Artist's Bio

Carol Barton is a book artist, curator, and teacher who has published her own artist editions and has organized both local and national shows, including the Smithsonian Institution's Science and the Artist's Book exhibition. Her work is exhibited internationally and is in numerous collections, including the Library of Congress, the Museum of Modern Art, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. She has taught at elementary, high school, and university levels, and has conducted adult workshops at art centers internationally. She is on the faculty at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the George Washington University Corcoran College of Arts and Design in Washington, D.C. She has had residencies at the Bogliasco Foundation in Italy and the Sacatar Foundation in Brazil. Her books, The Pocket Paper Engineer, Volumes 1, 2 and 3, are how-to guides to making pop-up cards and pages.