John Davis Carroll

John Davis Carroll

johndaviscarroll@gmail.com

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   6010 Oak St., Kansas City, MO, 64113

John Davis Carroll is a painter and new media artist. He was born in Natick, Massachusetts. He studied at Swain School of Design in New Bedford, Massachusetts where he received his B.F.A in Painting in 1987 and at Parsons School of Design in NYC where he received a M.F.A. in Painting in 1990. The majority of his professors and mentors came from the School of Hans Hofmann. These artists included Larry Rivers, Leland Bell, Nell Blaine, Paul Resika, David Loeffler Smith and Robert DeNiro Sr.

Carroll has lived in Kansas City since 1993. He has been an adjunct professor for over 15 years at UMKC M.F.A. in Theatre Design where he teaches Life Drawing and at JCCC where he teaches Drawing and Painting. He has also taught at Avila University, Park University, UMKC Fine Arts Department and KCAI.

He is the recipient of numerous awards including Lieberman Teaching Excellence Award for Adjunct Faculty JCCC, Honorable Mention for a 360 degree spherical photograph, hosted by Ricoh and CNN, a Studio Residency hosted by Urban Culture Project / Kansas City, Missouri - Charlotte Street Fund, Best of Show “32nd Small Works” (international) for a new media piece juried by Daniel Ferris of the Stephen Haller Gallery Washington Square Galleries NYU in NYC and Best of Show for a painting at the “Art at the Center Juried Exhibition” (national) Overland Park, Kansas; juror Dr. Patricia McDonnell director of the Urlich Museum Wichita Kansas.

John Davis Carroll has had numerous solo shows and invitational shows locally, nationally, Germany, Taiwan and China. His work is owned by numerous private collections and the Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Overland Park, Kansas.

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