Education

B.A. (Art History), University of California, Los Angeles, 1963

M.A. (Art History), University of California, Berkeley, 1966 Master's thesis: "Hans Hofmann's Color Theory"

SELECTED HISTORY

1968-72

Exhibition Director, Reese Palley Gallery, San Francisco

1970-72

Exhibition Director, Reese Palley Gallery, New York
(concurrent with San Francisco directorship)

1973

Began painting (in abstract style)

1973-74

Director, University Art Gallery, and Instructor in Art History, San Jose State University, San Jose, California

1975-78

Relocated to New York City; Continued painting

1977

Individual Artist Grant, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, D.C.

1979-86

Relocated to Baltimore; Continued painting

1980-86

Exhibition and Collection Coordinator, Goucher College, Baltimore

1986-98

Established "Vital Signs," a screen-printing business; designed, printed, and marketed custom products

2003

Began series of paintings of historic Native American artifacts

Early Exhibitions [of my own work]:

April 1974. University of California, Davis. Four-person show.

January-February 1975. Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco. Solo show.

March 1975. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. "1975 Biennial Exhibition: Contemporary American Art."

May-June 1977. Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco. "New Work" (group show).

December 1979. The Baltimore Museum of Art, Sales & Rental Gallery. "New York Artists/Selected by Ealan Wingate" (group show).

November 1980. Goucher College, Baltimore. "Carol Lindsley: Paintings 1975-1980."

March-April 1981. Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge. "4 Painters" (group show, curated by Kathy Halbreich).

August-November 1981. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. "Masterpieces and Recent Acquisitions" (group show).

January-March 1982. P.S.1, Queens, NY. "Critical Perspectives" (group show, selected by Peter Plagens).

Catalogues:

1975 Biennial Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY, 1975, cat. no. 62, illustrated.

Kathy Halbreich, 4 Painters: Carroll Dunham, Ralph Hilton, John Kohring, Carol Lindsley, Hayden Gallery, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1981.