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With the Erase of a Line, A Trace Vanishes. Every form of Life leaves a trace or an impression in the world, in their world and their remaining energy left within that world,  the world. Our eyes ​must be stewards to recognize their residuals and material clues left behind.

EXHIBITIONS

09/2019               
Atlanta, Arise - Natural Born Artists, Hosted by RAWartists  The Masquerade, Atlanta, Georgia
Featuring:  Up-cycled Antique Tribal Jewelry, "Malibu HB Hats" and Wearable Art, Wabi-Sabi Collages

05/2019               
Charlotte IMPACT - Natural Born Artists, Hosted by RAWartists  The Filmore, Charlotte, NC – "Buffet" EXHIBIT 
Featuring:  Handmade hats, Jewelery, Psychedelic 3-D Art, Wabi-Sabi Collages

08/2018-10/2018               

Mooresville Arts Board Member for Mooresville Arts presents Art After Dark, Mooresville, NC 
Featuring:  "Wab - Sabi" Collage Series, Handmade jewelery 

04/2018               
Sip & Stroll Art Fest, Hosted by Mooresville Artist Guild, Mooresville, NC 
Featuring:  "Wab - Sabi" Collage Series, Handmade jewelery 

03/18-04/18               

Art Institute GALLERY, Charlotte, NC  
Featuring: 
"Great Expectations” Assemblage“
“Muffled Communications”

04/2017               

Hippie FEST, Charlotte, NC – "Buffet" EXHIBIT 
Featuring:  Vintage Collections to handmade Handmade hats, Jewelery, Psychedelic 3-D Art
​

04/2016              
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC – WINTHROP MFA ALUMNI EXHIBIT 
Featuring:  “La Futur"
"Great Expectations” Assemblage“
“Muffled Communications”
“My, Tara” Found Object Assemblage
"The Merkin Blues” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits



03/2016              
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “S H O W D O W N” ​
Featuring:  “The Merkin Blues” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits
“The Might of Man” Found Objects Assemblage
“The Masquerade of Moi” Antique Hair, Collage, Self-Imaging


12/2015              
GALLERY Twenty-Two, Charlotte, NC - “
FACETS”
Featuring:  “Creole Soul,” “Wild at Heart” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits
"I Got Lucky In France” Gouache, Found Object Collage
“The Monkey Always Guards the Mermaid” Assemblage 
                                                  

10/2015              
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “FREE FOR FALL”
Featuring:  “Creole Soul” “Wild at Heart” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits


04/2015             
ELIZABETH DUNLAP GALLERY,
WINTHROP UNIVERSITY, Rock Hill, SC - “MISMOMENT”
Featuring:  “VULNUS” Tryptic Installation  
“My, Tara”
Found Object Assemblage
“The Shack”
Found Object Assemblage
“Do You Want To Go For A Ride Lil Girl?”
Found Object Assemblage   
       

03/2015              
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “S H O W D O W N”
Featuring:  “Great Expectations” Assemblage
“Muffled Communications” Found Antique Replica Object, Human hair    
                                                           

06/14                  
Pecha Kucha Presenter #9 in Pecha Kucha Night Mint Museum in Charlotte, NC

Speaking of Vulnus and Raising Awareness of People Going Missing

02/2014              
LOADING DOCK GALLERY, Rock Hill, SC -“The Red Show FOUR”
Featuring: “Bohemian Heart” Self-Cast Plaster Self-Portraits 
                                                                                                                                  
11/2013              
LOADING DOCK GALLERY,
Rock Hill, SC - “The Red Show”
Featuring: “Boarded Up” Found Wood Object, Natural Ready Made
“Great Expectations” Assemblage
"End of My Rope” Found Rope Object Aged
​“Muffled Communications” Found Antique Replica Object, Human hair    

10/2013               
Mooresville Artist Guild's 31st Annual ArtoberFest, Hosted by Mooresville Artist Guild, Mooresville, NC 
Featuring:  Watercolor and Ink Series


