Carolyn Weltman
150 East 37th Street, Suite 10E, New York, New York 10016
Telephone: (212) 683-2698  E-mail: carolyn@artforengineers.com
website: http://www.artforengineers.com
 
Carolyn Weltman is a painter who uses oils, watercolours, charcoal, graphite and gesso as well as her computer to illustrate her innermost thoughts, poems and ideas. Until recently, her erotic art was a constant fixture on the streets of New York's famous Soho art district and in Union Square since 1998.  Carolyn is a persistent warrior, determined to bring her art directly to the people.  Mixed with her poetry, Carolyn's lush and sensual, beautifully rendered erotic illustrations make her website “Sophi's Grand Empire” (www.artforengineers.com) a uniquely healing place to visit.
 
A favorite among New York natives as well as international visitors, her art is consistently seen and purchased at various exhibits and auctions, including Sothebys, Christys and Phillips de Pury Auction Houses in New York City.
 
Carolyn has been interviewed on international television, radio and internet web casts an
d her artwork is the subject of numerous documentaries as well as featured on numerous websites. 
Regularly featured both as illustrations, on book jackets and in many national and international magazines including: Penthouse International; Cupido; Eroticus; Allspice; Extreme Fetish, Diverse International, Soho Journal and most recently in Vermont Woman and NY Arts Magazine, her most recent publishing accomplishment was to illustrate The Mammoth Book of the Kama Sutra published in 2008.
 
Carolyn was awarded best in illustration and fine art at the Rear Views Exhibition, Leslie Lohman Gallery, New York. She won two awards for her work in the 2008 ES the World's Greatest Erotic Art and was subsequently asked to be a juror for the 2009 Erotic Signature Competition.  After showing with Tom of Finland, Carolyn was asked to contribute a piece of her work to the Tom of Finland museum. In November 2002 she was awarded Erotic Artist of the Year 2002 - 2003. In February 2003, City TV (Canada) aired a special featuring Carolyn and her work. The show subsequently aired in the UK in June 2004.
 
In 2003 and again in 2005, Art at Large, New York, NY presented solo shows of her work and concurrently, one of her pieces was displayed at the Museum of Sex in New York.  In 2007, her most recent solo show was held at the Musuem of Porn in Art, Zurich, Switzerland. Also in 2007 two of her drawings were placed in the permanent collection of the Kinsey Institute Erotic Art Museum.
 
In 2009, Carolyn was asked to take part as a panel member and make a presentation of her work at the School of Visual Arts, NYC Artists Talk on Art which resulted in her being asked to make presentation of her work at the National Arts Club of NYC.
 
Permanently represented by Orbit Gallery Space, NJ; Parlor Gallery, NJ; The Drawing Room, Chesham, Bucks, UK; Museum of PorninArt, Zurich, Switzerland. Carolyn also shows her work regularly at exhibits, art fairs and shows both internationally and within the United States.

Solo Exhibitions:

2008     Sophi’s Choice, The Erotic Art of Carolyn Weltman, East Village Company, San Diego, CA
2007     Hot and Happy – Musuem of Porn in Art, Zurich, Switzerland
2005     Fresh Girls – Art @ Large, New York, NY
2003     Ohhhh Baby! - Art @ Large, New York, NY

Selected Exhibitions:

2010    The Dirty Show 11, Detroit, MI
        Arts de Valentine, Birmingham, AL
        Seattle Erotic Art Festival, Seattle, WA
        Calamus 150, Hudson Guild, New York, NY
        Hung, Gitana Rosa Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 

2009   The Dirty Show 9, Detroit, MI
       Artists Talk on Art - Panel and Presentation, School of Visual Arts, NYC
       Featured on and became a member of Idiosynchroynism
Juror, Erotic Signature, The World's Greatest Erotic Art Competition    
Seattle Erotic Art Exhibition, Seattle, WA
Presentation – National Arts Club, NYC
La Petite Morte, Parlor Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
The Dirty Show 10, Detroit, MI

 

2008   Seattle Erotic Art Exhibition, Seattle, WA
       Award winner, Erotic Signature, The World's Greatest Erotic Art Competition  
The Kinsey Institute Juried Erotic Art Show, Bloomington, IN
Featured in NY Arts Magazine, NY, NY
Featured on www.myartspace.com
2007   Featured artist at www.artatlarge.com
Featured gallery at www.lovechess.nl
Kinsey Confidential, The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN
Fourplay, Crybaby Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
Two English Broads, The Body Archive Gallery, New York, NY
Featured gallery at www.ameanet.org
The Kinsey Institute Juried Erotic Art Show, Bloomington, IN
Featured gallery at www.britishmuseumoferoticart.com
The Dirty Show 8, Detroit, MI - represented by Art @ Large
Seattle Erotic Art Show, Seattle, WA - represented by Art @ Large
 
2006   Featured gallery www.feralsexkitten.com
The Dirty Show 7, Detroit, MI - represented by Art @ Large
       Erotik Neurotik, Elise Mankes Studio, Marblehead, Ma
Seattle Erotic Art Show, Seattle, WA - represented by Art @ Large
Vaudeville Flesh, Los Angeles, CA
Featured in Soho Journal, Spring Issue
Tiny Fine Art in Bergdorf Goodman’s Window – represented by TinyFineArt
Rainbows Over Harlem II - Women, Casa Frela Gallery, Harlem, NY
       Erotic, Orbit Space Gallery, Edgewater, NJ
       Featured in Metro
Featured in Jane Magazine online
Erotic Art @ The Body Archive Gallery, NY
Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids Organization, New York, NY
Entranced, Auction to benefit LLGAF
 
