Diane Carr

Diane Carr [1] is an artist known for her relief sculptures incorporating natural materials and forms.[2]

Biography

Early life and education

Born in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, Carr received a B.A. (1967) from Michigan State University, and a M.F.A. (1976) from Wayne State University.[1]

Career

Associated with the Cass Corridor artists working in Detroit in the 1960s through 1980s, her works in the 1970s-1980s are small scale reliefs, rectangular in format, and constructed of layers of organic materials. Later works (1990s onward) are notable for their increased size and curvilinear forms.[1] In 1977, she was a Guest Lecturer for Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. The next year, Carr worked as a Painting Coordinator for Ox Bow Summer Workshop in Saugatuck, Michigan. The following year she was a Visiting Artist at Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Indiana.

Exhibitions
  • 2008 “Tangents and Waves”, Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum, Saginaw, MI
  • 2006 “Gift of the Artists”, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City MI
  • 2006 “Northwest Michigan Regional Artists”, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI
  • 2002 “John Duffy Collection”, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
  • 1996 “Northwest Michigan Regional Artists”, Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI
  • 1994 “Hung Up” Sculpture on the Wall, Center Galleries, Detroit, MI
  • 1993 “Signs and Symbols”, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
  • 1992 “One Person Exhibition”, Feigenson/Preston Gallery, Birmingham, MI
  • 1990 “Art for Life”, sponsored by Aids for Research, Birmingham, Mi
  • 1990 “Part by Part”, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
  • 1989 “After 10 Years: Detroit Focus”, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • 1989 “Scholarship Recipients Revisited 1967-77”, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit MI
  • 1988 “Group Show”, Feigenson/ Preston Gallery, Birmingham, MI
  • 1988 “Diane Carr: 3 Dimensional Paintings”, Mott Community College, Flint, MI
  • 1987 “Bye”, Feigenson Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • 1987 “Art in Michigan”, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
  • 1987 “Gallery Selections”, Feigenson Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • 1987 “The Form of Color”, Nawara Gallery, Walled Lake, MI
  • 1987 “Artists In Michigan”, Michigan Council for the Arts Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • 1986 “WSU Alumni Exhibition”, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
  • 1986 “MCA Creative Grant Recipients”, The Art Center, Mount Clemens, MI
  • 1986 “ MCA Grantees”, Pontiac Art Center, Pontiac, MI
  • 1986 “One Person Exhibition”, Feigenson Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • 1985 “From Detroit: 1985”, Feigenson Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • 1985 “Artists Space Collaborate”, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH
  • 1985 “Art & Jazz at the Fox”, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • 1983 “Meadowbrook Invitational”, One Person, Oakland University, Rochester, MI
  • 1983 “Collectors Show”, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
  • 1982 “Four Poetic View-Points”, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
  • 1982 “Detroit/Windsor Exchange”, Artcite Gallery, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
  • 1982 “Atelier Beaubien Revisited”, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
  • 1982 “Group Exhibition”, Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • 1981 “One Person Exhibition”, Willis Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • 1981 “7th Michigan Biennial, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mi
  • 1981 “3+3=6”, Detroit Focus Gallery, Detroit, MI
  • 1981 “Detroit Summer Months”, Park West Gallery, Southfield, MI
  • 1981 “One Person Exhibition”, Birmingham Unitarian Church, Birmingham, MI
  • 1979 “Downtown Detroit” 21 Artists”, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills Mi
  • 1979 “One Person Exhibition”, Wesleyan University, Bloomfield, IL
  • 1978 “Works on Paper”, Feigenson-Rosenstein Gallery”, Detroit, MI
  • 1978 “Arts Alive”, Traveling Exhibition, Taubman Company, Detroit, MI
  • 1977 “Viewpoint 77: Options in Painting”, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield, MI
  • 1977 “Group Exhibition”, Gallery 7, Detroit, MI
  • 1977 “Bonior and Carr”, Two Person show, Detroit Artists Market, Detroit, MI
  • 1976 “Group Exhibition”, University of Windsor, Windsor Ontario, Canada

Public commissions, collections
  • "Skystone", Outdoor Sculpture for the New Buffalo Welcome Center, MI
  • "Sky Crystals", 4 Wall Sculptures for 15 ft. x 46 ft. wall, Karmanos Cancer Center in Detroit, MI.
  • Detroit Institute of Arts, 2 Wall Sculptures, Detroit, MI
  • Dennos Museum Center, 1 Wall Sculpture, Traverse City, MI
  • Southwestern Michigan College, 1 Wall Sculpture, Dowagiac, MI

Awards
  • 2006 "North West Michigan Regional Artists", Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan
  • 1996 "North West Michigan Regional Artists", Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, Michigan
  • 1985 Creative Artist Award, Michigan Council for the Arts
  • 1976 Mary Woodruff Award, Detroit Artist Market
  • 1974-76 Graduate Professional Scholarship, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI[3]

References
  1. Abt, Jeffrey. (2001). Up from the streets: Detroit art from the Duffy warehouse collection. Detroit: Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University. p. 60. ISBN 0971097313.
  2. Martineau, Janet. (2008, November 14). Diane Carr's "spiral gestures" feature Lake Michigan sand and her love of nature. The Saginaw News. http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/saginaw/index.ssf/2008/11/diane_carrs_spiral_gestures_fe.html
  3. http://www.artnet.com/artists/diane-carr/biography

3. http://dianecarrart.com/Artist.html

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