"...disturbing and haunting." - Artscope Magazine
"[The work] ...brings up many relevant concerns about the current state of our natural world and its survival." -Symbol & Aesthetics
"Her paintings do more than intellectualize a concern for wildlife...they also seem to hold an uncompromising mirror up to human actions." -Symbol & Aesthetics
"DeAngelis' "Woman with Roadkill" is rich with meaning." -Donald Kuspit, Some Dialectical Images
"One does not think of [roadkill] as a symbol of artistic creation, however, artist and painter Cara DeAngelis will change your mind." -Rose Elle, Artnectar.com
Education
2011 - MFA New York Academy of Art
2007 - BFA Hartford Art School
Master Class - Jenny Saville
Master Class - Vincent Desiderio
Solo Exhibitions
2023 - “What Once Was” DFN Projects, New York NY
“Was This Paradise II” gary marotta fine art, Provincetown MA
2022- “Was This Paradise” MM Fine Art, Southampton NY
“Till You’re Here” gary marotta fine art, Provincetown MA
2021- “Out of Eden”, Saginaw Art Museum, Saginaw MI
2020- “The 4 Seasons”, gary marotta fine art, Provincetown, MA
2019 - "7 Deadly Sins", gary marotta fine art, Provincetown, MA
2018 - “Incidents and Casualties in Barbie’s Dreamhouse”, gary marotta fine art, Provincetown, MA
2017 - “Women with Roadkill”, gary marotta fine art, Provincetown, MA
2016 - “Dolls and Decay”, gary marotta fine art, Provincetown, MA
2014 - “Still Life: Roadkill in the Domestic Space” Saginaw State University Art Gallery, MI
- “Woman with Roadkill”, Silpe Gallery, Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT
2012 - “The Deer is Broken” Azarian McCullough Art Gallery, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, NY
Recent Group Exhibitions
2022 - “The Dirty Show” pop-up, Detroit MI
-“REBEL” Untitled Space, New York, NY
-“Take Home a Nude” Sotheby’s, New York, NY
2020 - “Thirty Seven”, Edward Hopper House, virtual
- “At Home”, MM Fine Art, Southampton NY
- “Summer Exhibition”, New York Academy of Art, virtual
2019 - “Masters of Realism”, Rafael Gallery, New York, NY
-“Nor’Easter: 49th Annual Juried Exhibition, New Britain Museum of Art, New Britain, CT
2018 - “One Year of Resistance”, Untitled Space Gallery, New York, NY
- “Take Home a Nude” Sotheby’s, New York, NY
- “Speaking Out: Art in a Time of Upheaval”, Gallarus Art Space, Katonah, NY
- “ANIMALIS”, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2017 - “Uprise/Angry Women”, Untitled Space Gallery, New York, NY
- “Summer Exhibition”, Flowers Gallery, New York, NY
- “Through the Eyes of an Artist” Panepinto Galleries, Jersey City, NJ
Awards, Grants, and Fellowships
2019 - Best in Show, “Be Real” Hamptons Art Hub/MM Fine Art
- Finalist in BP Portrait Award, London UK
2018 - Second Place: "107th Annual Juried Exhibition” CT Academy of Art
2014 - Best Curated Show: Awarded by NYAA Alumni Affairs
- First and Third place at Chamard Vineyards, Judge: Nancy Peel Gladwell
- Finalist for Williams Drawing Prize. Judge: Fred Wessel
2012 - CT Office of the Arts: Artist Fellowship Grant
- Money for Women/Barbara Deming Memorial Fund Grant
- Best in Show “Coming of Age: New England Artists Under 30”
2011 - Full fellowship to Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
- Full fellowship to Prairie Center of the Arts, Peoria, IL
- Partial fellowship to CAC at Woodside, Troy, NY.
