Carrie Seid
Education
1991 MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1984 BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Public Art Commissions
2006-07 Phoenix Arts Commission, Terrazzo Floor Design for Fire Station 56, Phoenix, Arizona
2005-06 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Flowing Wells Community Center courtyard floor design, Tucson
2005-06 Oro Valley Arts Council, Oro Valley Public Library entry project, Oro Valley, AZ
2004 Oro Valley Arts Council, Five distinct projects for Northwest Medical Center, Oro Valley, Arizona
2003 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, El Presidio Neighborhood Association, wall design, Tucson, Arizona
2002 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Udall Senior Center lobby sculptural installation, Tucson, Arizona
2001 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Orange Grove Road noise walls design, Pima County, Arizona
Solo Exhibitions
2011 Animal and Mineral, Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2009 Radiance, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
2008 Emergent Features I,Lora Schlesinger Gallery, Santa Monica, California
Emergent Features II, Bentley Gallery, Phoenix, Arizona
Different Light, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2007 Lucas Gallery, Telluride, Colorado
2006 Lucas Gallery, Telluride, Colorado
2005 The Jacquard Series, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2004 Luminous Structures, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2003 Objects and Abstractions, Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2001 R..Duane Reed Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
Soumi College of Art and Design, Hancock, Michigan
Unplugged, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1999 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Soumi College of Art and Design, Hancock, MI
1997 Unplugged, Artemesia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1996 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, IL
1994 Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, Michigan
1992 Gathering Light Daemen College, Amherst, New York
Group Exhibitions
2013 Abstraction, William Baczek Fine Arts, Northampton, MA
2010 Art Miami, represented by Goya Contemporary Gallery, Miami, FL
Aqua, Art Exhibition, represented by Conrad Wilde Gallery
2009 Art Miami, represented by Goya Contemporary Gallery, Miami, FL
Aqua, Art Exhibition, represented by Conrad Wilde Gallery
2008 Group Exhibition, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2007 Faculty Exhibition, University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2006 Ectasis, three-person exhibition, Joseph Gross Gallery, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
Rising From Instinct, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, AZ
Sculptural Elements, Courthouse Gallery, Ellsworth, Maine
2005 She Objects, group exhibition, Conrad Wilde Gallery, Tucson, Arizona
2003 Arizona Biennial, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2003 Flat Art, Gallery of Functional Art, Los Angeles, California
2002 Works on Paper, Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
Vanier Gallery, exhibitions of gallery artists, Tucson and Scottsdale, Arizona
2001 Arizona Biennial Exhibition, Tucson Museum of Art,Tucson, Arizona
SOFA International Expo, R. Duane Reed Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
Figurative Metaphors, four person exhibition, Rochester Art Center, Rochester, Minnesota
2000 Arizona State University Faculty Exhibition, Nelson Fine Arts Center, Tempe, Arizona
1999 SOFA International Expo, Sandy Carson Gallery, Park Avenue Armory, New York City
1998 SOFA International Expo, Sandy Carson Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1997 Illuminating, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, Illinois
1997 SOFA International Expo, Sybaris Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, Illinois
1996 Chicago Abstraction, Klein Art Works, Chicago, Illinois
1996 Members Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1995 Artemisia Exchange Exhibition, The Living Arts Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland
1995 Pleasure (Beyond Guilt) Group Exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1993 In Western New York, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
1993 X-Sightings, Anderson Gallery, Buffalo, New York
1991 18 X 1, Michigan Design Center, Troy, Michigan
1991 Recuerdos, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Association, Birmingham, Michigan
1991 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition, Cranbrook Museum of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1990 17 Alumnos, Universidad Ibero Americano, Mexico City, Mexico
1989 American Craft Council Juried Exhibitions: Baltimore, Maryland and Springfield, Massachusetts
1989 Crafts at the Castle, Boston, Massachusetts
1988 American Craft Council Juried Exhibitions: Baltimore, Maryland and Springfield, Massachusetts
1988 The Art of Craft, Newport Art Museum, Newport, Rhode Island
1988 Crafts at the Castle, Boston, Massachusetts
1987 American Craft Council Juried Exhibition, Baltimore, Maryland
1987 100 Craftsmen, Morristown, New Jersey
1986 Crafts at the Castle, Boston, Massachusetts
Professional Experience and Awards
2011 Creativity Facilitator, ASID Tucson Chapter, Board annual retreat; led seminar in creative visioning for the future of the organization, lectured on creativity
2010-2011 Creativity Facilitator, University of Arizona, Honors College, Tucson, AZ; lectured on creativity and led group activities
2006-2010 Professor of Practice, Art Department, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
2004 Juror, Arizona Student Sculpture Competition
2003 Purchase Award, Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2000 Visiting Assistant Professor, Fiber Department, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
2000 Visiting Artist, Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
2000 Curriculum Developer, Chicago Park District, Chicago, Illinois
1998-2000 Instructor, The School of the Art
Institute of Chicago, Departments of Art History, Foundations Program, and Fiber and
Material Studies.
