IVÁN CARMONA
BORN Philadelphia, PA 1973
EDUCATION
2015 BFA, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022 Sueño Tropical, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
2021 tierra de GIGANTES, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
2019 SUBLIME, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
2018 Topografía, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
PDX Window Project: Iván Carmona, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
ISLA, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
2016 There’s No Place Like Home, Ash Street Project, Portland, OR
2009 Vasijas Ocupadas, Galería Botello, San Juan, PR
2002 Entre lo Sagrado y lo Profano, Atrio CITIBANK, PR
TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2020 Iván Carmona and Justin L’Amie, Pendleton Center for the Arts, OR
2019 Iván Carmona & Jeffry Mitchell, Trackside Studio Ceramic Art Gallery, Spokane, WA
Imprint of Place, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Black Artist of Oregon, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
Intuitive Nature: Geometric Roots & Foundations, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR
You belong among the wildflowers, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
Seattle Art Fair, Seattle, WA
Aspen Intersect 2023, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Aspen, CO
2022 Reside: Reflections from Township 10, Elizabeth Holden Gallery, Swannanoa, NC
ídolo, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
The Clay Maquette Show, Modern Glaze, Shoreline, WA
Seattle Art Fair, Settle, WA
intersect, Palm Springs, CA
Easy Breezy, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
ABOUT CLAY, San Juan, PR
2021 Walking, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Order and Chaos, Winston Wächter Fine Art, Seattle, WA
Bitter cherry, Bleeding heart, Fourteen 30, Willamette Valley, OR
The Color of Breathlessness, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
Artworks Northwest Biennial, Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg, OR
Beyond the Construct, The Dalles Art Center, The Dalles, OR
CAP ART AUCTION, Portland, OR
2020 Outside the Lines,Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
River, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
WITHIN THE DISTANCE, JOHANSSON/PROJECTS, Oakland, CA
Fresh New Work from Our Artist Studio, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
At the edge of both, SPAC Gallery, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA
2019 Seattle Art Fair, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
IT’S SUMMER!, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART, Portland, OR
2018 CLAY FEST NORTHWEST, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
DOMESTIC PLEASURES, t project, Portland, OR
2017 FACING FORWARD, GIVING BACK, Waterstone Gallery, Portland, OR
2015 UN-WEDGED, Pottery Northwest, Seattle, WA
Ash Street Project 2015 Entrance Exhibit, Ash Street Project, Portland, OR
The 2015 Sitka Art Invitational, Portland, OR
2015 Catlin Gabel Emerging Artist Show, Catlin Gabel School, Portland, OR
Figurative Speaking, Caldwell Arts Council, Lenoir, NC
Thesis Orals Exhibition, Hoffman Gallery at Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Generative Consensus, Oregon College of Art and Craft Graduation Exhibition, 10th & Hoyt, Portland, OR
Art on the Vine Preview Exhibition, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
NCECA National Student Juried Exhibition, Sol Koffler Graduate Student Gallery, Providence, RI
2014 Barro: Una Celebración, Museo y Centro de Estudios Humanísticos, Universidad del Turabo, Gurabo, PR
Student Juried Show, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
Rise A Student Show, Eutectic Gallery, Portland, OR
2013 The Tool at Hand, Museum of Contemporary Craft, Portland, OR
Student Juried Show, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2012 Student Juried Show, Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland, OR
2011 Orton Cone Box International Juried Show & Exhibition, NCECA, Seattle, WA
2010 Aroma del Color, Galería Pamil Fine Art, San Juan, PR
Ultra-Figuración, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC
De Papel y De Barro, Galería 778, San Juan, PR
La Hoja, Galería Botello, San Juan, PR
2009 Cuarta Trienal Internacional Mosaico Cerámico “Elite Tile”, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, República –
Dominicana
2007 Colectiva, Pequeño Formato, Galería Botello, San Juan, PR
1st Biennial Concordia Continental Ceramics Competition, St. Paul, MN
Producto de los talleres de escultura en cemento, 2da Bienal de la Escultura en Concreto, Museo de Arte de –
Caguas, PR
2004 Premio Casa Candina de la Cerámica Contemporánea Puertorriqueña, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santurce,-
PR
El Árbol de Navidad de los Artistas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santurce, PR
El Cuerpo Humano en la Cerámica, Galería de Arte, UPR Mayagüez, PR
Todo Corazón, Mon Petit Art Gallery, San Juan, PR
