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Bio

Carol Sogard is a designer, educator, and community engaged artist whose multidisciplinary practice centers on sustainability and material awareness. Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, she currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. She works primarily with reclaimed plastics, natural and artificial detritus, repurposed textiles, and photographic images to create installations, collages, and taxonomic arrangements that document and reinterpret everyday waste.

Her design and artwork have been recognized by AIGA, How Books, Print Magazine, Rockport Publishers, the Utah Division of Arts & Museums, and the Royal Geographic Society. She has exhibited in galleries and museums across the United States, South Korea, Italy, and the United Kingdom. As a Professor of Graphic Design at the University of Utah; her role as an educator is deeply connected to her studio practice, and both are grounded in a desire to engage others with the natural world as it has evolved in the Anthropocene.

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International Juried Exhibitions
Contemporary Landscape 2026, International Group Exhibition, Czong Institute
for Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 1/26.

A Scientific Approach: Visual Documents and Creative Investigation Methods, International Group Exhibition, Loosen Art, Millepiani, Rome IT, 6/25.

Zealous Amplify: Environment, Shortlist Awardee, London UK, International
Art Competition focused on Environmental themes. 

Future Fabrication: SDA International Exhibition In Print, Surface Design Journal Winter 2017–18, VOL. 41–4, Surface Design Association

International Fiber Arts VIII Biennial Exhibition, Sebastopol Center for the Arts
and the Surface Design Association, Sebastopol CA. 6/28–9/3/17.

3rd International SDA (Surface Design Association) Member Juried Exhibition,
Form & Concept Center, Santa Fe, NM. 2/24–5/17/17.
 
Project Vortex Collective, global network of Artists, Designers & Architects
intercepting the plastic waste stream, Project Vortex, 2017–.

Fantastic Fibers International Juried Exhibition, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, Kentucky. Juror: Danielle Kelly, Executive Director, Surface Design Association. 4/9–6/4/16.

National Juried Exhibitions
Mega Helper Mini Show, Juried National Group Exhibition, Helper UT, 8/25.

In Conversation with the Land, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Co.Group Exhibition, Juror: Karen Haas, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 9/3–12/31/21.

The Other Art Fair, Patterned Landscapes Sketchbook Project, Presented by Saatchi Art at the Brooklyn Expo Center in Brooklyn NY, 11/8–11/11/18.

31st Annual Positive/Negative, National Juried Exhibition, Slocumb Galleries, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN. 2/8–3/4/16.

Art Of Our Consumption, Foundry Art Centre, St. Louis, MO. 1/8 – 2/13/15.

Regional Juried Exhibitions
A Pictorial Atlas of Fossil Remains, Solo Exhibition, Salt Lake Arts Council, Finch Lane Gallery, SLC UT 1/12–2/20/26.

Helper Mini Solo Exhibition, Helper Mini Gallery, Helper, Utah, Curator: Kevin Perry, Helper Mini, 9/2–9/30/24. 

Rocky Mountain Triennial, Fort Collins Museum of Art, Fort Collins, CO, 5/23–9/23.

Point Wilson Artifacts Solo Exhibit, Align Real Estate, Salt Lake City, UT 8/9–9/7/22.

Paper & Thread, Modern West, Salt Lake City, UT, Selected Group Exhibition 6–9/19.

New West, Modern West, Salt Lake City, UT, Selected Group Exhibition 4/19–6/8/19.

Artifacts For The 23rd Century, Projects Gallery, Solo Exhibition, UMOCA, Salt Lake City UT. Curator: Jared Steffensen. 9/22/17–1/14/18.

Statewide Annual Exhibition, Utah Arts & Museums, Rio Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT 11/20/15–1/8/16.

Exploring Sustainability Exhibit, UMFA Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, UT. Exhibition curator, layout design, production and creation of furniture. 9/13 –7/14.

Awards
Visual Arts Fellowship, Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Juror: Allison Glenn. 2022.

DesignArts Utah, 2022 Award Recipient with the University of Utah Graphic Design Program, Utah Division of Arts & Museum’s Design Arts Program, 6/24–9/24/22.

DesignArts Utah, 2020 Award Recipient in conjunction with University of Utah Sustainable Design Students, Utah Division of Arts & Museum’s Design Arts Program.

DesignArts Utah, 2019 Award Recipient, Utah Division of Arts & Museum’s Design Arts Program, Awarded projects: News of Spring, Liquid Gold Wallpaper.

DesignArts Utah, 2016 Award Recipient. Utah Division of Arts & Museum’s Design Arts Program, Awarded project: Wisdom Chair & Stooble.

DesignArts Utah, 2014 Juror’s Award Winner. Curation & design of the UMFA exhibit Exploring Sustainability: Perspectives on Sustainable Design Practice with the University of Utah Graphic Design Program. Salt Lake City, UT

Artist Residencies
Upcoming: Sitka Center for Art & Ecology, f26
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson VT, 9/23
Centrum Artist in Residence, Fort Worden, Port Townsend WA, 5/22
OXBOW Faculty Artist Residency, Oxbow Arts, SAIC, Saugatuck, MI, 7/12

Book/Publication Inclusion
Southwest Contemporary Biannual Magazine, Vol. 12: Obsession, Artist Profile
& Feature, Printed & Online, 9/25.

Surface Design Journal Fall 2016 , VOL. 40–3, Mending issue, Exposure Section, Surface Design Association, Featured: Upcycled Plastic Poufs.

Art without Waste: 500 Upcycled and Earth–Friendly Designs. © 2014, Rockport Publishing. Book features work from artists around the world working with
upcycled materials. Featured: Bagging Birds, Upcycled Plastic Poufs.

Green Graphics. Index Book Publishers, Barcelona © 2011 Featured: Save A Bird: Bring a Bag/Bottle, Revinylize Logo.

Common Interest: Documents, Design and Format Solutions for the Arts, Culture, Academia and Charities. Index Book Publishers, Barcelona © 2011. 

SustainAble: A Handbook of Materials and Applications for Graphic Designers & Their Clients. by Aaris Sherin, © 2008, Rockport Publishing. Featured: Reduce Waste book

Fingerprint: The Art of Using Handmade Elements in Graphic Design. © 2006,
Chen Design Associates, How Books. Featured: Reduce Waste book.

Academic Appointments
Professor, University Of Utah, 1999 – present

Education
University Of Utah 1995–97 MFA Graphic Design.
Michigan State University 1988–92 BA Studio Art, Graphic Design.

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