10/2013              
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “S H O W D O W N”
Featuring:  “The Infinite Look of He & She” Found Objects Sculpture


05/13-08/13      
LEWANDOWSKI GALLERY, WINTHROP UNIVERSITY, Rock Hill, SC - “MFA WORKS IN PROGRESS” 
Featuring: “Muffled Communications” Found Antique Replica Object, Human hair Sculpture


08/12-10/12      
CHARLOTTE ART LEAGUE, Charlotte, NC - “
MY NORTH CAROLINA HOME”
Featuring:  “The Infinite Look of He & She” Found Objects Sculpture


06/12-08/12      
LEWANDOWSKI GALLERY, WINTHROP UNIVERSITY, Rock Hill, SC -“MFA WORKS IN PROGRESS” 
Featuring: “My Oyster Ancestors” Portraits
– Walnut Ink paintings on paper 
                                                                                   

06/2012              
ARTS COUNCIL of MOORE COUNTY, Southern Pines, NC - “
ART ANONYMOUS”
Featuring:  7 images of flower macro photography filled with hidden characters: 
“Dream Jeanie, Genie Surprised” 
“Fairy Love Attended, Romeo & Juliet” 
“Hot Pink Alien Monkey” 
“Imp Riding Unicorn with Flamingo Laughing” 
“Lime-Aid Mermaid” 
“Look Up There, Sneakily Caught” 
“Too Many Faces to Name”   


06/2012              
PLANNED PARENTHOOD, Charlotte, NC - “
CHOICE ART” Auction at Charlotte Trolley Museum                                                
Featuring:   Acrylic Painting, 2 Abstract macro Photography Images


05/12-06/12      
SOUTHERN ARTS SOCIETY, INC. (SASI), King’s Mountain, NC - “
I AM WOMAN”                                               
Featuring: “The Infinite Look of He & She” Found Objects Sculpture


05/2012              
Hart Witzen GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “S H O W D O W N”                                                              
Featuring: “Lettuce Reflect” Triptych, Ready-to-Hang Sculptural “show-box” assemblages containing live lettuce
“Blue Blooded Greens”
 
“Gold-Leaf Hand-Out
” 
“Royal Greens
”

04/2012              
WINTHROP UNIVERSITY GALLERIES, Rock Hill, SC - “24 HOURS of ART”                                                              
Featuring
: “My Oyster Ancestors” Portraits – Walnut Ink paintings on paper                                                                                   
Featuring: “The Corner of Lonely” Installation - Acrylics painted on vinyl and fabric, glazed, texturized cardboard, found natural objects, granite, collage on wooden box

03/2012              
PhotoServe Magazine and PDN,  NYC, - “
THE CURATOR SHOW” Online Submission                                                                  
Featuring: “Lettuce Jubilate” Series Abstract macro Photography Images                                                                                
“1 Lettuce Wrestler”
“A Royal Glow”
“As She Looks Up”
 
“He Looks with Tender Love”                                                     
“Love in Lettuce”
“She is the Center of Attention”


2008-2009          
MILES LIVE ART SHOW on Public Broadcast Channel, Charlotte, NC – “Live Art” Actor


11/01-01/02      
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “
A DICKENS OF A CHRISTMAS SHOW”                                
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions                                                                     
Featuring Artists: Bob Deal, Claudia Chandler, Sean Knightengale, Mary Szcezny, Me’ Me’


03/01-05/01      
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “
APRIL NOT IN PARIS”                                                                                   
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions                                                                                                                     
Featuring Artists: Claudia Chandler, Mary Szcezny, myself a.k.a. Me’ Me’


05/00-07/00      
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “3 WOMEN & YET ANOTHER MAN”                                                                               
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions                                                                       
Featuring Artists: C. Chandler, M. Szcezny, Me’ Me’, Tyler Strouth


