EDUCATION
2006 Ph.D. Human & Organizational Systems.
Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA
2002 M.A. Organizational Development.
Fielding Graduate University, Santa Barbara, CA
1995 M.B.A. Management.
University of New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
1978 B.A. Fine Arts.
Ramapo College, Mahwah, New Jersey
Art courses and workshops:
Art Students League, New York, NY
Katonah Art Center, Katonah, NY
Center for the Arts, Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
SOLO SHOWS
2024 The Ardsley Village Hall Gallery, Ardsley, NY
2023 The Howard and Ruth Jacobs Gallery, Greenburgh Library, Elmsford, NY.
Benefit exhibit earned $15,000 for non-profits supporting Land, Food and Housing.
2019 The Howard and Ruth Jacobs Gallery, Greenburgh Library, Elmsford, NY
2016 The Oresman Gallery, Larchmont Public Library, Larchmont, NY
2016 The Howard and Ruth Jacobs Gallery, Greenburgh Library, Elmsford, NY
2015 The Loggia Gallery, Bronxville Women's Club, Bronxville, NY
2014 The Donald Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
2013 Harrison Public Library, Harrison, NY (Juried Competition)
1978 Ramapo Gallery, Mahwah, NJ
JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2023 Members and Associates Exhibit, Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, New York, NY
2023 Perspective and Perception, Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
2020 Small Works, Winter 2020. NAWA National Exhibit, New York, NY
2020 123rd Annual Open Exhibition, CLWAC, National Arts Club, New York, NY
2019 Past & Present, Blue Hill Art and Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
2019 Joyous Light, NAWA National Exhibit, Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh
Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ
2019 Fragile Waterways, Teatown Reservation Gallery, Ossining, NY.
2019 The Chair Show. ArtsWestchester Gallery, White Plains, NY
2019 We’re Not in Kansas Anymore, Hastings Village Hall, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY
2017 Personal Renaissance, The Belskie Museum of Art & Science, Closter, NJ
2017 Cold, NAWA National Exhibition, New York, NY
2016 Shelter, NAWA National Exhibition, Harlem School of the Arts, New York, NY
2016 A Sight For Sore Eyes, NAWA, New York. National Online Exhibition.
2016 101st Juried Art Show, New Rochelle Art Association, New Rochelle, NY
2016 EV(e)OLUTION VI-BOLD!, NAWA, New York, NY
2016 In-VISIBLE Exhibition, NAWA, Point Park University, Pittsburgh, PA
2016 Women Gazing Inward, CWA, Ceres Gallery, New York, NY
2016 BDAA Annual Juried Show, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
2015 Westchester County Beaux Arts Finale, Bronxville, NY
2015 New Perspectives Juried Show, New Century Artists Gallery, New York, NY
2014 National Society of Women Artists, New York, NY
2014 Home is Where The Art Is, Lazarus Gallery, New Rochelle, NY
2014 Annual Juried Art Show, New Rochelle Art Association, New Rochelle, NY
2014 Artists Untamed, Catskill Art Society, Livingston Manor, NY
2013 Glorious Food Exhibit, Blue Hill Cultural Center, Pearl River, NY
2013 Westchester County Beaux Arts Finale, Katonah, NY
2013 Annual Juried Small Works Show, Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
2013 BDAA Annual Juried Show, Blue Door Gallery, Yonkers, NY
2012 Westchester County Beaux Arts Finale, Bronxville, NY
2012 Cheers! Rotunda Gallery, The New Rochelle Council on the Arts
EXHIBITIONS
2021 Ten Artists Open Up at The Donald. The Donald Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
2017 We Are Rising: Women In Solidarity, The Donald Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
2017 Appetite for Art, Ruth Keeler Memorial Library, North Salem, NY
2017 Beaux Arts Exhibition, Bronxville, NY
2015 Beaux Arts Exhibition, Westchester County, White Plains, NY
2015 Artistic Endeavor Gallery, Inaugural Group Show, Irvington, NY
2015 Beaux Arts Exhibition, Westchester County, Bronxville, NY
2014 Beaux Arts Exhibition, Westchester County, Bronxville, NY
2013 Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, NY
2013 Beaux Arts Exhibition, Westchester County, Dobbs Ferry, NY
2012 Beaux Arts Exhibition, Westchester County, Bronxville, NY
2012 Beaux Arts Exhibition, Westchester County, Dobbs Ferry, NY
2012 Beaux Arts Exhibition, Westchester County, Katonah, NY
2011 Beaux Arts Exhibition, Westchester County, Dobbs Ferry, NY
2011 Beaux Arts Exhibition, Westchester County, Katonah, NY
ALTERNATIVE SPACES
2013 - Present RiverArts Studio Tour and Exhibit, Westchester County, NY
JURIED ADMISSIONS:
2014 New York Society of Women Artists
2014 National Association of Women Artists
2014 New Rochelle Art Association
HONORS AND AWARDS
2017
Beaux Arts Exhibition, Bronxville, NY
Third Place, Oil
Honorable Mention, Pastel
2016
New Rochelle Art Association, 101st Juried Art Show, New Rochelle, NY
First Place, Oil/Acrylic
2015
Beaux Arts Exhibition, White Plains, NY
First Place, Oil
Third Place, Oil
Honorable Mention, Pastel
Westchester County Beaux Arts Finale, Bronxville, NY
First Place, Pastel
Beaux Arts Exhibition, Bronxville, NY
Third Place, Oil, and People's Choice Award
2014
New Rochelle Art Association, 99th Juried Art Show, New Rochelle, NY
First Place, Oil/Acrylic
Beaux Arts Competition, Bronxville, NY
First, Second, and Third Place, Pastel
2013
Beaux Arts Exhibition, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Second Place, Oil/Acrylic
Third Place, Pastel
Third Place, Oil/Acrylic
Beaux Arts Exhibition, Bronxville, NY
Best in Show
First Place, Oil
Second Place, Acrylic
Westchester County Beaux Arts Finale, Bronxville, NY
First Place, Oil
2012
Westchester County Beaux Arts Finale
Third Place, Oil
Third Place, Pastel
Beaux Arts Exhibition, Bronxville, NY
First Place, Oil
First Place, Pastel
Third Place, Oil
Beaux Arts Exhibition, Dobbs Ferry, NY
First Place, Oil
Second Place, Pastel
Beaux Arts Exhibition, Katonah, NY
First Place, Oil/Acrylic
Honorable Mention, Oil/Acrylic
2011
Beaux Arts Exhibition, Dobbs Ferry, NY
First Place, Oil/Acrylic
Beaux Arts Exhibition, Katonah, NY
Third Place, Oil/Acrylic
COLLECTIONS
Private collections in the US, Canada, and Europe
BIBLIOGRAPHY
The Rivertowns Enterprise. Featured painting announcing the exhibit “Ten Artists Open Up at The Donald”. Dobbs Ferry, NY, September 24, 2021. P 17.
