Southeast Chapter ConferenceSpeakers

Carolyn DeMeritt

Saturday, October 19, 2013 @ 11:00am, UNCC Center City Building // 201 Auditorium

An Eclectic Retrospective

Carolyn DeMeritt, a Charlotte native, has been working in photography and videography for most of her adult life. She's a self-taught artist who has received awards for her photography and video work from the NEA, the North Carolina Arts Council, Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation, and the Charlotte Arts and Science Council. Her work has been exhibited widely and is in many collections including the North Carolina Museum of Art; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC; Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; and Cameron Museum, Wilmington, NC. Selected exhibition venues include Fabrik-Foto-Forum, Hamburg, Germany; Galeria Bellas Artes, Oaxaca, Mexico; the Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Photography; and SECCA in Winston Salem, NC.

DeMeritt's videos have won several awards and have been screened on public television and in film festivals including those in Vancouver, Canada; Schwerin, Mecklenburg, Germany; Seoul, Korea; New York; and San Francisco.

I believe, as many artists do, that I'm driven to create, often without a clear understanding of why, or what the work is "about," until after the fact, if then. The surprises keep me going. I feel that through my work, I'm seeking answers to unasked questions and my work is an attempt to engage others in the conversation.
Carolyn DeMeritt