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Born in 1950 in Nottingham, England


1989 Brown Univertisy, Providence, RI, M.A. in Portuguese and Brasilian Studies

1987 Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Graduate-Level Independent Study in Painting

1984 State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A), painting.
"Painting has become a very simple act for me. I paint while I cook and wash clothes or dishes...it all happens in the sink.

I am an artist with an unusually complicated cultural background, born in England to parents of Dutch and Yugoslavian ancestry. My family emigrated to Brazil when I was three. At the age of 12, I was enrolled in a German boarding school, where I lived and studied for over five years. During that residency, I was steeped in German language, literature and history. I have been living in New York City for the past ten years.

This amalgamation of cultures has always made it difficult to establish a cultural identity for myself. I am European by birth and ancestry and Brazilian by nationality, yet for a significant period of my youth, I was culturally a German. I was triply a foreigner. This created a dissonance in my life that I am still attempting to reconcile today.

My work as a painter is based on this complex multi-national background, and on my extensive travels to countries around the world. My work mixes images from my travels with fantasies and memories of the countries in which I have lived. Often, I will also incorporate into the work, images from films and other aspects of various national popular cultures that have been influential in my life.

I am still investigating contemporary culture, exploring its resonance with the expatriate culture of my youth. As a painter, I try to evoke these memories and fantasies within the context of the contemporary visual landscape of these countries."

Carmen Einfinger, October 1999


  • Solo Exhibitions
  • 2007:
      Rotta Farinelli, Genoa, Italy, "Carmen Einfinger"

      Broadway Gallery, New York, NY, "seeCEOseen"

  • 2006:
      NY Arts Beijing Gallery, Beijing, China, "Solo Show Carmen Einfinger"

      Broadway Gallery, New York, NY, "The Boarding School, Carmen Einfinger"

      Politecnico, Modena, Italy, "Studi e Ricerche per le politiche di oggi, Carmen Einfinger"

  • 2001: Gedok Gallery, Lubeck, Germany, "The Emotional Recovery Room"

  • 1998: Jacqueline Rothchild Fine Art, New York, NY, "Recent Works"

  • 1993: Ridge Street Gallery, New York, NY, "Recent Works"

  • 1991: Nada Gallery, New York, NY, "A Woman, a Room and a Dress"

  • 1989: List Art Center, Brown University, Providence, RI "Roots in Brazilian Culture"

  • 1985: Essex Gallery, Buffalo, NY, "Expressions of Bahia"


  • Group Exhibitions
  • 2006: Beijing Times Gallery, Beijing, China, "Chinese Group Show"

  • 2005:
      City Hall Cultural Center, Lake Charles, Louisiana, "True Colors"

      Roger Smith Gallery, New York, NY, "'Luncheon on the Grass' performance"

      OHR-0'KEEFE Museum of Art, Biloxi, Mississipi, "True Colors"

      Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas, "True Colors"

      Krasdale Foods, Inc. Krasdale Galleries, Bronx, NY, "Tried and True"

  • 2004:
      Krasdale Foods, Inc. Krasdale Galleries, White Plains, NY, "Warm Worlds and Otherwise"

      Pierogi, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Brooklyn, NY, "Derby Cars"

      Danubiana Museum, Bratislava, Slovakia, "True Colors"

      National Art Gallery, Tirana, Albania, "True Colors"

  • 2003:
      BrasilFoundation, Benefit, New York, NY

      Waterfront Hall, Belfast, Ireland, "True Colors"

      Allierten Museum, Berlin, Germany, "True Colors"

      Armory Arts Center, West Palm Beach, FL, "True Colors"

      Society of the four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, "True Colors"

      UCLA/LACMA, Los Angeles, CA, "Collection Project"

  • 2002:
      Institute of Culture and Fine Art, Hafnarborg, Iceland, "Friends of Iceland"

      The Public Theater, New York, NY, "New Festival - Silent Auction"

      SunTrust Plaza Gallery, Atlanta, GA, "True Colors"

      Sperone Westwater, New York, NY, "Postcards from the Edge - Visual Aids Benefit"

