Carol Ladewig is a painter working non-figuratively in oil and acrylic paint. Painting surfaces range from paper, wood, or canvas. Her sources of inspiration are drawn from everyday events, memories, and reading. Her work focusus on visualizing perceptions and structures of time and memory.
Ladewig received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from CCAC (now California College of the Arts) where she was awarded a Barclay Simpson Graduate Award and Exhibition and was nominated for a SECA Award. She is originally from Southern California and lives and works in Oakland.
Ladewig has exhibited locally and nationally. Her paintings are held in public and private collections in the US and Europe.
In 2001, Ladewig co-founded the Oakland Art Gallery, a non-profit art space. As Co-founder and Curator of the gallery, she developed the gallery’s programming, curated exhibitions, and designed the installation of each exhibition, thru 2007.
Ms. Ladewig was an instructor in the Art Department at Diablo Valley College, 2001-2017. Since 2009, she has been a board member of the Kala Art Institute. She served as Chair of the UC Art Alumni Group Symposium committee 2008-2016. Currently, she is the Los Medanos College, Gallery Director. Currently represented by the Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Carol Ladewig, Selected Work, Café Unami, Oakland, CA
2019 Carol Ladewig: Painting & Prints, Panorama Framing, Oakland, CA
2013 YEAR IN COLOR/LUNAR CYCLES: new work by Carol Ladewig, Slate Contemporary,
Oakland, CA
Carol Ladewig, Rhythm, Bocanova, Oakland, CA
2001 Carol Ladewig Notations, The Loft, BGH Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Carol Ladewig, Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA
1999 Carol Ladewig, Recent Work, 456 Montgomery Plaza, Lobby, San Francisco, CA
1995 Structure and Memory, Paintings by Carol Ladewig, Air Touch, Walnut Creek, CA
Carol Ladewig, Paintings, Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Structure and Memory, Paintings by Carol Ladewig, Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo
Alto, CA
1993 Carol Ladewig, Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1990 Introductions, Carol Ladewig, Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2010-2022
2022 Red Dot Miami, Booth 418, Jen Tough Gallery, November 30-December 4
A Brave and Startling Truth, Women Scribe the World, Womenswork.Art, Poughkeepsie,
NY. November 4 to December 3
Gems V, Exquisite, Intricate, Intimate, Small Works of Art, Arts Benicia, November 18-
December 19
Kala Artists' Annual 2022-2023, Kala Art Gallery, Berkeley, October 20-January 13
Art Expo Dallas, Jen Tough Gallery, Artist Alliance: The Collective, September 16-18
Character, Juror: Jen Tough, Artist Alliance online on at Artsy.com
Breakfast Group: Fresh Coffee and a Fresh Start, June 11-July30, 2022, Grand Center
for the Arts, Tracy, CA
48 Pillars, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, Feb. 26 - Apr. 2, 2022
Superfine Art Fair, Booth #10, Fort Mason, San Francisco, March 3, 4, 5, & 6
2021 Phenomenon: Contemporary Abstraction, Artist Alliance.space, Juror: Mark
Ashworth, online. ongoing.
