Carol Alleman
USA
Carol Alleman began her sculptural artistic visions in clay; later expanding to include the lost wax casting in bronze. Eighteen years later she continues to passionately embrace the alchemistic nature of this ageless material and highly crafted process while working primarily in bronze. Her first bronze vessel, Miracles marked her transition into this new medium; and thus began the mystical and organic Tree of Life and Nature Vessel Series. This transition mirrored, to her, the longevity and ever changing character of nature as the bronze material holds inherent longevity characteristics and the patinas are ever, even if softly, always changing – not unlike the seasons themselves and the seasons of ones life. Her signature, museum-quality work encompasses highly evolved, intricate patinas and vast cut-out areas each within the ancient vessel form. The essence of infinity symbolic to the circular vessel form, while open to both receive and pour forth, is a powerful essence for Carol. Companion Writings accompany each bronze – sharing the inspiration of each piece as she received it and typically includes a poem. The inspiration she shares invites the viewer/reader to deeply and genuinely consider one aspect or another of the incessantly wise Voice of nature. She hopes and expects each piece to continue to speak to its caretaker, with a changing voice within each new season of their life – the writing intended as a seed which will continue to grow. Combining the written word with her growing forest of bronze vessels, Carol additionally inspires audiences through her presentations and poetry readings.
Born in rural Pennsylvania, Carol Alleman obtained her degree in Art Education from the Pennsylvania State University (PA/USA) and continued graduate studies at the Lancaster Theological Seminary (PA/USA). Most recently, she has completed studies with various contemporary artists at the Scottsdale Artist School, Scottsdale, Arizona. She was an elected Signature Member of American Women Artists , and a member of International Artists for Conservation – both memberships for well over a decade. She has completed numerous commissions, exhibits widely across North America including many museums and has earned awards in many juried shows, while appreciating an international collector base. Her work is held in the permanent collections of The Tucson Museum of Art and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
Carol’s commitment to conservation, and in particular our vital pollinators, continues to swell becoming more and more evident in her work each year. She holds a particular caring for the future of our honeybees, evident in the fine detail of her Nature’s Bounty vessel of white clover and a single, tiny honeybee.
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2022 Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ 43rd Annual Crafts Exhibition, Quiet Radiance
2021 New Britain Museum of Art, Nor’Easter Exhibition; New Britain, CT; Awakening Bliss
2020 BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM, Cartersville, GA; Making Their Mark: American Women Artists, Twilight Stars
2020 THE MESA CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM, Mesa, AZ 41st Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition; Awakening Bliss
2019 THE SHEMER ART CENTER and MUSEUM, Phoenix, AZ, Mini Masterpieces; In Vino Veritas I and Reality
2019 THE MESA CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM, Mesa, AZ, 40th Annual Crafts Exhibition; Love Blooms
2018 THE TUCSON MUSEUM OF ART, Tucson, AZ Arizona Biennial Bash Exhibition; Maple Joys
2018 HAGGIN MUSEUM, Stockton, CA; American Women Artists Illiuminate the Haggin; Womb of Life
2018 SHEMER ART CENTER AND MUSEUM, Phoenix, AZ; Arizona’s Desert Beauty; Seeds of Harmony and Graceful One
2018 BROWNSVILLE MUSEUM OF ART, Brownsville, TX 46th International Exhibition; Remembering Gratitude and Serenity (on bronze base)
2018 MESA MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART; Mesa, AZ 30th Annual Crafts Exhibition; Twilight Stars
2017 TUCSON DESERT ART MUSEUM; Tucson, AZ, American Women Artists Master/Signature Exhibition; Under a Vast Sky; Celestial Joy
2017 OLD WEST MUSEUM; Cheyenne, WY; Frontier Days, Twilight Stars, Love Blooms, Quiet Blessing
2016 JACKSONVILLE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM, Jacksonville, AL; 5x5x5; Mighty Oak
2016 SONORA DESERT MUSEUM; Tucson, AZ; Artists for Conservation; Love Blooms
2015 TUCSON DESERT ART MUSEUM, Tucson, AZ; Empire 100; Marriage of Spirit
2015 GILCREASE MUSEUM, Tulsa, OK; Collectors Reserve, Serenity and Twilight Stars
