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3955 Omao Rd. Koloa, Hawaii, 96756
Phone and fax. 808 742-9415
e-mail cbennett002@hawaii.rr.com
website www.carolbennettart.com
BORN
1954 Los Angeles, California
EDUCATION
1978 B.A. with distinction and
honors, Art Center College of Design , Los Angeles, CA.
1974 B.A. University of
California, Santa Barbara , College of Creative
Studies
Also attended University of California, Santa Cruz
Journeyman Scenic Artist, I.A.T.S.E. (International Affiliate of
Theatrical
and Scenic Employees). Union member – Local 819. painting billboards,
backdrops and stage sets for theater, motion picture, and TV.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1980 Art Center college of Design, Los Angeles, C.A.
1984 Kauai Community College, Puhi, Hawaii
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007 One thing leads to Another, Timespace Gallery,Kauai,Hawaii
2006 Art at The Bean, Kauai Hawaii, curated by Alison Wong of the Contemporary Museum Hawaii
1996 Carol Bennett / Wayne Zebzda , Roy’s Poipu, Kauai , Hawaii
1993 Carol Bennett, Waters’ edge, THE CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM , Honolulu, HI.
1991 Carol Bennett, Work in progress, Stones Gallery, Lihue, Hawaii
1990 Carol Bennett, recent paintings and works on paper, Fiona Whitney
Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
1988 Carol Bennett , New Works, Stones Gallery, Lihue, HI
1985 Carol Bennett, Recent Works, Roark, Los Angeles, CA.
1983 Summer Show, Stones Gallery, Lihue, HI.
1982 Underwater Colors, Stones Gallery, Lihue , HI
1978 Graduate Show, Art Center College of Art and Design, CA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2009 Elisa Contemporary Art, New York, N.Y.
Kauai 5, Koa Art Galerry, KCC, Oahu Hawaii
galerie 103 artists introductory exhibition
2006 Exhibition of Public Art , Hawaii State Art Museum
2005 Summertime, Hawaii State Art Museum
2005 Reflecting Hawaii, Hawaii State Art Museum
2004 Academy of the Arts at Line Kona , 15 Kauai Artists, Honolulu
2002 KSA annual, Lihue, Kauai State Foundation purchase award
2001 KSA Small Works Show, Kinipopo Gallery, Kapaa, Kauai
2000 KSA annual, Lihue, Kauai
1999 KSA annual, Lihue, Kauai
1998 Kauai Artists, Kinipopo Gallery, Kapaa, HI.
1996 Artists of Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu, HI.
Kauai Museum, KSA Show,
Lihue, HI.
State Building, KSA
Show, Lihue, HI.
Kauai Museum, Kauai Society of Artists Show, Lihue, HI.
State Building,
Best in Show, KSA. Show, Lihue, HI.
1995 Kauai Museum, KSA. Show, Lihue, HI.
State Bldg,
KSA Show, Lihue, HI.
1993 Islanded, Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu, HI.
Kauai
Society of Artists Invitational, Kauai Museum, Lihue, HI.
1991 Ka Honua Portfolio, Honolulu Printmakers Workshop, Academy of Art
Center at
Linekona Honolulu, HI.
Kauai Museum, KSA. Show, Lihue , HI. State Foundation Purchase Award
Group Show, Fiona Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Group Show, American Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Thirty
years at the Contemporary Museums’ Honolulu Advertiser Gallery,
Honolulu, HI.
1988 Toluca Group Show, Toluca Lake Gallery, Burbank, CA.
Visions of the Volcano, Invitational, Honolulu Advertiser Gallery, Honolulu,
HI
Stones Gallery, Lihue , HI.
Hui Noeau Visual Arts Center, Makawao, Maui, HI
Group Show, American Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Christmas Show, Stones Gallery, Lihue, HI.
Group Show, Fiona Whitney Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
28 Ways to Love, Mohair, Pasadena, CA.
1988 Coast to Coast, Invitational, Stones Gallery, Lihue, HI
Deck the Halls, Invitational, Stones Galley, Lihue, HI
Kauai Society of Artists, Kauai Museum, Lihue, HI
1987 Stones Print Show, Stones Gallery, Lihue, HI
1986 Group Show , Toluca Lake , Burbank, CA.
1983 Valentines Day Show, Frameshack Warehouse, Honolulu, HI
Monoprints, Art Space, Los Angeles, CA.
1982 Signs 1983, Invitational, AMFAC Plaza Exhibitions, Honolulu, HI
Honolulu Craftsman's Show, Stones Gallery, Lihue, HI
Stones’ Summer Show, Stones Gallery, Lihue, HI
1982 Womens’ Show, Kauai State Building, Lihue, H
KSA,. Show, Kauai Museum, Lihue, HI
1978 Hollywood, Cedar Sinai Hospital Gallery, Beverly
Hills, CA
1974 KSA. Show, Kauai Museum, Lihue, HI.
SELECTED COMMISSIONS
- Kauai Judiciary Building , 2 Italian glass mosiac tile murals. each 11 ft wide x 22 feet tall Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Art in Public Places
(all murals are acrylic on canvas unless otherwise noted) completed 2005.
