About the Artist

Carolanna Parlato is a contemporary artist who has exhibited widely in New York City and throughout the U.S. since the 1990s. Her paintings have been featured in numerous publications, including The New York Times, Art in America, The Boston Globe, Artcritical, ArtNews, Two Coats of Paint, The New Criterion, White Hot Magazine, and The Brooklyn Rail.

Her solo exhibitions include the Islip Art Museum; the Phatory (NYC); Elizabeth Harris Gallery (NYC); and Morgan Lehman Gallery (NYC). She has also participated in group exhibitions at Galerie JoLi (NL), Asya Geisberg Gallery (NYC), Garvey Simon (NYC), The Drawing Center (NYC), and the Brooklyn Museum, among others.

Her works are part of public collections such as the Brooklyn Museum; ArtBank Collection (DC); The Library of Congress (DC); Public Art for Public Schools (NYC); the Francis Greenburger Collection (NYC); the Islip Art Museum; Capital Group; New York Presbyterian Hospital; and the Art in Embassies Program, US Dept. of State, Guatemala City.

Parlato earned her MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.