Carl Knickerbocker
suburban primitive art
Knickerbocker's art provides us with a paradox that is simultaneously entertaining and enlightening, thus transforming the prosaic into poetry." Gary Monroe- Extraordinary Interpretations: Florida's Self Taught Artists. University Press of Florida. Published 2003
"There is a refreshing directness to his imposing work as it welcomes us into a primitive world of juxtaposed situations and environments. This work is at the extreme other end of the scale from classical and academic renderings. In this regard, the exhibit challenges the museum visitor in evaluating the ever-changing realm of visual art." - David Fithian, Exhibition Coordinator, Museum of Florida Art.
"Knickerbocker's paintings may engage the viewer with childlike playfulness, but it is anything but child's play." - Lindy Shepherd, Orlando Weekly
"I love his work." Terry Hummel - Orlando Sentinel Visual Arts Columnist
"Spend 5 1/2 minutes in the colorful world of Carl Knickerbocker and just might find yourself somewhere unexpected." MK Shaw - Sanford Herald. (on my short film A DOG GOES FROM HERE TO THERE)
"The oversized acrylic on canvas paintings of Carl Knickerbocker are as large and powerful as the societal issues they tackle. The rampant and reckless development of Florida is fodder for Knickerbocker's paintings." Kathleen Frederick. Director AE Backus Gallery & Museum.
"On to the Ritter Galleries, where the exhibit continues in darker confines that are illuminated by Carl Knickerbocker's raw and garish palettes." - Emma Trelles. Palm Beach Art Papers.
"Knickerbocker exhibition makes a big impression." Candice Russel - Sun Sentinel Ft Lauderdale.
"The cultural significance of the power watch has even snuck into the art world; 'The Romance of Conspicuous Consumption' currently hangs in the front window of the Magidson Fine Art Gallery on Madison Avenue." Sandy Dalal. New York Times.
"It was a leap into the fast lane when Chuluota based artist Carl Knickerbocker recently shared Madison Avenue gallery space with Pop Art icon Roy Lichtenstein." Lindy Shepherd. Orlando Weekly.
>FLORIDA INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP GRANT -1995. UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT- 1998. UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT- 2004 & 2010.
>ART IN EMBASSIES PROGRAM - U.S. DEPT OF STATE - 1998-2000. Malawi. Africa.
>SOLO EXHIBITS: 1998 - 2011: MUSEUM OF FLORIDA ART. BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE ART GALLERY. KING CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
HARRIS HOUSE OF THE ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS. OSCEOLA CENTER FOR THE ARTS. MOUNT DORA ARTS CENTER.
LAKE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE GALLERY. JEANINE TAYLOR FOLK ART GALLERY. THOMAS CENTER GALLERIES GAINESVILLE.
LAKE EUSTIS MUSEUM OF ART
>GROUP EXHIBITS: 1995-2011: FSU MUSEUM OF FINE ART. AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART. MAGIDSON FINE ARTS GALLERY (NY). ST PETERSBURG CENTER FOR THE ARTS.
MANATEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ART GALLERY. POLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE ART GALLERY. ORLANDO CITY HALL.
BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART. ORMOND BEACH MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM. A.E. BACKUS MUSEUM. CENTER FOR THE ARTS VERO
BEACH. FLORIDA GULF COAST ART CENTER. VALENCIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ART GALLERY.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
LIQUID MUSE ART OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER TRAVELLING EXHIBIT TO MUSEUMS IN FLORIDA: GAINESVILLE, TALLAHASSEE, JACKSONVILLE,
DELAND, PALATKA.
EXHIBITS - SCREENINGS (always at Jeanine Taylor Folk Art Gallery. Sanford, FL)
.
> Nov - ? Windhorse Center. Art Exhibit. Eustis, FL
> Feb. 2012. SP #2. Love Your Shorts Film Festival. Sanford, FL.
> Feb 2-5. 2012. "A Dog Goes From Here to There". BAMKids Film Festival. Brooklyn Academy of Music. NYC.
> Feb 5. "A Dog Goes From Here to There" via Handmade Puppet Dreams. Portland, ME.
> Feb 19. "SP #3". Screening at Enzian Film Slam. Enzian Theatre. Maitland, FL.
> March 20. Art exhibit at Timucua White House. Orlando, FL
> March 20. Guest presentation. "Art of Film" class. Seminole State College. Oviedo, Fl
> March - ? Art at Cafe 906. Winter Park, FL
> March 23 - May 29. "25th Gallery Anniversary". Group exhibit at Clayton Galleries. Tampa, FL
> March 31. SP #3 selected for the Magmart International Videoart Festival. Naples, Italy.
