Carol Aust

 Carol Aust works in acrylics on canvas and wood panels from her studio in Oakland, California. Her figurative paintings are emotionally-charged narrative fragments infused with mysterious tension and secrecy. She often places her figures in precarious environments where anything could happen. 

Sometimes celebratory, sometimes lonely and disturbing, her paintings express a wide range of human desire and yearning. Aust’s work consistently features strong and vibrant colors along with figures that are both engaging and vulnerable.

Through her own private study she has been influenced by artists such as Emil Nolde, Marc Chagall, Kathe Kollwitz, and the German expressionists. Her work is represented in private collections throughout the United States, and galleries such as: SHOH Gallery, Berkeley, CA; Edward Montgomery Fine Art, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA; Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA; and more. Carol is now on permanent display at ART on FIRST in Ashland, OR.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

• "Love in the Balance," SHOH Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2021
• "New Vagabond," SHOH Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2019
• "Lost and Found," Lola's Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2019
• "On My Way to You," Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA, 2018
• "Traveling Light," SHOH Gallery, Berkeley, CA, 2017
• "Vantage Point," Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, CA, 2016
• "Carol Aust," Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, MA, 2016
• "Turning Points," Saint Mary's Art Center, Virginia City, Nevada, 2014
• "Love," Zonal, San Francisco, California, 2014
• "Carol Aust," The Studio Shop, Burlingame, California, 2012
• "Carol Aust," Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2012
• "Introducing Carol Aust," Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, Massachusetts, 2011
• "New Work by Carol Aust," Harrison Gallery, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2010
• "Carol Aust Paintings," Zonal, San Francisco, California, 2009
• "Carol Aust Paintings," Mowen Solinsky Gallery, Nevada City, California, 2009
• "Water Paintings," The Claremont Hotel, Berkeley, California, 2006
• "Solitary Journey ," Piante Gallery, Eureka, CA 2003
• "Art for the Journey," Studio 7 Gallery, Pleasanton, California, 2001
• "Journal Entries," Piante Gallery, Eureka, California, 2001
• "Recent Work by Carol Aust," Taylor University, Upland, Indiana, 1997
• "Shadows of Home," Los Medanos College Art Gallery, Pittsburg, California, 1996
• "Keeping It In the Family," Artistic Impressions Gallery, Greensboro, North Carolina, 1995
• "Family and Other Friends," Courtyard Cafe & Gallery, Alameda, California, 1995
• "Internal Tableaus," American River College Gallery, Sacramento, California, 1993
• "Naming Secrets," Women's Art Project, San Francisco, California, 1993
• "Guardians and Angels," Gallery W, Sacramento, California, 1993
• "Family Matters," Biola Gallery, La Mirada, California, 1992
• "Under One Roof: Family Connections," Torsiello Gallery, Oakland, California, 1992
• "Portraits from the Inside," Torsiello Gallery, Oakland, California, 1990

