Vince Carl

Vince Carl, born in Louisville, Kentucky, at an early age moved to Atlanta then to Cincinnati, in 1980 he relocated to Southern Oregon. He fondly remembers a substitute teacher in grade school encouraging him to explore his artist potential. His studies include: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1976 BFA, Mitch Kaufman-Katz, 1978-79, and Pat Enos 1993-96, Rogue Community College. Artists of influence include Kokoschka, Schiele, Picasso, and Rauschenburg. His work has appeared on the cover Art Calendar “Professional Artist” and in various gallery publications, as he has exhibited throughout the United States. Vince’s work has been collected nationally and internationally, recognized mostly for his figurative paintings. 

As part of his process, Vince builds his own supports and canvas's.  Describing his work, "My paintings develop through layering, utilizing acrylic paints, charcoal, gold leaf, acrylic mediums, pastel and collage, building thickness in the process.  My innovative use of squeegees to apply the paint is a technique I have been working with for more than 25 years.”  After his application of charcoal and/or pastel, he pushes a thinned solution of acrylic medium through a spray gun sealing the dry media within th...

1993
Studies with Pat Enos, emphasis on mixed media
1978
Studies with Mitchell Kaufman-Katz, emphasis on painting
1976
BFA, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio

museum exhibits

2000 Millenium Madonna, Grants Pass Museum of Art, Grants Pass, OR

solo exhibits

2006 Paintings from Life, Firehouse Gallery, Grants Pass, OR
2001 Different Folks, Different Spokes, Firehouse Gallery, Grants Pass, OR
Different Folks, Different Spokes, Rogue Community College, Medford, OR
1998 A Different Perspective, Grants Pass Frame Works, Grants Pass, OR
1996 Mixed Beings, The Annex, Rogue Community College, Grants Pass, OR
1995 Art of Beings, Artworks Gallery, Grants Pass, OR

dual exhibits

2009 True to Form, Rogue Gallery, Medford, OR
2007 Luminous Layers, Jacobs Gallery, Eugene, OR
1997 Wellness of Being, Lynn Benton Community College, Salem, OR

invitational exhibits

2017 New Figures, Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR
2015 New Abstracts, Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR
2014 Firehouse 20th Anniversary Show, Firehouse Gallery, Grants Pass, OR
2013 Nudes in the Attic, Attic Gallery, Portland, OR
It’s for the Birds, Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR
2012 Figuratively Speaking 2, Hanson Howard Gallery, Ashland, OR
2011 Mirrors: a portrait project, Firehouse Gallery, Grants Pass, OR
2010 Brainstorm 2010, Governors State University, University Park, IL...