About
My approach is intuitive and evolutionary, involving a continual dialogue between formal concerns, the materials, and the subject matter. Ideally, the end result is something of a surprise that has a resonant power that speaks on its own terms.
I am in love with making art. When it coalesces, the artist and viewer share a profound wordless dialogue. I know how I feel when I look at a work of art that takes my breath away. Experiencing art, as creator or viewer, reflects the best of the creative spirit in our shared humanity. Ultimately, art speaks in its own voice. Color, form, and line carry the emotional resonance of my work.
Medium
I primarily paint with oils and acrylics with serious forays into printmaking. I began my career as a sculptor. Volume and form shape my work. I have recently returned to clay through ceramics.
Background
BA Art History, Brandeis; MFA Sculpture, Parsons School of Design/NY Studio School. I studied painting with John Adams Griefen. Attended Triangle Artists’ Workshop, Vermont Studio School, Emma Lake, Leighton Foundation, and Chateau Orquevaux. Also studied with Ronnie Landfield. Currently, studying with Jill Nathanson and Bruce Dorfman at the Art Students League. Regularly exhibit in solo and group shows.
Instagram: CaraLondonFineArt | Email: cara@caralondon.com | Website: caralondon.com
Born: 1961 in Brooklyn, NY.
Currently lives in Flemington, NJ
EDUCATION
- 2016-2023 Raritan Valley Community College, Printmaking
- 2019 Chateau Orquevaux Artist Residency, France. Recipient of the Denis Diderot Grant
- 2018 Takaezu Studio- Clay Workshop
- 2016 Raritan Valley Community College, Ceramics
- 2012-15 Hunterdon Art Museum, Printmaking
- 1984-2001 Painting workshop with John Adams Griefen
- 1993, 1989 The Leighton Foundation Center, Calgary CA. Five selected artists
- 1994 Emma Lake Workshop, Saskatchewan, CA. Intensive two-week residential artists' program for selected artists
- 1990 Vermont Studio School, Johnson City, VT
- 1986 Triangle Artists' Workshop, Pine Plains, NY
- 1985 NYSS/Parsons School of Design/New School University, NYC. MFA, Sculpture. Studied with Ronald Bladen, Michael Gitlin and George Trakas
- 1983 New York Studio School, NYC. Studied with Sidney Geist, Peter Agostini, Jonathan Silver
- 1983 Brandeis University, Waltham, MA. BA, Art History
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2020 Gallery at the Park, Union City, NJ
- 2017 Theater for the New City, NYC
- 2015 Theater for the New City, NYC
- 2014 SOMI Fine Art Gallery, Breathing with Paint, Flemington, NJ
- 2009 Waltuch Gallery at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades, Tenafly, NJ
- 2008 River’s Edge Gallery, Bridgeton House, Upper Black Eddy, PA
- 2005 GJ Cloninger & Co, Morris Plains, NJ
- 2003 Musconetcong Gallery at Alba Vineyards, Finesville, NJ
- 2002 J Catania Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
- The Reader's Digest Association, Inc., Pleasantville, NY
- Golden Artists' Colors, Berlin, NY
- Chateau Orquevaux Permanent Collection, France
- Park Theatre Performing Arts Center Permanent Collection, Union City, NJ
- David Duffin, Sharecom, Calgary, CA
- Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center, Hunterdon, NJ
- Flemington Jewish Community Center, Flemington, NJ
- Projectavision, Inc, NY, NY
- Switzer Group, NY, NY
- Hunterdon Academy of the Arts, Flemington, NJ
- Matt's Red Rooster Grill, Flemington, NJ
- Flemington Cafe, Flemington, NJ
- Bnai Zion Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
- The Leighton Foundation, Calgary, CA
- Triangle Artists' Collection, NY, NY
- Alba Vineyard, Milford, NJ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2022 RVCC Juried Printmaking Exhibition, Branchburg, NJ
- 2022 New York Studio School Virtual Alumni Exhibition
- 2022 RVCC Student Show
- 2021 Biafarin Online- Gallerium: Children
- 2021 The Painting Center Art File Gallery
- 2021 FlatFile 8x8 Season 2
- 2021 AHA Fine Art Gallery, Viva la Memento Mori
- 2021 Mills Pond Gallery, Visualizing the Past
- 2020 RVCC Independent Study Show, Branchburg, NJ
- 2019 M Galleries at Pohatcong Native Arboretum
- 2019 LBIF, Long Beach Island Foundation
- 2019 Brick and Mortar Gallery, A Collection of Lines
- 2019 THAT, The Hunterdon Art Tour, Group Show Hunterdon Art Museum
- 2019 Bethany Arts Community, Fragile Threads: In Search of Authenticity & Liberation, Ossining, NY
- 2018 RVCC Group Show, Branchburg, NJ
- 2017 RVCC Group Show, Branchburg, NJ
- 2017 Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ
- 2016-17 Sideshow Gallery, Through the Rabbit Hole, Brooklyn, NY
- 2017 Baruch College, NYC
- 2014 SOMI Fine Art Gallery, Group Exhibition
- 2007-2017 Naked in New Hope, Sidetracks Gallery, New Hope, PA
- 2008 Two Points of View, Hunterdon Academy of the Arts Gallery, Flemington, NJ
- 2006 Riverbank Arts, Stockton, NJ
- 2006 Harrison Street Gallery, Frenchtown, NJ
BIBLIOGRAPHY
- Triangle Artists Workshop, Forty Years of Triangle, 2023
- Piri Halasz, PhD, From the Mayor’s Doorstep, (24 Apr 2018) Abstract Representational
- Piri Halasz, PhD, From the Mayor’s Doorstep, (5 Jun 2017) MOMA, TNC & Matisse Going Viral in Montclair
- Piri Halasz, PhD, From the Mayor’s Doorstep, (6 Oct 2015): Only One Big Toe
- Piri Halasz, PhD, From the Mayor's Doorstep, No.84 (1 June 2009) Supplement to the Deluxe Print Edition:
Cara London, Oranges in a Bag - Hillary Thomas, Hunterdon Review: Readington Township Woman has a Passion for Painting
- Piri Halasz, PhD, “From the Mayor’s Doorstep,”(October 2007) Images of the Nude in Pennsylvania, p.68-69.
- Cathie Viksjo, Hunterdon County Town & Country Living, Fall 2006, Vol. 4, Number 3: Gallery: Cara London
- Bernie Abrams, Today in Hunterdon, July 27, 2006, p. 1: Artist Watches, then Uses Transitions
- S.M. Standring, Hunterdon Democrat, Jan 13, 2000: Blind Sculptor Possesses Unique Vision
- Eleanor Barrett, Sunday Star Ledger, October 1, 1995, p 47: Artist Ferrets Out Data to Create a Memory
- Emanuel Haller, Strictly Hunterdon, Jan. 22 1993: Art Hobby Finally Became Career for ex-Broker
- Emanuel Haller, Courier News, Jan 10, 1993: Artist finds herself bursting with creativity
- Tammy Paolino, Hunterdon Democrat, Dec 31, 1992: Artist Takes Stock, Opts for Painting