Artist, writer, and musician, Carol Es uses a wide spectrum of media to express personal, yet universal stories of existential depth with humor and wit. In her new solo exhibit, Memoir, she presents a collection of oil and mixed media paintings, small gouaches on San Fernando Valley area maps, and drawings from The Journal Project–her ongoing diary made by hand-cutting garment patterns of manila paper and spontaneously marking them using only the tools of the manufacturing trade.
Additionally, Craig Krull Gallery hosts the launch of Carol’s first major bookwork of nonfiction, Shrapnel in the San Fernando Valley. She will be reading an excerpt from this intriguing memoir, participate in a short Q&A, and sign both trade paperbacks, hardcovers, and special editions of the book.
Carol is native to Los Angeles and works in art, writing and music. Her art has been collected by the Getty, UCLA, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. She is a two-time recipient of the ARC Grant from the Durfee Foundation, a Pollock-Krasner Fellows and the Wynn Newhouse Award. She has also earned writing grants from the National Arts and Disability, Asylum Arts, and recently won the Bruce Geller Memorial Prize 2019 WORD Grant.
