Carol Cao, Installation view of “Chromaphilia/Chromophobia”, 2020 at the SVA Chelsea Gallery, New York.
Carol Cao traces her inspiration to be an artist to a lost childhood as a deaf Chinese-American. Carol suffered a pediatric stroke before her first year and, against all odds, spent many of her formative years in rehabilitation. Throughout this period art was her only escape. Her childhood memories continue to serve as an inspiration for her ceramic work, which references the delicacy of life. Climate change inspires her use of flowers and animals as subjects in her art.
Carol Cao, Installation view of Cao's studio during “Fall Open Studios”, 2019, New York.
Carol Cao, Virus Flowers, 2020. Sculpey, 2 x 2 x 0.5 inches each.
Carol Cao, The Pink Coral, 2019. Glazed Ceramic, 8 x 5 x 5 inches.
Carol Cao, April 2020, 2020. Sculpey, 2 x 2 x 0.5 inches each.
Carol Cao, The 100 Flowers on Kitty, 2019. Glazed Ceramic.
Carol Cao, The Dragon, 2019. Glazed Ceramic, 12 x 6 x 1.25 inches.