2005   The Dirty Show 6, Detroit, MI - represented by Art @ Large
Seattle Erotic Art Show, Seattle, WA - Represented by Art @ Large
Tom of Finland Erotic Art Show, New York, NY - Represented by Art @ Large
NURTUREart GALA: Nurturing the new ‘05, Spike Gallery, New York, NY
Featured artist of the month, Lucky 13 Saloon, Brooklyn, NY
Postcards from the Edge, Visual Aids Organization, New York, NY
Featured Gallery www.theangrypoet.com
NYAA Take Home a Nude Auction, Phillips de Pury Auction House, New York, NY
The Art of the Corset, Fusion Artwork, San Francisco, Ca
Focus on the Figure, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY
The Art of the Corset, Fusion Artwork, San Francisco, Ca
Art At Large 1st Winter Invitational, Art @ Large, New York, NY
Tiny Fine Art Group Show, Art @ Large, New York, NY   
 
2004   Seattle Erotic Art Show, Seattle, WA – Represented by Art @ Large
       Featured in The International Journal of Erotica
       Tom of Finland Erotic Art Show.  New York, NY
       Allure, The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York, NY
       Featured in Next Magazine
       Marry Me, The Leslie-Lohman Gay Art Foundation, New York, NY
       Featured in the Soho Journal
       Postcards From the Edge, Visual Aids Organization, New York, NY
       Xmas Group Show, Art @ Large Gallery, New York, NY
 
2003   Group Show - Grand Gallery, Kansas City, MO
       Seattle Erotic Art Show, Seattle, WA
       CityTV and SexCityTV (Canada) aired a special segment   
       Featured gallery at www.scarletletters.com
       Tom of Finland Erotic Art Show.  New York, NY
       3 The Hard Way, Group Show. Creative Visions, NY
       The Decadence Art Show and Expo. Niagara, NY
       SwapJungle – Sensual on Wall Street, Silent Auction
       Brave Destiny 2003, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
       Museum of Sex, NYC – Work Featured in conjunction with Ohhhh Baby!
 
2002   Art @ Large Group Show, NY
       Guest artist www.slavejournal.com
       AEL Black Leather Erotic Art Show, New Mexico
       Penthouse International Magazine the Unrepentant Voyeur
       The Rain Lounge, Brooklyn, NY
       Internet Galleries–Janesguide.com/DigitalSalon.com/Likitystix.com.
       First Hand “one day only” show, Soho, New York
       Gay Pride Week, “Off The Wall” art exhibit, View, New York
       NYC Erotic Art Fair 2002, Tom of Finland Foundation, New York, NY
       Rear Views, Leslie Lohman Gallery, New York, NY
       *winner – best in fine art and illustration awarded for all three entries
       Ebb Tides, Bottom Feeders Gallery, New York, NY
       Erotic Artist of the Year Award, Erotic Awards, London, UK
       Art @ Large – Group Sex II, NYC
 
2001   Featured in Cupido, Norway
Penthouse International Illustrations for the Unrepentant Voyeur
Featured Artist at opening of Eroticus, Sydney, Australia
“The Mall” art exhibit and sale, True, New York
“Off The Wall” art exhibit and sale, View, New York  
       Permanent collection at Orbit Space Gallery, Edgewater, NJ
 
2000   Featured gallery www.scarletletters.com
       Radio Italy 105 - live broadcast in Italy from NYC
Website review - Jane Duvall & Bob Berkowitz.Love Bites, Eyada.com
       Featured artist, Biblio Eroticus, Australia
       Featured artist, Fetish Magazine, NY
Featured Gallery www.janesguide.com
Guest Artist - www.heart4her.com; www.digitalsalon.com
Featured artist, Biblio Eroticus

Auction Record:

2008   Take Home a Nude Auction, Phillips de Pury, NYC
2006   Take Home a Nude Auction, Phillips de Pury, NYC
       Leslie Lohman Gay Art Foundation, NYC
2005   The Drawing Room, Francis Yard, United Kingdom
2003   Take Home a Nude Auction. Sothebys, NY
The Muse Foundation of New York, Museum of Sex, NYC
SwapJungle Auction – Sensual on Wall Street, NYC
SEAF (Seattle Erotic Art Show), Town Hall, Seattle, WA
2002   Take Home a Nude Auction, Sothebys Auction House, NYC
2001   Take Home a Nude Auction, Christies Auction House, NYC
2000   Take Home a Nude Auction, New York Academy of Art, NYC
1999   Take Home a Nude Auction, New York Academy of Art, NYC

Collections:

Tom of Finland Museum, Los Angeles, CA

The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, IN

Education:

London University, Goldsmith’s College, London, U.K., M.A. (A.T.C.) Art Educationtc \l3 "M.A. (A.T.C.) Art Education

Leeds University, College of Art and Design, Leeds, U.K., B.A. Graphic Design

 

 

 

 

Artist’s Statement

 

"I am holding out my heart to you.

If you are brave and hold out your heart too,

One day our hearts will spread all over the world."

My perspective begins poetically with me alone. It extends out to the mood of my models, then to my drawing, my painting and ultimately to the living spaces of my patrons. I am utterly and unashamedly ecumenical in my fascination with the human form and the imaginative capacity for loving of its inhabitants.

 

As I=ve loosened my work onto the world, I have encountered, confronted, defended, befriended and been befriended.  All the while creating a virtuous circle of inspiration that flows back to me in direct proportion to my evolving ability to tell the truth about how things really are for people inside themselves and how they might express it if they could, if they were as free in the rest of their lives as they are in my work.

 

Although I=m not married to any categories, schools or aesthetic principles, the thought of which I find anti-evolutionary, I am fond of looking to Velasquez and Van Gogh in painting, and, not surprisingly, Leonardo for drawing.  Modigliani for my mood.