Carmen Lang.
carmenlang.m@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2011-13 MFA California College of the Arts. San Francisco CA
1991-96 BFA National School for Painting, Sculpture and Printing La Esmeralda, Mexico City.
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO SHOWS
2016 Column, Random Parts Gallery, Oakland CA
2015 Historia Adulterada, Celda Contemporanea, Mexico City
2014 New Ceramic works, Roscoe Ceramic Gallery, Oakland, CA
Fragment Beings, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CA
2012 New Ceramic Work, Roscoe Ceramic Gallery, Oakland CA
2010 Vitrales, installation, TEC Milenio, Puebla, Mexico
2005 Terreno de Juego, XXI Mexico City’s Festival, El Chopo Museum, Mexico City
2005 El Cuerpo del Atleta, Pequeño Formato Gallery, State of Mexico University
2003 Futuros Hallazgos, José Maria Velasco Gallery, México City
1998 Cuerpos Mojados, Talleria Gallery, Mexico City
1996 Citius, Altius, Fortius , Art Deposit Gallery, Mexico City
1994 Feliz Merry Christmas, Metro Station Tacuba, Mexico City
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
2019 Crocker-Kingsley Competition, Blue Lien Arts, Roseville CA.
2018 2nd Biennale of Contemporary Artistic Ceramics, CECUT, Tijuana BC.
2017 8th Utilitarian Ceramics Biennal, Franz Mayer Museum, Mexico City.
2016 America´s Clay Fest, Blue Line Arts, Roseville CA
2018-08
30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis CA
2015 Body As Agent, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2014 The Human Form. Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN
Unbreakable, Selection of CCA Alumni, Benicia Arts, CA
Barro total, Museo de Arte de la SHCP, Mexico City
Génesis, Museo de Arte de la SHCP, Mexico City
2013Axis Gallery 8th National Juried Exhibition, Sacramento CA
Dirty Drawings, Will Brown, San Francisco CA
2013-10
Ceramics Annual of America, Fort Mason Herbst Pavilion, San Francisco CA
2010 Esférico- Gol SHCP Gallery, Mexico City
2009 El MACAY, Anfitrión de la Plástica Nacional Zona Centro, Mérida, Mexico
Fuera de Lugar, Galería de la Torre Universitaria UAEM, Cuernavaca, Mexico
Macho, Tangent Gallery, Sacramento California
Figurative Works, ASIF Studios, Grass Valley California
17th Palo Alto Clay and Glass Festival, Palo Alto California
2008 Las cosas intimas, La Caja Contemporary Art Museum, Mexico City
Exploring the Surface, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Ceramica contemporanea, Espacio K, Mexico City
2006 El Arte del Balón, Regional Museum Azcapotzalco, Mexico City
2005 Puertas Abiertas, Salon de la Plastica Mexicana, Mexico City
Contemporary Ceramics, Oscar Roman Gallery, Mexico City
2004 Deseo, Oscar Roman Gallery, México City
Nacionalismo, Oscar Roman Gallery, México City
2003 MACO International Art Fair, México City
Woolman Lane Climbing Kiln, Grass Valley Center for the Arts, CA
2002 1st Biennale of Tridimensional Art, 3D Museum, Mexico City
2001 10+10, Eric Harvey Theater, Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada
Mascara, Plug In Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
2000 Mexico-Canada Ceramics Exchange, Virreinato Museum, Puebla, Mexico
Intercambio 3+2, Contemporary Art Museum, Puerto Rico
1999 De la Misma Tierra, Cultural Center of Nuevo León, Monterrey Mexico
1998 2nd International Biennial of Ceramic Art, Alfa Planetary Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico
1st Biennial Olga Costa, Alhóndiga de Granaditas, Guanajuato, Mexico
1997 1st Johnnie Walker Presents, Modern Art Museum, Mexico City
1996 1st Ceramic Art Biennial, Planetario Alfa Gallery, Monterrey, Mexico
HONORS / AWARDS
2018 2nd Award. 2nd Biennale of Contemporary Artistic Ceramics, CECUT, Tijuana BCA.
2014 Invited Artist. The Human Form Symposium, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, TN
2012 George B Saxe Scholarship, California College of the Arts
2012 Penland School of Crafts Scholarship, California College of the Arts
2002 Honorific Mention, 1st Biennial of Tridimensional Art, 3D Museum, Mexico City
2001 Permanent Exhibition, Aquatic Hall of Fame and Museum of Canada, Winnipeg
ARTIST-IN RESIDENCE
2016 Art and Social Studies collaboration with CONCENTRARTE and HA TA TUKARI
2015 Self directed residency, Taller La Nube, Mexico City
2001 Thematic residency Sporting Life, Banff Center for the Arts, Canada
2001 Guest Artist, Summer session, University of Manitoba, Canada
2000-01
Exchange Project México-Canada, Talavera Uriarte factory, Puebla and the Banff Center for the Arts. Full grant from the National Foundation for Culture and Arts in Mexico (FONCA)
1999 Self directed residency, Banff Center for the Arts, Canada. Full grant from the National Foundation for Culture and Arts in Mexico (FONCA)
COMMISSIONS
2010 Ecoscopios, Temporary installation on Av. Reforma in Mexico City, Mexico
2010 Vitrales, Temporary installation at Tec Milenio in the city of Puebla, Mexico
PUBLICATIONS
2015 Catalog, Body as Agent, Richmond Art Center
2014 Catalog, Fragment Beings, Solo show. Text by Maria Porges, John Natsoulas Gallery
2013 MFA Now 2013 Archive Project, Root Division
2012-08
Catalog, 30 Ceramic Sculptors, John Natsoulas Press
2012-10
Catalog, Ceramics Annual of America. John Natsoulas Press
2008 Catalog, Las cosas íntimas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo La Caja
2003 Catalog, Solo show Futuros Hallazgos. Texts by Teresa Lobo and Javier del Cueto
1999 Catalog, Solo show Cuerpos Mojados. Text by Jaime Soler Frost
1998 Catalog2nd International Biennial of Ceramic Art, Monterrey NL
1998 Catalog1st Biennial Olga Costa., Guanajuato
1997 Catalog1st Painting Contest Johnnie Walker, Mexico
1996 Catalog1st Ceramic Art Biennial, Monterrey NL
INCLUSIONS
2013 The New Ceramics Paper Clay, Rosette Gault
2005 Paper Clay by Rosette Gault, New Century Arts
2010 Ceramics Today, Shiffer LTD
COLLEGE LEVEL TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Professor of ceramics and drawing at Sierra College Rocklin, 2016-18
Professor of ceramics at UC Berkeley, Art Practice undergraduate division, 2016
Professor. Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Ceramics. Fundamentals of Drawing. Graphic Design and Color. Painting Murals. Holy Names University. 2014-16
Instructor. Ceramic Sculpture. San Francisco Art Institute. Public Education Program. 2014
Instructor. Ceramic Sculpture. ASUC Berkeley. 2013-14
Professor. Drawing and Ceramics. La Esmeralda, National School. Mexico City. 1997-2003