Caroline Thorington: Resume Prize Prints  [click on each image to see a larger version in a new window]             Ariadne and the Thoroughly Modern Minataur ©97      Mechi ©01    Cloud Pool ©01    Picnic Triptych ©90    Crocodile Moon Dance ©95 Education   MFA: George Washington University, 1975 BA: Kansas State University, 1965 Fellowships 1981 Workshop for Lithography Instructors, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM 1965-66 Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany Grants 2008 Creative Projects Grant from the Arts Council of Montgomery County, MD 1999 Arts Council of Montgomery County to show ColorPrint USA in MD 1998 Maryland State Arts Council for a symposium on ColorPrint USA 1993 Arts Council of Montgomery County, MD for Moon Print Series Project 1982 Winfield Art Center, Winfield, Kansas, to show Natural History Prints Teaching 1975 -2000 Montgomery College, Printmaking and Drawing 2000-2001 Maryland College of Art and Design, Drawing Recent Awards 2016 2nd Prize, Lasting Impressions, Grove Gallery, Gretel Geist Rutledge Gallery East Lancing MI - Indian Rhino, lithograph. 2014 Juror's Merit Award, Delta National Small Print Exhibition, Bradbury Gallery, ASU, AR - Magician, 3rd State. Purchase AWARD, "Lilliputians March" Exhibition, Purdue University Galleries, West Lafayette, IN - Elephant's Picnic, lithograph and Chine Collé. 2012 Juror's Selection, MAPC Members Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of SE Missouri Galleries, Cape Girardeau, MO - Winter Fans, lithograph. 2009 Acquisition Award, Hawaii State Foundation on Culture and the Arts, Pacific States Biennial Exhibition - Summer Celebration #5, lithograph & Chine Collé. Recent Solo Exhibitions 2015 Menagerie, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD. 2014 Between Two Portraits, BlackRock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD. 2011 Brush, Stone & Wood, Gallery Har Shalom, Potomac MD. 2009 Star Prints, the Art Barn Gallery, Gaithersburg, MD. 2007 Library Gallery, Montpelier Cultural Arts Center, Laurel, MD. 2004 Natural History Prints, Glenview Mansion Art Gallery, Rockville, MD. 2003 Favorite Places, Lithography and Woodcuts by Thorington and Feldman, Black Rock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD. 2001 Moon Dance Prints, College of Art and Design, Silver Spring, MD. Scenes From Montgomery County: Lithographs and Paintings, Gallery 1, Clinical Center Galleries, NIH, Bethesda, MD. 2000 Lithographs, University of Dallas, Irving TX. 1998 Prints and Paintings, Kentlands Mansion Art Gallery, Gaithersburg, MD. Selected Other Solo Exhibitions 1995 Lithographs, Rubenstein Gallery, Kogod Arts Center, Sidwell Friends School, Washington DC. Lithographs from the Moon Print Series, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington DC. 1991 View From the Mall, Helen Orm Gallery, Clinical Center Galleries, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD. 1988 Lithographs, Albrecht Museum of Art, St. Joseph, MO. Lithographs, Centro de Convencoes, Brasilia, Brazil. 1982 From the New World, Rotunda Gallery, NMNH, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. Commissions 2004 A Panda Sculpture for the Public Art Project:Pandamania by the D C Commission on the Arts and Humanities. Entitled, "PandaCamouflage," the sculpture was displayed in front of the National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC, from May through September 2004 then auctioned to raise funds for the Arts in the District of Columbia. 2003 Commission Print, "Waiting for the Concert to Begin", Print Society of Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. Invitational Exhibitions 2013 Four Persons: Four Media Exhibition, Arts Barn Gallery, Gaithersburg, MD. 2012 Bookmarks - Four Printmakers: Prints by four artists whose work is in the Montgomery County Works on Paper Collection. Exhibition included their works from the collection plus a selection of their current works. Betty Mae Kramer Gallery, Silver Spring Civic Center, Silver Spring, MD. Curated by Crystal Polis. Tangled Up in Blue Exchange Portfolio, SGC 2012 Conference Exhibition Portfolio, New Orleans, LA. 2011 Guest Artist: 21 plus 21 Show: Waverly Street Gallery's 3rd Annual Invitational, Bethesda, MD. 2010 New World/Old World Invitational Exhibition, Nash Gallery, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Disguise Exhibition and Folio, Rueff Galleries, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. 2008 2nd International Printmaking Exhibition: 48 works, by artists from four countries, will travel to China, Korea, Canada, and the US, through 2010. International Contemporary Lithography, at MoMA Wales, Y Tabernacl - Museum for Modern Art for Wales, UK, 2007, and then traveled to Bankside Gallery, London, England and the Naughton Gallery, Belfast Ireland in 2008. 2007 Passion and Process: Impressions from America's Master Printmakers, LVAA, Louisville, KY, November 10 2006 - February 5, 2007. 2005 Lasting Impressions: Seven Artists, Rockville Arts Place, Gaithersburg, MD. 2004 Out of Print, 10 Artists, Carroll County Art Council Art Gallery, Westminster, MD. 1st Florida Printmakers Print Exchange Exhibition, 20 printmakers, University of Miami, FL. 2003 National Exposure: Prints Collected and Invited, Recitation Hall Gallery, U of DE. 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Robert L. Ringel Gallery, Purdue Galleries, West Lafayette, IN. Landscape Invitational, by the Montgomery County Arts & Humanities Council, US District Courthouse, Greenbelt, MD, 2002 Prints/Paper: Homage to Guy Kuhn, 5 Guest Artists, Washington Printmakers Gallery, Washington DC. 2001 On/Off/Over the Edge, American Print Alliance Traveling Exhibition of Prints and Artist Books, starting at the University of Nebraska at Kearney and traveling throughout the US through December of 2003. Points of View, Invitational Exhibition, 10 Artists, SGC Meeting, Austin,TX. 2000 Lithographic Washes:, Tusche and Toner, University of Miami, FL and University of Dallas, Irving, TX. Point of View:National Exhibition; 7 Artists, University of Delaware, Newark, DE. 1999 Animals of the World: The Artist's View II, Smithsonian Conservation Research Center, Front Royal, VA. 1998 COLORPRINT USA 98, 1998-2000:Invitational Exhibition of 53 artists from 50 states; Thorington represented MD. During Nov. 1998, the ColorPrint Exhibition was held simultaneously in museums and galleries in each of the 50 states then traveled throughout the USA through 2000. Common Ground, American Print Alliance Traveling Exhibition of Prints and Artist Books. Exhibited throughout the US for two years. Selections From "What's So Funny?", National Works on Paper Biennial, Marsh Gallery, University of Richmond, VA; Selections traveled throughout Virginia through Dec 2000. Five Maryland Printmakers, Recent Work, Loyola College Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD. Animals of the World: The Artist's View, Smithsonian Conservation Research Center, Front Royal, VA. 1997 21st Boston Printmakers Members Show, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury, MA. 1996 Nine Printmakers, Marlboro Gallery, Prince George's Community College, Largo, MD. Animals & Creatures of Our Planet, 5 Artists, Jane Haslem Gallery, Washington DC. Visiting Artist