Sabine Carlson

Sabine Carlson

American, born 1960 in Cologne, Germany

Sabine Carlson's current paintings explore themes of power and vulnerability. Trees are claiming spaces that are traversed by helicopters or certain animals known for their mobility around obstacles.

Sabine Carlson re-directs enigmatic qualities inherent in the ordinary.  While retaining their recognizability, details taken from everyday occurances become conduits for socio-political aspects of our time.

In addition to the United States, Sabine Carlson has exhibited in the France, Germany, Italy, in The Czech Republic and in The United Arab Emirates. Her work is included in private, public and corporate collections in Germany, Italy, in the Netherlands, in the United Arab Emirates and in the United States.

Sabine Carlson has given numerous public lectures on her work and has has taught painting in the Washington, DC metro area, in California and in Utah. Her work has been featured in New American Paintings, Vol 33, in Westbranch, Vol 50, (cover), in American Art Collector, 2009 and 2010, and in Studio Visit, Vol 14 (Spring 2011)

In Feb/Mar 2012, Sabine Carlson will be one of the participating artists at SELECT: WPA 2012 Art Auction and Gala, Washington, DC. She was selected by Sarah Newman, PhD, Curator for Contemporary Art at the Corocoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

In Apr/May 2012, Sabine Carlson will exhibit together with Elroy Williams and Evelyn Jacobs at Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD

In February 2014, Sabine Carlson's paintings will be at the Dennis and Phillip Ratner Museum in Washington, DC as part of a group exhibition curated by Stella Bernstein, Director.