Born in Dallas, TX
Lives and Works in Los Angeles, CA
 
Education
M.F.A., B.F.A. California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Skowhegan, ME
B.A. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
 
Solo and Two/Three Person Shows
2011     Made in Delhi Museum of Indian Textiles, Museum of Everyday Art of India, New Delhi, India
             golden cluster and other work Kamikaze one night show, PØST, Los Angeles, CA
             golden and brazilian blue 6020 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
             Cease and Desist Montalvo Arts Center Project Space Gallery, Saratoga, CA 
2010     From Patterns to Pathways Los Angeles World Airports and Department of Cultural Affairs, LAX, LA, CA
             neither hot red [n]or screeching yellow in collaboration with Megan Geckler, Windward School, LA, CA
2009     Carrie Burckle/Carrie Ungerman LouWe Gallery, South Pasadena, CA
             3 Solo Projects Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Los Angeles,CA
2006     orange surround Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2005     Sculpture: Bari Zipperstein, Sherin Guiruis & Carrie Ungerman Bank, Los Angeles, CA
2004     be/still Acuna-Hansen Features, Los Angeles, CA
2003     out of line Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2001     length: works from germany, the studio and other far off places Abel Joseph Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
1999     hybrid Abel Joseph Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
             Kim Lee Kahn, Mara Lonner, Carrie Ungerman SandroniRey, Venice, CA
1995     Scribbles and Doodles Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
1993     Crossing the LA Bridge: Carrie Ungerman and Pat Ward Williams 
               Hebrew Union College Skirball Museum, Los Angeles, CA
1991     John Patrick Kelly/Carrie Ungerman Kyle Belding Gallery, Denver, CO
 
