artist statement/bio
My passions are feminism, art and politics, which reflect my feelings and identity as a woman. Landscapes and figures remain my vehicles for seeking new ways to create art, inspiring me to make figures come alive, build landscapes from Chinese characters and explode color to excite the viewer.
Paintings transform my fantasy of ancient Chinese scrolls into vibrant bold colors reflecting the dramatic changes I have seen in my China travels beginning in 1982. They are informed by my own personal evolution as an artist and a woman.
My graphite pencil drawings of the ancient kingdom and beyond depict a playful and evocative perspective through the simple use of a single medium. From China, across the silk road, India, Bhutan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, Safari in South Africa, through South America to Easter Island, my travels inspire me to incorporate elements of the world's great architectural and visual history into my works. Enjoying the action of creation, I hope the viewer finds the fun and the sensuality to their liking.
I’m always in search of the Ch'i.
- Carole Richard Kaufmann
Paintings transform my fantasy of ancient Chinese scrolls into vibrant bold colors reflecting the dramatic changes I have seen in my China travels beginning in 1982. They are informed by my own personal evolution as an artist and a woman.
My graphite pencil drawings of the ancient kingdom and beyond depict a playful and evocative perspective through the simple use of a single medium. From China, across the silk road, India, Bhutan, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam and Cambodia, Safari in South Africa, through South America to Easter Island, my travels inspire me to incorporate elements of the world's great architectural and visual history into my works. Enjoying the action of creation, I hope the viewer finds the fun and the sensuality to their liking.
I’m always in search of the Ch'i.
- Carole Richard Kaufmann
About the Artist
Born in Lowell, Massachusetts, Carole Kaufmann has traveled extensively throughout Europe and the Far East as is evident in her paintings and drawings which evoke her fascination with people and places around the world. She uses oil, gouache, pencil and transfer mediums, often using Chinese paints and collage materials. Her work is in many private and corporate collections worldwide, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. Since 1972 she has worked and shown from her New York City studio.
Education
- Rhode Island School of Design, Providence Rhode Island
- Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City
Activities
-Official NGO Delegate of the WCA to the United Nation's 4th World Conference on Women in Beijing, China 1995
-National Museum of Women in the Arts Archives (Registry of women artists)
-Founding member and past President of the West Side Arts Coalition, NYC, 1979
-National Association of Women Artists - Board of Directors
-Women's Caucus for Art - NYC and International Chapters
-Artist Space Registry (Irving Sandler Artist File)
