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Carolyn Parker
Earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree [ Art Academy of Cincinnati foundation studies followed up with Wright State University's Department of Art and Art History undergraduate program ] and a Master of Fine Arts degree [ University of California, Irvine; Claire Trevor School of the Arts ], she uses her fine art sensibilities in virtually all communications arts projects.

With intense focus on alternative landscapes and still life constructions, Carolyn Parker’s academia experiences and travels throughout the continental United States, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Mexico, Spain, and Poland have informed and continue to inspire her work.

Collectively, her work strives to access latent memory – both real and subjective. History is critical to understanding the relationship between humans and the world we create and inhabit. While some stories are complex and others intimate, they all offer lessons to those who would be open to receiving them. There are stories to be told about our interventions in this world, whether externally focused or shared through divine reasoning. And some of them find their way into her work.

Reading and research underlie her artistic practice. Throughout, she has studied aspects of psychology, sociology, art, religion, music, technology, and taboo topics, which guide her when working on a project.

This breadth of knowledge provides her with a multifaceted perspective of the topic as it is studied, allowing her to move forward to create metaphorical meanings that extend beyond the subject matter at hand.

Few topics are singular in nature but, rather, compilations of relationships. Juxtapositions of formal elements, disparate thoughts. In all things seeking balance and the true meanings of internal dialogues and outward deceptions.