Carol Szymanski is a sculptor and multimedia artist with a special interest in language. She was a winner of the

Rome Prize The Rome Prize is awarded by the American Academy in Rome, in Rome, Italy. Approximately thirty scholars and artists are selected each year to receive a study fellowship at the academy. Prizes have been awarded annually since 1921, with a hiatus ...

in the 1988-89 competition.

Education

Szymanski received her Bachelor of Arts from the

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States ...

in 1977. She earned her Master of Fine Arts from the

San Francisco Art Institute San Francisco Art Institute (SFAI) was a private college of contemporary art in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1871, SFAI was one of the oldest art schools in the United States and the oldest west of the Mississippi River. Approximately ...

in 1982. She was also a student of

The Whitney Museum The Whitney Museum of American Art, known informally as "The Whitney", is an art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City. It was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875–1942), ...

Independent Study Studio Program from 1982 to 1983.

Grants, awards, and residencies

In 1984, Szymanski received a

New York State Council for the Arts The New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) is an arts council serving the U.S. state of New York. It was established in 1960 through a bill introduced in the New York State Legislature by New York State Senator MacNeil Mitchell (1905–1996), ...

Grant in Video. In 1988, the

American Academy in Rome The American Academy in Rome is a research and arts institution located on the Gianicolo (Janiculum Hill) in Rome. The academy is a member of the Council of American Overseas Research Centers. History In 1893, a group of American architects, ...

awarded Szymanski with the Prix de Rome in sculpture. That same year, The

National Endowment for the Arts The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal ...

recognized Szymanski with a Fellowship in Sculpture. In 2011, Szymanski was an artist in-residence at Cill Rialaig in County Kerry, Ireland. Szymanski's work at

Cill Rialaig Cill Rialaig is a contemporary arts project, comprising the ''Cill Rialaig Artist Retreat'' and the ''Cill Rialaig Arts Centre'' with exhibition and retail facilities, founded by Noelle Campbell-Sharp in 1991 and managed by a registered charity. ...

culminated in a group show entitled ''A Desert in the Ocean,'' curated by Catherine Howe. Most recently, in 2012, Szymanski held a residency at CCA Andratx in Mallorca, Spain.

Personal life

Szymanski is married to art critic

Barry Schwabsky Barry Schwabsky (b. Paterson, New Jersey, in 1957) is an American art critic, art historian and poet. He has taught at the School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute, New York University, Yale University, and Goldsmiths College, among others. Art cr ...

. They reside in New York City with their two daughters.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Szymanski, Carol Living people University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni San Francisco Art Institute alumni American women sculptors American multimedia artists Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women artists