Carrie Gillen American
I liked the physicality of making paintings that require me to stretch, pull, and break. I like that type of mark-making as opposed to just paint on canvas. - Carrie Gillen
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Carrie GillenThe Colors And The Kids, 2024Stretched Fabric, acrylic, set in a natural raw frame
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Carrie GillenAll The Colors, 2025Stretched fabric, acrylic, set in a natural wood frameView More Details
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Carrie GillenWild And Precious, 2025Stretched fabric, acrylic, set in a natural wood frameView More Details
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Carrie GillenRare Bloom With Cobalt , 2025Stretched fabric, acrylic, set in a raw natural wood frameView More Details
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Carrie GillenOther Worlds, 2025Stretched fabric, acrylic, set in a natural wood frameView More Details
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Carrie GillenWeightless, 2024Stretched fabric, acrylic, set in a natural wood frameView More Details
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Carrie GillenUpside Dream, 2025Stretched fabric, acrylic, set in a natural wood frameView More Details
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Carrie GillenFlora In Blue, 2024Stretched fabric, acrylic, set in a natural wood frameView More Details
"I trap color within the form but allow it to breath and refract light through the pleated surface. The folds and seams of the surface abstract the shapes laid therein. The final works don’t rely on narrative, or easily decipherable imagery, but rather our sense experience" - Carrie Gillen
Carrie Gillen is a St. Louis based painter and sculptor. She received her B.A. from Loyola University in New Orleans and her MFA from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Her current body of work focuses on materiality, abstraction, and nuanced color relationships. She uses fabric to amplify movement and tension in her work. As fabric folds and bends into a dynamic canvas, color and light are refracted in new ways.
Gillen exhibits her work locally and nationally. She is the recipient of the Jose Jimenez Public Art Award and the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis Artist Support Grant. She is currently a studio member at Intersect STL a non-profit studio, gallery, and classroom supporting the south side neighborhoods of St. Louis.
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Dream Weaver
A solo exhibition by Carrie Gillen Aug 8 - Sep 5, 2025Square One Gallery is proud to present “Dream Weaver”, a solo exhibition by multidisciplinary based artist Carrie Gillen. Known for her innovative use of fabric, Gillen’s work dissolves the traditional boundaries of painting, introducing physical tension and movement within her compositions. “Dream Weaver”, Gillen’s debut solo exhibition with Square One Gallery explores the dynamic interplay between painted gesture and textile form, oscillating between organized chaos, vivid tropical reveries, and moments of technicolor geometry.Read more -
Dopamine
A group exhibition Jun 7 - Jul 6, 2024Square One Gallery is pleased to present DOPAMINE , a group exhibition featuring 6 exceptional contemporary artists whose works expand the horizons of shape, application, and color. Through varying techniques...Read more
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Dopamine Opens At Square One Gallery
On view from June 7th - July 5th Jun 10, 2024Square One Gallery opened it's doors this past Friday, June 7th, for the opening reception of 'Dopamine'. We'd like to give a big thank you...Read more -
Square One Announces 'Dopamine"
A group exhibition opening June 7th at Square One Gallery May 14, 2024Join us for the opening reception of ' DOPAMINE' - a group exhibition feauturing works by contemporary artists Dan Lam, Ted Collier, Emmanuel Moses, Arnaud...Read more