Kala Online Artist’s Annual and Holiday Sale, Artsy, 12-3-20 to 1-31-21
2020 The Breakfast Group – Virtually in Alameda, K Gallery at Rhythmix Cultural Center,
Alameda, CA
The Breakfast Group – A Second Cup of Coffee, Carl Cherry Center, Carmel, CA
2019 Pushing Boundaries, Carol Ladewig and Kim Thoman, Gallery at 48 Natoma, Folsom,
CA
Abstract Diversity of San Francisco, PARC 55, Curator: Josefin Lundahl Art
Kala 2019, Auction & Gala, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2018 Juried Exhibition at Blue Mountain Gallery, Juror: Betty Cuningham, New York, New York
The Breakfast Group -The Liberty of Jive-the Art of Java, Liberty Arts Gallery, Yreka, CA,
Equilibrium, Work by Donna Fenstermaker, Carol Ladewig, Kim Thoman, Olive Hyde
Gallery, Fremont, CA
Generation - The 2018 UC Berkeley Art Alumni Exhibition, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC
Berkeley Campus, Juror: Farley Gwaza
2017 “AbstrAction”, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Juror: Catherine Clark, Novato, CA
Pressing On-Contemporary Printmaking, Richmond Art Center, Juror: Karin Breuer,
Curator, Achenbach Graphic Arts, Richmond, CA
stARTup Art Fair LA, Highland Gardens Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
2016 philARThropy, Slate contemporary, Oakland, CA
MOCA Fall National Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Marin Museum of
Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
MOCA Summer National Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art,
Novato, CA
2015 Color Charts, SLATE contemporary, Oakland, CA
5 from 415, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
Summer National Juried Exhibition, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
Bay Area Abstract, American Steel Studios, Oakland, CA
2014 Salon, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Axis Invitational, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
9th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
The Breakfast Group: A Half-Century of Java and Jive, Richmond Art Center, Richmond,
CA
Collect! Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Kalassal, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Kala 40, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2013 Kala Artists' Annual, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Where to from There?, ProArts, Oakland, CA
Array, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Big is Beautiful, Art Contemporary Marin / Bay Model Visitor Center, Sausalito, CA
The Breakfast Group: A Half-Century of Java and Jive, Cherry Center for the Arts,
Carmel, CA
50/50 V, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Slice! A Cross-Section of Regional Art (Second Place), Juror: Rachel Teagle, Pence
Gallery, Davis, CA
Kala-fornia: State of the Art 3, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Dualities, Linus Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Introductions: New Artists at SLATE, SLATE contemporary, Oakland, CA
2012 Kala Artists’ Annual / Fresh Work, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
WONDER, Berkeley, Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Keeping Time, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Year in Color, 2011 (52 weeks and a day) San Francisco Fine Art Fair, SLATE
contemporary
Left to Chance, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
2011 Shine, Artist's Annual, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Artist's Annual Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Small Miracles, San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, CA
Art Passages, "The Faculty Exhibition" at Gallery 651, Contra Costa County Admin Bldg,
Martinez, CA
CCA Alumni Exhibition Series at the Brava Theater, San Francisco, CA
2010 Kala Artists’ Annual/Fresh Work, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
On View, New Work from KALA, Kala Art Institute Berkeley, CA
FACTORXX, The Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
PUBLICATIONS
Contemporary Artist Magazine, Vol 1, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, September 2022
Artists of the Bay Area Vol !!, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2022
Fun Book, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2022Equilibrium Review by DeWitt Cheng, ArtOpticon.us 2018
The Breakfast Group - the Liberty of Jive-the Art of Java, at Liberty Arts Gallery, Yreka, CA,
catalog, 2018
stARTup Art Fair LA Tour with Cartwheel Art, Cindy Schwarzstein, Los Angeles, 2018
View From the Easel, Philip Hartigan, Hyperallergic, Feb 26, 2016
Notes from the Studio: Carol Ladewig, CCA Glance Magazine, Spring 2016
“Pence Gallery: Slice” offers a peek at the best regional art, Natalie Nelson, June 4, 2013
“A Kind of Torture” 2014 Invitational Axis Gallery Exhibition, Sacramento News and Reviews,
12.11.14
"Carol Ladewig," by Elise Morris, The Studio Work, February 2014
"Alumna Carol Ladewig: My Life as a Pardee Artist," by Jim Norrena, California College of the
Arts News, December 2013
Art-Vetting, reviews by Adrianne Rubenstein (Director, James Fuentes Gallery, NY) and Dan
Peyton, (Principal, Art-Vetting), April 2013
PAINTING TIME Carol Ladewig, exhibition catalog featuring essays by DeWitt Cheng and
Danielle Fox, Oakland, CA, 2012
The Breakfast Club, Berkeley, CA
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE BARCLAY SIMPSON AWARD, CCA, California College of
the Arts, 2012
STUDIO VISIT MAGAZINE, Volume 17, June 2012
FACTOR XX catalog, Los Gatos Museum of Art, November 2012
“Disasters in Perspective”, by Berin Golonu, Artweek, February, 2002
“Reality Check, Bay Area Artist Respond to September 11”, by Sara Zaska, Urbanview, 12.11.01
“Hidden Treasurers, The Pardee Artists at the Oakland Art Gallery”, by Christin Brenneman,
Artweek, 11.11.01
Carol Ladewig is a painter working non-figuratively in oil and acrylic paint. Painting surfaces range from paper, wood, or canvas. Her sources of inspiration are drawn from everyday events, memories, and reading. Her work focusus on visualizing perceptions and structures of time and memory.
