Cary Griffiths's Page

My Role

Artist

My Discipline(s)

Visual Arts

About Me And My Work

I was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1944. I graduated from East High School in 1962. I attended the University of Utah.
I began painting early in my life. I experienced some success in my young adult years. I had one-man shows at Utah’s Pioneer Memorial Theatre and at the Cottonwood Mall in 1963-64, when I was 19 and 20. I then moved to Reno, NV. where my work was exhibited and was purchased by the then-Nevada Art Gallery. In my early twenties one of my paintings was chosen for exhibition in London.

Although I kept painting, I put aside the professional pursuit of art to raise my growing family, working full time as a pipe-fitter and later in my career as a mechanical designer. At age 60, I retired, and have now returned to the full-time pursuit of my art.

In 2006 I became a member of the artists’ co-operative Art At The Main (Main Library in Salt Lake City) where my work is exhibited continuously. In 2005 I became a member of Utah Artists. I am also a member of Artists of Utah and the Intermountain Society of Artists.

Awards

▪ Art Addiction Medial Museum International Juried Art Competition & Exhibition at: http://www.artaddiction.net Awarded: Diploma Of Excellence (Honorable Award)
▪ Artoteque Online Global Art Annual Juried Art Competition & Exhibition at: http://www.artoteque.com Awarded: Honorable Award

Exhibitions / Shows

▪ Continuous: Member, Art At The Main Gallery (Cooperative) Main Library, Salt Lake City, UT (juried)

▪ Continuous: ▪ Palmers Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
▪ June 14 – July 12 2009 , Featured Artist, Art At The Main Gallery, Main Library, Salt Lake City, UT

▪ May 7 – 27, 2009 Agora Gallery 530 W. 25th Street New York, NY

▪2004 thru 2008 : Fortunes Rocks Art Gallery 709 Blount Ave, Guntersville, AL

▪ July 4 _ July 18 2008 La Boheme Gallery, 407 West Main Street, Buena Vista, Colorado

▪ June 20 – July 23, 2008 two artist show at the Palmers Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

▪ May 1 _ May 31 2008 Gallerie Pedro Ruivo Foundation at Av. Dr. Júlio Filipe Almeida Carrapato, 93 8000-081 FARO, Portugal.

▪ September 2007 thru May 2008 single artist show at the Salt Lake Eye Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah

▪ March 1– March 31 2008 Galeria de Arte Pintor Samora Barros at Camara Municipal de Albufeira, Largo Engº Duarte Pacheco, ALBUFEIRA, Portugal.

▪ March 25 – April 15 2008 Agora Gallery 530 W. 25th Street New York, NY

▪ February 22 – February 28 2008 Red Gate Gallery 209a Coldharbor Lane, London, UK

▪ August 17 – September 19, 2008 ISA Summer Show at the Palmers Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT (juried)

▪ July – Aug. 2007 Summer Show at the Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

▪ June 15 – July 12, 2007 single artist show at the Palmers Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

▪ August 2006 thru August 2007: artKudos International Juried Art Competition & Exhibition at: http://www.artkudos.com/index.html

▪ September 15 – November 17, 2006 one person show at the Modern 8 Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

▪ May 19 – June 18, 2006 with Mark Knudsen at the Patrick Moore Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT

▪ January 20 – March 3, 2006 with Steven Sheffield and Andrew Ehninger at the Alice Merrill Horne Gallery at the Glendinning Home, Salt Lake City, UT

Educational Public Demonstrations:

Main Branch Public Library, Salt Lake City Utah, Art At The Main Gallery

Pallet Club, Ogden, Utah

Art Forms And Cultures I Would Like To Engage With

Williem De Kooning

My Creative Influences & Favorite Artists

Franz Kline
Willem De Kooning
Pablo Picasso
Jackson Pollack
Joan Miro

My Artistic Affiliations

Art At The Main, SLC, UT; Agora Gallery, NY, NY; Palmers Gallery, SLC, UT

My Web link

http://www.carygriffithsart.com