Carolyn DeMeritt
Charlotte, NC
Selected Awards
1998 National Endowment for the Arts Exhibition Support Grant
Z. Smith Reynolds Exhibition Support Grant
Bank of America Publication and Exhibition Support Grant
1996 North Carolina FilmMakers Award, Charlotte Film/Video
1995 North Carolina FilmMakers Award, Charlotte Film/Video
1993 Visual Artist Fellowship, North Carolina Arts Council
1992 Visual Artist Project Grant, North Carolina Arts Council
North Carolina FilmMakers Award, Charlotte Film/Video
Southeast Media Fellowship, Appalshop, Whitesburg, Kentucky
Best Short Documentary Award, Athens Film/Video, Athens, Ohio
1990 Emerging Artist Grant, Charlotte Arts and Science Council
Selected Public Collections
Fidelity Investments, Boston, MA
Bank of America Corporate Center, Charlotte, NC
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte, NC
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC
The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C
North Carolina Arts Council, Raleigh, NC
St. John’s Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, Raleigh, NC
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, NC
Goodrich Corporate Office, Charlotte, NC
Sandoz Chemicals, Charlotte, NC
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2004 Levine Museum of the New South, Charlotte, NC
2003 Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA
2002 Hodges Taylor Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2001 Hollins University, Roanoke, VA
2000 Native American Resource Center, UNC, Pembroke, NC
St. John’s Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC
1999 The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
Center for Creative Leadership, Greensboro, NC
Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC
1996 Asheville Art Museum, Asheville, NC
Virginia Intermont College, Bristol, VA
1993 Atlanta Photography Gallery, Atlanta, GA
1991 Southern Light Gallery, Amarillo, TX
Selected Invitational or Group Exhibitions
2007 Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston Salem, NC
Green Hill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC
2006 North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
Space 301, Mobile, AL
2005 Greenhill Center for North Carolina Art, Greensboro, NC
1999 Lewis Art Gallery at Millsaps College, Jackson, MS
1998 Rowe Arts Main Gallery, University of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
1997 The Light Factory, Charlotte, NC
CU Art Gallery, Boulder, CO
Nexus, Atlanta, GA
1996 Society of Contemporary Photography, Kansas City, MO
Birmingham Art Association, Birmingham, AL
1994 Galeria Bellas Artes, Oaxaca, Mexico
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1993 Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA
1991 Center for Photography Washington, DC
Fabrik-Foto-Forum, Hamburg, Germany
1989 National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C
(Exhibition traveled throughout North Carolina, 1989/90)
1987 Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Photography, Santa Fe, NM
Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, NC
1985 United Nations World Conference on Women, Nairobi, Kenya
Selected Video Screenings
1999 Best of North Carolina Visions, UNC-TV Chapel Hill, NC,
1997 San Francisco International G/L Film Festival, San Francisco, CA
1996 One World Screen Fest, Vancouver, Canada
North Carolina Visions, UNC-TV Chapel Hill, NC
Charlotte Film and Video Festival, Charlotte, NC
1995 American Cultural Festival, Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Germany
International Women’s Summit, Seoul, Korea
North Carolina Visions, UNC-TV Chapel Hill, NC
Charlotte Film and Video Festival, NC
1994 Black Maria Film Festival, New York, NY
WTVI-42, Charlotte, NC
Video Shorts, Department of Art and Humanities, U of T, Dallas, TX
Social Outcast Film &Video Festival, Image Film & Video Center, Atlanta, GA
1992 Charlotte Film and Video Festival, Charlotte, NC
Athens Film and Video Festival, Athens, OH
Community Cinema Program, Bravo Network and Cablevision of Charlotte, NC