Ladewig received her MFA in Painting and Drawing from CCAC (now California College of the Arts) where she was awarded a Barclay Simpson Graduate Award and Exhibition and was nominated for a SECA Award. She is originally from Southern California and lives and works in Oakland.
Ladewig has exhibited locally and nationally. Her paintings are held in public and private collections in the US and Europe.
In 2001, Ladewig co-founded the Oakland Art Gallery, a non-profit art space. As Co-founder and Curator of the gallery, she developed the gallery’s programming, curated exhibitions, and designed the installation of each exhibition, thru 2007.
Ms. Ladewig was an instructor in the Art Department at Diablo Valley College, 2001-2017. Since 2009, she has been a board member of the Kala Art Institute. She served as Chair of the UC Art Alumni Group Symposium committee 2008-2016. Currently, she is the Los Medanos College, Gallery Director. Currently represented by the Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Carol Ladewig, Selected Work, Café Unami, Oakland, CA
2019 Carol Ladewig: Painting & Prints, Panorama Framing, Oakland, CA
2013 YEAR IN COLOR/LUNAR CYCLES: new work by Carol Ladewig, Slate Contemporary,
Oakland, CA
Carol Ladewig, Rhythm, Bocanova, Oakland, CA
2001 Carol Ladewig Notations, The Loft, BGH Gallery, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
Carol Ladewig, Ute Stebich Gallery, Lenox, MA
1999 Carol Ladewig, Recent Work, 456 Montgomery Plaza, Lobby, San Francisco, CA
1995 Structure and Memory, Paintings by Carol Ladewig, Air Touch, Walnut Creek, CA
Carol Ladewig, Paintings, Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
Structure and Memory, Paintings by Carol Ladewig, Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo
Alto, CA
1993 Carol Ladewig, Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1990 Introductions, Carol Ladewig, Lucy Berman Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2010-2022
2022 Red Dot Miami, Booth 418, Jen Tough Gallery, November 30-December 4
A Brave and Startling Truth, Women Scribe the World, Womenswork.Art, Poughkeepsie,
NY. November 4 to December 3
Gems V, Exquisite, Intricate, Intimate, Small Works of Art, Arts Benicia, November 18-
December 19
Kala Artists' Annual 2022-2023, Kala Art Gallery, Berkeley, October 20-January 13
Art Expo Dallas, Jen Tough Gallery, Artist Alliance: The Collective, September 16-18
Character, Juror: Jen Tough, Artist Alliance online on at Artsy.com
Breakfast Group: Fresh Coffee and a Fresh Start, June 11-July30, 2022, Grand Center
for the Arts, Tracy, CA
48 Pillars, Arc Gallery, San Francisco, Feb. 26 - Apr. 2, 2022
Superfine Art Fair, Booth #10, Fort Mason, San Francisco, March 3, 4, 5, & 6
2021 Phenomenon: Contemporary Abstraction, Artist Alliance.space, Juror: Mark
Ashworth, online. ongoing.
Kala Online Artist’s Annual and Holiday Sale, Artsy, 12-3-20 to 1-31-21
2020 The Breakfast Group – Virtually in Alameda, K Gallery at Rhythmix Cultural Center,
Alameda, CA
The Breakfast Group – A Second Cup of Coffee, Carl Cherry Center, Carmel, CA
2019 Pushing Boundaries, Carol Ladewig and Kim Thoman, Gallery at 48 Natoma, Folsom,
CA
Abstract Diversity of San Francisco, PARC 55, Curator: Josefin Lundahl Art
Kala 2019, Auction & Gala, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2018 Juried Exhibition at Blue Mountain Gallery, Juror: Betty Cuningham, New York, New York
The Breakfast Group -The Liberty of Jive-the Art of Java, Liberty Arts Gallery, Yreka, CA,
Equilibrium, Work by Donna Fenstermaker, Carol Ladewig, Kim Thoman, Olive Hyde
Gallery, Fremont, CA
Generation - The 2018 UC Berkeley Art Alumni Exhibition, Worth Ryder Art Gallery, UC
Berkeley Campus, Juror: Farley Gwaza
2017 “AbstrAction”, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art, Juror: Catherine Clark, Novato, CA
Pressing On-Contemporary Printmaking, Richmond Art Center, Juror: Karin Breuer,
Curator, Achenbach Graphic Arts, Richmond, CA
stARTup Art Fair LA, Highland Gardens Hotel, Los Angeles, CA
2016 philARThropy, Slate contemporary, Oakland, CA
MOCA Fall National Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Marin Museum of
Contemporary Art, Novato, CA
MOCA Summer National Juried Exhibition, Marin Museum of Contemporary Art,