Selected Group Exhibition
2017     Weekend Show Disassembled Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             On Board Cerritos College Art Gallery, Cerritos, CA
2014     Olly Olly Oxen Free Offramp Gallery, Pasadena, CA
             Ghost Appendages Kamikaze One Night Shows, PØST Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             Stripped Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School, Santa Monica, CA
2012     10 Years L.A.@ Foundation Kaus Australis The Prospectus, West Hollywood, CA
2011     Made in Delhi Sanskriti Kendra Art Gallery, Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi, India
             Abstraction Seaver Art Gallery Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA
             Women of the Book Richman Gallery, The Park School of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
             Universe City CSULA Fine Arts Gallery, California State University Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2010     make like a tree: backyard interventions rhodesave , Los Angeles, CA
             Increments GATE (Glendale Art Temporary Exhibitions), Glendale, CA
2009     The Pandemic Show Overtones Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             Shrinkwrap Delaware Valley Arts Alliance, Narrowsburg, NY       
             Pairs Inaugural Show, Ambient Art Projects, Las Vegas, NV
             Super Elastic Phantom Galleries LA in Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
2007     Intersection at Moorpark St. & Tujunga Ave. Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, CA  
             C.O.L.A. Exhibition Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (installation)
             Pillow Talk Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
             Drawn In:Drawing in Residence Phase III Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2006     CONTRARY to the Laws of Nature Sarah Lee Artworks & Projects, Los Angeles, CA
             Flourish Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA (installation)
2005     Rever La Revolution Art of Framing, San Diego, CA
             Smack The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
2004     HO[USE]-HO[ME] Flashpoint, Washington D.C. with Abel Joseph Gallery,
                  Eymet, France & XCCA, Washington, DC
2003     WHEELING Cell Project Space, London, England
             HO[USE]-HO[ME] Abel Joseph Gallery, Eymet, France & XCCA, Washington, D.C.   
             Beauty Stripped Bare: LA Black + White BGH Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
             Clothing Project@Shadow Cabinets Kunsthall Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
2002     Whatya’ Lookin’ At? Cerro Coso Community College, Ridgecrest, CA
             UnDrawn The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
             The Wild Palm Project 0-1 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             Is the Medium the Message? San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose,CA
             Material Concerns Platt Gallery, University of Judaism, Los Angeles, CA
             Winter’s Blossom El Camino College Art Gallery, Torrance, CA
2001     Shock of the Mundane Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
             Collecting Our Thoughts San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
             Different Strokes (Project Room) Im N iL Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
             Historische Muhl Park von Sanssouci, Potsdam, Germany
             Zehntscheuer Deckenpfronn b. Herrenberg, Germany
             Kunst und Kommunikation Kolnisches Stadtmuseum, Koln, Germany
             Kunst und Kommunikation Mittelrhein Museum, Koblenz, Germany
             Sketchy Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
             New Dialogues Michael Martin Galleries, San Francisco, CA
             Cross-Pollination Holland Tunnel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2000     L n'est pas C Rue de Stassart Gallerie , Brussels, Belgium
             Haulin' Ass: Pierogi in L.A. Post, Los Angeles, CA
             Stacks and Chutes Occidental College, Los Angeles, CA
             Pleasure Treasure: Recent Acquisitions from the Collections of Eileen and Peter Norton
               Luckman Fine Arts Gallery, California State University, Los Angeles, CA
              My Kid Could Do That Ron Herman Fred Segal Melrose, Los Angeles, CA
1999     Hubcap Diamond Star Halo Phelps Gallery, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
             Kesher The Zetlin Museum of Russian Art, Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv, Israel
             Kesher The Warsaw Ghetto Fighters Museum, Galilee, Israel
             rapports entre ça et ça Régionale du Centre D'action Laïque, Charleroi, Belgium
             Women of the Book Sharadin Art Gallery, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA
             Comfort Post, Los Angeles, CA                                                                              
1998     Breaking Boundaries Disney Gallery, Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA
             [Original Accounts]of the Lone Woman of San Nicholas Island Side Street Projects, SM, CA
             Small Works Berry Art Gallery, Jerusalem, Israel
             Plein Aire: Moscow, Jerusalem, Moorhead Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND
             One Night Stand Abel Joseph Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
             Renovations The Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
1997     One Night Stand 3 Farmer's Daughter Motel, Los Angeles, CA
             L'Chaim: A Kiddush Cup Invitational The Jewish Museum San Francisco, SF, CA
             Safari FAR Bazzar @ The Old L.A. Zoo, Los Angeles, CA
             Yard Sale Special K Exhibitions, West Hollywood, CA
             Working Out the Kinks Herslebsgate 10B, Berlin, Germany
             March Six Ikon LTD/Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA                 
             Generations: Storytelling Through Artists' Books Los Angeles City College, Los Angeles, CA
             Martha Stewart Living Art Center Graduate Gallery, Pasadena, CA
             Blow Up SITE Gallery, Los Angeles, CA                 
1996     Blessings and Beginnings Skirball Cultural Center and Museum, Los Angeles, CA
             Open Exchange: Armory Artists and Students Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA
1995     Lotus Motel Lotus Motel, Inglewood, CA
             In the Pocket Random Gallery (’96,’97), Los Angeles, CA
             A Glimpse of the Norton Collection as Revealed by Kim Dingle (boxed)                                                   
               Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA
             Light Interpretations: A Hanukah Menorah Invitational The Jewish Museum, S F, CA
             hum Whittier College, Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier, CA
             Sunday Brunch (Not exactly breakfast at Tiffany's) Random Gallery, Highland Park, CA
             Red Zone 7 in the Pit Downtown Los Angeles, CA
             SPARE (P)ARTS SITE Gallery at the Roosevelt Building, Los Angeles, CA
             Hodgepodge Lodge: Drawings, Works on Paper & Whatnot The Art Store, Los Angeles, CA
1994     Accounting & Atoning Kerckhoff Art Gallery UCLA Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, CA
             Detours Side Street Projects, Santa Monica, CA
             Material & Substance Allegheny College Art Galleries, Meadville, PA
1993     New Sculpture: Soft Surfaces Transamerica Pyramid Lobby Gallery, San Francisco, CA
             How Long Can A Good Thing Last? SB County Arts Commission, Santa Barbara, CA
               Santa  Monica  Museum's Community Focus Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
             The Domestic Object Rio Hondo College, Whittier, CA
1992     FAR Bazzar Old Federal Reserve Bank Building, Los Angeles, CA
             Extravaganza 1308 Calumet, Los Angeles, CA
             Wall of Hair John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI
             Alumni Show California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
             Imperfect Order Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA
1991     L.A. Lately Kyle Belding Gallery, Denver, CO
1990     Actual Cirrus, Los Angeles, CA
             Racing Thoughts:Artworks & Documents from the Collection of Darcy Huebler & Luciano Perna
                Thomas Solomon's Garage, Los Angeles, CA
1989     No Title 1529 (Susan Landau), Los Angeles, CA
1988     Dennis Anderson Gallery Los Angeles, CA

