Carey Parks-Schwartz

ARTIST BIO Carey Parks Schwartz is an award-winning painter who has exhibited her work throughout the U.S., and in numerous private and corporate collections.  Carey has been profiled in magazine and newspaper articles.  She received an M.A. (M.F.A. program) in Painting from San Jose State University, and dual B.A. degrees in Studio Art and Zoology from the University of California at Santa Barbara.  Growing up in Los Angeles and San Francisco, Carey was influenced by urban and coastal themes in her paintings and continued these themes during a post-graduate move to Paris.  Carey lives today in the New York City area, working in her studio and teaching adult courses in painting, drawing and mixed media at Silvermine School of Art  and  at Norwalk Community College.  EXHIBITIONS  Plaxall Gallery, LIC Open,  Long Island City, NY  2018 Annual Faculty Exhibitions Silvermine Art Center, New Canaan, CT 1999-2018 Exposure, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY 2016 12th Annual Juried Exhibition, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY 2016  24th Annual Juried Competition, Bowery Gallery, New York, NY 2015  Fresh Pics: Contemporary Art in Connecticut, Ridgefield, CT 2008  Paper, Eyebuzz Fine Art Gallery, Tarrytown, NY 2007 58th Annual Art of the Northeast, New Canaan, CT 2007 Hot, Humid and a Chance of a Thundershower, Scarsdale, NY 2007 First Place,...Read More