2010 - Full Fellowship to Terra Foundation Residency in Giverny, France
- Travel Grant awarded by New York Academy of Art/Eileen Guggenheim
2007 - Rudolph Zallinger Painting Award
Residencies
2022- Casa Na Ilha, Sao Paolo, Brazil
2012 - Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
- Prairie Center of the Arts, Peoria, IL
2011 - CAC at Woodside, Troy, NY
2010 - Terra Foundation, Giverny, France
2006 - The Painted Sketch, Various cities, Sicily
Bibliography
2020 - Hyperallergic- “A View from the Easel During Times of Quarantine”, Elisa Wouk Almino, June 5 https://hyperallergic.com/568869/a-view-from-the-easel-during-times-of-quarantine-10/
2019 - CT Post Arts & Style- “Death Becomes Her: Cara DeAngelis brings life to her paintings with roadkill” pg D1 + D6
2018 - INPA 8, International Painting Annual, pg 62
- Boston Voyager: “Check out Cara DeAngelis’ Work” http://bostonvoyager.com/interview/check-cara-deangeliss-artwork/
- The Daily Beast: “One Year into Trump’s Presidency, Artists Are Still Fired Up” by Sarah Rogers
https://www.thedailybeast.com/one-year-into-trumps-presidency-artists-are-still-fired-up
2017 - Provincetown Banner: “Women with Roadkill/ Satirical Portraits" June 29, pg B2
- W Magazine: “See How 15 Women Artists… Are Reacting to Donald Trump” by Stephanie Eckardt
http://www.wmagazine.com/gallery/see-how-15-women-artists-including-rose-mcgowan-are-reacting-to-donald-trump
- SALON: “Women Strike Back: Two New York Exhibits Showcase Female Artists Resisting Donald Trump’s Misogynistic Backlash” by Amanda Marcotte
http://www.salon.com/2017/01/13/women-strike-back-two-exhibits-in-nyc-showcase-female-artists-resisting-donald-trumps-misogynist-backlash/
- The Creators Project: “80 Female Artists Rally Against Trump’s Sexist, Discriminatory Rhetoric” by Nathaniel Ainley
http://thecreatorsproject.vice.com/blog/uprise-angry-women-group-show
- Good Trouble Mag: “Angry Women; Female Artists Rise Up Against Trump”
by Roderick Stanley
https://www.goodtroublemag.com/home/angry-women-female-artists-rise-up-against-trump
2016 - Buzzfeed: “These Artists Have Turned Their Palettes into Stunning Paintings” by Matthew Tucker https://www.buzzfeed.com/matthewtucker/these-artists-have-turned-their-palettes-into-stunning-paint?utm_term=.mpAYYWDpP0#.jr0ooGwZ1K
- Fine Art Connoisseur: “The Palette as Tool, and Surface”, by Andrew Webster, Fine Art Today. http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/pages/22905720.php
2015 - Quantum Art Review: “Hot Dry Men… Cold Wet Women” by Jacob Hicks http://quantumartreview.com/2015/02/24/hot-dry-men-cold-wet-women/
- New York Academy of Art Blog: “Academy Awards, Best Curating”
http://newyorkacademyofart.blogspot.com/2015/06/academy-awards-best-curating.html
- Symbol and Aesthetics: “Interview with Cara DeAngelis” http://www.symbol-and-aesthetics.org/interview-with-cara-deangelis.html
2014 - Ink Magazine: “Pedo Mello a Minno”, May 2014, pgs 43-49
- Valley Courier, “Odyssey in Ivoryton”, February 27, pg 34
“Up Next: Woman with Roadkill”
https://silpegallery.wordpress.com/2014/05/30/up-next-woman-with-roadkill/
- NJ.com: “Last Chance to see Lucid Visions at Panepinto Galleries”
http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2014/12/last_chance_to_see_lucid_visions_at_panepinto_galleries_in_jersey_city_1.html
- ELSE Journal: “Trans-What?” Inaugural Issue 0, Oct pg 16
http://www.elsejournal.org
- Artists on Art: “Art in the New Political Age” by Diana Corvelle, March/April 2018, issue 28, pg 41-45.
- Provincetown Banner: “Barbie’s Dark Side Revealed in Provincetown” June 21, pg A24
- Artscope Magazine: “Capsule Preview:…Gary Marotta Fine Art”
- Newsweek: “Pussy Grabs Back: Women Protest Trump with Art”
http://www.newsweek.com/pussy-grabs-back-women-protest-trump-art-545732?rx=us
- Mashable: “Angry Women Display Powerful Art Protest During Trump’s Inauguration Week” by Christina Careaga
http://mashable.com/2017/01/18/angry-women-art-exhibit-trump/#laxfOQdtWgqE
i-D: “Feminist Art Show Challenging Trump with VooDoo and Porcelain Pussy Sculpture” by Hannah Ongley
http://i-d.vice.com/en_us/article/the-feminist-art-show-challenging-trump-with-voodoo-and-porcelain-pussy-sculpture
- NYLON: “See What Happens When Women Artists Come Together to Protest Trump” by Taylor Bryant
http://www.nylon.com/articles/angry-uprise-art-exhibit
- The Undesirables: Exhibition Catalog, “Biophobic Tendencies” by Anonda Bell. pgs 5 and 9.
- Provincetown Magazine- Vol 39, Issue #7, “The Stroll” pgs 25 and 31
- Art Nerd New York: https://art-nerd.com/newyork/hot-dry-men-cold-wet-women/
- New York Optimist: “Cara DeAngelis” http://www.thenewyorkoptimist.com/CaraDeAngelis_June27_2015.html
- New London Day: “Artists Take to the Farm, Winery, and Bistro” by Amy J. Barry, Sunday March 30, pg. E3 and E7
- Hartford Courant: “Color Odyssey in Ivoryton” http://www.courant.com/entertainment/art-smart/hc-color-odyssey-in-ivoryton-20140228,0,7034235.post
- Saginaw Happening: “SVSU University Art Gallery” http://www.saginawhappening.org/2014/10/svsu-university-art-gallery/
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