03/00-07/00      
CAFÉ DADA Fine Arts Exhibit, Gastonia, NC – Solo Show


03/00-06/00      
BLUE DOG EATERY, Gastonia, NC – Coop Show  
Featuring Artists: C. Chandler and Me’ Me’


02/00-05/00      
PTARADACTYL CLUB, Charlotte, NC - Interior Decoration, Me’ Me’ Art Installations


10/99-01/00      
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “
4 WOMEN OF GREAT SPIRIT”                                                                                
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions                                                                      
Featuring Artists: C. Chandler, M. Szcezny, Me’ Me’, and Violetta


08/99-10/99      
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “
I WANTED/WANT TO BE Mrs. C.A.R.”               
Solo Show                                                                                                                                                
Featuring:  Installation of Assemblages of Collage, Drawings, Mannequin Mademoiselle Elle, Paintings, Personal Writings, Sculptures, Vintage Costumes                                                                                 
Coined as “
The Girly Movement, A New Part of Me’ Me’-Ism!”                                                                                                              *Me’ Me’-Ism  I coined as "THE BREAK IN THE MONOTONY OF THINGS IN LIFE!"
Now we have Memes that break the monotony, hmmmmmmm?


07/1999              
Commissioned Sculptures/Assemblages by GARY KELLY, Patron of the Southwest Arts


10/98-02/99      
WRIGHTNOW GALLERY, Charlotte, NC - “3
WOMEN AND 1 MAN”                                                                               
Show Creator, Manager, Marketing & Promotions                                                                       
Featuring Artists: C. Chandler, Me’ Me’, Tyler Strouth


10/98-02/99      
Z-AXIS Television SHOW on Public Broadcast Channel, Charlotte, NC – “Live Art” Actor, Costuming, Props


01/98-10/98      
WITZEN’S ART GALLERY, Charlotte, NC – “
PASSION FLOWER SERIES” Exhibit                                                                           
Abstract Macro Photography then Digitally Enhanced Images
   
                                                                             
01/1998              
CHARLOTTE’S BEST MAGAZINE, NC – Among Featured Artists for CB’s Christmas Wish List                                                     
*Designed Magazine Ad for “3 Women & 1 Man” Show


10/97-10/98      
23 STUDIO at NODA, Charlotte, NC - Co-op Shows                                                                                    
Featuring:  Original Me’ Me’ Photography then Computer Enhanced Images
"Mademoiselle Elle Art Installations"
"Me’ Me’s Precious Purple Cabinet"


04/1996              
BARTENDER’S BALL, MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS Society Silent Auction, Charlotte, NC                               
Art Donation


04/1995              
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA –
ALUMNI EXHIBITION

03/1995              
SAN DIEGO ART INSTITUTE, San Diego, CA – “
PHOTOTROPOLIS’ 1995” Art Exhibit

02/1995              
SILENT HEART BALL, Heart Association Fundraiser Event, Charlotte, NC                                       
Art Donation


09/1994            
SCHOOL of VISUAL ARTS, NYC, NY – “
DIGITAL SALON” 2nd Annual Computer Art Exhibit

07/1994              
CHARLOTTE’S CREATIVE LOAFING, Art Critique by Sandy Seawright  

07/1994                                                        
23 STUDIO at NODA, Charlotte, NC -  Solo Show


06/94-11/94      
23 STUDIO at NODA, Charlotte, NC - Co-op Shows                                                                                                                
Featuring:  Original Me’ Me’ Photography then Computer Enhanced Images
Sculptures


06/94-09/94      
PLANET 3, Savannah, GA – Grunge & Primitive Copper Jewelry


04/94-06/95      
KC’S ATTIC, Beaufort, SC - Faux Painted Antique Furniture


04/94-05/94      
Savannah College of Art & Design, Savannah, GA – “
SENIOR SHOW” Exhibition

1990-1992          
COSMIC COFFEE HOUSE GALLERY, Charlotte, NC -
Collage Art Exhibition                                                                                                                                                                                                   
1990-1992          
RACHELLE’S GALLERY, Charlotte, NC -
Collage Art Exhibition   

