Biography
CARL PLANSKY
Born May 12, 1951, Miami Beach, Florida
Died October 10, 2009, New York City, NY
Education
1970-1971; 1974-76 New York Studio School
1969 - 70 Maryland Institute College of Art
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2019 Carl Plansky, Coming Home, Prince Street Gallery, NYC
2017 Landscapes by Carl Plansky, Gallery at Carillon, Charlotte, NC
2016 Figures and Landscapes, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2013 Thirty Years of Painting, Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
2012 Carl Plansky, Thirty-five Year Retrospective, Atherton Mill Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2011 Carl Plansky, Spring Arrival, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Carl Plansky: Bad Boys, Schroeder Romero & Shredder, NYC
2010 Retrospective: Carl Plansky, Gallery at Carillon, Charlotte, NC
2009 Sacred Monsters: Carl Plansky’s Divas, New York Studio School, NYC
From Budapest to New York, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Oil Paintings, Fischbach Gallery, NYC
2008 Carl Plansky, Abstract Expressionist, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2007 Painterly Expressionism, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2006 Nature of Perfection, Fischbach Gallery, NYC
2004 Oil Paintings, Fischbach Gallery, NYC
2002 Still Life, Fischbach Gallery, NYC
2001 Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Wilmington, DE
2000 Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
Bangs Street Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1999 The Gallery at R and F, Kingston, NY
Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Wilmington, DE
Bangs Street Gallery, Provincetown, MA
1998 Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, NY
Recent Works, Perugia, Italy
1996 Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, NY
Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1994 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
Lyons-Weir Gallery, Chicago, IL
1993 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1992 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC
Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, NY
1990 Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1989 Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1988 Carspecken-Scott Gallery, Wilmington, DE
1981 Postgraduate Center of Psychoanalytical Research, NYC
1980 Wesbeth Gallery, NYC
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
Gender and Sexuality, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2005 40 Years of The New York Studio School. Jennifer Samet, curator
2005 New Artists, Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2004 The Still Life, Fischbach Gallery, NYC
2003 Hothouse: Contemporary Flora. New York Academy of Science, NY
Peace, Sideshow, Brooklyn, New York
2001
New York Painters, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
Artists on the Edge, Yeshiva University Museum, NY
2000 Artists on the Edge, University of New Mexico, Santa Fe
1998 Five New York Artists, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY
1997 Landscapes, The Painting Center, NYC
Nude Figuration, The Painting Center, NYC
1996 Artworks, Basilico Fine, NYC
1995 Thirty Years of Drawing, New York Studio School, NYC
Renee Fatouhi, NYC
1994 Landscapes, Apex Gallery, New York, Michael Toledo, curator
Pages, 450 Broadway, NYC
American Abstraction: A New Decade, Southern Alleghenies Museum Of Art, Loretto, PA
Art Discover ‘94, Cooperstown Art Association/Smithy Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY
Matter Matters, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, Ellen K. Levy, curator
1993 Preview Show, The Painting Center, NYC
Figuration ‘93, 55 Mercer Gallery, NYC, Susanna Coffey, Curator
Abstracted Reality, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC
Thick and Thin, Islip Arts Museum, Islip, New York
Alumni Show, New York Studio School, NYC
1992 Painters, Trenkmann Gallery, NYC
Large Drawing, 450 Broadway Gallery, NYC
Trees, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA
Sasama Gallery, Chicago, IL
Alumni Show, New York Studio School, NYC
1991 Carspecken-Scott Galleries, Wilmington, DE
1990 Alumni Show, New York Studio School, NYC
1989 Positive I.D., Northern Alleghenies Museum, PA
Carenga-Foxley-Leach Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1987 Jack Tilton Gallery, NYC
Wilkov-Goldfeder Gallery, NYC
Jack Tilton Gallery, NYC
1986 50 at 50 West, 50 West Gallery, NYC
Jack Tilton Gallery, NYC
Lever-Meyerson Gallery, NYC
1984 Lucky Strike Gallery, NYC
Selected Bibliography
Balazs, Eszter. “Land of Light and a Lack of Cynicism.” The Budapest Sun, September 2005
Perl, Jed. “The Beauty Trap.” The New Republic, November 2004
Art listings review. New York Times, January 19, 2003.
