Carolyn Wenning is a painter and mixed media artist based in Pittsburgh, PA. Her work occupies a space between abstraction and figuration. Initially inspired by interior and exterior sites, systems, and locations, the images quickly depart to a more poetic realm directed by gesture, mark and color. Layering and removing materials such as charcoal, tar, raw pigment, graphite and paper allow for a nuanced texture and a connection to natural processes. Wenning exhibits nationally and internationally; most recently at Boxheart Gallery and The Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council in Pittsburgh, and at The Obras Residency in Estremoz, Portugal. Her work has been included in exhibitions at The Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, The Andy Warhol Museum and The Mattress Factory and is held in private and corporate collections. She is represented by The Bonfoey Gallery in Cleveland, OH and Boxheart Gallery in Pittsburgh, PA. Her academic training includes an MFA in painting and print media from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and a BFA from Carnegie Mellon University.