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

• "Tahoe Blue", Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, California, 2019
• "Road Trip", Shoh Gallery, Berkeley, California, 2018
• "Surreal", Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, California, 2018
• "With Liberty and Justice for Some", Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, 2017
• “Spectrum-Gestalt," bG Gallery, Santa Monica, California, 2016
• “Dedicated to Community," Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, California, 2016
• “Through Her Eyes," Rhythmix Cultural Works, Alameda, California, 2015
• “Carol Aust at the Collector," The Collector Gallery, Berkeley, California, 2015
• “Serenity," UCSF Women's Health Center, San Francisco, California, 2015
• “Belonging: Works by Carol Aust and Laura Van Duren," Jennifer Perlmutter Gallery, Lafayette, California, 2014
• “Sky," Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California, 2014
• “Go Figure," The Studio Shop, Burlingame, California, 2011
• “Somebody Else: A Celebration of Six Dynamic Figurative Artists," ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California, 2009
• “Head Trip," Barbara Anderson Gallery, Berkeley, California, 2007
• “All New, " The Vault, Sonora, California, 2007
• “The Art of the Book: Bay Area Treasures" Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, California, 2006
• “Salvaged: Art Based on Recycled Material," Studio Gallery, San Francisco, 2005
• “Land and Water, New Work by Carol Paquet and Carol Aust,” Montclair Gallery, Oakland, California, 2005
• “Delicious: A Show of Culinary Art,” Studio Gallery, San Francisco, California, 2005
• “Small Works,” Eriksen Gallery, Half Moon Bay, California, 2004
• “A Feast for the Eyes,” Solomon Dubnick Gallery, Sacramento, California, 2003
• "The Integral Figure," Santa Cruz Mountains Art Center, Ben Lomond, California, 2003
• "Carol Aust, Painting, and Laura Van Duren, Sculpture," Green Shutter Gallery, Hayward, California, 2003
• "3X3X1," Chico Art Center, Chico, California, 2001
• "Figurative Small Works Exhibition," Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida, 2000
• "Secret Stories," California State University, Chico, California, 2000
• "Refuge," Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona, 2000
• "Evocatively Intimate," Matrix Gallery, Sacramento, California, 2000
• "Close-Out: Art Against the Extinction of Experience," Badet Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1999
• "1999 Alumni Exhibition," California State University, Chico, California, 1999
• "Flights of Fancy," San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1998
• "The Narrator," A.P. Tell Gallery, Grand Canyon University, Phoenix, Arizona, 1997
• "Carol Aust and Liz Maxwell," Sticks Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1997
• "Caregiver and Crone," Littman Gallery, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, 1997
• "Family Matters: Traditional and Contemporary Depictions of Home Life," Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California, 1996
• "The Promise," Gallery W, Sacramento, California, 1996
• "Stories--Narrative Art by Tor Archer, Carol Aust, and Jan Dove," College of Marin Fine Arts Gallery, Kentfield, California, 1995
• "Recent Work by Carol Aust, Jessica Dune, and Marce Pascal," Richard H. and Marjorie M. Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, California, 1995
• "11th Annual Exhibition, 1995 Part 1", Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, 1995
• "Works of Faith," Gallery One, Mendocino, California, 1995
• "Contemporary California Masters," Gallery W, Sacramento, California, 1995
• "Spring Group Show," Weir Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1995
• "Love Songs," Weir Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1995
• "Art Works 94," Honorable Mention Award, Sun Gallery, Hayward, California, 1994
• "Bay Arts 1994," San Mateo County Arts Council, Belmont, California, 1994
• "Keeping It In the Family," Gallery W, Sacramento, California, 1994
• "Go Figure," Opts Art Gallery, San Francisco, California, 1993
• "Transformations," Bade Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1993
• "Imagination," Peconic Gallery, Riverhead, New York, 1993
• "Sacrifices of Abraham," Bade Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1992
• "Recovery," Works/San Jose, San Jose, California, 1992
• "Images and Objects," ACCI Gallery, Berkeley, California, 1991
• "BACAN Group Exhibition," Biola University Gallery, La Mirada, California, 1991
• "Open Studios Show," Pro Arts Tempspace Gallery, Oakland, California, 1991
• "61st Annual Statewide Exhibition," Santa Cruz Art League, Santa Cruz, California, 1991
• "Drawing from Life: the Human Figure," Juniper Gallery, Napa Art Center, Napa Valley, California, 1991
• "West Coast Works On/Of Paper," The Ink People, Eureka, California, 1991
• "Juried Exhibition 1991," Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, 1991
• "Juried Exhibition 1991," Gallery House, Palo Alto, California, 1991
• "Bridges: Artists' Responses to Disaster," Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, California, 1990
• "Works on Paper '90," Koret Gallery, Palo Alto, California, 1990

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• "My Canvas Family," Radix Magazine, Volume 24, No. 4
• "One Source--Sacred Journeys: A Celebration of Spirit and Art," Markowitz Publishing, 1997
• "Preview College Ave. Open Studios Tour," Montclarion, May 7, 1996
• Thym, Jolene, "It's All Relative," Oakland Tribune, January 24, 1996
• "It's All in the Family at Bedford," Walnut Creek Journal, January 25, 1996
• Dearborne, Cassandra, "Aust and Timmerman Bring 'The Promise' to Gallery W," Entertainment Magazine, March 19 - April 1, 1996
• Caldwell, Gayle, "The Essence of Spirituality," Mendocino Beacon,
  November 22, 1995
• "Family and Other Friends Exhibit Opens at the Courtyard," Alameda Journal, Sept. 22-25, 1995
• Thym, Jolene, "Artist's Family Life is Her Inspiration," Oakland Tribune, September 22, 1995
• Dunderdale, Doug; Fetcho, David & Susan English, "Out of Bounds" (video), 1995
• Roche, Harry, "Critic's Choice: Art," San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 8, 1994
• Johnson, Holly, "The Strength of One," Sacramento Bee, January 10, 1993
• Phillips, Susan, "The Crisis of Care," Radix Magazine, Volume 20, No. 3
• Cohn, Terri, "BRIDGES--Artists' Responses to Disaster," Berkeley Art Center Association, 1990
• "Imagination," Publication of the National Juried Visual Art and Poetry Exhibition, Peconic Gallery, Suffolk Community College, Riverhead, NY, 1993

RESIDENCY

• Alderworks Artist Residency, Dyea, AK, 2019

GALLERIES

• ART-on-FIRST, Ashland, OR 
• SHOH, Berkley, CA 
• Edward Montgomery Fine Art, Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
• Left Bank Gallery, Wellfleet, Orleans,  MA