RESUME


EDUCATION
1986-1987    
M.F.A Program-M.A. Painting, San Jose State University, CA  
Fulbright Scholarship, First place alternate-Sweden
1980-1984    
B.A. Art and B.A. Zoology, University of California at Santa Barbara
 
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009
Figures in Relax Mode, The Meetinghouse, Bedford, NY 

2008           
Summer on the Island, Paintings of France, Rockwell Gallery, Wilton, CT
New Paintings by Carey Parks Schwartz, The Meetinghouse, Bedford, NY 

2007           
Sun, Sand, and Water, Gallery Yellow, Cross River, NY
 
INVITATIONAL & JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2010
PAPER : Eyebuzz Fine Art Gallery, Tarrytown, NY (Curator:Tim Thayer)
 
Fresh Pics: Contemporary Art in Connecticut
, Ridgefield, CT (Curator:Camilla Cook)
 2007           
58TH Annual Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Guild Galleries, CT (Juror: Valeries Smith, Queens Museum, NY)

Hot and Humid and a Chance of a Thundershower, The Madelyn Jordon Fine Art Gallery, Scarsdale, NY (Curator: Madelyn Jordon)

Three Views, Our World Gallery, Stamford, CT

2005           
6th Annual Stanley and Vivian Reed Art Exhibition, Stamford, CT (Juror: Michael H. Florio, Questar Gallery, CT)

1997-2009   
Annual Faculty Exhbitions, Silvermine Guild Galleries, New Canaan, CT

1988 -1990
Museum of Modern Art - Rental and Sales Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Body of paintings on loan to the Corporate art market

AWARDS
Liquitex Artist of the Month, July 2007
Boundless Gallery Artist of the Month, December 2005
First Place Award, 6th Annual Stanley and Vivian Reed Art Exhibition, Stamford, CT (Juror: Michael H. Florio, Questar Gallery, CT), 2005

BIBLIOGRAPHY
M. Stephen Dohery, "Carey Parks Schwartz, Gaining Confidence with Acrylics", American Artist Magazine, workshop edition, winter 2008, pgs. 6- 19

"Artist at Work", Greenwich Time & Stamford Advocate, Sunday, May 15, 2007
Television Interview & Artist Profile, (Cablevision, Ch 77, "Carousel") February, 2007

COLLECTIONS
Corporate collectors: Beazer Development (CA), Lockheed Martin (CA)
Numerous private collectors in: United States, France, Sweden, and Portugal

TEACHING 
Silvermine School of Art, Faculty Member - 1995 to Present (New Canaan, CT)
Classical and contemporary painting:  techniques, and concepts, with emphasis on the understanding of its formal language and the fundamentals of artistic expression.
Silvermine Guild Galleries, Artist Lecture Series - 2006-07 
Discussion of artwork in Art of the Northeast and Annual Faculty Exhibition
Carey Parks Studio - 2006 - 08 
Painting classes to the intermediate and advance levels, focus on artistic goals, and portfolio development for shows and college applications.