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Carolyn
Quan is one of fine art's most innovative, photographic artists and
has been celebrated by art collector's worldwide from Germany to Japan
to Australia. With more than 20 years of professional experience in
the commercial art field, Carolyn has transitioned seamlessly into fine
art, applying her refined sense of design, composition, color, and technical
expertise to the art that she creates. A prolific artist, Carolyn creates
fine art photo collages that are a unique combination of her own original
35 mm photographs that are creatively and artistically blended together
and transformed into imaginative works of fine art. Her art is inspired
by spirituality and the beauty that she finds in nature and humankind.
An
Artist since childhood, Carolyn Quan grew up in Toronto, Canada and
earned a degree in Commercial Design and Photography from the Ontario
College of Art and Design. She was the recipient of a full-tuition scholarship
for her fourth year of studies awarded to her by City-TV/MuchMusic,
Canada's MTV, along with a summer internship.
After
working as a designer in television for 3 years, she moved to New York
City to pursue her dream of designing album covers. In NYC, Carolyn
was a music industry Art Director and designed album covers for many
celebrities, including Barry Manilow, Carly Simon, Aretha Franklin,
Yes and the Grateful Dead, to name just a few. She is the recipient
of 4 gold records for her creative achievements in the music industry.
In 1992, Carolyn began to build her own graphic design company which
specialized in the entertainment industry. Clients included PolyGram
Video, CBS Radio, Black Entertainment Television, Sony Music, EMI and
Warner Music Int’l, amongst others. In 1997, Carolyn diversified
her business and launched a glossy multicultural magazine, Urban
Mozaik, which promotes cross cultural understanding and celebrates
diversity and is currently published worldwide on the internet at www.multiculturalmagazine.com.
In the year 2000, after 11 years in NYC, Carolyn
moved to Maui, Hawaii and began focusing her creative endeavors on her
fine art after the events of 9/11. In January 2004 Carolyn opened her
first art gallery and studio in Lahaina, Maui. In 2005 it transitioned
into The Quan Gallery on Front Street in Lahaina - a co-op art gallery
featuring six local artists - and on September 11, 2007, Carolyn opened
The Quan Gallery in Honolulu, on the island of Oahu, in the heart of
Waikiki. Also in 2007, two of her nudes were added to the permanent
collection of art at The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender
and Reproduction founded by world-renowned sex researcher Dr. Alfred
Kinsey, in Bloomington, Indiana. Her artwork has been shown in Rio de
Janeiro; New York City; Los Angeles; Taos, New Mexico; Riviera Maya,
Mexico; Toronto, Canada; and throughout the Hawaiian islands. She recently
re-located her home-base to the San Francisco Bay Area to expand her
art career, do road shows and to be near family.
2007 |
Permanent
Collection - The Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and
Reproduction, Bloomington, Indiana ("Devotion" and "Fire
and Ice") |
2010 |
"Best in Show" Award - Castro Street Fair - San Francisco, California |
| 2010 |
Art Juror - 40th Annual KPFA Music and Crafts Fair - San Francisco, California |
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2010
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Group
Show - "The
X and O Show" Erotic Art Show - The Bait Shop Gallery, Toronto,
Canada |
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2010
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Group
Show - "An
Evening With Eros" Erotic Art Show - FaFa's Furniture and Fine
Arts, Taos, New Mexico |
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2009
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Group
Show - APW Gallery, Long Island City, New York |
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2009
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Group
Show - MundiArt International Contemporary Art Show - Gallery of
Instituto Cultural Brasil Estados Unidos, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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2009
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Permanent
exhibit - Escolta Fine Arts, Union City, California |
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2009
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Permanent
exhibit - Island Art Galleries, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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2009
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Permanent
exhibit - FaFa's Furniture and Fine Art, Taos, New Mexico |
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2008
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Solo
Show - Hidden Beach Resort au Naturel Club, Riviera Maya, Mexico |
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2008
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Permanent
exhibit - Kore Gallery, Taos, New Mexico |
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2008
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Las
Vegas Art Expo with Crisolart Gallery, Barcelona, Spain |
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2008
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Earth
Day Exhibit - Sargent's Fine Art, Maui, Hawaii |
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2008
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Solo
Show - Blossoming Lotus, Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii |
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2008
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Permanent
exhibit - The Quan Gallery, Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii
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2008
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Permanent
exhibit - Kirsten Bunney Gallery,
Makawao,
Maui, Hawaii
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2007
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Group
Show - "Expressive Bodies" - Herron Gallery, Indianapolis,
Indiana |
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2007
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Permanent
Collection - The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, Indiana ("Devotion"
and "Fire and Ice") |
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2007
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Solo
Show - rRed Elephant, Honolulu, Hawaii |
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2007
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Group
Show - "Pixel Perfect" - Agora Gallery, New York, NY |
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2006
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Group Show - "Snap To Grid
- The UN-Juried Show" - Los Angeles Center for Digital Art,
Los Angeles |
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2006
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Permanent
exhibit - The Quan Gallery, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii |
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2006
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Group
Show - "Rising Sun at Sunset" - The Quan Gallery, Lahaina,
Maui, Hawaii |
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2006
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Permanent
exhibit - Gallery Ha, Wailuku,
Maui, Hawaii |
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2006
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Permanent
exhibit - Kirsten Bunney Gallery,
Makawao,
Maui, Hawaii |
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2006
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Permanent
exhibit - Garcia Studio Gallery,
Makawao, Maui, Hawaii |
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2005
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Permanent
exhibit - Galerie Promenade,
Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii |
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2005
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Permanent
exhibit - Monarch Gallery ,
LaJolla, California |
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2005
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Group Show
- "Art
On Maui", Art School at Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii |
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2005
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Invited
Artist
- "Art
Affair 2005", Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, Hawaii |
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2004
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Permanent
exhibit - Galerie Promenade,
Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii |
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2004
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Juried Show
- "Art
Maui 2004", Schaefer Int'l Gallery, Maui, Hawaii |
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2004
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Invited Artist
- "Art
Affair 2004", Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, Hawaii |
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2003
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Permanent
exhibit - Lahaina Art Society,
Courthouse Gallery, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii |
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2003
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Invited
Artist
- "Art
Affair 2003", Hui No'eau Visual Arts Center, Maui, Hawaii |
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