> April. SP #2 selected for the Athens International Film Festival. Athens, Ohio
> May 26. Orlando Mini Maker Faire. Exhibiting "Element of Surprise" art car.
> May 14 - June 21. "Sacred Folk: Selections from Jeanine Taylor Folk Art Gallery." Gallery 221 at Hillsborough Community
College Art Gallery. Tampa, FL. Group exhibit.
> June. SP #3 selected for the Fear No Film Festival. Salt Lake City, Utah.
FILM
A Dog Goes From Here to There December 2009
SP #2 June 2011 https://sites.google.com/site/sp2ashortfilm/
SP #3 December 2011 https://sites.google.com/site/sp3shortfilm/
SP #4 March 2012 https://sites.google.com/site/sp4shortfilm/
SP #5 May 2012 https://sites.google.com/site/sp5shortmovie/
"Funny. Smart. Sweet. Inventive." Roger Moore. Orlando Sentinel Movie Critic
on A Dog Goes From Here To There.
Selected for Heather Henson's Handmade Puppet Dreams film series.
https://sites.google.com/site/adoggoesfromheretothere/
"ELEMENT OF SURPRISE" - my Honda Element Art Car - www.elementartcar.org
- BOOKS that have profiled my art: FLORIDA'S AMERICAN HERITAGE RIVER: IMAGES FROM THE ST JOHNS REGION - by Mallory O'Conner and Gary Monroe. University Press of Florida. Historical & cultural survey of the visual arts of the St Johns' River environs. $44.95. Published August 2009. Color plate reproduction of my painting Osteen Bridge and essay regarding my art. (pages 160-161)
EXTRAORDINARY INTERPRETATIONS: FLORIDA'S SELF TAUGHT ARTISTS. Exploration of Florida's "self-taught" artists. By Gary Monroe. University Press of Florida. 2003. Color plate reproduction of painting & essay regarding my art. (pages 82-83)
Galleries, Museums, Art Centers - ready to exhibit at your venue.
Carl Knickerbocker
106 Dorell Ct
Oviedo, FL 32765
407 365 5148
knickerbockerart@bellsouth.net
Knickerbocker's art provides us with a paradox that is simultaneously entertaining and enlightening, thus transforming the prosaic into poetry." Gary Monroe- Extraordinary Interpretations: Florida's Self Taught Artists. University Press of Florida. Published 2003
"There is a refreshing directness to his imposing work as it welcomes us into a primitive world of juxtaposed situations and environments. This work is at the extreme other end of the scale from classical and academic renderings. In this regard, the exhibit challenges the museum visitor in evaluating the ever-changing realm of visual art." - David Fithian, Exhibition Coordinator, Museum of Florida Art.
"Knickerbocker's paintings may engage the viewer with childlike playfulness, but it is anything but child's play." - Lindy Shepherd, Orlando Weekly
"I love his work." Terry Hummel - Orlando Sentinel Visual Arts Columnist
"Spend 5 1/2 minutes in the colorful world of Carl Knickerbocker and just might find yourself somewhere unexpected." MK Shaw - Sanford Herald. (on my short film A DOG GOES FROM HERE TO THERE)
"The oversized acrylic on canvas paintings of Carl Knickerbocker are as large and powerful as the societal issues they tackle. The rampant and reckless development of Florida is fodder for Knickerbocker's paintings." Kathleen Frederick. Director AE Backus Gallery & Museum.
"On to the Ritter Galleries, where the exhibit continues in darker confines that are illuminated by Carl Knickerbocker's raw and garish palettes." - Emma Trelles. Palm Beach Art Papers.
"Knickerbocker exhibition makes a big impression." Candice Russel - Sun Sentinel Ft Lauderdale.
"The cultural significance of the power watch has even snuck into the art world; 'The Romance of Conspicuous Consumption' currently hangs in the front window of the Magidson Fine Art Gallery on Madison Avenue." Sandy Dalal. New York Times.
"It was a leap into the fast lane when Chuluota based artist Carl Knickerbocker recently shared Madison Avenue gallery space with Pop Art icon Roy Lichtenstein." Lindy Shepherd. Orlando Weekly.
>FLORIDA INDIVIDUAL ARTIST FELLOWSHIP GRANT -1995. UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA INDIVIDUAL ARTIST GRANT- 1998. UNITED ARTS OF CENTRAL FLORIDA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT GRANT- 2004 & 2010.
>ART IN EMBASSIES PROGRAM - U.S. DEPT OF STATE - 1998-2000. Malawi. Africa.