2002 Elite Tile, Segunda Trienal Internacional Mosaico Cerámico, Museo de Arte Moderno, Santo Domingo, República –
Dominicana
2001 Intercambio 3: Cerámica en Pequeño Formato, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santurce, PR
2000 Vasija del Nuevo Mileno, Mon Petit Art Gallery, San Juan, PR
1999 Certamen de Artes Plásticas, Ateneo Puertorriqueño, San Juan, PR
Intercambio 3: México, Puerto Rico y Venezuela, Cerámica en Pequeño Formato, Museo Jacobo Borges, Caracas,-
Venezuela
Certamen de Artes Plásticas, Museo Casa Roig, Humacao, PR
1997 Intercambio 3: México, Puerto Rico y Venezuela, Cerámica en Pequeño Formato, Centro Cultural Alfa, Monterrey, –
México
AWARDS AND HONORS
2021 First Place, Artworks Northwest Biennial, Umpqua Valley Arts, Roseburg, OR
Best of show, CAP Art Auction, Portland, OR
2020 Hallie Ford Fellowship, The Ford Family Foundation, OR
Grant, Support Beam, RACC’s new Public Art Initiative
2015 NCECA Undergraduate Award for Excellence
The Studio Potter Undergraduate Merit Award
2014 Huntley-Tidwell Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Best of Show, Oregon College of Art and Craft Student Show, Portland, OR
2004 Honorable Mention, Premio Casa Candina, San Juan, PR
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022-19 Preparator, PDX CONTEMPORARY ART. Portland, OR
2019-16 PCC Community Aid Ceramic instructor, Portland ,OR
2017-15 OCAC Studio School Ceramic Instructor, Portland, OR
2017-12 Art Teacher, The Jordan Schnitzer Family Art Adventures, Portland, OR
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2023 LH Project, Joseph, OR
2022 Township 10, Marshall, NC
2021 Township 10, Marshall, NC
2015 Ash Street Project, Portland, OR
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
2022 Showing Up, Art, FilmScience / Dir: Kelly Reichardt
2020 “2015 – 2019 CONNECTIVE CONVERSATIONS: Curator/Critic Tours and Lectures,” University of Oregon. 2020
New American Paintings, No. 151, Pacific Coast Issue.
Schell, David, “Semi-Finalist Presents: The Pandemic Issue” Semi-Finalist (web). April 8, 2020.
2019 Schell, David, “Semi-Finalist Presents: Iván Carmona” Semi-Finalist (web). December 1, 2019.
2018 Gallivan, Joseph. “Joseph Gallivan interviews sculptor Iván Carmona” KBOO. February 5, 2019.
2014 Gunter, Veronica A., ed. 500 Figures in Clay: ceramic artist celebrate the human form.Vol.2 New York, NY: Larks
Books, 2014. Print.
2013 Cristina Córdova, “CERAMIC PUBLIC ART IN SAN JUAN.” (web) January 9, 2013.
2009 “Ocupan sus Vasijas,” no. 25, Ambiente y Color Magazine, November/December 2009
Leyra E. González Pérez, “El Nuevo Día de Puerto Rico.” March 2009.
PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
Colección de Cerámica Contemporánea Puertorriqueña, Parque Nacional de la Laguna del Condado –
Jaime Benítez, San Juan, PR
Paseo Sculpture, Pear Avenue, Mountain View, CA
Vulcan Inc. West Main Bellevue, WA
WeWork, NE Holladay St., Portland, OR
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Cedar Hall, Seattle, WA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Gifu Prefecture Tokyo Kouryu High School, Japan
Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation Collection, Portland,OR
King County Public Art Collection, King County, WA
Meta Open Arts, Bellevue, WA
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Placas de Artistas, Arte Público y Participativo Proyecto Cristina del Castillo, Paso de los Libres, Argentina
Portland Art Museum, Portland,OR
Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, The Vanport Building, Portland,OR
Port of Seattle, Seattle, Seattle, WA
Regional Arts & Culture Council Portable Art Collection, Multnomah County, OR
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
2022 Artist Class Visit to Material Objects, Reed College, Portland, OR
MFA Applied Craft + Design Studio Visit, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
MFA Applied Craft + Design Talk, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
2020 What We Talk About When We Talk About Craft, Rainmaker Craft Initiative, Portland, OR
Jumps ART Visiting Artis Lecture, Oregon State University, OR
Artist Lecture, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland,OR
2016 Clark Art Talks: Visiting Artist and Lecturer, Clark College, Vancouver, WA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Boise Art Museum, Boise, ID
Cedar Hall, Seattle, WA
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Gifu Prefecture Tokyo Kouryu High School, Japan
Jordan Schnitzer Family Foundation Collection, Portland,OR
King County Public Art Collection, King County, WA
Meta Open Arts, Bellevue, WA
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Puerto Rico, Santurce, Puerto Rico
Placas de Artistas, Arte Público y Participativo Proyecto Cristina del Castillo, Paso de los Libres, Argentina
Portland Art Museum, Portland,OR
Portland Bureau of Planning and Sustainability, The Vanport Building, Portland,OR
Port of Seattle, Seattle, Seattle, WA
Regional Arts & Culture Council Portable Art Collection, Multnomah County, OR
