Carola Clift

Visual Artist                                                                                      

Born               Santa Fe, New Mexico, May 20, 1974

Current Active Projects and Upcoming Exhibitions

                        Meanwhile

                        CXC

                        Comma

                        Temple and Shelter: David Wright House (Architect Frank Lloyd Wright)

                        Autobiography of a View

                        Painting (ongoing)

Solo Exhibitions

2022                Prelude, Comma, Fugue: A Sky Installation  Museum of the Southwest, TX

2011                Resonance and Reverberation  William Siegal Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2007                Carola Clift: Before Words  Santa Fe Music Conservatory, Santa Fe, NM

2007                Carola Clift: Eleven  STUDIO SITE Santa Fe 07 Installation

2006                Carola Clift: Inter Views  R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA

2005                Inter Views:  Pictures in Paint and Silver PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2004                Carola Clift, 2 Photographs, 2 Paintings PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2001                Carola Clift: Photographs from the ‘Wild Bird’ Portfolio: The Nathaniel

And Margaret Owings House, Grimes Point, Big Sur CA, PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Group Exhibitions

2023                Art in the Making  Evoke Gallery, Santa Fe

2022                A Particular World:  The Clift Family of Artists  Museum of the Southwest, TX

2018                Carola Clift, Featured artist, Museum of New Mexico’s 100 th Anniversary                                  

Celebration. Instagram Exhibit 2018.

2014                Road to Nowhere: Southwestern Sojourns, Marion Center for the Arts, Santa Fe

2014                The Armory Show, Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe

2013                Autophotography, An Invitational Exhibit, Axle Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM

2009                Levels of Inquiry Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2008                West of the Hudson and North of Forty, an Invitational Exhibit

Fisher Projects,  Santa Fe

2007-2008       TPS 16: Transitions  Texas Photographic Society.  Travelling exhibit.  Venues in

                        San Antonio, FotoFest Houston, Austin, New York City, San Francisco.

2007                Art Feast, Rush Creek Gallery, Santa Fe NM

2006                PhotoLA, PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2005                Paper Forests,  PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe NM

2005                PhotoNY,  with PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2005                Studies in Meditation,  Candace Dwan Gallery, New York, NY

2004                Exhibit of Gallery Artists, PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe NM

2004                PhotoLA, 2004  Represented by PhotoEye Gallery Santa Fe, NM

2003-2004       Holiday Pleasures  Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

2003                Exhibit of Gallery Artists, PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2003                AIPAD Photography Show, 2003  With Candace Dwan Gallery, New York, NY

2003                PhotoLA 2003  Represented by PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2002-2003       Winter Solstice, Watercolors.  Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

2002                Holiday Exhibit, 2002  PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2002                Glimpses of Europe  Photoeye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2002                Photo San Francisco, 2002  Represented by PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2001-2002       A Winter Gathering, Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe NM 

2001                Water and Snow  PhotoEye Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

2001                Earth: An Invitational Contemporary Exhibition, Owings-Dewey, Santa Fe NM

2000-2001     Holiday Treasures , Owings-Dewey Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

1999                A Father-Daughter Exhibit

                        Photographs by William Clift & Paintings by Carola Clift

Bank of Santa Fe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Awards, Grants, & Commissions

2022                Art in Public Places, New Mexico

2016                Awarded the Barbara Erdman Foundation Grant for two current projects

2015              Commissioned to make a fine art photographic portfolio of the David Wright House,

                        In Phoenix, AZ.  This is a joint commission with her father, William Clift.

2012                Commissioned piece The Sound of Home, Private Commission

2007                Nominated, finalist, The Eliot Porter Award, NM Council on Photography

2005                Nominated, finalist, The Santa Fe Prize, Santa Fe Center for Photography

2003                The Willard Van Dyke Award in Photography

2002                The Robert MacNamara Foundation Fellowship, Westport Island, Maine

1999                ‘Wild Bird’ The Nathaniel and Margaret Owings House,

Grimes Point, Big Sur, California.  A portfolio of 32 black-and-white photographs.

