Artist's Statement:

Permission to express a natural order of life through visual means allows
for understanding and respect to human needs, concerns and dilemmas. These works are frankly confessional, illustrating, interpreting, mirroring moments and observing the fragility of life in its on going process. With such visual connections, understanding the informed, compassionate and personal environment can reflect the global environment.

Education/Profession Experience:

M.F.A. in Textile Arts, California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
B.F.A in Design, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
Scandinavian Seminar for Cultural Studies, Sweden 
l968 - present Professor, Calif. College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA Textile Arts Dept. Chair
l989 - present Instructor, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA

Grants, Residencies, Awards, Teaching:

2000 Columbia Univ/CCAC Teaching Travel Grant,Kunming, China
1997 Artist in Residence, Plaisance, France
1996 Individual Artists Grant, Marin Arts Council, CA
1995 Sincol Award, "In Our Hands" Exhibition, Nagoya, Japan
1992 Fine Arts Award, Kyoto International Textile Exhibit, Japan
1991,'96 Marin Arts Council Grants, CA
1980 Artist/Lecturer in Residence, New Mexico State Grant, Taos 
1964-65 Fulbright Grant, Oslo, Norway

Juried and Invitational Exhibits: (selected)

2003 Transcending Process: Contemporary Fiber, Brookfield, Craft Ctr., MA
2002 Textile Techniques in Metal, Mobilia Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2002 Refuse/Reuse/Redux, Museum of Art & History, Santa Cruz, CA
2002 Intersections, Herbst International ExhibitHall, Presidio, San Francisco
2001 Helen Drutt Gallery, Textile Exhibit, Philadelphia
2001 Trash into Treasure, Redding Museum, Redding, CA
2000 Chateau Copiac, Invitational, Copiac, France
2000 California Contemporary Craft, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna, CA
2000 7th International Shoebox Sculpture, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI
1999 16 CCAC Artists, Susan Cumins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
1999 Marion Perlman Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Vessel Forms, Virginia Breirer Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1998 The White House, Hillary Clinton's Ornament, Washington DC
1997 Marin Arts Council Grant Awards Exhibition, Mill Valley, CA
1996 Past, Present and Future, Oliver Art Center, CCAC, Oakland, CA
l995 "In Our Hands" international invitation, Nagoya, Japan
l993 Nine Decades, Oliver Art Ctr. Calif. College of Arts & Crafts, Oakland CA
l993 Hybridization of American Craft, Calif. Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
l993 SOFA International Exhibition, Navy Pier-Chicago, IL.
l993 Katie Gingrass Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
l992 International Textile Exhibition, kyoto, Japan
l991 Boxes, California Crafts Museum, San Francisco, CA
l990 Baskets and Beyond, California Crafts Musuem, San Francisco, CA
l990 Focus: American Baskets, Banaker Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA
l990 Top of the Table, Virginia Breier Gallery, San Francisco, CA
l989 Fabrication of Form and Image, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA
l989 Ascots to Zoot Suits, Anchorage Museum of History and Art, Anchorage, AL 
l987 International Textile Fair '87, Kyoto, Japan
l987 Paperworks, The HandWorkshop, Virginia Ctr. for Crafts, Richmond, VI
l986 CCAC Crafts Faculty, Victor Fischer Gallery, Oakland, CA
l986 "Contemporary Handweaving", The Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
l986 Lighting, Seating and Floor Covering, California Crafts Museum, SF, CA 
l985 "Taking Stock: The New Paper Phenomenon" Elements Gallery, NYC

Dual and Solo Exhibitions:

2000 Cabrillo College Art Gallery, "Carole Beadle & Kay Sekimachi, Aptos, CA 
1999 Sculpture: New Work and Installations, College of Marin, Kentfield, CA 
1997 "La Lumiere". Chateau Copiac, Copiac, France
l995 The Brown Trout Gallery, Dunsmir, CA
l987 "The Space Between", San Marco Gallery, Dominican College, CA
l986 Susan Cummins Gallery, Mill Valley, CA
l982 "CAROLE BEADLE: Paper" Pacific Basin Gallery, Berkeley, CA
l980 "Felted Fiber/Ceramics" Clay & Fiber Gallery, Taos, NM
l978 Beadle &Vander Pool working in Felt, Factory of Visual Art, Seattle, WA
l976 "Felt" - Beadle & Luchessa, Anneberg Gallery, San Francisco, CA
l969 "Woven and Non Woven Textiles" Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
l968 "WEAVING by Carole Beadle" Anneberg Gallery, San Francisco, CA
l968 "Textiles:Carole Beadle" Lowell Colbus Gallery, Sausalito, CA
l965 Textiles and Silver by Beadle and Sipantzi, American Embassy, Oslo, Norway

Work in the Collections of (selected)

Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
De Young Museum, Saxe Collection, San Francisco, CA
Charles Marqua , Anchorage, AL
The Yonkers Professional Hospital, Yonkers, NY
Robert Pfannebecher, Philadelphia, PA
Statens Kvinnelige Industriskola, Oslo, Norway
Gary and Delora Jones, Kirkland, WA
Cay Garrett, Berkeley, CA
California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
Lowe Art Museum, Syracuse, NY
Susan Bement, Berkeley, CA
Don Drumm, Akron, OH
Dr. Robert Wald, San Francisco, CA
Laurae Fortner-Welch, Ancorage, AL
H. Oppenheimer, Berkeley, CA
David Levine, New York, NY
Navabeh Borman, Santa Monica, CA
Gayle Luchessa, Santa Fe, NM
Gayle Mathews, San Rafael, CA
Ingrid Tauber, San Francisco, CA

Selected Publications:

1999 American Crafts, Aug./Sept, The Objects in Its Place,Ted Cohen
1999 Fiberarts, July/Aug, Fusion of Fiber and Sculpture, Review
1997 Independant Journal, January 7, Marin County Artists Grant

Awards:

l989 Simpson Paper Calendar, Feature Artist for 1989, Tolleson Design Co.
l989 Art Week, April '89, "Seductive Threads", review by Charles S. Talley
l983 Anchorage Daily News, July 30, "Critics Choice:Fabric Now!" review 
l982 Art Beat, Nov. l5,8 PM, KPFA, Berkeley, Interview with Marilyn 
Hagberg, Discussion: State of Textile Arts in the BayArea 
l982 Art Notes, Summer, KQED, Berkeley, John Rosak discusses Textile, 
Textile Artists and their work
l982 Fiberarts, July/August, "Felted Paper, A New Direction "
l982 School Arts, Summer, article "Felting" by Carole Beadleand Alice Newby
l979 Fiberarts, Nov/Dec, "The Pioneer Spirit of Carole Beadle"1
1974 Crockett, Chamberlain, "Beyond Weaving", Watson-Guptill, NY