2015/2016 TEMPE CENTER FOR THE ARTS; Tempe, AZ ; Green & Gray; Transitions II, Woodland Queens, Celestial Joy, Trinity, Gratitude, Graceful One, Seeds of Harmony, Twilight Stars, Illusion of Complexity, Montage Abundance, and three originals in clay prior to casting: Gratitude, Miracles, and Trillium
2014 MUSEUM OF TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY; Lubbock, TX; Art on the Llano Estado; Twilight Stars, Seasons, Womb of Life, Trillium, and Ginkgo: Seed of Hope
2014 BOOTH WESTERN ART MUSEUM, Cartersville, GA; American Women Artists; Prevailing Winds; Ginkgo: Seed of Hope
2014 CORNELL MUSEUM OF ART; Delray Beach, FL, Garden of Promises
2012 THE INDIANAPOLIS MUSEUM OF ART, Indianapolis, Indiana, Remembering Gratitude, part of permanent collection of restoration and conservation pieces supporting research regarding how conservation intervenes with aging processes of fine art
2011 and 2012 NATIONAL MUSEUM OF WOMEN IN THE ARTS; Washington, D.C.; Gala Events, Gratitude and Womb of Life
2011 STICKLEY MUSEUM, Morris Plains, NJ Trunk Show; Ripe Abundance (framed), Possibilities, Trillium, Mighty Oak, The Seed, Remembering Gratitude, Seen and Unseen, You are a Branch of the Tree of Life, and Maple Joys
2008 CHILDREN’S MUSEUM; Tucson, AZ, Possibilities
AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS
2020 Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA; Making Their Mark: American Women Artists, Twilight Stars earned Distinguished Achievement Award
2019 311 Gallery; Flowers and Gardens National Juried Exhibition; Love Blooms earned First Place Award
2018 The Tucson Museum of Art acquired Graceful One for inclusion in their permanent collection
2017 Marilyn Newmark Foundation Award for Best Sculpture Done in an Academic Manner; American Women Artists Master/Signature Exhibition, Tucson Desert Art Museum; Celestial Joy
2017 25th Anniversary Mark Sublette/Medicine Man Gallery; Hardcover book
2016 37th Annual Mini-Works, Jacksonville State University, AL. Mighty Oak earned Groover Studio Award.
2016 Nature Inspired, Spring 2016 Edition, Book published by Nature Inspired Anthologies
2015 First Place Award, Gilcrease Museum Collectors Reserve, Tulsa, OK Twilight Stars
2015 Four Points Contemporary Biannual Competition, Honorable Mention, Ginkgo: Seed of Hope
2014 American Women Artists Signature Member Show, Bronze Award, Seeds of Harmony
2014 Western Art & Architecture Magazine, Illuminations, Aug/Sept
2014 Juried Legacy Art Exhibit, South Easton, MA Honorable Mention, Mighty Oak
2014 Four Points Contemporary Competition; Two Merit Awards; Celestial Joy, Illusion of Complexity
2013 American Women Artists, 16th Annual Member Show and National Juried Competition, Award of Merit, Remembering Gratitude
2013 Manhattan Arts International “Celebrate the Healing Power of Art”, Award of Excellence, Womb of Life
2013 The Art League of Hilton Head’s 2013 Biennale, 1st Place Award in 3D Category; Seeds of Harmony
2013 Arabella Magazine Fabulous Finds Summer Issue
2012 Artists for Conservation 2012 Hardcover Book, International Exhibit of Nature in Art
2012 Best Sculpture Done in a Realistic and Academic Manner, 2012 American Women Artists National Juried Exhibit; In Vino Veritas I
2012 Merit Award Winner, Hudson Gallery NOW WOW Project II
2012 Artists for Conservation 2011 Hardcover Book, International Exhibit of Nature in Art
2012 Wildscape Magazine, An International journal of Wildlife Art & Conservation ; Featured Article
2012 First Place Award, “International Miniature Art Show”, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC; Trillium
2012 Gallery Choice Award, Women’s Works, “25th Annual International Exhibition of Women’s Art” Woodstock, ILL; Remembering Gratitude
2011 Luxe Design + Interiors Magazine, Fall 2011 Issue Featured Artist
2011 Arabella, Canadian Art, Architecture and Design Magazine, 2011 Autumn Issue, Fabulous Finds
2007 A Montage of Masterworks, The Redfern Gallery
2007 Phoenix Home and Garden, IDEA House Publication
2006 Southwest Art, December issue, “Vases and Vessels” and “Start Your Collection”
2006 Phoenix Home & Garden Magazine, November Issue, Guest Artist Feature Article
2006 Celebrating Thirty Years, The Redfern Gallery
2005 Southwest Art, Artists to Watch
2005 Industry Award, Sculptural Pursuit Annual Competition
2005 Art Calendar – Cover
2005 Ministry & Liturgy Magazine – feature BENE Award article
2004 BENE Award, Ministry & Liturgy Annual Visual Arts Award, San Jose, CA; Montage Abundance; Illusion of Complexity
EXHIBITIONS
2022 Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ 43rd Annual Crafts Exhibition, Quiet Radiance
2021 New Britain Museum of Art, Nor’Easter Exhibition; New Britain, CT
2021 American Women Artists National Juried Exhibition; Virtual; Lifting the Sky: Elevating the Works of American Women Artists
