CARRIE FRENCH
Email: carriefrenchpainting@gmail.com
Instagram: @carriefrenchpainting

Education

  • B.A. Art – Painting, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT — 1991

Professional Development

  • Mentorship with Pamela Caughey – Montana Artrepreneur Program, Jun 2025
  • Montana Artrepreneur Program – Business‑development track, Montana Arts Council, Aug – Oct 2024
  • Exploring Abstraction – Online course, Jenny Nelson, 2022
  • Independent Exploration (5‑Day Intensive) – Krista Harris, Santa Fe, NM, Sep 2021
  • Mixed Media – Art Students League (online), Augustine Boyce Cummings, Jan 2021
  • Painting – Art Students League, New York, NY, with Ronnie Landfield, 2015

Exhibitions: Solo Shows

  • 2025 – Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, Big Sky, MT
  • 2023 – Inspired Exploration – ERA Landmark, Bozeman, MT
  • 2022 – Warren Miller Performing Arts Center, Big Sky, MT
  • 2022 – In and Out of the Box – Zoot Art Gallery, Bozeman, MT
  • 2021 – Stretch Lab – Bozeman, MT
  • 2020 – Lockhorn Cider Taproom – Bozeman, MT
  • 2020 – Gem Gallery – Bozeman, MT
  • 2019 – Jewel Box Gallery – Emerson Center for the Arts, Bozeman, MT
  • 1991 – The Exit Gallery – Montana State University, Bozeman, MT

Exhibitions: Two‑Person / Group Shows

  • 2025 – Ho Ho Holter Holiday Art Show (Holter Art Museum, Helena, MT) – Group
  • 2025 – BAM Boosters Show (Bozeman Art Museum/Library) – Group
  • 2025 – New Frontiers (Bozeman Art Museum) – Group
  • 2024 – Two‑person show with Giovanni Defendis (Bozeman Library)
  • 2024 – Sweet Pea Festival for the Arts – Juried Summer Show
  • 2024 – Have We Met? (Paul Harris Gallery) – Group (with Carrie French, Canon Parker, Paul Harris)
  • 2024 – Abstract Women – with Jill Johnson and Lori Lagerbloom (BASE, Big Sky, MT)
  • 2023 – Group Exhibition – with LeeAnn Ramey & Sue Moncada (BASE, Big Sky, MT)
  • 2023 – Capturing Water (Livingston Center for Art & Culture) – Group
  • 2023 – Flow (Livingston Center for Art & Culture) – Group
  • 2023 – SHE Women’s Health & Wellness (Bozeman, MT) – Group
  • 2023 – Journeys (Montana Contemporary Arts Collective, Zoot Art Gallery) – Group
  • 2022 – Featured Artist – Jane Burton Arts “Artists on Fire” Instagram spotlight
  • 2022 – Activating the Surface (Paul Harris Gallery) – Group
  • 2022 – Degrees of Abstraction (Emerson Center for Arts & Culture) – Two‑woman show
  • 2022 – Montana Contemporary Arts Coalition (Bozeman Public Library) – Group
  • 2022 – Journey into Abstraction (Livingston Center for Art & Culture) – Group
  • 2021 – Montana Contemporary Arts Coalition (Bozeman Public Library) – Group
  • 2020 – Seeing Purple / Seeing Red – Online worldwide exhibition
  • 2020 – Montana Contemporary Arts Coalition (Wild Joe’s Coffee Shop) – Group
  • 2020 – Exhibition with LeeAnn Ramey (Town & Country, Upstairs Gallery) – Group
  • 2019 – Abstracts, Light Space Time Online Art Gallery – Group

Fundraising Auction Participation

  • Missoula Art Museum – “Fan the Flame” Auction, 2026
  • Holter Art Museum – Ho Ho Holter Holiday Art Show (date 2025)
  • Arts Council of Big Sky – Auction for the Arts – five consecutive years (2021‑2026)
  • Yellowstone Art Museum – Auctions 54‑58 – four consecutive years (2022‑2026)
  • Bridger Foothills Fire Fundraiser – 2020

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