Esplund, Lance. “Carl Plansky at Fischbach Gallery.” Art In America, October 2003.
Perl, Jeb. Eyewitness: Reports from an Art World in Crisis. New York: Basic Books, 2000.
Maronate, Jan. “Réseaux de partage des saviors techniques et pratiques artistiques: la conception et l’appropriation par les artistes des mediums synthétiques
en Amériques du Nord,” Techne, no. 8 (1998).
Solomon, Debra. “Ingredients for Success: Group Pigments and Linseed Oil.” The New York Times, September 23, 1998.
Cooper, Michael. “A Mix Master: His Art Lies in Paint Itself.” The New York Times, July 25, 1995.
Creevy, Bill. The Oil Painting Book. New York: Watson-Guptil, 1994.
Perl, Jeb. “Earth” The New Republic, November 14, 1994.
Savage, Tom. “Carl Plansky.” Cover Magazine, April 1993.
Appearances, Spring 1992. [image reproductions]
Perl, Jeb. “Breakthrough, Idyll, Icon, Allegory.” The New Criterion, May 1992.
Perl, Jeb. “The Art Nobody Knows.” The New Republic, October 19, 1992.
Artists in New York. NHK Television, Tokyo, 1991.
Enders, Alexandra. “Carl Plansky.” Art and Antiques, November 1990.
Selected Public Collections
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock AR
Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Bank of America, San Francisco, CA
Bankers Trust, New York, NY
Belk Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC
The Butler Museum, Youngstown, OH
Commerce Bancshares, Inc., Kansas City, MO
Hercules Corporation, Wilmington, DE
Hinson Museum, Wingate University, Wingate, NC
Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, NY
Northern Alleghenies Museum, PA
The Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC
Spartanburg Art Museum, Spartanburg, SC
University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
Wilmington National Bank, Wilmington, DE
Teaching Experience
2006-2009 New York Studio School, NYC
2005 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, Guest Teacher/Lecturer
2004-2005 New York Studio School, Painting Instructor
2000-2005 Maryland Institute College of Art, Professor of Painting
2000 Art Institute of Chicago, Visiting Artist
1999 Maryland Institute College of Art, Professor of Painting
Oxbow School of Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Professor of Painting
Hoffberger School, Maryland Institute College of Art,Visiting Critic/Lecturer
1998 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont,Guest Teacher/Lecturer
Bennington College, Visiting Teacher
Smith College, Visiting Teacher
Mid-American College Art Association, Lexington, KY
1997 Smith College, Visiting Teacher
Hoffberger School, Maryland Institute College of Art, Visiting Teacher/Lecturer
1996 Bard College, Visiting Lecturer
Oxbow School of Art, Art Institute of Chicago,Professor of Painting
Hoffberger School, Maryland Institute College of Art,Visiting Critic/Lecturer
Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois, Visiting Lecturer
Art Institute of Chicago, Artist in Residence
1995 Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts,Visiting Teacher/Lecturer
Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts,Visiting Teacher/Lecturer/Critic
Hoffberger School, Maryland Institute College of Art,Visiting Teacher
Bennington College, Vermont, Visiting Teacher
1994 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, Visiting Lecturer
State University of New York at Purchase, Visiting Lecturer
Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York,Visiting Lecturer
Oxbow School of Art, Art Institute of Chicago,Professor of Painting
1993 School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Lecturer
Parsons School of Art Graduate Program, New York,Visiting Critic
The Cooper Union, New York, Visiting Critic
1992 Hobart and William Smith College, Geneva, New York,Visiting Lecturer
Oxbow School of Art, Art Institute of Chicago,Professor of Painting
The Cooper Union, New York, Visiting Critic