Visiting Sculptor, The International
Sculpture Conference, Chicago, Illinois
1996-97 Instructor, Marwen Foundation, Chicago Illinois
1996-97 Instructor, Providence St. Mel, Chicago Illinois; studio art and art history, K through 12th grades
1995-97 Co-President, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1995 Co-Curator, "Pleasure" group exhibition, Artemisia Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1993-1998 Principal, Stender + Seid Design, Inc., product design for Tag, Inc., Modulus, Inc., andTerragrafics, Inc.
1993 Instructor, State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
1992-93 Instructor, Niagara County Community College, Daemen College, State University College at Buffalo
1991 Merit Scholarship, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1986-89 Sole Proprietor, SEIDLINE Jewelry, a company which sold nationally through both wholesale and retail markets
1987 Freelance Textile Designer, Burlington Industries, New York City
1984-86 Stylist, Burlington Industries, New York City
Reviews and Publications
2011 The Huffington Post
2008 Regan, Margaret. “Pure Beauty,†The Tucson Weekly, July 24th.
2008 DarConte, Lorraine A. “Four Artists, One Cause,†The Desert Leaf, November.
2006 Regan, Margaret. “Movement and Metamorphosis,†The Tucson Weekly, August.
2006 Regan, Margaret. "She Objects" The Tucson Weekly, August.
2003 Lowe-Bailey, Charlotte. “Three of a Kind,†Tucson Home Magazine, Fall issue.
2003 Sasse, Julie. “Carrie Seid: Luminous Structure†, Tucson Museum of Art Guide, December.
2001 Artner, Alan. "Carrie Seid's Magic," The Chicago Tribune, April 13th.
Lowe-Bailey, Charlotte., 'Biennial Has Its Standouts," The Arizona Daily Star, June 29th.
Regan, Margaret, Arizona Biennial Review, The Tucson Weekly, June.
2000 Craig, Gerry. Sybaris Exhibition Review , Sculpture Magazine, July/August. Guten Cohen, Keri. "Sculpture Evolves on the Wall," The Detroit Free Press,
January. DiDonna, Liz. Sybaris Exhibition review ,The Detroit Metro Times, December 22nd.
1998 Levy, Marge. SOFA Chicago review, Sofaexpo.com, June.
1997 Glatt, Cara. The Hyde Park Herald, December.
1997 No Author. The Chicago Tribune Weekend section, October.
1996 Hawkins, Margaret. "Exhibit Conjures Emotion The Chicago Sun-Times, October 18th.
1993 Huntington, Richard. “An X-hibition to Remember,†The Buffalo News, May 21st.
1993 Duffes, Melissa. “X-Sightings,†Buffalo Art Voice, June 16-29.
1989 Small WondersThe Providence Journal Bulletin
1988 Accessories Magazine. "TALENT," March issue
Lectures
2007 University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2000 Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
1999 The Art Institute of Chicago, "IKATS of Central Asia," Chicago, Illinois
1999 Governor's State University, "IKATS of Central Asia," University Park, Illinois
1998 DuPage Textile Arts Guild, DuPage, Illinois
1997 SOFA International Exhibition, "Flexible Materials Transformed Into Art," Chicago, Illinois
1997 The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
1996 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1994 The Center for Creative Studies, Detroit, Michigan
1994 Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
1992 State University College at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
1991 Daemen College, Amherst, New York