- Honolulu Convention Center, Oahu, HI. Three 5 ft x
8 ft oil reverse on glass, oil paintings, Hawaii State Foundation on
Culture and the Arts\ Art in Public Places
- Honolulu International Airport, 180 Foot long
Mural. Hawaii State Foundations on Culture and the Arts\ Art in Public
Places Commission
- Hilton Hawaiian Village. two 10 ft x 40 ft
triptychs
- Outrigger
Hotel Papaeete ,Tahiti, five, twenty foot murals on canvas
- Four
botanical paintings, Outrigger Hotel , Waikoloa, Hawaii
- First
Hawaiian Bank, Honolulu, Oahu, HI , 20 ft x 20 ft assemblage of canvases
depicting 50 years of Honolulu Stadium
- Kauai Sheraton, Poipu, Kauai , HI. 8 ft x 10 ft.
Historical Mural on Tapa making
- Design Commission by State Foundation for Honolulu
Convention Center 15 x 90 ft mural on aluminum.
- Outrigger Reef Hotel, Waikiki, HI 5 ft x 25 ft
Ocean Landscape w / paddlers
- Hadafi Hotel, Saipan, 7 ft x 70 ft tromp l’oeile
California Mission Style Garden Mural
- Beverly Hills Hotel, Beverly Hills , CA. Two 20 ft
x 30 ft gold leaf and acrylic oval ceiling murals
- Beverly Hills Hotel-Sunset Ballroom, Beverly Hills,
CA. 7 ft x 70 ft cloud mural
- Outrigger hotel, Kauai, HI 7 ft x 11 ft. water lily
mural
- Mirage Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada, 7 ft x 70 ft cloud
mural
- Outrigger Hotel, Waikiki, HI. 7 ft x 20 ft Hanalei
Outrigger Canoe Team mural and three 5 ft x 8 ft windows into the
rainforest murals
- Nairobi Hilton, Kenya, Africa, four 30 ft. ceiling
sky murals, sixty two2 ft x 3 ft African Village landscapes, three 7 ft x
18 ft African Wildlife Murals.
- Las Vegas Hilton , Las Vegas , Nevada, 4 ft x 28 ft
Italian Neoclassical Mural, six 3 ft x 4 ft Neoclassical paintings
- Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada, two
agricultural landscapes 8 ft x 10 ft ea.
- Las Vegas Hilton, Sports Bar, Las Vegas , Nevada,
two 5 ft x 17 ft Sports murals
- Hilton Hawaiian Village, Oahu, HI, four 5 ft x 10
ft tropical screens
- Maui Westin Hemmeter Collection, Maui HI, 4 ft x 6
ft swimmer, oil on canvas
- Kauai Westin Hemmeter Collection, Kauai HI, 4 ft x
6 ft swimmer, oil on canvas
- Hilton Hawaiian Village, Oahu, HI, four 10 ft x 20
ft. Tropical Murals
- San Francisco Hilton, San Francisco, CA., four 7 ft
x 5 ft San Francisco scenes, oil on canvas
- Hilton Hotel, Kauai, HI two 3 ft x 5 ft and two 8
ft x 15 ft tropical murals
- First Bank of Commerce, Los Angeles, CA. 10 ft x 20
ft oriental gold leaf mural
- Roosevelt Hotel, Hollywood, CA., two 3 ft x 4 ft
Hollywood Historical Lithographs
- Hilton Hotel, Stamford Connecticut, 6 ft x 120 ft
Americas Cup Yachting Mural and one 5 ft x 8 ft historical figurative
landscape oil on canvas
- Waiohai Hotel, Poipu Beach Kauai, HI, 10 ft x 60 ft
portable historical mural
- Kauai Surf Hotel, Kalapaki Bay, Kauai, HI 10 ft x
20 ft oriental calligraphy mural
- Kintaro Restaurant , Kauai, Hawaii, 9 ft x 6 ft
Oriental gold leaf Mural
- McInerney’s Waikiki, Hawaii, two 10 ft x 20 ft and
four 10 ft x 10 ft tropical murals
- California Primary Physicians Clinic, Los Angeles,
CA. four 10 ft x 22 ft wave murals
- Flippers Roller Boogie Palace, Hollywood,
California, 14 ft x 280 ft Rousseau Mural painted directly on walls
- Various private residences
COLLECTIONS
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The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Persis Collection, Honolulu, Hawaii
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Honolulu Academy of the Arts, Honolulu,
Hawaii
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State Foundation on Culture and the Arts,
Honolulu, Hawaii
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Art in Public Places, Honolulu Hawaii
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