Artist Projects
2013    Fallen Fruit Factory for Fruitique, Fallen Fruit, Los Angeles, CA
            Collective Public Typing of Grapes of Wrath, Susan Silton, USC Fisher Museum of Art, LA, CA
            Who’s in a Name? Susan Silton, Los Angeles, CA
            The Hospital Show Dominic Quagliozzi (art trade) Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles, CA
            Come In, We’re Open Edith Abeyta, Owen Driggs & Carol Zou (self-portrait trade) Da Vinci Gallery, LACC, CA 
2012    cadavredigitalexquis M.C. Gee http://www.cadavredigitalexquis.org/cde.html
            May 12, 2012 Massly Observed, General title given by myself se barnet Los Angeles-London, UK
2011    Chain Letter,The Babelman Society Kiosk (Lynne Berman) Christian Cummings/Doug Harvey, SWG,SM,CA
            Long Beach Garment Manifestation Edith Abeyta (donation of my Levis)The Collaborative, Long Beach, CA
2004    Collage Party Paul Butler, organized by Outpost for Contemporary Art and MOCA, MOCA Geffen, LA, CA
1997    Artist’s Hands Rena Small, Los Angeles, CA
1994    a palette for your palate III The Food Orgy (artist book) Barbara Pollak & Robbie Saslow, Los Angeles, CA

Residencies
2011     Sanskriti Kendra, New Delhi, India 
2011	 Lucas Artists Residency, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, CA
2005     Stichting Kaus Australis, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2002     Drawing in Residence, day long urban artist residency. Director Marcy Freedman, LA, CA
2001     Plein Air: Art and Communication Schönburg Castle, Oberwesel, Germany
1999     Plein Air: Encounter with the Israeli Landscape The Warsaw Ghetto Fighters Museum, Israel
1998     Plein Air: Moscow, Jerusalem, Moorhead Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
 
Awards
2009     Durfee Arc (Artists’ Resource Completion) Grant, Los Angeles, CA
2006     City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Fellowship (C.O.L.A.)
2005     California Community Foundation Visual Arts Funding Initiative, Artist Fellowship
 
Selected Benefits/Projects
2015    Incognito Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA (04, 05, 07, 08, 09, 10,11,12,13,14)
2012    Monster Drawing Rally benefiting Outppost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (07, 09)
2011    Site Works SWECHHA, Hauz Khas Village, New Delhi, India
            5 x 5, An Invitational Benefit Westmont Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, CA
2010     Postcards from the Edge benefit for Visual Aids hosted by ZieherSmith Gallery, New York, NY
2007     Hausguests (for Darfur) Brewery Project, Los Angeles, CA
2004     FARfetched: A benefit and celebration of all things F.A.R. Los Angeles, CA
             HeArt Project Los Angeles, CA (2000)
2003     Tim North Benefit Somart, San Francisco, CA
             Avoda: Objects of the Spirit Jewish Cultural Achievement Awards, New York, NY
2001     Corazones de Aztlan Self Help Graphic, East Los Angeles, CA
2000     Miracle on 18th Street Side Street Projects, Santa Monica/Los Angeles, CA (1995-00)
             MOCA Art Auction 2000 Los Angeles, CA
1998     Open House Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA
             100 Dollar Show Post, Los Angeles, CA (’97)
             100 Dollar Show Gallery 207, Los Angeles, CA
1997     The Shooting Gallery Clean Needles Now, LACE, Los Angeles, CA


