ABOUT

Contact: carlafschwartz@gmail.com
Instagram: @carla_f_s

Carla Fisher Schwartz is a visual artist and educator based in Oakland, CA. Her studio practice investigates the relationship between the mapped image and contemporary notions of exploration, virtuality, and the simulated environment through print media, sculpture and video installation. Her art has been exhibited at venues including the Chicago Artists Coalition (Chicago, IL), the Contemporary Print Media Research Center at UC Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA), and Gallery 263 (Cambridge, MA). Recent residencies include Stove Works (Chattanooga, TN), Design Inquiry (Vinalhaven, ME), and Terrain Residency (Springfield, IL). Fisher Schwartz received her MFA in Visual Arts from Washington University in St. Louis, where she was awarded the Bell Cramer Award in Printmaking, and her BA in Studio Art from the University of California, Santa Cruz. She is an Assistant Professor of Pictorial Art specializing in Digital and Hybrid Processes in the Department of Art and Art History at San José State University.