Artists

Carol Scavotto

silk thread paintings

SHUNGA-INSPIRED EMBROIDERED SILK WALL HANGINGS

Carol Scavotto standing in front of her wall hanging, "TRANSCENDENCE."

Carol Scavotto

Carol Scavotto Artist

Carol is a female Western multimedia artist. She creates silk thread paintings influenced by Shunga and Chinese Silk Embroidery. They are displayed from magnetic teak bars or within bamboo embroidery hoops. Her western viewpoint adds humor while honoring the two ancient art forms. 

A westerner presenting this body of work raises questions. This creates an educational segue bridging east and west.

BIOGRAPHY

Carol Scavotto is a visual and performing artist based in Rhode Island. Her decades-long artistic practice has included sculpture, painting, needlework, fine jewelry design, and performance pieces. Her work is both highly autobiographical and deeply relatable.

Carol earned a BFA in sculpture from the University of  Massachusetts Amherst in 1972 and also completed training in the early 1980s at the Jewelry Institute of Rhode Island. For several years her artistic energy was funneled into building various art-related businesses, including founding The Springfield Arts Center in The mid 1970s in Massachusetts, and Casanna Design in Rhode Island, which featured her own line of Jewelry. Her drive to create space for showing her and others’ work included opening and running an Art Cafe, and establishing an art gallery housed within a high-end furniture store. 

Carol’s work is widely shown both nationally and internationally.

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401-835-4029

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Tiverton, RI 02878

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