>SOLO EXHIBITS: 1998 - 2011: MUSEUM OF FLORIDA ART. BROWARD COMMUNITY COLLEGE ART GALLERY. KING CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
HARRIS HOUSE OF THE ATLANTIC CENTER FOR THE ARTS. OSCEOLA CENTER FOR THE ARTS. MOUNT DORA ARTS CENTER.
LAKE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE GALLERY. JEANINE TAYLOR FOLK ART GALLERY. THOMAS CENTER GALLERIES GAINESVILLE.
LAKE EUSTIS MUSEUM OF ART
>GROUP EXHIBITS: 1995-2011: FSU MUSEUM OF FINE ART. AUSTIN MUSEUM OF ART. MAGIDSON FINE ARTS GALLERY (NY). ST PETERSBURG CENTER FOR THE ARTS.
MANATEE COMMUNITY COLLEGE ART GALLERY. POLK COMMUNITY COLLEGE ART GALLERY. ORLANDO CITY HALL.
BOCA RATON MUSEUM OF ART. ORMOND BEACH MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM. A.E. BACKUS MUSEUM. CENTER FOR THE ARTS VERO
BEACH. FLORIDA GULF COAST ART CENTER. VALENCIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ART GALLERY.
FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM
LIQUID MUSE ART OF THE ST JOHNS RIVER TRAVELLING EXHIBIT TO MUSEUMS IN FLORIDA: GAINESVILLE, TALLAHASSEE, JACKSONVILLE,
DELAND, PALATKA.
EXHIBITS - SCREENINGS (always at Jeanine Taylor Folk Art Gallery. Sanford, FL)
.
> Nov - ? Windhorse Center. Art Exhibit. Eustis, FL
> Feb. 2012. SP #2. Love Your Shorts Film Festival. Sanford, FL.
> Feb 2-5. 2012. "A Dog Goes From Here to There". BAMKids Film Festival. Brooklyn Academy of Music. NYC.
> Feb 5. "A Dog Goes From Here to There" via Handmade Puppet Dreams. Portland, ME.
> Feb 19. "SP #3". Screening at Enzian Film Slam. Enzian Theatre. Maitland, FL.
> March 20. Art exhibit at Timucua White House. Orlando, FL
> March 20. Guest presentation. "Art of Film" class. Seminole State College. Oviedo, Fl
> March - ? Art at Cafe 906. Winter Park, FL
> March 23 - May 29. "25th Gallery Anniversary". Group exhibit at Clayton Galleries. Tampa, FL
> March 31. SP #3 selected for the Magmart International Videoart Festival. Naples, Italy.
> April. SP #2 selected for the Athens International Film Festival. Athens, Ohio
> May 26. Orlando Mini Maker Faire. Exhibiting "Element of Surprise" art car.
> May 14 - June 21. "Sacred Folk: Selections from Jeanine Taylor Folk Art Gallery." Gallery 221 at Hillsborough Community
College Art Gallery. Tampa, FL. Group exhibit.
> June. SP #3 selected for the Fear No Film Festival. Salt Lake City, Utah.
FILM
A Dog Goes From Here to There December 2009
SP #2 June 2011 https://sites.google.com/site/sp2ashortfilm/
SP #3 December 2011 https://sites.google.com/site/sp3shortfilm/
SP #4 March 2012 https://sites.google.com/site/sp4shortfilm/
SP #5 May 2012 https://sites.google.com/site/sp5shortmovie/
"Funny. Smart. Sweet. Inventive." Roger Moore. Orlando Sentinel Movie Critic
on A Dog Goes From Here To There.
Selected for Heather Henson's Handmade Puppet Dreams film series.
https://sites.google.com/site/adoggoesfromheretothere/
"ELEMENT OF SURPRISE" - my Honda Element Art Car - www.elementartcar.org
- BOOKS that have profiled my art: FLORIDA'S AMERICAN HERITAGE RIVER: IMAGES FROM THE ST JOHNS REGION - by Mallory O'Conner and Gary Monroe. University Press of Florida. Historical & cultural survey of the visual arts of the St Johns' River environs. $44.95. Published August 2009. Color plate reproduction of my painting Osteen Bridge and essay regarding my art. (pages 160-161)
EXTRAORDINARY INTERPRETATIONS: FLORIDA'S SELF TAUGHT ARTISTS. Exploration of Florida's "self-taught" artists. By Gary Monroe. University Press of Florida. 2003. Color plate reproduction of painting & essay regarding my art. (pages 82-83)
Galleries, Museums, Art Centers - ready to exhibit at your venue.
Carl Knickerbocker
106 Dorell Ct
Oviedo, FL 32765
407 365 5148
knickerbockerart@bellsouth.net
