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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Time-In: A Visual JournalOctober 24 - November 14, 2020, Alterwork Studios, Long Island City, NY
Texture Spectrum: Mixed-Media Art by Carla E. Reyes – February 13- March 18, 2016, Midoma, NYC
Urban Impressionism: Mixed-Media Art by Carla E. Reyes – November 1 – 22, 2013, Yashar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
The Hot Wax Diaries: Encaustic Explorations by Carla E. Reyes – December 5 -11, 2011, The Bespoke Curator, NYC
Miscommunications…and other mixed-media musings…September 1 – 28, 2011, Yashar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Beeswax Arts presents: Carla E. Reyes - August 4 – September 6, 2011, Tryst, Washington, DC
Flower Power! Mixed-Media Floral Art by Carla E. Reyes - June 3- 24, 2010, Yashar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
G-Train Salon presents: Texture Gardens - September 25- October 16, 2009, Urban Alchemist, Brooklyn, NY
Raandesk Gallery of Art presents - Feminine Continuity - February 8 – April 18, 2008, Raandesk Gallery of Art, NYC
Sensuous Surfaces: Mixed Media Art by Carla E. Reyes - September 13, 2007 - March 21, 2009, Delluva, NYC
Visceral Visions - May 11 - June 8, 2003 - Ruth Marshall, Curator, Art Under Construction, NYC
Organic Expressions - December 11, 2001 - February 16, 2002, Midoma, NYC
Womanifestations - August 11 - 21, 2001, Modus Vivendi, Forest Hills, NY
GROUP SHOWS
Below Zero, February 3 - March 1, 2022, dodomu gallery, https://www.dodomugallery.com/exhibitions/below-zero
Off the Wall, LICArtists Inc. – Holiday Show, December 2-23, 2021, Culture Lab LIC/Plaxall Gallery, NYC
LIC-A@Atlantic 2020, LICArtists Inc. – Group Show, November 12-28, 2020, Atlantic Gallery, NYC
Red Parts - October 28- November 26, 2016, Yashar Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Urban Influence, June 21-30, 2013, 3rdEye(sol)ation Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
RAW Natural Born Artists presents KALEIDOSCOPE, June 19, 2013, 74 WYTHE, Brooklyn, NY
The Art Snack Registry, December 6, 2012, Space on White, NYC
Crest Fest 2012, June 30- August 31, 2012, Crest Arts, Brooklyn, NY
Inspired Art, America Scores Fundraising Gala and Exhibition, April 27, 2011, Sky Room, NYC
ART2GIFT, November19, 2010 – January 7, 2011, Raandesk Gallery of Art, NYC
The MIDOMA Retrospective 2000-2010, January 10 – February 13, 2010, Midoma, NYC
Benefit for Nicole: A Postcard Show, July 30, 2009, Priska C. Juschka Fine Art, NYC
The Affordable Art Fair, Raandesk Gallery of Art, Booth E202, May 7-10, 2009, 7 W New York, NYC
The Armory Show – Armory Arts Week: A Day in Queens, March 6, 2009, Crane Street Studios,
LIC, NY
Change – An Exhibition of LIC Artists, March 7 - April 26, 2009, Flushing Town Hall, Flushing, NY
Beyond The Surface II, May 8 –10, 2008, DFB Studio, LIC, NY
Representing The 718 And 212, March 10- 29, 2008, Leche-Vitrines Art Alliance, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Scratching The Surface, October 11- November 3, 2007, Leche-Vitrines Art Alliance, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
A Miscellany, By Raandesk, October 4 - November 9, 2007, Mana Fine Arts, Jersey City, NJ
Raandesk Gallery’s Emergence Art Party, September 19–20, 2007- Flats At Union Row, Washington DC
Beyond The Surface: The Artists At DFB, June 8 - 9, 2007, DFB Studio, LIC, NY
Leche-Vitrines Opening Exhibition, April 21-June 3, 2007, Leche-Vitrines Art Alliance, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Fourth Annual NoHo Artwalk, April 25 - May 9, 2007, Noho, Nyc
St. Jean Baptiste Galerie’s 1st Int’l Summer Exhibition, June 7-9, 2002, St. Jean Baptiste Galerie, NYC
Celebrating Creativity, May 31, 2001, Crew Cuts, NYC
2001 Gala Benefit Exhibition, February 3 - March 11, 2001, Art Under Construction, NYC
Human Being A Historic Body, March 21 - April 1, 2000, 450 Broadway Gallery, NYC
The New Flesh, December 11 - 25, 1999, 2/20 Gallery, NYC
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
Bridging the Gap, June 27- July 14, 2013, Flushing Town Hall – A Smithsonian Affiliate, Flushing, NY
Collage at 100: Strange Glue, (Traditional and Avant-Garde Collage) Virtual Annex, September 7–
November 20, 2012, Thompson Gallery, The Cambridge School of Weston, Weston, MA
Short List Curator, Enrico Gomez, Curator/Art Critic - June 2012, BRIC Contemporary Art, Brooklyn, NY