1990-1992          
VAN GOGH & FRIENDS, Charlotte, NC - Collage Art Exhibition
                                                                                                                                       
     My own nightmarish personal experience has led me to want to create work aiming towards raising the awareness of precious people.              
     Artwork is a way for me to verbalize through the variety of mediums for what I cannot say without stammering orally about the residual memories I grasped tightly to finally let loose with sentiment into the wonderful exchange of making. The works are cathartic for me, and hopefully like dream catchers, strong, and able to shield one from the shattering of dreams. I want my artwork to address many of the yin-yang universal human experiences and to exude nurture, caution, and care for the future. 
     I look to culturally varied artists, yet each uniquely expressive of their experiences and emotional sentimentalities attached.
I am drawn to artists who shared not the pristine side of just joy, or other positive life aspects. Rather I look to how they shared their guttural reactions to such things as love, the hardships of love and love relationships, the deeply built-in human feelings of maternal, and even, paternal needs to nurture.
     One of my art heroes is down to earth quite genius, Thornton Dial, who commented on his own life perspective as being impressed with the exposure to a life surrounded by strong women. In one of his collage paintings he makes a courageous warriors call to alert his viewers of his own personal grief mournfully touched by the heart wrenching loss of so many precious children attending their tragic Twin Towers deathly daycare shortly after the 9/11 American terrorist incident. 
     Frieda Kahlo said she painted her own reality, though many viewers interpreted her paintings as dreamy surreal nightmares or daydreams. Tracy Emin put her very private life beyond the bedroom walls on display. Cindy Sherman showed a woman, an artist, a tragic heroine, whomever she pleased to be she could through her own expression. 
     Emanating a strong perseverance and supporting my audience with the bravado of hope in these surreal theaters and with no worry of the interpretation(s) from the viewers. No. Rather this. Look. Look again. Stop. Just ponder and get lost in a moment recalled or not……….float in the presence of now. 
Picture
EDUCATION
    
                                                                                                                                               
​2017-2019                 
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE 
                                                                          Languages; French, Italian, Spanish                                                 
2011 - 2015                 
WINTHROP UNIVERSITY 
                                         Master of Fine Arts  Sculpture, General Crafts 

June 2014                 
Art & Photography Study Abroad
                                                         France and Switzerland                                     
Aug 2013                   
Penland School of Crafts
                                           Instructor Malika Green, NY – Sandals
July 2013                   
Penland School of Crafts
                                           Instructor John Garrett, NM - Basketry
June 2013                 
Penland School of Crafts
                                           Instructor Wayne Wichern, CA - Millinery                                                 
May 2013                 
La Meridiana School of Ceramiche’  Study Abroad
                                                                                     Tuscany, Italy 
2005-2006               
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          W.I.T.S Personal Training Certification  
2000                           
ADOBE PHOTOSHOP  Conference                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          CEU’s                                                                             
1997                           
RESTORATION ATLANTA 
                                          Historic Preservation of Jekyll Isle & Gardens  CEU’s
1995                           
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE 
                                                                          Power Point & Excel CEU's

1991-1995                   
SAVANNAH COLLEGE of ART & DESIGN  Bachelor of Fine Arts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Computer Arts: Fashion, Film, Graphic Design                

1989-1991                   
CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Liberal Arts: Dance, Fashion, Theater   

Future Education Objective is to obtain PHD Doctorate in Art History. I really like a few programs in Arizona,  Canada, and England                          
If you Made it this far! WOW!
REALLY Thank You for Stopping in and checking everything out,
​spending your time lost in this art space.
Hopefully, it broke the monotony in your day or night.
EMAIL / contact@Charlotteacoolik@yahoo.com
PHONE /
1.704.618.4990

I would love to hear from you. Any questions or comments are very welcome.
And, YES, I do COMMISSIONS and FREELANCE Work.

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