Carol Bivins

Carol Bivins is a Colorado-based multidisciplinary artist whose abstract and abstracted representational paintings explore the tension between order and intuition, structure and spontaneity. Working primarily in oils, she is interested in the ways mark, gesture, line, repetition, and unexpected color relationships can accumulate into something psychological and emotionally resonant.

Bivins came to painting outside the traditional art-school path. After years working in theater and television in New York and Los Angeles—including appearances in Defending Your Life and Groundhog Day—she turned to ceramics as a creative outlet after relocating to the Southwest. Her dissatisfaction with glazing eventually led her toward drawing and painting. She studied at the University of New Mexico after first discovering painting through a workshop at the Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque.

Since relocating to Colorado in 2017, Bivins' work has been juried into exhibitions across the United States and has been recognized with awards including an Honorable Mention in the 63rd Annual Juried Competition at the Masur Museum in Monroe, Louisiana and an Honorable Mention in an exhibition hosted by Agora Gallery in New York. Her work has also been exhibi...

Education:

University of New Mexico, 2010–2012

Workshops
Margi Weir
Lauren Mantecon
Nicholas Wilton

Private Study
Leslie Ayers
Natalie Voelker

Solo Exhibitions

2026  solo exhibition  In Transition, Blo Back Gallery, Pueblo, CO
2025 solo exhibition, Carol Bivins : Paintings on Paper, RPO Gallery, Denver, CO

2024 solo exhibition, City O' City, Denver, CO

2024 solo exhibition, Rhythm and Repetition: The Palimpsest Paintings, Blo Back Gallery, Pueblo, CO
2023 solo exhibition, Back in Black, D'art Gallery, Denver, CO
2023 solo exhibition, Colorphrenia, Blo Back Gallery, Pueblo, CO

2021 solo exhibition, Ten : Works on Paper, The Annex, Denver, CO
2017 solo exhibition, Gang of Seven, Zendo Artspace, Albuquerque, NM

Selected Group and Juried Exhibitions

2026  juried exhibition, The Space Between What Remains, Rolo Gallery, Denver, CO
2026 juried exhibition, On Edge 2026, Edge Gallery, Lakewood, CO. Juror: David Dadone, Executive Director + Chief Curator of the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art (BMoA)
2026 juried exhibition, Red, White and Blue, CORE New Art Space, Lakewood, CO
2026 group exhibition, Between Rhythm and Shape, 360 Gallery, Denver, CO

2026 group exhibition, 4 Play, Black Book Gallery, Englewood, CO
2026 juried exhibition, 63rd Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum, Monroe, LA 2026 invitational charity auction, ARTMA, Centennial, CO
2025 invitational...