Carol Aust “Blindfolded” Acrylics on Canvas, Song of Hope in a Broken World, 2003 24" by 18" Value: $700 Post Auction Sale: $280

Carol Aust works in acrylic on canvas and wood panels from her studio in Oakland, California. Her figurative paintings are emotionally-charged narrative fragments infused with mysterious tension and secrecy. She often places her figures in precarious environments where anything could happen. Sometimes celebratory, sometimes lonely and disturbing, her paintings express a wide range of human desire and yearning. Aust’s work consistently features strong and vibrant colors along with figures that are both engaging and vulnerable. Through her own private study she has been influenced by artists such as Emil Nolde, Marc Chagall, Kathe Kollwitz, and the German expressionists. Her work is represented in private collections throughout the United States.

Education
California State University, Chico, B.A., Chico, California
University of California at Berkeley Extension, Berkeley, California

Solo Exhibitions
• "Solitary Journey ," Piante Gallery, Eureka, CA 2003
• "Art for the Journey," Studio 7 Gallery, Pleasanton, California 2001
• "Journal Entries," Piante Gallery, Eureka, California, 2001
• "Recent Work by Carol Aust," Taylor University, Upland, Indiana, 1997
• "Shadows of Home," Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, California, 1996
• "Keeping It In the Family," Artistic Impressions Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1995
• "Family and Other Friends," Courtyard Cafe & Gallery, Alameda, California, 1995
• "Internal Tableaus," American River College Gallery, Sacramento, California, 1993
• "Naming Secrets," Women's Art Project, San Francisco, California, 1993
• "Guardians and Angels," Gallery W, Sacramento, California, 1993
• "Family Matters," Biola Gallery, La Mirada, California, 1992
• "Under One Roof: Family Connections," Torsiello Gallery, Oakland, California, 1992
• "Portraits from the Inside," Torsiello Gallery, Oakland, California, 1990

Selected Group Exhibitions
• "The Integral Figure," Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, Ben Lomond, California, 2003
• "Carol Aust, Painting, and Laura Van Duren, Sculpture," Green Shutter Gallery, Hayward, California, 2003
• "3X3X1," Chico Art Center, Chico, California, 2001
• "Figurative Small Works Exhibition," Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2000
• "Secret Stories," California State University, Chico, California, 2000
• "Refuge," Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona, 2000
• "Evocatively Intimate," Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California, 2000
• "Close-Out: Art Against the Extinction of Experience," Badet Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1999
• "1999 Alumni Exhibition," California State University, Chico, California, 1999
• "Flights of Fancy," San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1998
• "The Narrator," A.P. Tell Gallery, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona, 1997
• "Carol Aust and Liz Maxwell," Sticks Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1997
• "Caregiver and Crone," Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 1997
• "Family Matters: Traditional and Contemporary Depictions of Home Life," Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California, 1996
• "The Promise," Gallery W, Sacramento, California, 1996
• "Stories--Narrative Art by Tor Archer, Carol Aust, and Jan Dove," College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery, Kentfield, California, 1995
• "Recent Work by Carol Aust, Jessica Dune, and Marce Pascal," Richard H. and Marjorie M. Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, 1995
• "11th Annual Exhibition, 1995 Part 1", Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, 1995
• "Works of Faith," Gallery One, Mendocino, California, 1995
• "Contemporary California Masters," Gallery W, Sacramento, California, 1995
• "Spring Group Show," Weir Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1995
• "Family Issues: Two Artists' Perspectives," Berkeley YWCA, Berkeley, California, 1995
• "Love Songs," Weir Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1995
• "Art Works 94," Honorable Mention Award, Sun Gallery, Hayward, California, 1994
• "Bay Arts 1994," San Mateo County Arts Council, Belmont, California, 1994
• "Keeping It In the Family," Gallery W, Sacramento, California, 1994
• "Go Figure," Opts Art Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1993
• "Transformations," Bade Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1993
• "Imagination," Peconic Gallery, Riverhead, New York, 1993
• "Sacrifices of Abraham," BadÚ Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1992
• "Recovery," Works/San Jose, San Jose, California, 1992
• "Open Studios Show," Pro Arts Tempspace Gallery, Oakland, California, 1992
• "Images and Objects," ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1991
• "BACAN Group Exhibition," Biola University Gallery, La Mirada, California, 1991
• "Open Studios Show," Pro Arts Tempspace Gallery, Oakland, California, 1991
• "61st Annual Statewide Exhibition," Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California, 1991
• "Drawing from Life: the Human Figure," Juniper Gallery, Napa Art Center, Napa Valley, California, 1991
• "West Coast Works On/Of Paper," The Ink People, Eureka, California, 1991
• "Juried Exhibition 1991," Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, 1991
• "Juried Exhibition 1991," Gallery House, Palo Alto, California, 1991
• "Open Studios Show," Pro Arts Tempspace Gallery, Oakland, California, 1990
• "Bridges: Artists' Responses to Disaster," Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, 1990
• "Works on Paper '90," Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California, 1990
• "Animal Kingdom," San Francisco Women Artists Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1990
• "California Works," California State Fair, Sacramento, California, 1990

Bibiolography
• "My Canvas Family," Radix Magazine, Volume 24, No. 4
• "One Source--Sacred Journeys: A Celebration of Spirit and Art," Markowitz Publishing, 1997
• "Preview College Ave. Open Studios Tour," Montclarion, May 7, 1996
• Thym, Jolene, "It's All Relative," Oakland Tribune, January 24, 1996
• "It's All in the Family at Bedford," Walnut Creek Journal, January 25, 1996
• Dearborne, Cassandra, "Aust and Timmerman Bring 'The Promise' to Gallery W," Entertainment Magazine, March 19 - April 1, 1996
• Caldwell, Gayle, "The Essence of Spirituality," Mendocino Beacon, November 22, 1995
• "Family and Other Friends Exhibit Opens at the Courtyard," Alameda Journal, Sept. 22-25, 1995
• Thym, Jolene, "Artist's Family Life is Her Inspiration," Oakland Tribune, September 22, 1995
• Dunderdale, Doug; Fetcho, David & Susan English, "Out of Bounds" (video), 1995
• Roche, Harry, "Critic's Choice: Art," San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 8, 1994
• Johnson, Holly, "The Strength of One," Sacramento Bee, January 10, 1993
• Phillips, Susan, "The Crisis of Care," Radix Magazine, Volume 20, No. 3
• Cohn, Terri, "BRIDGES--Artists' Responses to Disaster," Berkeley Art Center Association, 1990
• "Imagination," Publication of the National Juried Visual Art and Poetry Exhibition, Peconic Gallery,
• Suffolk Community College, Riverhead, NY, 1993

Carol Aust
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