Carol Ladewig

My work explores the interplay between structure, intent, and chance. For me, intention initiates action, which sets in motion both limits and possibilities. In the work a sense of time and rhythm develop from the exploration of color and the process of painting, building layer by layer, a back and forth dance of paint creating rhythmic narratives of time and space. 

The Year in Color (52 weeks and a Day), developed from a desire to give an abstraction (time)  a literal and visual shape. To create a visual record of time, Ladewig decided to paint on one 6 x 6 inch canvas panel to represent each day. The colors were derived from a palette of primary colors: red, blue, yellow, and white. The color for each day begins with the previous day's color, and develops from responses to events that happened on that day, coupled with a pure curiosity about and love of color. (Travel days are an exception to this color structure: they are all the same color of gray; as they represent interruptions and transitional days in the year.)

BIO

Carol Ladewig lives and works in Oakland, California. Ms. Ladewig received a BA from theUniversity of California, Berkeley and her MFA from the California College of Arts and Crafts. Since then she has been showing her work at the Lucy Berman Gallery in Palo Alto, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley Art Center, Museum of Los Gatos, Ute Stebich Gallery in Lenox, MA and BGH Gallery in Los Angeles, among many others. Ladewig’s work is held in both public collections across the United States and Europe including the Packard Foundation, SAP, America, and the Alameda County Art Collection and in private collections across the United States and Europe. She has been an instructor at Diablo Valley College, since 2001.  In 2001 she co-founded the Oakland Art Gallery and was the Program Director thru 2007.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010    Carol Ladewig, Rhythm, Bocanova, Oakland, CA

2001     Carol Ladewig Notations, The Loft, BGH Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA                                                                        

              Carol Ladewig, Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA

1999    Carol Ladewig, Recent Work, 456 Montgomery Plaza, Lobby, San Francisco, CA

1995    Structure and Memory, Paintings by Carol Ladewig, Air Touch, Walnut Creek, CA

              Carol Ladewig, Paintings, Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

              Structure and Memory, Paintings by Carol Ladewig, Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA                                                                 

1993    Carol Ladewig, Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

1990    Introductions, Carol Ladewig, Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA

 GROUP EXHIBITIONS

 2012    Left to Chance, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA

              Year in Color, 2011 (52 weeks and a day) SF Fine Art Fair, Slate Contemporary

2011     Shine, Artist's Annual, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA

              Artist's Annual Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

              Small Miracles, San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, CA

              Art Passages, "The Faculty Exhibition" at Gallery 651, Contra Costa County Admin Bldg,

                          Martinez, CA

              CCA Alumni Exhibition Series at the Brava Theater, San Francisco, CA

2010     Kala Artists’ Annual/Fresh Work, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA 

              On View, New Work from KALA, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA

2009     Painting Large, Artworks Downtown, San Rafael, CA

2007     CCA 100th Anniversary Celebration, Montclair Gallery, Oakland, CA

2005    Gallery Artists, Haddad Lascano Gallery, Great Barrington, MA

2004    CCASEE, California College of the Arts, 2004 Alumni Exhibitions, Mendocino Art Center,  

                          Mendocino, CA                           

2003    Texas National Art Exhibition, Griffith Gallery, Stephen F. Austin State University,

                          Nacogdoches, TX                                         

              Positive/Negative, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN

              Made in America, Long Beach Arts, Long Beach, CA

2002     Pro Arts Juried Annual, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA

2001     Hidden Treasures, The Pardee Artists, The Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA

              Reconstructing Reality, The Oakland Art Gallery, Oakland, CA

              House Variations, Diablo Valley College Art Gallery, Pleasant Hill, CA

              Displaced Passion, Circle Elephant Art, curated by Paige Payne, Los Angeles

2000     Gallery Artists, Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA    

               Metamorphosis, Fifth Season Art Gallery, Tracy, CA