Denise Carson

Painting professor emerita

Professor emerita of painting, 2023–present
Professor of painting, 1992–2023, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
Visiting Artist, 1998, Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, OH
Administrative Staff, 1996, Olympic Games Atlanta, Atlanta, GA

New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, 25th Anniversary Edition, 2019
Sabbatical Research Grant, Vatican Museum, Rome, Italy, 2014–15
Ambassador Choice Award, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2008, 2012
New American Paintings, Open Studio Press, Southern Edition, 2002
Who’s Who Among America's Teachers, 1996–2007
Travel grant, Professional Development, Havana, Cuba, 2001
Travel grant, Professional Development, Ireland, 1999
Travel grant, Professional Development, Beijing, China, 1998
Celebrate Savannah Award, The Georgia Guardian, 1996
Guinness World Records Book, Southern Arts Revival Artist Collaborative Project Coordinator, World's Largest Painting: 76,726 square feet. Tybee Island, GA, 1995
Independent Creative Achievement Award, Savannah College of Art and Design, 1994-95
Graduate scholarship, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990–92
Visual Arts scholarship, Left Bank Art League, 1982
Travel grant, Rome, Italy and Hydra, Greece, 1981
Haag Memorial Scholarship, Augustana College, 1979

Small Works, Jepson Museum, Savannah, GA, 2018
World of Frida, Bedford Gallery, Jurors: Lisa Congdon, Rebecca Gomez, Bedford, CA, 2018
The Year of the Rabbit, Moot Gallery, Hong Kong, 2011
Why Go Anywhere Else?, Contemporary Art Centre of Montenegro, Petrovic Castle, Podgorica, Montenegro, 2010
Modern Gallery, Budva, Montenegro, 2010
Gallery Josip Bepo Benkovic Herceg Novi, Serbia, 2010
Kod Homena Gallery Kotor, Serbia, 2010
Vojvodina Contemporary Art Museum, Novi Sad, Serbia, 2010
Songs of the South, Gallery Trois, Atlanta, GA (Solo), 2007
Show Horse, Red Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2005
La Broderie Blanche, Gallery Pfriem, Provence, France (Solo), 2004
Pour l’Amour des Chiens, Mona Bismarc Foundation, Paris, France, 2003
October Report, University of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel, 2002
Women by Women, Mona Bismarc Foundation, Paris, France, 2002
Limerick Ladies, The Art Store, Dublin, Ireland (Solo), 2002
Limerick Ladies, The Gallery in Cork Street, London, England (Solo), 2002
Over the Sofa, Pinnacle Gallery, Savannah, GA, Curator Bernice Steinbaum, 2002