2021 International Miniature Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, N.C.
2020 Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ; 41st Annual Contemporary Crafts Exhibition
2020 Booth Western Art Museum, Cartersville, GA; Making Their Mark: American Women Artists
2020 International Miniature Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, N.C.
2019 Mountain Oyster Club 50th Annual Contemporary Art Show; Tucson, AZ
2019 American Women Artists Exhibition: A Tradition of Excellence; RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, TX
2019 311 Gallery, Raleigh, NC “Flowers and Gardens” Exhibition
2019 Shemer Art Center and Museum, Phoenix, AZ Mini Masterpieces Exhibition
2019 Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, AZ; 40th Annual Crafts Exhibition
2018 Tucson Museum of Art Biennial Bash Exhibition and Sale; Tucson, AZ
2018 Shemer Art Center and Museum; Phoenix, AZ; Arizona’s Desert Beauty
2018 Overland Park, KS; Above Beyond By Design
2018 Haggin Museum of Art, Stockton, CA; Full Sun: American Women Artists Illuminate the Haggin
2018 Brownsville Museum of Art, Brownsville, TX; 46th International Exhibition
2018 Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC 27th International Miniature Art Show
2018 Overland Park; Overland Park, KS; Art at the Center Juried Exhibition
2018 Mesa Museum of Contemporary Art, 39th Annual Crafts Exhibition, Mesa, AZ
2017 Mountain Oyster Club Annual Art Show, Tucson, AZ
2017 American Women Artists Master and Signature 2017 Exhibition; Tucson Desert Art Museum, Tucson, AZ
2017 Viewpoint 49, Cincinnati, Ohio
2017 Topeka Competition 33; Topeka Kansas
2017 The Broadmoor Gallery, Broadmoor Hotel, Colorado Springs, CO; Group Sculpture Show
2017 Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, CO; TVAL Show
2017 Mark Sublett/Medicine Man Gallery; 25th Anniversary Group Show, Tucson, AZ
2017 Old West Museum; Frontier Days Exhibition, Cheyenne, WY
2017 Artists for Conservation, Through February 4, 2017; Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
2016 Artists for Conservation, Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
2016 Reconsidered Landscape, Perry & Carlson, Mount Vernon, WA
2016 5x5x5 Competition, River Oaks Square Arts Center, Alexandria, LA
2016 Studio Channel Islands, Abundance, Camarillo, CA
2016 Bank of the Arts Juried Exhibition, New Bern, NC
2016 National Parks-Personal Narratives, Phipps Center for the Arts, Hudson WI
2016 Artists for Conservation, Annual Exhibit Live and Traveling, Vancouver B.C.
2016 American Women Artists Masters and Signature Exhibit, Bennington, VT
2016 Tree of Life Juried Exhibition, Costa Mesa, CA
2016 Appalachian Nature Art, Juried Exhibition, Cumberland MD
2016 Five x Five x Five, Jacksonville State University, Jacksonville, AL
2016 Liturgical and Sacred Art Juried Exhibition, Springfield, IL
2016 29th Annual Women’s Works Juried Exhibition; Woodstock IL
2016 Above and Beyond – By Design Juried Exhibition; Overland Park, KS2015 Tempe Center for the Arts, Green and Gray; Tempe AZ (Retrospective)
2015 Gilcrease Museum, Collector’s Reserve Invitational, Tulsa, OK
2015 Artists for Conservation Annual Member Exhibition, Vancouver, Canada
2015 Legacy Juried Art Exhibition, North Easton MA
2015 Seaside Miniature International Art Exhibition, Nags Head, NC
2015 Empire 100 Juried Exhibition, Tucson Desert Art Museum, Tucson AZ
2015 Women’s Works 2015, 28th Annual International, Woodstock, ILL
2015 Four Points Contemporary Biannual Competition
2014 Mountain Oyster Club, 2014 Art Exhibit, Tucson AZ
