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Caroline Thorington: Resume


Prize Prints  [click on each image to see a larger version in a new window]
           
Ariadne and the
Thoroughly
Modern Minataur ©97
 
   Mechi ©01    Cloud Pool ©01    Picnic Triptych ©90    Crocodile Moon Dance ©95

Education
 
  • MFA: George Washington University, 1975
  • BA: Kansas State University, 1965

Fellowships
1981
  • Workshop for Lithography Instructors, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM
1965-66
  • Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany

Grants
2008
  • Creative Projects Grant from the Arts Council of Montgomery County, MD
1999
  • Arts Council of Montgomery County to show ColorPrint USA in MD
1998
  • Maryland State Arts Council for a symposium on ColorPrint USA
1993
  • Arts Council of Montgomery County, MD for Moon Print Series Project
1982
  • Winfield Art Center, Winfield, Kansas, to show Natural History Prints

Teaching
1975 -2000
  • Montgomery College, Printmaking and Drawing
2000-2001
  • Maryland College of Art and Design, Drawing

Recent Awards
2016
  • 2nd Prize, Lasting Impressions, Grove Gallery, Gretel Geist Rutledge Gallery East Lancing MI - Indian Rhino, lithograph.
2014
  • Juror's Merit Award, Delta National Small Print Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery, ASU, AR - Magician, 3rd State.
  • Purchase AWARD, "Lilliputians March" Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN - Elephant's Picnic, lithograph and Chine Collé.
2012
  • Juror's Selection, MAPC Members Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of SE Missouri Galleries, Cape Girardeau, MO - Winter Fans, lithograph.
2009
  • Acquisition Award, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Pacific States Biennial Exhibition - Summer Celebration #5, lithograph & Chine Collé.

Recent Solo Exhibitions
2015
  • Menagerie, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD.
2014
  • Between Two Portraits, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD.
2011
  • Brush, Stone & Wood, Gallery Har Shalom, Potomac MD.
2009
  • Star Prints, the Art Barn Gallery, Gaithersburg, MD.
2007
  • Library Gallery, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD.
2004
  • Natural History Prints, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD.
2003
  • Favorite Places, Lithography and Woodcuts by Thorington and Feldman, Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD.
2001
  • Moon Dance Prints, College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD.
  • Scenes From Montgomery County: Lithographs and Paintings, Gallery 1, Clinical Center Galleries, NIH, Bethesda, MD.
2000
  • Lithographs, University of Dallas, Irving TX.
1998
  • Prints and Paintings, Kentlands Mansion Art Gallery, Gaithersburg, MD.

Selected Other Solo Exhibitions
1995
  • Lithographs, Rubenstein Gallery, Kogod Arts Center, Sidwell Friends School, Washington DC.
  • Lithographs from the Moon Print Series, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington DC.
1991
  • View From the Mall, Helen Orm Gallery, Clinical Center Galleries, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
1988
  • Lithographs, Albrecht Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO.
  • Lithographs, Centro de Convencoes, Brasilia, Brazil.
1982
  • From the New World, Rotunda Gallery, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC.

Commissions
2004
  • A Panda Sculpture for the Public Art Project:Pandamania by the D C Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Entitled, "PandaCamouflage," the sculpture was displayed in front of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, from May through September 2004 then auctioned to raise funds for the Arts in the District of Columbia.
2003
  • Commission Print, "Waiting for the Concert to Begin", Print Society of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO.

Invitational Exhibitions
2013
  • Four Persons: Four Media Exhibition, Arts Barn Gallery, Gaithersburg, MD.
2012
  • Bookmarks - Four Printmakers: Prints by four artists whose work is in the Montgomery County Works on Paper Collection. Exhibition included their works from the collection plus a selection of their current works. Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Silver Spring Civic Center, Silver Spring, MD. Curated by Crystal Polis.
  • Tangled Up in Blue Exchange Portfolio, SGC 2012 Conference Exhibition Portfolio, New Orleans, LA.
2011
  • Guest Artist: 21 plus 21 Show: Waverly Street Gallery's 3rd Annual Invitational, Bethesda, MD.
2010
  • New World/Old World Invitational Exhibition, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
  • Disguise Exhibition and Folio, Rueff Galleries, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN.
2008
  • 2nd International Printmaking Exhibition: 48 works, by artists from four countries, will travel to China, Korea, Canada, and the US, through 2010.
  • International Contemporary Lithography, at MoMA Wales, Y Tabernacl - Museum for Modern Art for Wales, UK, 2007, and then traveled to Bankside Gallery, London, England and the Naughton Gallery, Belfast Ireland in 2008.
2007
  • Passion and Process: Impressions from America's Master Printmakers, LVAA, Louisville, KY, November 10 2006 - February 5, 2007.
2005
  • Lasting Impressions: Seven Artists, Rockville Arts Place, Gaithersburg, MD.
2004
  • Out of Print, 10 Artists, Carroll County Art Council Art Gallery, Westminster, MD.
  • 1st Florida Printmakers Print Exchange Exhibition, 20 printmakers, University of Miami, FL.
2003
  • National Exposure: Prints Collected and Invited, Recitation Hall Gallery, U of DE.
  • 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Galleries, West Lafayette, IN.
  • Landscape Invitational, by the Montgomery County Arts & Humanities Council, US District Courthouse, Greenbelt, MD,
2002
  • Prints/Paper: Homage to Guy Kuhn, 5 Guest Artists, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington DC.
2001
  • On/Off/Over the Edge, American Print Alliance Traveling Exhibition of Prints and Artist Books, starting at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and traveling throughout the US through December of 2003.
  • Points of View, Invitational Exhibition, 10 Artists, SGC Meeting, Austin,TX.
2000
  • Lithographic Washes:, Tusche and Toner, University of Miami, FL and University of Dallas, Irving, TX.
  • Point of View:National Exhibition; 7 Artists, University of Delaware, Newark, DE.
1999
  • Animals of the World: The Artist's View II, Smithsonian Conservation Research Center, Front Royal, VA.
1998
  • COLORPRINT USA 98, 1998-2000:Invitational Exhibition of 53 artists from 50 states; Thorington represented MD. During Nov. 1998, the ColorPrint Exhibition was held simultaneously in museums and galleries in each of the 50 states then traveled throughout the USA through 2000.
  • Common Ground, American Print Alliance Traveling Exhibition of Prints and Artist Books. Exhibited throughout the US for two years.
  • Selections From "What's So Funny?", National Works on Paper Biennial, Marsh Gallery, University of Richmond, VA; Selections traveled throughout Virginia through Dec 2000.
  • Five Maryland Printmakers, Recent Work, Loyola College Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD.
  • Animals of the World: The Artist's View, Smithsonian Conservation Research Center, Front Royal, VA.
1997
  • 21st Boston Printmakers Members Show, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA.
1996
  • Nine Printmakers, Marlboro Gallery, Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD.
  • Animals & Creatures of Our Planet, 5 Artists, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington DC.

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