Discipline: Visual Art

Mary Ellen Carroll

Discipline: Visual Art
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1991

Mary Ellen Carroll is a conceptual artist whose work includes aspects of architecture/design, public policy, writing, performance, and film. Her work has been exhibited at numerous American and international galleries, including the Whitney Museum, New York; Generali Foundation, Vienna, Austria; Jacobs Museum, Zurich, Switzerland; ICA Philadelphia; ICA, London; and MOMUK, Vienna. Her work is held in numerous public and private collections. She is the recipient of numerous grants and honors, including the Berlin Prize at the American Academy in Berlin for 2016, a Graham Foundation Fellowship for prototype 180 and the AIA’s Artist of the Year Award. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Pollock/Krasner Award, and a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship. Carroll considers teaching and lecturing an important part of her practice; she has presented at institutions including MoMA, New York; MoCA, Yinchuan, China; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Alserkal Avenue, Dubai.

Studios

Watson

Mary Ellen Carroll worked in the Watson studio.

Built in 1916 in memory of Regina Watson of Chicago, a musician and teacher, this studio was donated by a group of her friends, along with funds for its maintenance. Originally designed to serve as a composers’ studio with room for performance, Watson was used as a recital hall for chamber music for a…

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