1st Annual Juried Small Works Salon Exhibition, 4th Runner-up, April 9, 2010, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Trans-positions, J. Tolnick Champa, Juror - May 28 -July 31, 2009, Henry DeFord III Gallery@CitiGroup, LIC, NYC
Art Into Action - Action Into Art, May 20 – June 20, 2008, TNC Gallery, NYC
Herstory 2007 - WINNER Best in Mixed Media, April 1, 2007–April 1, 2008, Manhattan Arts Int’l, NYC
Roles, Rites, & Rituals, February 28 – March 18, 2007, Pen and Brush, NYC
3rd Annual Face To Face, May 18 - June 24, 2001, The Stage Gallery, Merrick, NY
ART DEALERS
Art to Gift (Raandesk Gallery of Art), 16 West 23rd Street, 4th floor, NYC
The Art Snack Registry, NYC, http://theartsnackregistry.tumblr.com/
Leche-Vitrines Art Alliance, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Raandesk Gallery of Art, 16 West 23rd Street, 4th floor, NYC
ARTIST CO-OPS / COLLECTIVES
Lehman Art Collective, Bronx, NYC - Vice President and Artist Member, IG @lehmanartcollective
Long Island City Artists, LIC, NYC - Artist Member, www.licartists.org
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
Kolaj Magazine Online Artist-in-Residence - Project-driven residency for artists and poets
collaborating to investigate the intersection of collage and poetry
Alterwork Studios Online Artist-in-Residence - Cycle 3 (September 27 - October 24, 2020).
Selected artist for four week residency to experiment and explore concepts and move work forward,
with weekly studio check-ins, Instagram “takeover,” studio visit with an Alterwork artist, and a
culminating online exhibition of work completed during residency, hosted on the studio website.
Artist Educator-in-Residence through the National Park Service Teacher Ranger Teacher, Place-Based Education Program at Weir Farm Historic Site, Connecticut, summer 2016. Responsible for developing artwork and an art education program inspired by the artwork and historic elements of the site.
Teaching Artist-in-Residence, c/o SPARC (Seniors Partnering with Artists Citywide), Self Help
Austin Street, NY, February – June 2012 – Queens Council on the Arts grant recipient and resident
artist working with senior community members on proposed personal memory themed, mixed media,
art workshop projects and public exhibition.
Artist-in-Residence c/o The Creative Center at Roosevelt Hospital, NYC, November 2011–April 2012 – Artist residency
facilitating in-hospital weekly therapeutic, art making experiences with oncology out-patients and
their loved ones.
COMMUNITY/PUBLIC ART PROJECTS
Mural Designer and Lead Artist, NYC Dept of Transportation (DOT), April 2016 – Awarded commission by the DOT Art
Advisory Committee to design and create an original large scale outdoor mural with the assistance of community artists
and volunteers.
Kids Art in the Park Annual Event Creator and Organizer, Kew Gardens Cinemas Park, Kew
Gardens, NY, June 2009 – 2013, 2016 – Kew Gardens Council for Recreation and the Arts annual grant recipient for proposed children’s group mural project/art event.
Resident Charge Artist, Blissful Bedrooms, NYC, January 2010 – May 2012 – Lead volunteer mural
designer and artist participating in bedroom makeovers for young individuals with severe physical disabilities.
Community Mural Artist, Kew Gardens 100 Tile Mural, LIRR Station @ Kew Gardens, NY, Fall 2011–
Contributing artist for permanent community mural installation project.
Featured Artist, Inspired Art – Mini-Documentary for America Scores, edited by Stephanie Serrano,April 2011 – Artist collaborating with at-risk elementary school student to create and donate artwork for literacy and sports program
fundraiser.
School Mural Artist, New York Cares, NYC , September – October, 2011 – Selected artist responsible
for designing and sketching two murals for P.S. 54, Brooklyn, and supervising volunteer painters on New York Cares Day.
Community Mural Designer, Kew Gardens Cinemas Park, Kew Gardens, NY, 2008 – Selected designer
and contributing artist for collaborative, outdoor, community mural project.
EDUCATION
MFA Painting, City University of New York at Lehman College, NYC, 2023
MA Art Education, City University of New York at City College, NYC (Visual Arts K-12), 2012
BFA Restoration/Fine Arts, State University of New York at F.I.T., NYC, 2002
Visual Arts Diploma, Long Island High School of the Arts, Syosset, NY, 1992