Publications
2009	3 SOLO Projects Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design, Pasadena Art Alliance 
               (John O’Brien, essay)
2009    Ollman, Leah, “3 Solo Projects Review,” Los Angeles Times, May 1, 2009.
2009 	Common Threads, Shared Spaces Five Years of Fellowships for Visual Artists from the California 
               Community Foundation, LA (Irene Tsatsos, essay)
2007	C.O.L.A. 2007 Individual Artist Fellowships, Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles,CA 
                (Rebecca Niederlander, essay)
2006     Wyszpolski, Bondo “Flourish;Greenhouse Laboratory;Food and Shelter, Easy Reader, June 8, 2006.
2005     Roth, Charlene, “Bari Zipperstein, Sherin Guirguis and Carrie Ungerman at Bank”, Artweek, May, 2005.
2003     Zellen, Jody, “New Talent for the New Year,” ArtScene, February, 2003.
2002     O’Brien, John, “Material Concerns: Poetry in Space,” ArtScene, March, 2002.
2001     DeMichele, David, 'Sketchy' at Acuna-Hansen Gallery, Artweek, October, 2001.
             Youens, Rachel “Different Strokes”@ Im N Il, The Brooklyn Rail, May/June 2001
2000     Hoffberg, Judith A., Women of the Book, Florida Atlantic University Friends of the Library, 2000.
1999     Spaid, Sue, "Neo-Arcadia: Faux-natural Wonders," LA Weekly, February 12-18,1999.
             Isé, Claudine, "On this Site," Los Angeles Times, February 5, 1999.
1998     Roth, Charlene, '{Original Accounts} of the Lone Woman of San Nicholas Island' at Side Street Projects
             Artweek, November 1998.
1996     Kronowitz, Barbara, "Inaugural Art Show for Skirball Cultural Center," The Acorn, Oct.17, 1996.
             Greenstein, M.A., "Lotus Motel," World Art, Spring, 1996. (reference)
1994     Agalidi, Sanda,"American Imaginary:Mutated Desires and Elusive Delights in Los Angeles,Visions, Winter 1994.
             Hernandez, Barbara E., "Atonement," Daily Bruin, Oct.4,1994.
             Ginsburg, David, "Judaism on Display," Ha'Am, Oct. 1994.
             P. Lynn Cox, “Material and Substance” The New Art Examiner, Summer, 1994.
             Raczka, Robert “Material & Substance” (exhibition essay) Allegheny College Art Galleries, Meadville, PA, March
1993     Frank, Peter, "ART Picks of the Week," LA Weekly, Dec. 3-9,1993.
             Pagel, David, "Art Review," Los Angeles Times, Nov. 6, 1993.
             Calendar Writers, "The Best of the Weekend," Los Angeles Times, Oct.  8,1993.
             Pfefferman, Naomi, "Black Like Me," The Jewish Journal, Oct.8-14, 1993.
             Bleiberg, Laura “Art to Art,” The Orange County Register, Monday, Sept. 27, 1993.
             Gilbert, Barbara, "Crossing the LA Bridge," Sept. 1993.  (exhibition essay)
             Crowder, Joan, "Good to the Last Drop," Santa Barbara News-Press, Scene, March 19, 1993.
1992     Littlefield, Kinney,  " 'Imperfect Order' is a Bit too Orderly," Orange County Register, Sept.11,1992.
             Curtis, Cathy, "Bringing Sense of Disorder to Irvine," Los Angeles Times, Sept.7,1992.
             Pagel, David, "Irvine Center Showcases Eight Inventive Tinkerers," Los Angeles Times Aug.27,1992.
             Dubin, Zan, "Flaws and Order," Los Angeles Times (O.C.), Aug.21,1992.
             Jahns, Tim, "Imperfect Order," Fall, 1992 (exhibition essay).
1991     Ernst, Leslie, " 'Actual' at Cirrus," Visions, Spring, 1991.
1990     Cirrus Review. December, 1990.
             CalArts Current. Vol.3, No.1, Nov./Dec.1990 (photo essay).
1989     Clearwater, Bonnie, "Our Gang," Visions, Summer, 1989.
             Clothier, Peter, "L.A.: Outward Bound," ARTnews, Dec., 1989.
 
Collections
Prints and Drawings Collection, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA
The Luckman Fine Arts Complex at California State University, Los Angeles, CA
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Moorhead State University, Moorhead, MN
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA
The Warsaw Ghetto Fighters Museum, Western Galilee, Israel
 
Selected Community Involvement  
2011-16      Los Angeles County Bicycle Coalition (LACBC), Board Member, Los Angeles, CA	
2007-12      North Hollywood Art Advisory Panel CRA/LA Art Program, Los Angeles, CA
1997-98      Sidestreet Projects, Board Member, Santa Monica, CA	
1995-97      SITE, Member, Exhibition Committee (1995), Los Angeles, CA 
1992-95      Foundation for Art Resources, Inc. (FAR), Member of the Board of Directors, Los Angeles, CA
1992-97      William O. Douglas Outdoor Classroom (WODOC), Docent, Los Angeles, CA

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