2014 American Women Artists 2014 Signature and Master Signature Member Exhibit, Booth Western Art Museum, GA
2014 Kudos International Juried Exhibition, 10th Annual
2014 Four Points Contemporary 3rd BiAnnual, Texas
2014 Blanche Ames National Exhibition, North Easton, MA
2014 Juried Legacy Art Exhibit, Governor Ames Estate, South Easton, MA
2014 LCAA National Juried Exhibition, Lancaster County Art Association, Strasburg, PA
2014 American Women Artist 17th Annual Member Show, Addison Art Gallery, Orleans, MA
2014 Chicago International Art, Antique and Jewelry Show, Shown By Oliver & Espig Gallery, Chicago IL
2014 Art on the Llano Estacado Art Exhibition, Museum of Texas Tech University, TX
2014 Balance, Herberger Theater, Phoenix AZ
2014 Cornell Museum National Juried Exhibition, Cornell Musuem, Del Ray Beach, FL
2013 Four Points Contemporary, Texas Online Exhibition
2013 Topeka Competition 31, Alice C. Sabatini Gallery, Topeka, Kansas
2013 American Women Artist 16th Annual Members Show and National Juried Competition, RS Hanna Gallery, Fredericksburg, Texas
2013 Art Kudos National Juried Art Competition and Exhibition
2013 Blanche Ames National Juried Exhibit, North Easton, MA
2013 Artist for Conservation, 2013 Annual Juried Exhibit
2013 Manhattan Arts International, Celebrate the Healing Power of Art, Juried Exhibition
2013 American Women Artists Juried On-Line 2013 Exhibition
2013 33rd Annual Egyptian Event, Pyramid Society, Lexington, Kentucky
2013 22nd International Miniature Art Show, Seaside Gallery, Nags Head, NC
2013 The Art League of Hilton Head’s 2013 Biennale Juried Exhibition, Walter Greer Gallery, Hilton Head Island, SC
2013 Winter Expo 2013, Infinity Art Gallery
2013 12×12 Exhibit, Middle Tennessee State University Todd Art Gallery, Murfreesboro, TN
2012 Hudson Gallery, the NOW WOW project, II, Sylvania, OH
2012 Artist for Conservation Signature Member Exhibition, Vancouver, BC
2012 American Women Artists 15th Annual Juried Competition Exhibition, Tubac, AZ
2012 Blanche Ames National Art Exhibition, North Easton, MA
2012 Art Kudos International Juried Art Competition and Exhibition
2012 Women’s Works, “25th Annual International Exhibition of Women’s Art” Woodstock, ILL,
2012 Seaside Exhibit, “International Miniature Art Show” Outer Banks, NC
2012 25th Anniversary Spring Gala,National Museum of Women In the Arts, Washington DC
2011 Stickley Museum Trunk Show, In support of the museum at the Craftman Farms, Morris Plains NJ
2011 Art for Heart, Appalachian Service Project Fundraiser, Grandview United Methodist Church, Lancaster PA
2011 Art Kudos International Juried Art Competition and Exhibition
2011 Annual Spring Gala, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC
2011 20th Annual International Miniature Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC
2011 Sacred Messages, Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix AZ
2010 Art for Heart, Appalachian Service Project Fundraiser, Grandview United Methodist Church, Lancaster PA
2010 Feast for the Beasts!, Tucson Zoological Society, Tucson AZ
2010 Jerome Beillard Festival for Life, Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF), Tucson AZ
2010 Carol Alleman and Maurice Sevigny, Two-Person Exhibition, Northern Trust, Tucson AZ
2009 Art for Heart, Appalachian Service Project Fundraiser, Grandview United Methodist Church, Lancaster PA
2009 6th Annual Flavors of Tucson, Desert Southwest American Liver Foundation, Tucson AZ
2009 18th International Miniature Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head NC
2009 Gravity Exhibit, Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix AZ
