Zenith Gallery
413 7th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004
(202)-783-2963 (202)783-0050 fax.
zenithga@erols.com
www.zenithgallery.com
Carol
M. Dupr้
Education;
Philadelphia Museum College of
Art: Master's Painting Techniques, Anatomy
Fleischer's Art Institute: Anatomy, Painting Methods,
Sculpture
Rollins College, Winter Park, FL: World Literatures,
History, Sociology
University of Central Florida, Orlando: Humanities,
Philosophy, Psychology, Literature
University of Maryland: Humanities, Literary Studies/Genre
Studies, Painting, Art Theory, Art History
George Washington University: Graduate Studies- American
Literature
Catholic University: Graduate Studies- Philosophy
Catholic University: Post-Graduate Studies- Phenomenology
Work Experience:
Teacher of philosophy,
philosophical topics in literature (5 years)
2
and 4 year colleges 1992-1997
Teacher of art, art theory, art history (8 Vi
years)
Art schools, universities, colleges
Recent papers (written, published,
delivered)
"Transmogrification: Artist-Philosopher, Philosopher-Artist"
(delivered 1997: Prince George's
College Philosophy Club)
"A Conundrum for Civil Society:
Diversity Under the Sign and Within the Psyche"
for The
Council for Research in Values and Philosophy (published 1998)
"A Problem of Translation and
Intolerance: Maimonides"
"Irony and the Detective Novel"
(delivered Phil. Dept., 1997: Binghampton, PA)
"The Book of Job; A
Lesson in Psychological Independence"
"Postmodern Discourse or Disconnect:
Philosophy, Art and Literature"
Entry Into
Discourse: Obscurities in Painted Texts and Levels of Paradox
The Subjunctive Condition in Propositional
Knowledge and Origination (thesis: published 1992)
Proposal: Examination of
Modern-Postmodern Alignments in Culture and Society (Educational
Development Project for the Humanities Council, Washington DC)
"Simulacra and New Cinematic
Values" for Dr. Peter Caws, Human Sciences Program, George
Washington University
"SALLY UNDER THE ARC, a resurrecting
sign of contradiction: the creative process" for Dr.
Margaret Soltan, Human Sciences, George Washington
University
Current: a book-length manuscript from
the Art Theory lectures, now with a national publishing
house. Working title: Art Theory and Studies in Creativity (with five
sections, approximately 12
chapters each, 378-445 pages)
One person Exhibits (painting):
Environmental Symposium and Art
Exhibition (invitational), Tampa FL March, 1983
Galeries Internationale,
Winter Park, Fl, September 1983
20th Century Gallery, Williamsburg, VA, September
1984
Virginia Institute of Arts, Richmond, VA, September 1984
Galerie Geilsdorfer,
Cologne, Germany, April 1984
Solo Retrospective, University of Maryland, Baltimore, June
1985
Hubris Gallery. Soho,
NYC, NY, September 1985
Galerie Geilsdorfer,
Cologne, Germany, November 1985
Virginia Art League Gallery, Alexandria, VA, January 1986
Foxhall Gallery. Washington, DC, March.
1986
Zebra Gallery, Hampstead, London, UK, June 1986
Galerie Geilsdorfer,
Cologne, Germany, December 1987
Foxhall Gallery. Washington. DC. March, 1988
Zebra Gallery.'Hampstead, London,
UK, Nov. 1988
Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD, January 1989
20th Century Gallery. Williamsbm-g,
VA, May 1989
Partners Gallery, Bethesda, MD June, 1989
Originals Gallery, Del Mar, CA, February 1993
Gomez Gallery, Baltimore. MD. May.
August, 1994
Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, 18 July- 8 September 1996
Zenith Gallery. Washington, DC,
1997
Zenith Gallery'.
Washington. DC (One Person Exhibit, 53 works done since January 1998: 15 May-16
June)
Zenith Gallery. Washington. DC.
