Carin Wagner
Carin Wagner is an award-winning South Florida artist. She was born in Norfolk, Virginia. Wagner graduated with a degree in Advertising Design from the Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, winning their Angelo DiVincenzo Life Drawing award of a full term scholarship twice. Wagner works predominately in oil on canvas, with a message of environmental protection at its core.
She has exhibited throughout the U.S. Her work has been included in multiple museum shows, including the Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, the Coral Springs Museum of Art, the Boca Raton Museum of Art and the Cornell Museum in Delray Beach Florida.
Her awards include: two time winner of the Peoples’ Choice from the Cultural Council of Palm Beach, Finalist in the Landscape category with the ART Renewal Center 2019, Peoples’ Choice from Lighthouse Art Center, First place in Continuum Palm Beach, the Mahlon Cline Award of Excellence, and the Dorothy L. Irish Memorial Award from the National Association of Women Artists.
Her work is featured in the book Grand Ambition, by G. Bruce Knecht, and written about extensively in publications such as: American Art Collector Magazine, Sun Sentinel, Palm Beach Post, Gallery and Studio, an International Art Journal, Architectural Digest, Florida Design Magazine, On View Magazine, Showboats International, and many others.
Solo & Two-Person Exhibitions
2019
Nature Sublime, Wagner and Walter, Armand Bolling Fine Art, Jupiter, FL
2017
Carin Wagner, MAE Gallery, Delray Beach, FL
Carin Wagner, Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL
2016
A Celebration of Nature, Carin Wagner, Armand Bolling Fine Art, Jupiter, FL
2015
Out on a Limb, Wagner, Laventhal, Lyons, Rosetta Stone Gallery, Jupiter, FL
2014-15
Carin Wagner, Cultural Council, Lake Worth, FL
2014
The Nature of Impermanence, Wagner and Parker, Eissey Gallery, Palm Beach State
2012
Carin Wagner, Eissey Theatre, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
Exploring the Beauty, Carin Wagner, Gardens Art City Hall, Palm Beach Gardens, FL
2010
Exploring the Beauty, Carin Wagner, Whole Foods/Habitat for Humanity
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019
International Guild of Realism, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
Art Renewal Center, Finalist Landscape Category
2018
Winter Collective, Sirona Fine Art, Hallandale, FL
Beauty Heals, Watson Macrae Gallery, Sanibel, FL
Art and Décor, Cultural Council of Palm Beach, FL
Flora, Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL
2017
Made in the Gardens, Cultural Council of Palm Beach, FL
Curator’s Choice, The Box Gallery, West Palm Beach, FL
2016
Wild, Cornell Museum, Delray Beach, FL
2015
Nature Preserved, Cultural Council of Palm Beach
Environmentally Engaged, Lighthouse Art Center Museum & Gallery
Cultural Council Biennale, Cultural Council of Palm Beach
65th Annual All Florida Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, FL
Out on a Limb, RosettaStone Gallery, Jupiter, FL
Looking Forward, Glancing Back, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
Continuum, Companion Fair to Art Palm Beach
2014
63rd Annual All Florida Exhibition, Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL
2013
123rdAnnual Member’s Exhibition, NAWA, Sylvia Wald, Po Kim Gallery, New York, NY
Introspections, Boca Raton Museum Art School Gallery
County Contemporary, Palm Beach Cultural Council, Lake Worth, FL
Truth and Beauty, Coral Springs Art Museum, Coral Springs, FL
2012
NAWA Annual Exhibition, Sylvia Wald, Po Kim Gallery, New York, NY
2011-12
Les Vernissage des Femmes, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL
2011
Member Exhibition, Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, FL
2010
Landscapes, Juried Exhibition, Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, FL
2009
The Four Seasons, Contemporary Landscapes and Sculpture, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Absobloominlutely, Palm Beach International Airport, West Palm Beach, FL
Painting = Poetry – ut pictura poesis, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Flowers in February Sculptures and Still Life Paintings, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
Gallery and Invited Artists, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
2008
Small Sizes- Precious Pieces, Sherry French Gallery, New York, NY
1999
Architectural Digest Designer Showcase, Design Center of the Americas, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1998
Hortt Competition’98, Fort Lauderdale Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL
Selected Publications
2019
American Art Collector, Artist Focus, September
Fine Art Connoisseur, September
2015
Sun Sentinel Exhibit For Climate Change, December
Palm Beach Arts Paper July 15
2014
Palm Beach Post Accent July 19, Nature Changes
On View Magazine http://issuu.com/onview/docs/on_view_04-06.2014/52?e=1593647/7320350
Jupiter West April 2014 New Work From Fine Artist Carin Wagner To Debut At Summer Show
Art & Culture Magazine, Spring
Palm Beach Post, The Scene, May 12
Jupiter West, New Work From Fine Artist Carin Wagner To Debut At Summer Show, April
2012
Featured Artist in Grand Ambition, book by G. Bruce Knecht,
Show Boats International / Lady Linda
Examiner Carin Wagner explores Florida's natural beauty
Gallery and Studio an International Art Journal Future Art Stars in the N.A.W.A’s Latest Annual
2009
Royal Palm Beach Town-Crier, July
Palm Beach Post Discover Local Artists
2008
Show Boats International/Two to Tango: Lady Linda,
Palm Beach Post, Local Artist Feature, September
2002
Florida Architecture
1998
Sun Sentinel Lifestyle Feature, Front Page, September
1997
Architectural Digest, June
1995
Playbill, Kravis Center, November Cover
1993
Sun Sentinel Lifestyle Feature, Front Page, January
Selected Awards
2015
Voted People’s Choice at Cultural Council Biennale
Voted Best Landscape at Cultural Council Biennale, Palm Beach Daily News
1st Place, Continuum Art Fair, Palm Beach
People’s Choice Award,8/13, Palm Beach Cultural Council, County Contemporary
2012
Dorothy L. Irish Memorial Award presented by N.A.W.A., Sylvia Wald Po Kim Gallery, NY
People’s Choice Award,Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, FL
Mahlon Cline Award of Excellence, Lighthouse Center for the Arts, Tequesta, FL
1985/6
2 time winner DiVincenzo Award for Life Drawing, Art Institute of Ft. Lauderdale, FL