Carole Caroompas Explained

Carole Caroompas
Birth Date:November 1946 (Scorpio)
Birth Place:Oregon City, Oregon
Death Date:July 31, 2022
Known For:Painting
Training:M.F.A. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, 1971. B.A. California State University, Fullerton, California, 1968.
Awards:John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (1995), National Endowment for the Arts, Painting (1987/1993), COLA, City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Grant (1999), California Community Foundation Individual Artist Fellowship (2005)

Carole Caroompas (1946 – July 31, 2022) was an American painter known for work which examined the intersection of pop culture and gender archetypes.[1]

Early life and education

Carole Caroompas was born in Oregon City, Oregon, and spent her childhood in Newport Beach, California.[2]

Caroompas earned a B.A. from California State University, Fullerton and an M.F.A. from the University of Southern California.[3] She taught fine art courses at Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles.[4]

Awards and fellowships

Caroompas' awards included grants from the Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, COLA (City of L.A.), two from the National Endowment for the Arts and a California Community Foundation Fellowship. In 1995 she was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[5]

Selected exhibitions

Caroompas exhibited at the Ben Maltz Gallery in Los Angeles, the Whitney Museum of American Art, LACMA, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, Western Project in Culver City, Mark Moore in Santa Monica, P.P.O.W. in New York, Sue Spaid Fine Art, the Hammer Museum at UCLA, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

1994: "Before and After Frankenstein: The Woman Who Knew Too Much" at Sue Spaid Fine Art, Los Angeles, California[6]

1998: "Carole Caroompas: Lady of the Castle Perilous" at Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles, California[7]

1999: “Heathcliff and the Femme Fatale go on Tour” at the Mark Moore Gallery in Santa Monica, California[8]

2008: "Dancing with Misfits: Eye-Dazzler” at Western Project, Culver City, California[9]

2015: "Lore and Behold: The Art of Carole Caroompas" at Pasadena City College[10]

Personal life

Caroompas died in 2022, from Alzheimer's disease, at the age of 76.

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Curtis. Cathy. Simmering Talent in O.C. Suburbs. 8 March 2015. Los Angeles Times. 27 April 1999.
  2. News: Hanselman. Cheryl. Grimm's Stories Take On Adult Perspective : Exhibition: Carole Caroompas' paintings challenge the foundations on which childhood fairy tales are based.. 8 March 2015. Los Angeles Times. 2 October 1990.
  3. Web site: Carole Caroompas: Biography. Western Project. May 20, 2013.
  4. Web site: 2022-08-04 . L.A. artist Carole Caroompas, performer and painter who bucked convention, dies at 76 . 2022-08-05 . Los Angeles Times . en-US.
  5. http://www.gf.org/fellows/2297-carole-caroompas Carole Caroompas
  6. Myers, T. R. (1994). Carole Caroompas. New Art Examiner, 2237-38.
  7. Roth, C. (1998). Carole Caroompas at Otis College of Art and Design. Artweek, 2920-21.
  8. Cooper, J. (1999). Carole Caroompas: Mark Moore Gallery. New Art Examiner, 26(9), 47-48.
  9. Duncan, M. (2008). Carole Caroompas at Western Project. Art In America, 96(5), 204-205.
  10. Web site: The Galleries at PCC. Arts. Oct 7 - Nov 6, 2015. "Lore and Behold: The Art of Carole Caroompas". Pasadena City College. 3 November 2017.

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