About
Carolyn’s work has been in local, national, and international exhibitions, including the solo exhibitions “Carolyn Muskat: Moving Forward, Looking Back” at the Nesto Galler, Milton, MA and “Here and Now: Prints by Carolyn Muskat” at the Irving Arts Center, Irving, TX, “A Sense of Place” at Smith College in MA and “Waystation” at Art House 5 in Hanoi, Vietnam. Selected group exhibitions include “Boston Printmakers: Love, Peace and Understanding” at the DaNang Museum of Fine Arts; the “8th International Lithographic Symposium” in Tidaholm, Sweden; and “Conexiones/Connections” at the Taller Experimental de Grafica in Havana, Cuba. Carolyn has participated in Hanoi Art Connecting 6 (2023) and 4 (2019), international festivals with over 70 artists from around the world. In May 2018, Carolyn traveled to Johannesburg, South Africa to teach and work at Artists Proof Studio. In 2016, Carolyn was invited to participate in the Pulau Ketam International Art Festival on the isle of Pulau Ketam, Malaysia. In 2015, she participated in the Yogyakarta International Art Festival. In 2010, 2012 and 2013, Ms. Muskat was invited to teach at the Center for Graphic Excellence in Hanoi, Vietnam, where she worked with some of the most respected artists in the country. In 2012, she was awarded the Vietnam Art Medal, an award given to only four other non-Vietnamese artists at that time.
Carolyn Muskat owns and operates Muskat Studios, a professional printmaking studio in Somerville, MA where she creates her own work and collaborates with artists to produce original fine art prints. The Studio will be celebrating 30 years in 2023, and continues to produce a variety of print related works for artists. For the 25th anniversary, we celebrated with the publication of a portfolio of prints: “25 Artists, 25 prints, 25 years”. The 20th anniversary of the studio celebrated with an exhibition at Somerville’s Brickbottom Gallery. A full-color catalog was produced, including all of the work created at the studio, plus a history of the founding of the studio and an overview of printmaking in the Boston area. Carolyn has worked with more than 50 artists to publish over 400 prints in the past 27 years. In summer 2020, Carolyn developed Lemon-Etch Litho, a way to create and print lithographs at home without a press using easily sourced non-toxic materials.
Ms. Muskat has also been invited to teach at several local art colleges, including the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, Massachusetts College of Art & Design, Hartford Art School, and Lesley University College of Art & Design. At the 2019 SGCI Conference in Dallas, TX, Carolyn was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award. As part of the 2015 SGCI Conference in Knoxville, TN, Carolyn participated in the International Panel: “Outside the Comfort Zone: The Print as a form of Graphic Diplomacy”. She has also presented numerous technical demonstrations. She has been a guest professor for AIB's Master of Fine Arts program, and a visiting artist and lecturer at RISD, Boston University, Montserrat College of Art, Wellesley and Salem State College. She has given numerous talks and lectures at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Danforth Museum of Art, the Art Complex Museum in Duxbury, and the Museum of Printing in Haverhill. Ms. Muskat is an active member of The Boston Printmakers, and currently serves on the Board of the Museum of Printing. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA and is a Tamarind Master Printer.
Current and Upcoming Exhibitions Include:
“Moving Forward, Looking Back,” Milton Academy, Milton, MA. 2023 (Solo)
“CONEXIONES/CONNECTIONS,” Taller Experimental de Grafica, Havana, Cuba 2022
“37th Almost Miniatures,” Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA 2022