland, Washington.

1998 Atelier 31, Kirkland, Washington.
Art/Not Terminal, Seattle, Washington.



Selected Group Shows


2008 Pacific Northwest Art Annual. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
‘What does Compassion Look Like’, Friesen gallery, Seattle, Washington.

2007 ‘Building C’, Gallery 6311, Seattle, Washington.
‘East Meets West’, Ballard Works, Seattle, Washington.
‘Building C’, Arts And Culture Department of Issaquah, Washington.
‘Pulp, 2nd Annual’’ Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington.

2006 COCA Painting Marathon and Auction, Seattle, Washington.
‘Pulp’, Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington.

2004 Group Show at RC Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
‘Stay in the Tunnel’, Gallery 6311, Seattle, Washington.

2003 Art Detour 2003, Seattle, Washington.

2002 Allied Arts Association Annual Juried Show, Richland, Washington. Juror: Debra Byrne, Director of Curatorial Affairs And Exhibitions at the Frye Museum in Seattle, Washington.
‘Bondage’, Atelier 31, Kirkland, Washington.
‘Some Like it Art’ Bellevue Art Museum’s 2002 Gala Art Auction Invitational, Bellevue, Washington.
2001 ‘The Birds’ Invitational Exhibition for the Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington.
‘Primtemps a’ Paris’ Invitational Show for the Bellevue Art Museum Gala Art Auction, Bellevue, Washington.

2000 ‘Millennium,’ Atelier 31, Kirkland, Washington.
Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, Washington.

1999 ‘Miniatures’, Atelier 31, Kirkland, Washington.
‘Gods and Demons’, Winters Ethnographica Gallery, Winters, California.
Lindenberg Gallery, New York, New York.

1998 Northwest Fine Arts Competition, Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, Washington. Juror: Peggy Weiss, Director of Arts Programs for Bank of America, Seattle.


Upcoming Residencies and Shows

2009 Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont. May ’09
Residency at Wassard Elia, Ascea, Italy, Nov.2009
Biennale di Firenze, Firenze, Italy. Dec.2009

Awards and Honors


2009 Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont. Selection Committee : Helen Frankenthaler, Grace Hartigan, Karel Appel, Vinvent Desiderio, Bill Jensen, Wolf Kahn, Nathan Oliveira, Irving Petlin, Joan Snyder, Frank Stella, Jonh Walker.
Residency at the Wasard Elia Center, Ascea, Italy.
Invitational to the Biennale di Firenze, Italy.

2002 Best of Show for the Allied Arts Association Annual Juried Show, Richland, Washington. Juror: Debra Byrne, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Exhibitions at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle.
In Best of Show for ‘some Like it Art’, Bellevue Art Museum 2002 Gala Art Auction, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington.

2001 In Best of Show for ‘Printemps a’ Paris’, Bellevue Art Museum Gala Art Auction, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington.

1998 Recipient of the Jurors Choice Award in the Northwest Fine Arts Competition at the Phinney Center Gallery. Juror: Peggy Weiss, Director of Art Programs for the Bank of America. Seattle, Washington.
Recipient Jurors Award in the 18th Annual Northwest International
Art Competition at the Whatcom County Museum’s ARCO Gallery. Jurors : Robbie Conal and Linda Conner. Bellingham, Washington.

Collections


Public collections: Seattle University, Seattle, WA.
Group Health, Seattle, Wa
Works in private collections in California, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Belgium.


Education.

University de Liege, Faculte de Chimie, Liege, Belgium
Institut de Chimie, liege, Belgium


Bibliography


‘d’Inverno Painterly Paintings’, Terry Johnson, Professor of the Arts (ret.), Cornish College of the Arts. June 2006.
‘Respite from the Cold and the Gray in Belltown,’ Matthew Kangas. Friday
December 5th, 2003.
‘Big Talk’, by Judy Wagonfeld on line at www.DigitalCity.com/Seattle/entertainment/events, October 2002.
‘Faces in the Crowd’, by Dee Axelrod in The Bainbridge Review, Sat. October 12,2002.
‘Exibition’magazine published by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council. Summer/Fall 2001.
‘‘Carole d’Inverno: Recent Paintings,’ by Ted Lindberg in Preview, The Gallery Guide September/October 1999.
ArtisSpectrum Catalogue. ‘In Focus’ pg. 40. Published in New York City, Vol. 11/5, 1999.