Biography
Calvin Ross Carl's work seeks the beautiful and phenomenal in the mundaneness of the American working-class experience. Carl reinterprets common materials of the American work environment through the lens of formal aesthetics, in order to assess and transcend the material’s original cultural purpose and worth.
Calvin Ross Carl was born the son of a woodworker in the industrial wasteland of Spokane, WA. Carl now lives and works in Portland, OR, and he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Intermedia in 2008 from Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). His work has been exhibited at Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR; New American Art Union, Portland, OR; Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR; Milepost 5, Portland, OR; Tractor Gallery, Portland, OR; Half/Dozen Gallery, Portland, OR.
Calvin Ross Carl was born the son of a woodworker in the industrial wasteland of Spokane, WA. Carl now lives and works in Portland, OR, and he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Intermedia in 2008 from Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA). His work has been exhibited at Gallery Homeland, Portland, OR; New American Art Union, Portland, OR; Blackfish Gallery, Portland, OR; Milepost 5, Portland, OR; Tractor Gallery, Portland, OR; Half/Dozen Gallery, Portland, OR.