2009 Singularity Exhibit, Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix AZ
2008 Art for Heart, Appalachian Service Project Fundraiser, Grandview United Methodist Church, Lancaster PA
2008 Jerome Beillard Festival for Life, Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation (SAAF), Tucson AZ
2008 Family Fun Brunch Silent Auction, Tucson Children’s Museum (TCM), Tucson AZ
2008 Ongoing Exhibit, Arizona Cancer Center Clinic, University Medical Center (UMC), Tucson AZ
2008 17th International Miniature Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC
2008 SculptureWalk 2008, Sioux Falls SD
2008 Garden of the Soul Group Exhibit, Herberger Theater Center, Phoenix AZ
2007 American Women Artists 2007 National Juried Competition, LeKAE Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
2007 Invited Artist, Sculpture in the Park, Loveland High Plains Art Council, Loveland CO
2007 Visions & Alchemy, Two-Person Show with Cary Henrie, Meyer-Milagros Gallery, Jackson Hole WY
2007 Idea House, Phoenix Home and Garden 2007 Idea House, Talking Rock AZ
2007 16th International Miniature Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head, NC
2006 One-Person Show, Willow Gallery, USA, Scottsdale AZ
2006 10th Annual Sacred Art Exhibit, Box Heart Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2006 Two-Person Show, Meyer-Milagros Gallery, Jackson Hole WY
2006 Invited Artist, Sculpture in the Park 2006, Loveland High Plains Art Council, Loveland CO
2006 15th International Miniature Show, Seaside Art Gallery, Nags Head NC
2005 Mighty Oak presented to Nobel Peace Prize Winner, Wangari Maathai, Tree People, Beverly Hills CA
2005 Two- Person Show, Meyer-Milagros Gallery, Jackson Hole WY
2005 Invited Artist, Sculpture in the Park 2005, Loveland High Plains Art Council Loveland, CO
2005 Solo Show, The Redfern Gallery, Laguna Beach CA
2005 Group Show, Rhodes Stringfellow Fine Art, Cannon Beach OR
2005 Greater Midwest International Exhibit XX, CMSU, MO
2005 Three – Person Show, Meyer Gallery, Park City UT
2005 Parkland Gallery, Champaign IL
2004 Director’s Choice, Artspace / Virginia Miller Galleries, Coral Gables FL
2004 Group Show, New Masters Gallery, Carmel CA
2004 Invited Artist, Sculpture in the Park 2004, Loveland High Plains Art Council, Loveland CO
2004 Group Show, Rhodes Stringfellow Fine Art, Cannon Beach OR
2004 Two – Woman Show, Meyer Gallery, Park City UT
2003 Group Show, Rhodes Stringfellow Fine Art, Cannon Beach OR
2003 Invited Artist, Sculpture in the Park 2003, Loveland High Plains Art Council, Loveland CO
2003 Contemporary Works of Faith, Liturgical Art Guild, Columbus OH
2002 American Women Artists, Santa Fe NM
2002 St. John’s International School, Brussels, Belgium
1999 Shemer Gallery and Museum of Art, Phoenix AZ
1998 Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac AZ
1998 Tucson-Pima Arts Council, Tucson AZ
1997 Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac AZ
1996 Tubac Center for the Arts, Tubac AZ
COMMISSIONS
2011 Private Commission, Celestial Joy
2010 Private Commission, Voice of Wisdom
2007 Private Commission, Ginkgo: Seed of Hope (pair)
2004 Montage Resort & Spa Laguna Beach, Laguna Beach, CA and The Redfern Gallery, Infinity (pair)
2003 The Redfern Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, Transitions II
LECTURES AND READINGS
2009 Artist Talk / Poetry Reading and Exhibition, Bottoms Art Galleries presents Bella Arte Events, Santa Barbara CA
2009 Private Collection Viewing and Intimate Talk, McLean VA
2007 Artist Talk and Prose Reading, Meyer-Milagros Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY
