PATTY CARROLL

b. 1946, Chicago, IL

 
Patty Carroll, Fat Johnnies Kid with Gun, 1987

Patty Carroll, Fat Johnnies Kid with Gun, 1987

Patty Carroll is an American photographer who has taught and practiced photography since the 1970’s. Her photography is characterized as vivid and boldly colored. Where her earlier works include typologies and portraiture, her new work symbolically expresses the domestic roles of women, via the series, Anonymous Women.

She earned a BFA in Graphic Design from the University of Illinois and in 1972, she graduated with a Master of Science in Photography from the Institute of Design at IIT, Chicago. Since receiving her MS in Photography, Carroll has been teaching photography at universities worldwide. She has been a professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Columbia College and the Royal College of Art in London, among other schools. Carroll’s photography has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Photography in Chicago, The Art Institute in Chicago, White Box Museum in Beijing, and The Photographers Association in Ningbo, China.

Her work has received many merits, publications, and grants. In 2014, she was listed in Photolucida’s “Top 50” after her most recent series, “Anonymous Women.” The series became a published book by Daylight Books in 2016. This is the latest of her five photographic books. Her work has also been published worldwide by organizations like The Huffington Post, Dallas Morning News, and The British Journal of Photography. In 2003, the Illinois Arts Council awarded her the Artist Fellowship Grant for her work.

EDUCATION

MS: Photography, Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, 1972

Graduate Student, Graphic Design, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana,1969-70

BFA: Graphic Design, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 1968

Adobe Certified Instructor: Photoshop, 2010 -current

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, Adjunct Full Professor Current (1999-Present)

Ascend Training, Chicago, Illinois, Adobe Photoshop Trainer (2010-Present)

Adobe Certified Expert and Adobe Certified Instructor in Photoshop

Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois, Artist-in-Residence, 2006-2007

Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois, Part-Time Instructor, (1999-2013)

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, Artist in Residence, 2005

Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Visiting Artist, Photography, 1997

Studio Art Centers International (SACI), Florence, Italy, Visiting Professor Photography,

Late Spring term 1997

Royal College of Art, London, England, Senior Tutor, Photography 1992-1996

The London Institute, London College of Printing School of Media, (LCP) London, England,

Tutor, 2nd & 3rd Year Photography Courses, 1993-1996

Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, Associate Professor, 1977-92

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, Instructor, Photography & Graphic Design 1974-76

Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, Instructor, Photography & Drawing 1973-74

Aegean School of Fine Arts, Paros, Cyclades, Greece, Instructor, Photography 1973

School of the Art Institute, Chicago, Illinois, Visiting Artist, Photography 1987, 86, 84, 80, 79

Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois, Instructor, Photography 1975

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Photography 1970

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: OTHER

Board of Directors, YoungArts, National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, 2006-2014

     Programs Chair

Board of Directors, Intuit: The Center for Outsider and Intuitive Art, 2001-2005

Curator of exhibition, “E2K: Elvis in the New Millenium”

     Intuit; The Center for Intuitive and Outsider Art, Chicago, Illinois, January-March, 2000

Juror and Mentor, National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts, Miami, Florida

     Photography Panel1999-2003

Curator of “The Constructed Self.” Curated exhibition of contemporary photography, sponsored by

     The Contemporary Arts Council. Also designed, wrote essay, and produced catalogue for

     exhibit. Exhibit shown at TBA Space (Tom Blackman Gallery) Chicago, IL, June, 1998

Juror, John G. Blank Center for the Arts, Michigan City, Indiana, Annual Juried Art Exhibit 1998

Juror, South Shore Arts, Munster, Indiana, 66th Annual Salon Show, 2009

Photographer for Walsall Museum and Art Gallery, Walsall, England, Made Photographic portraits

     of collectors and collections for "The People's Show"1994

Curator of "American Made: The New Still Life.” Curated exhibition of contemporary American

     photography; organized catalogue and wrote essay for (JACA ) Japan Art and Culture

     Association, Exhibit shown at Isetan Museum, Tokyo, Japan, June, 1993 and Hokkaido County

     Museum, Obihiro, Japan, Nov-Dec, 1993

Photography Program Co-ordinator, SACI (Studio Art Center International), Florence, Italy 1993-95

External Assessor, Photography Program, Richmond College, London, England 1992

Board of Directors, Oxbow Summer Art School, Saugatuck, Michigan 1986-1992

Vice-Chairperson, Society for Photographic Education (SPE) 1983-87

Designer, University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL 1969-70

Layout Artist Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., Chicago, IL 1968-69

PUBLICATIONS: ONLINE GALLERIES/BLOGS

BJP British Journal of Photography 8/2014

  http://www.bjp-online.com/2014/08/patty-carrolls-domestic-pleasures/

Wonderzine.com

     http://www.wonderzine.com/wonderzine/life/photo/201563-draped

Highlike 9/2014

     http://highlike.org

     http://highlike.org/?s=PATTY+CARROLL

Dark Silence in Suburbia 7/1/2014

     http://darksilenceinsuburbia.tumblr.com/post/90325960977/patty-carroll-object-of-desire

The Last Touch 7/1/2014

     http://artforlife2012.tumblr.com/post/90464337792/darksilenceinsuburbia-patty-carroll-object-of