Gouveia, Georgette. “A Bouquet of Nature-Inspired Art”. WAG Magazine. May, 2020. Article includes a description of a painting to appear in the exhibit Ten Artists Open Up at the Donald Gallery. https://www.wagmag.com/a-bouquet-of-nature-inspired-art/
Hook Magazine. "Past and Present: An exhibition celebrating Blue Hill Art & Cultural Center", Nyack, NY, August/September 2020, pp 44-45. Article on the Past and Present exhibition with names of the selected artists.
The Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club 123rd Annual Open Exhibition Catalog. Painting image selected to appear in the catalog. P. 18
DiLorenzo, Kris, “Eighty-seven Paintings in Conversation at Library Gallery”. The Rivertowns Enterprise, Dobbs Ferry, NY, March 22, 2019. pp 9, 17.
ArtNews. Featured painting for 2019 solo exhibit, Seasons. March, 2019. P. 18.
The Rivertowns Enterprise. Featured painting for the 2018 Studio Tour. Dobbs Ferry, NY, April 20, 2018. pp. 24-25.
Studio Visit Magazine. Volume 38. 2017. National juried artists selected for quarterly magazine feature. Featured paintings and bio.
Over Easy Productions, Egg. 2017. Two paintings selected to be featured on the movie set.
Stiffler, Scott, “NAWA Walls Fills With Chilly Scenes of Winter”. Now Chelsea. January 18, 2017. Painting mentioned in article on the exhibit.
"Carol Perron Sommerfield to Open "Facets" Exhibit in Larchmont". Larchmont Ledger, Larchmont, NY. November, 2016, Vol. 12 - issue 11, p 12.
Colquitt, Geoff, “Award Winning Artist, Carol Perron Sommerfield, to Open “Facets” Exhibit in Larchmont”. Mamaroneck’s Hamlet Hub, Mamaroneck, NY, October 20, 2016. Online edition.
DiLorenzo, Kris, “Painter Circles Back To Color And Light In 81 Works”. The Rivertowns Enterprise, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, April 8, 2016. pp 3, 20.
The New York Times, Metropolitan section, exhibition announcement with photograph, New York, NY, March 27, 2016. p. 8.
Blue Door Quarterly: Journal of Literature and Art. "Inside/Outside: Self Examination". Yonkers, NY, Fall, 2015/Spring 2016. Featured Painting. p. 8.
"Sullivan County Is Her Muse". The Sullivan County Democrat, Monticello, NY, March 1, 2015. Online edition.
Lupo, Jackie, “Artist Coaxes Beauty From Empty Buildings”. The Rivertowns Enterprise, Hastings-on-Hudson, NY, May 30, 2014. pp 8, 16, 17.
The New York Times, Metropolitan section, exhibition announcement with photograph, New York, NY, Dec. 29, 2013. p. 9.
ARTIST RESIDENCIES
2020 Awarded an Artist Residency. Drop, Forge & Tool (March, 2020)
2019 Awarded an Artist Residency. Drop, Forge & Tool (March, 2019)
2017 Awarded an Artist Residency. Drop, Forge & Tool (March, 2017)
2016 Awarded an Artist Residency. Drop, Forge & Tool (March, 2016)
2015 Awarded a Studio Residency. Arts, Letters & Numbers (November, 2015)
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2014-2019 Chair, The Annual Dobbs Ferry Beaux Arts Exhibition
2016-2020 Co-Curator, The Donald Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
ART AFFILIATIONS
ArtsWestchester
Catskill Art Society
Katonah Museum of Art Artist Association
New Rochelle Council on the Arts
RiverArts
The Blue Door Artist Association
The Women's Art Caucus
The National Association of Women Artists
The New York Society of Women Artists
The Garrison Art Center
Hudson Valley Art Association