June - July 2000
Border's Bookstore. Woodbridge. VA
(One person exhibit: New Caracole) September 2000
Diane Ashley Galleries. Baltimore and Philadelphia, current
and on-going
Current: monthly exhibits of gallery artists: Zenith
Gallery, Washington DC
Gallery Owner-Director: Margery
Goldberg telephone: 202-783-2963
Upcoming: Exhibits of Les Enfants:
apres purete at various
locations including 2 exhibits in Cyprus, 2002
Exhibits of new series including Gargoyles
Paintings are owned by universities, corporations
and individuals worldwide
Also numerous group shows,
invitational shows, award-winners group showsawards include: first place
medals/ribbons, certificates of merit, certificates of excellence, honoraria,
scholarship, dean's list,
university studies summa cum laude and :
December 1999: Ludwig Volgelstein
Foundation grant for painting
Honorary Lecture: "Narrative in
Art", 19 September 2000, Prince William Art Society
Guest
lecturer: "Women in the Arts", 18 March 2001, AAUW (Association of
American
University Women)
Group Shows:
Multiple First Award of Virginia,
April 1986
Pastel Invitational, Montgomery College, Rockville, MD 1987
Spectrum Gallery Invitational, Washington, DC, June 1990
Washington Figurative Painters, Touchtone Gallery,
Washington, DC, September 1990
Landscape Revisited Juried Nationwide, Delaplaine Visual Arts Center, Frederick, MD, October, 1990
Gallery Artists, Originals Gallery, Del Mar, CA, February,
1992
Gallery Artists, Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD, June-July,
1994
Art in Action. Greater
Reston Art Center
Gallery Artists, Zenith Gallery, Washington, DC, December
1995
And other group shows
Works in Progress (oil/canvas)
The "Ancients" series
The "Foregrounds" series
The "Columbarium" series
and
a book length study on "paint
language," the grammar and syntax of paint, signs, and fields, hidden
logic,
entitled Entry Into Discourse: Obscurities Within Painted Signs
Artist's Statement:
There are two nearly equal and
consuming areas of my life. The first is fairly straightforward. I paint. The
second is more complex, teaching art theory. Other than classroom lecturing, it
consists of many weekly
hours of reading, research, attending exhibitions, writing, offering critiques,
writing proposals for
exhibitions of painting students, and lots of discussion.
Painting, teaching, and writing all contribute to one
another; for me they are inextricably hinged, like
illustrated book pages. Continuous. They all share the
special qualities of theoretic process, many levels of
analyses and constant ransacking. These aspects, in a broadly investigative
manner, absorb and fascinate
me.
After studying philosophy it was natural to plunge into
theory, especially since its interests are focused on
creative thinking, creative acts, and an unwavering interest in the arts and
humanities. The scope is
tremendous because it takes on the importances of all
the arts, and various cultural reverberations, whether
it is filmmaking, theater, dance, music, literature, ancient texts and
religions, philosophy, psychology,
painting, history, textuality, architecture, and so
on. All this adds to the dimensional reach and the depth of
the action and the making.
At the same time that one thinks
theoretically and critically, and returns to art historical subjects in the
same manner, than all the contemporary modes and movements are invested in the
merits of
comprehension. It leads also to material use, the surfaces, the
texuality. the semiotics and
expanding
polysemy involved in making art.
In all the years of painting, I've
almost always worked in scries. The most recent have
been The Ancients.
Columbarium, The Foregrounds Series, ARC d' X, Transposed Heads and Commentary,
Fakt & Fancey,
Caracole, and finally, Les enfants; apres purite (all series
within the last 4 'A years, and all exhibited). The
"Apres Purite"
pieces are now seriously underway. And a new series of gargoyles has just been
launched,
to be exhibited in winter, 2001.
Sincere thanks are given to the
galleries that have shown my work, and the schools and
organizations that
have provided teaching/lecturing opportunities, and financial support for
painting.