Commissioned by Nathaniel Owings and Page Allen Owings

Articles & Reviews

2022                Numerous reviews, Museum of Southwest exhibits

2011                “21 Questions with Carola Clift”, The Nervous Breakdown dot com. October 2011

                          www.thenervousbreakdown.com/cclift/2011/10/21-questions-with-carola-clift/

“Carola Clift: Resonance and Reverberation”  Iris McLister, THE Magazine, 2011

2010                “All In the Family: the Clifts, Comin’ Down in Three Part Harmony”

                        Devon Jackson, Santa Fean Magazine, October/November 2010

2009                “Visions of the West”  John O’Hern, Western Art Collector, May 2009

2009                “Art in Review: Levels of Inquiry”   Douglas Fairfield, Pasatiempo

2009                The New Mexican’s Weekly Magazine of Arts & Entertainment,

                        February 6 2009

2009                “Culture Clock: Time Isn’t on Everyone’s Side”  Zane Fisher,

                        Santa Fe Reporter, January 28, 2009

2006                ‘Clift’s Paint and Silver Combinations Provoke’

                        La Jolla Village News, April 5, 2006

2005                ‘Carola Clift:  Interviews:  Pictures in Paint and Silver’

2005                THE Magazine, June 2005, Volume XII, Number X

2005                ‘Double Life: Artist Works as both Photographer and Painter’

Venue North, the Albuquerque Journal, April 22, 2005

‘Inter Views:  Pictures in Paint and Silver’

Pasatiempo, The Santa Fe New Mexican, April 22, 2005

2004                “Carola Clift, A Fusion of Creative Energy,” 

Camera Arts Magazine, February/March, 2004

 2002                “New Mexico: Photographer’s Eden”

The Collector’s Guide, 2002

“Visual Arts: Language Lessons”

Santa Fe Reporter: Weekly News and Culture, May 15-21, 2002

“A Quiet Look at Europe”

                        Venue North, the Albuquerque Journal, May 3, 2002

“Glimpses of Europe by Americans Abroad”

Photo-Eye E-News, May 10, 2002, Volume 2, No. 17

www.photoeye.com

2001                “PhotoEye Books, Gallery a Perfect Starting Point”

                        Venue North, the Albuquerque Journal, July 6, 2001

“Sphere of Influence”

                        Venue North, the Albuquerque Journal, July 6, 2001

“Earth As We Know It”

Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican, July 20-26, 2001

1999                “Harmony Reigns in Father-Daughter Exhibit”

                        Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican, January 22-28, 1999

Books and Other Publications

2022                Art in the Making Edited by Christopher Benson,  Fisher Press

2018/2019      The David and Gladys Wright House:

Photographs by William Clift and Carola Clift;  Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright

2006                Tricycle: The Buddhist Review Magazine, Summer 2006, p.83, Vol XV, No.4

2005                Inter Views:  Pictures in Paint and Silver  Limited Edition portfolio by Carola Clift

2004                Path, Crooked Path, by John Balaban, Copper Canyon Press

2003                Locusts at the Edge of Summer by John Balaban, Copper Canyon Press

2000                Wild Bird 2000: A Portrait   Limited Edition portfolio by Carola Clift

The Nathaniel and Margaret Owings House, Big Sur, CA

Corporate Collections

Pier 24, Pilara Foundation, San Francisco

                        McCune Foundation, Santa Fe

Debevoise & Plimpton, LLC, New York

                        Fred F. French Investing, New York and Connecticut

                        Numerous private collections across the United States

Education

1995-2005       Tutored in darkroom techniques by William Clift and Paul Caponigro

1998                School of Law, University of California, Los Angeles

1993-1997       University of California, San Diego,

B.A. Political Science

(with an emphasis in both Political Philosophy and Empirical Analysis),

Minors in Music and Sciences.  Magna cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

1979-1994      Studied Classical Piano with Jan Pytel-zak, a Polish concert pianist.

Residencies/Fellowships

2003                Robert MacNamara Foundation, Westport Island, Maine.  6 weeks