      Cankaya Cultural Center, Ankara, Turkey, "True Colors"

      Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY, "Unity Canvas"

      National Arts Club, New York, NY, "True Colors"

      Pierogi, Brooklyn, NY, "Flat Files"

      Meridian International Center, Washington, DC, "True Colors"

      National Arts Club, New York, NY, "'Renaissance' Benefit for YWCA"

      Iowa City Public Library, Iowa City, Iowa, "Poetry Postcards"

  • 2001: New York, NY, "Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Silent Auction"

  • 2000:
      Star Media, New York, NY, "Arte Latinoamericano"

      NYAA, New York, NY, "Take Home a Nude 2000, silent auction"

  • 1996: R&J Fine Art, New York, NY, "IMYHCTAG, "Open Spaces" - to benefit Eastern European artists"

  • 1990:
      Totalitarian Zone Gallery, Prague, Czechoslovakia, "Totaiitni Zona"

      Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY "Selected Works"

  • 1987: Goldome Bank, Buffalo, NY, "Small Works Competition"

  • 1985: Hallwalls, Contemporary Arts Center, New York, NY, "Group Show"

  • Grants
  • 2005: NYFA Fiscal Sponsorship, New York, NY

  • 2001: Gedok Schleswig-Holstein Art Residency, Lubeck, Germany

  • 2000: Blue Mountain Art Center, Residency, Blue Mountain Lake, NY

  • 1991: Artists Space, New York, NY, Grant for Exhibition Aid. Czech-Mate Productions

  • 1991: Linhart's Foundation, at Snemovni, (Residency) , Prague, Czechoslovakia, Totalitarian Zone

  • 1987: Andrew Mellon Fellowship, Providence, RI

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  • Print
  • Ute Holl, "Twisted, Knotted, Stitched: Carmen Einfingers "The Orphanage", NY Arts Magazine, Sep/Oct, 2006.

  • Scott Cantrell, Dallas Palette of pathos, "9-11 exhibit skirts the edges of kitsch", The Dallas Morning News, March, 2005.

  • Julia Kacowicks, Recife, "Inglesa investiga paradeiro do pai", Diario de Pernambuco, October, 2003.

  • Michael Dutta - "Das Unfassbare in Kunst fassen", Berliner Woche, Berlin, September, 2003.

  • "True Colors" Die Katastrophe als Kunstwerk, Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin, 2003.

  • Jerry Cullum, Atlanta, "America in the Wake of September 11", The Atlanta Journal Constitution, December 2002.

  • Bragi Asgeirsson, Hafnarborg, Morgunbladid, Iceland, December 2002.

  • Basinda Guven, Istanbul Milliyet, September 2002.

  • Kultur, Istanbul, Cumhuriyet, September 2002.

  • Cemalettin Candir, Istanbul, Zaman, September 2002.

  • Muharrem Aydin, Istanbul, Hurriyet, September 2002.

  • Michael Cooper, "Istanbul greets Bloomberg with apples and sympathy, The New York Times, September 2002.

  • Paul Richard, "True Colors: Meditations on the American Spirit", The Washington Post, March 2002.

  • Joanna Shaw Eagle, "Healing with creative works", The Washington Times, February 2002.

  • Joanna Shaw Eagle, "America's True Spirit on display", The Washington Times, February 2002.

  • Lis Kevenhorster, "Carmen Einfinger zu Gast im Gedok-Atelierhaus"Nord Magazine, Germany, June 2001.

  • Von Oda Rose Oertel, "Die Einheit mit der Welt",Lubecker Nachrichten, Germany, June 28, 2001.

  • Television
  • "True Colors", Berlin Germany, BBC (Interview), September, 2003.

  • "True Colors", Berlin Germany, HEUTE, September, 2003.

  • "True Colors", Berlin Germany, RBB, September, 2003.

  • "True Colors", Istambul Turkey, CNN, September, 2002.

  • "True Colors", Istambul Turkey, Star Gazete (Interview), September, 2002.

  • "True Colors", Washington DC, Showing of "Explosion, "CBS news, September, 2002.


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