Carole d’Inverno was born in 1956 and grew up in Italy and Belgium. She moved to the United States in 1979 and now resides in Seattle. Washington.

A self-taught artist, Carole has exhibited extensively in solo and group shows in the United States. Her work is in the public collections of Seattle Group Health, Seattle University, and private collections across the US and Europe.

Carole d’Inverno is the recipient of numerous awards and honors. In 2010, she will be in Residency at the Abbey de Pontlevoy in France and at the Vermont Studio Center in the US. In 2009, she was in residency at the Vermont Studio Center in the US, and at the Wassard Elia Center, in Ascea , Italy. While there, she also participated in the 2009 Biennale di Firenze. In 2002, Carole d’Inverno was awarded Best in Show in the Richland City Arts Competition, juried by Debra Byrne, former Director of Curatorial Affairs and Exhibitions at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle, Washington.

Carole d’Inverno is actively involved in the Seattle arts community. She is a former Board Member of Artists Trust, a statewide arts organization that funds artists directly.

Carole d’Inverno is fluent in Italian and French. She is married to musician /composer Bill Frisell, and they have one daughter.



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Exhibitions
Selected Solo Shows
2010 Fetherston Gallery, Seattle, WA, November.
2008 Gallery 6311, Seattle, Washington.
2007 Gallery 070, Vashon Island, Washington.
Victrola, Seattle, Washington.
Galley 6311, Seattle, Washington.
2006 Orcas Island Cultural Center, Orcas Island, Washington.
Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington.
2005 Viveza Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
RC Gallery, Portland, Oregon.
2004 Helen S. Smith Gallery, Green River College, Auburn, Washington.
2003 Atelier 31, Seattle, Washington.
2002 Fireplace Gallery, Mount Hood Community College, Gresham, OR
‘Big Talk,’ installation with Andree Carter at Gallery 6311, Seattle, WA
2001 Atelier 31, Kirkland, Washington.

Selected Group Shows
2010 ‘Little Treasures’ Galleria De’ Marchi, Bologna, Italy.
‘Drum of the Draw’, drawing invitational, Grey Gallery, Seattle, WA
ArtsWest Gallery, Seattle, WA.
Annie’s Art, Seattle, WA.
2009 Biennale di Firenze, Florence , Italy.
'Return to Departure', group show-Kikland Art Center, Kikland, WA.
2008 Pacific Northwest Art Annual. University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon.
‘What does Compassion Look Like’, Friesen gallery, Seattle, Washington.
2007 ‘Building C’, Gallery 6311, Seattle, Washington.
‘East Meets West’, Ballard Works, Seattle, Washington.
‘Building C’, Arts And Culture Department of Issaquah, Washington.
‘Pulp, 2nd Annual’’ Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington.
2006 COCA Painting Marathon and Auction, Seattle, Washington.
‘Pulp’, Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington.
2004 Group Show at RC Gallery, Portland, Oregon
‘Stay in the Tunnel’, Gallery 6311, Seattle, Washington.
2003 Art Detour 2003, Seattle, Washington.
2002 Allied Arts Association Annual Juried Show, Richland, Washington. Juror: Debra Byrne, Director of Curatorial Affairs And Exhibitions at the Frye Museum in Seattle, Washington.
‘Bondage’, Atelier 31, Kirkland, Washington.
‘Some Like it Art’ Bellevue Art Museum’s 2002 Gala Art Auction Invitational, Bellevue, Washington.
2001 ‘The Birds’ Invitational Exhibition for the Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington.
‘Primtemps a’ Paris’ Invitational Show for the Bellevue Art Museum Gala Art Auction, Bellevue, Washington.
2000 ‘Millennium,’ Atelier 31, Kirkland, Washington.
Phinney Center Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
1999 ‘Miniatures’, Atelier 31, Kirkland, Washington.
‘Gods and Demons’, Winters Ethnographica Gallery, Winters, California.
Lindenberg Gallery, New York, New York.

Residencies
2010 Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont.
Residency at The Abbey, Artists in Residence Program, Pontlevoy, France.
2009 Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont.
Residency at Wassard Elia, Ascea, Italy.

Awards and Honors
2010 Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont.
Residency at The Abbey, Artists in Residence Program, Pontlevoy, France.
2009 'Return to Departure', group show-Krikland Art Center, Krikland, WA
Juried by Cable Griffin - KAC Exhibitions Director, Philip Govedare, Professor University of WA painting, Helen O'Toole - Professor University of WA painting.
Residency at the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont. Residency at the Wasard Elia Center, Ascea, Italy.
Invitational to the Biennale di Firenze, Italy. Director Stefano Francolini.
2002 Best of Show for the Allied Arts Association Annual Juried Show, Richland, Washington. Juror: Debra Byrne, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Exhibitions at the Frye Art Museum, Seattle.
In Best of Show for ‘some Like it Art’, Bellevue Art Museum 2002 Gala Art Auction, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington.
2001 In Best of Show for ‘Printemps a’ Paris’, Bellevue Art Museum Gala Art Auction, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington.
1998 Recipient of the Jurors Choice Award in the Northwest Fine Arts Competition at the Phinney Center Gallery. Juror: Peggy Weiss, Director of Art Programs for the Bank of America. Seattle, Washington.
Recipient Jurors Award in the 18th Annual Northwest International
Art Competition at the Whatcom County Museum’s ARCO Gallery. Jurors: Robbie Conal and Linda Conner. Bellingham, Washington.

Collections
Public collections: Seattle University, Seattle, and Group Health, Seattle, WA.
Works in private collections in California, Colorado, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Texas, Washington, Italy and Belgium.

Education.
University de Liege, Faculte de Chimie, Liege, Belgium.
Institut de Chimie, liege, Belgium

Bibliography

‘Biennale dell’Arte Contemporanea’, Catalogue, Settima Edizione, 2009.
‘Carole d’Inverno : Recent Paintings’ self-published art book, 2009.
‘Artists Flock Here, but For How Long?’ by Michael Harthorne, for the Ballard News-Tribune, September, 2008.
‘d’Inverno Painterly Paintings’, Terry Johnson, Professor of the Arts (ret.), Cornish College of the Arts. In the Orcas Sounder News, June 2006.
‘Respite from the Cold and the Gray in Belltown,’ Matthew Kangas. In the Seattle Times Friday December 5th, 2003.
‘Big Talk’, by Judy Wagonfeld on line at www.DigitalCity.com/Seattle/entertainment/events, October 2002.
‘Faces in the Crowd’, by Dee Axelrod in The Bainbridge Review, Sat. October 12,2002.
‘Exibition’magazine published by the Bainbridge Island Arts and Humanities Council. Summer/Fall 2001.
‘‘Carole d’Inverno: Recent Paintings,’ by Ted Lindberg in Preview, The Gallery Guide September/October 1999.
ArtisSpectrum Catalogue. ‘In Focus’ pg. 40. Published in New York City, Vol. 11/5, 1999.