Artisfied 7/1/2014

     http://www.artisfied.com/patty-carrollobject-of-desire/

Redesign Revolution, 1/30/2014

     http://www.redesignrevolution.com/anonymous-women-captured-patty-carroll/

Rooms Magazine, UK 2/4/2014

     http://www.roomsmagazine.com/index.php/2014/02/patty-carroll/

Design Faves 1/31/2014

     http://www.designfaves.com/2014/01/anonymous-women-photo-series-explores-personal-identity

The Observer 1/25/20144

     http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2014/jan/26/

     anonymous-women-draped-pattycarroll-photographs

Visual News, 1/19/2014

     http://www.visualnews.com/2014/01/19/women-wraps-eerie-photos-domestic-life/

Artsy Forager, 1/16/2014

     http://artsyforager.com/2014/01/16/patty-carroll/

Fubiz, 1/6/2014

     http://www.fubiz.net/2014/01/06/draped-anonymous-women/

CLTRACLCTVA 1/8/2014

     http://culturacolectiva.com/patty-carroll-mujeres-anonimas/

Seven Shades of Black, 12/18/2013

     http://7sobm.tumblr.com/post/70410025447/patty-carroll-anonymous-women-in-all-cases

Huffington Post, 1/8/2014

     http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/07/anonymous-women_n_4549973.html

Lost at E Minor

     http://www.lostateminor.com/2014/01/07/patty-carroll-drapes-women-fabric-photo-series/

Beautiful Decay, 1/2/2014

     http://beautifuldecay.com/2014/01/02/patty-carrolls-ghostly-women-draped-fabric/

Trendland, 12/31/2013

     http://trendland.com/draped-anonymous-women-by-patty-carroll/

IgNant Berlin, 12/17/2013

     http://www.ignant.de/2013/12/17/anonymous-women-by-patty-carroll/25th Century

     http://25thcenturyyy.com/patty-carrolls-anonymous-women/

Feature Shoot, 10/22/2013

     http://www.featureshoot.com/2013/10/photos-of-anonymous-women-covered-with-fabric/

New York Magazine/The Cut, 12/3/2013

     http://nymag.com/thecut/2013/11/patty-carroll-women.html

ND Magazine

     http://ndmagazine.net/photographer/patty-carroll/

Photodoto 9/25/2013

     http://photodoto.com/patty-carroll/

I Need a Guide; A guide to contemporary culture 9/10/2013

     http://ineedaguide.blogspot.com/2013/09/patty-carroll.html

CRYe Online Magazine 2013

     http://issuu.com/issuu.com_crye/docs/crye__2_july_august_13_l5

Lenscratch, Online Blogzine: Feature 8/2013

     http://www.lenscratch.com/2013/08/patty-carroll-anonymous-women-draped.html

Peanut Butter Thoughts, Online Gallery of Photography:

     http://www.peanutbutterthoughts.com/patty-carroll-night-resorts/

National Association of Photoshop Professionals (NAPP) Image of the Week 8/27 – 9/5, 2012:

     http://members.photoshopuser.com

Chased) Berlin, Germany Online Gallery:

     http://www.chasedmagazine.com/2012/08/online-gallery-anonymous-women-draped-by-pattycarroll/

Lenscratch, Online Blogzine: Hometown Exhibition 2012 (p.4):

     http://www.lenscratch.com/2012/08/2012-lenscratch-hometown-exhibition_27.html

I-REF Magazine for Contemporary Culture, Berlin, Germany:

     http://www.i-ref.de/2012/08/27/patty-carroll-die-unsichtbare-frau/

F-Stop Magazine, 2012 Interview by Stephanie Dean:

     http://www.fstopmagazine.com/Dean-55.html

Wirtualna Polska, 2012 Online Gallery, Poland:

     http://kultura.wp.pl/gid,15071998,title,Czy-ona-w-ogole-moze-oddychac,galeria.html

TimeOut Chicago, July, 2013:

     http://www.timeoutchicago.com/things-to-do/chicago-blog/16347336/man-bites-doga-conversation-

     about-chicago-hot-dog-culture

USA Today, July, 2013

     http://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/destinations/10greatplaces/2013/07/18/

     10-great-places-to-bite-into-unusual-hot-dogs/2567167/

“Elvis Shrines” Y’ALL Internet Magazine, (www.yall.com) August, 1998

“Impersonating the King” Y’ALL Internet Magazine, (www.yall.com) August, 1997

COLLECTIONS

  • Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL

  • The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

  • The John and Mabel Ringling Museum, Sarasota, FL3

  • FRAC Rhone-Alpes, Lyon, France

  • Polaroid Corporation, International Collection, Cambridge, MA

  • Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

  • Library of Congress, Washington, DC

  • Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL

  • Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC

  • California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA

  • Illinois State Museum, Springfield, IL

  • Ponderosa Collection, Dayton, OH

  • Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, France

  • Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

  • Chicago Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology

  • First Bank of Minneapolis, Minneapolis MN

  • Vienna Beef, Chicago, IL

  • Ruttenberg Foundation, Chicago, IL

  • Stone Container Corporation, Chicago, IL

  • Pacific Telesis Corporation, San Francisco, CA

  • The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

  • Saks Fifth Avenue