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CAROL KUCERA

EDUCATION
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL 
Universidad Nacional de Mexico, Mexico, D.F.
University of Chicago, Chicago, IL  B.A. Art History


SPECIAL COMMISSIONS
MCI Communications, Corporate Headquarters, Arlington, VA 1984
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), "The Artist and the Space Shuttle", Cape Canaveral, FL 1983  (See image of artwork below)
National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC  1976


PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Acorn Financial Services, Fairfax, VA
Bobby and Marion Glass, Oakton, VA
Reston  Dental Arts Center, Reston, VA
Sheraton Hotel, Singapore
Boat, U.S., Alexandria, VA
United Rigging Company, Beltsville, MD
Zimmerman  Editions, Baltimore, MD
Branthover Associates, New York, NY
Lewis, Kinsey, Dack and Good,  Attorneys at Law, Landover, MD
Jonathan Poole, London,  Great Britain
M. Crimone, M.D. , Potomac, MD
Thomas Piemme, M.D., Washington, DC
Cooperative Ministries, Washington, DC
Andreas Koechert, Bremen, Germany
National Wildlife Federation, Washington State  Chapter
Aspey, Watkins, and Diesel, Attorneys at Law, Sedona, AZ
Cunningham Mott PC, Flagstaff, AZ
Gerry Meier, Dallas, TX
Raphael Shapiro, M.D., Santa Fe, NM
Stephen Gunzenhauser, Music Director Delaware Symphony Orchestra
Ann and Den Liddell, Scottsdale, AZ
Stephanie and Russell Zimmermann, Herndon, VA
Cunningham Darlow LLP, Houston, TX
Saralyn Mark, M.D., Washington, D.C.
University of Arizona, Lunar and Planetary Laboratories, Tucson, AZ
Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale, AZ
The Planetary Society, Pasadena, CA
Sir Anthony Hopkins, Actor
Drs. Neal G. and Nancy Copeland, Houston, TX
Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, Actors


GALLERY EXHIBITIONS
Carol Kucera Gallery, Artist, Owner, Santa Fe, NM 1999-2019
The Art of Planetary Science U of AZ 2017, 2019, 2021
Primavera Gallery, Ojai, CA 2001-2003
Dunn Mehler Gallery, Half Moon Bay, CA 2002
R.G.Galleries, Santa Fe, NM; Chicago, IL  1997--2000
Caren Robinson  Fine Art ,  Columbus, OH 1994--1998
Houshang's Gallery, Santa Fe, NM  1993-1997
Connie Lee's Galerie One, Sedona, AZ  1990-1994
"A" Gallery Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA  1991-1992
Judy  Sanders Gallery , Beverly Hills, CA 1991-1992
Sue  Wong  Gallery,  Palm Springs,  CA  1990
Lee-Lanning Gallery, Sedona, AZ  1988-1989
Covington and Burling, Attorneys at Law, Invitational, Washington, DC 1987
Art Fair Gallery, Chevy Chase, MD  1983-1987
Judge Gallery, Washington, DC; Durham, NC  1984-1986
Poole-Wills Gallery, New York, NY  1984
Spectrum Gallery, Washington, DC 1977-1983
Greater Reston Art Center, Reston, VA  1978,1985
Old Queens Gallery, Highland Park, NJ  1978-1981
Corcoran Gallery of Art, "Works on Paper" Juried Exhibition, Washington, DC  1980
Annual Juried Athenaeum (Best in Show), Alexandria, VA  1979
Washington Project for the Arts, Invitational, Washington, DC  1977
Wolfe Street Gallery, Alexandria, VA  1977
Studio Gallery Bicentennial, Washington, DC  1976
The Art League, Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, VA  1976


PUBLICATIONS
Art Journey: New Mexico, October, 2009
"Distant Sea" featured on back cover of the Planetary Report, Planetary Society, November/December issue, 2007
Stephen Cheston, Charles M. Chafer, Sallie Birket Chafer, Social Sciences and Space Exploration. NASA  1984

Spirit of the Challenge.jpg
Spirit of the Challenge by Carol Kucera 
Acrylic, mixed media on archival paper
STS 7 Challenger at rollback, June 18, 1983
NASA commission for The Artist and the Space Shuttle
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