Novato, CA
2015 Color Charts, SLATE contemporary, Oakland, CA
5 from 415, Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
Summer National Juried Exhibition, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
Bay Area Abstract, American Steel Studios, Oakland, CA
2014 Salon, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA
Axis Invitational, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
9th National Juried Exhibition, Axis Gallery, Sacramento, CA
The Breakfast Group: A Half-Century of Java and Jive, Richmond Art Center, Richmond,
CA
Collect! Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Kalassal, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Kala 40, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
2013 Kala Artists' Annual, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Where to from There?, ProArts, Oakland, CA
Array, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Big is Beautiful, Art Contemporary Marin / Bay Model Visitor Center, Sausalito, CA
The Breakfast Group: A Half-Century of Java and Jive, Cherry Center for the Arts,
Carmel, CA
50/50 V, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
Slice! A Cross-Section of Regional Art (Second Place), Juror: Rachel Teagle, Pence
Gallery, Davis, CA
Kala-fornia: State of the Art 3, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Dualities, Linus Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Introductions: New Artists at SLATE, SLATE contemporary, Oakland, CA
2012 Kala Artists’ Annual / Fresh Work, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
WONDER, Berkeley, Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Keeping Time, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Year in Color, 2011 (52 weeks and a day) San Francisco Fine Art Fair, SLATE
contemporary
Left to Chance, San Francisco Center for the Book, San Francisco, CA
2011 Shine, Artist's Annual, Berkeley Art Center, Berkeley, CA
Artist's Annual Exhibition, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
Small Miracles, San Pablo Art Gallery, San Pablo, CA
Art Passages, "The Faculty Exhibition" at Gallery 651, Contra Costa County Admin Bldg,
Martinez, CA
CCA Alumni Exhibition Series at the Brava Theater, San Francisco, CA
2010 Kala Artists’ Annual/Fresh Work, Kala Art Institute, Berkeley, CA
On View, New Work from KALA, Kala Art Institute Berkeley, CA
FACTORXX, The Museum of Los Gatos, Los Gatos, CA
PUBLICATIONS
Contemporary Artist Magazine, Vol 1, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, September 2022
Artists of the Bay Area Vol !!, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2022
Fun Book, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2022Equilibrium Review by DeWitt Cheng, ArtOpticon.us 2018
The Breakfast Group - the Liberty of Jive-the Art of Java, at Liberty Arts Gallery, Yreka, CA,
catalog, 2018
stARTup Art Fair LA Tour with Cartwheel Art, Cindy Schwarzstein, Los Angeles, 2018
View From the Easel, Philip Hartigan, Hyperallergic, Feb 26, 2016
Notes from the Studio: Carol Ladewig, CCA Glance Magazine, Spring 2016
“Pence Gallery: Slice” offers a peek at the best regional art, Natalie Nelson, June 4, 2013
“A Kind of Torture” 2014 Invitational Axis Gallery Exhibition, Sacramento News and Reviews,
12.11.14
"Carol Ladewig," by Elise Morris, The Studio Work, February 2014
"Alumna Carol Ladewig: My Life as a Pardee Artist," by Jim Norrena, California College of the
Arts News, December 2013
Art-Vetting, reviews by Adrianne Rubenstein (Director, James Fuentes Gallery, NY) and Dan
Peyton, (Principal, Art-Vetting), April 2013
PAINTING TIME Carol Ladewig, exhibition catalog featuring essays by DeWitt Cheng and
Danielle Fox, Oakland, CA, 2012
The Breakfast Club, Berkeley, CA
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF THE BARCLAY SIMPSON AWARD, CCA, California College of
the Arts, 2012
STUDIO VISIT MAGAZINE, Volume 17, June 2012
FACTOR XX catalog, Los Gatos Museum of Art, November 2012
“Disasters in Perspective”, by Berin Golonu, Artweek, February, 2002
“Reality Check, Bay Area Artist Respond to September 11”, by Sara Zaska, Urbanview, 12.11.01
“Hidden Treasurers, The Pardee Artists at the Oakland Art Gallery”, by Christin Brenneman,
Artweek, 11.11.01