CARL G. FOUGEROUSSE

657 East 39th Street, Savannah, GA 31401 | 917.204.0417 | redfernartstudio@yahoo.com

Languages:

Fluent in Italian and German

Education:

2002-04: New York Academy of Art, New York, NY: MFA, emphasis in figurative painting/sculpture

1998-99: Studio 300, Minneapolis, MN: Stained glass apprenticeship

1994-98: Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH: BA in Philosophy

Teaching Experience:

Summer 2021: Temporary Adjunct Faculty, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Gaming Campus, Art150

2009-21: Figure drawing and figure painting, color theory, historical painting techniques, stained glass, Sacred Arts Academy, Savannah, GA

Sacred Arts Academy:

https://sites.google.com/site/redfernacademy

2012-14: Full-time Adjunct Faculty, School of Foundation Studies, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA: Art History, Drawing, Painting

2008-12: Adjunct Faculty, School of Foundation Studies, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA: Drawing

2008-16: Figure sculpture from classical plaster casts, portrait and figure painting in oil, artistic anatomy, still life painting, plein air painting, portrait drawing, cast drawing and historical drawing techniques classes, Master copies in drawing and painting, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA

2006-07: Adjunct Faculty, CE drawing and painting, Corcoran College of Art and Design, Washington, DC

Red Fern Studio: www.redfernfineartstudio.com

1999-Present: Founder, Owner, Artist

Through Red Fern Studio I take on commissions for residential, commercial and ecclesiastical works of decorative and fine art in sculpture, stained glass and mosaic, painting, and building design.

SELECTED LARGE SCALE COMMISSIONS:

2021: 5 of 10 stained glass windows depicting the life of St Peter, St. Peter Catholic Church, Beaufort, SC

2020: 50x40 foot apse mural, oil painting, St. Patrick Catholic Church, Jacksonville, FL

2019: 8 figure sculptures for baptistery, plaster, St Mary Catholic Church, Independence, MO

2017: Masterplan and building designs for Neo-Gothic parish campus including 850 seat church, office building, family center, and columbarium, St John the Baptist Catholic Church, Allentown, NJ

2016: Larger than life-sized crucifixion sculpture, pecan wood carving, St. Luke’s Church, Jacksonville, FL

2015: Church renovation including 35x40 foot mural, custom sanctuary furnishings, seven mosaics, decorative painting, and floor design; St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Independence, MO

2013: Christ Crucified, bronze sculpture, 17 feet; Christ the King Catholic Church, Jacksonville, FL

2009: Adoration of the Most Blessed Trinity, oil painting, 6x15 feet, Private Capel, Grove City, PA

Selected Exhibitions:

2017: Cathedral Fine Arts Night, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Savannah, GA

2015: One Faith: East and West, traveling exhibit of contemporary Catholic art, New York, Moscow, Beijing

2014: 5th Nationwide Catholic Art Competition Exhibit, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA

2014: Catholic art show, Blessed John XXIII Cultural Center, Lincoln, NE

2012: 4th Nationwide Catholic Art Competition Exhibit, St. Vincent College, Latrobe, PA

2012: Faculty art exhibit, Armstrong Atlantic State University, Savannah, GA

2011-12 Faculty drawing show, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

2009: Open Art, Telfair Art Fair, Jepson Center for the Arts, Savannah, GA

2009: The Figurative Art of Carl Fougerousse /Drawing-Painting-Glass, McIntosh Art Association, Darien, GA

2007-09: Redeeming Beauty, traveling group exhibit, nationwide

2005: The Language of Drawing II, Medialia Gallery, New York, NY

2005: Recent Drawings and Paintings by Carl Fougerousse, Franciscan University of Steubenville, OH

2004: The Language of Drawing, Medialia Gallery, New York, NY

2004: The Art of Crosshatching, New York Academy Art, New York, NY

2003: Roots of Drawing: Figurative Drawings by Emerging Artists, Medialia Gallery, New York, NY

Selected Lectures:

2021: Artist’s talk, The First Coast Plein Air Painters Association, Jacksonville, FL

2017: Creativity and Continuity: When Form Follows Meaning, Florida Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects annual conference, Jacksonville, FL

2015: On the Dignity of the Person as Revealed in Sacred Art: Depicting the Figure as Worthy Gift, Annual conference of the Society for Catholic Liturgy, Sheen Center, NY

2014: The Universality of the Figure: Its Importance in Catholic Art and its Decline in the 20th Century, Faith and Reason Series, Franciscan University of Steubenville, Steubenville, OH

2014: Metaphors of Space, Catholic Center at NYU, part of the One Faith: East and West exhibit

2013: Harmonic Proportion in Art and Architecture, Lumen Entertainment, Jacksonville, FL

Selected Bibliography:

2019: Catechist 2019-2020 Handbook, Pat Gohn Editor, reproductions of 7 original stained glass windows

2017: Theology Incarnate, Jessica Marsala, Southern Cross, January 19

2015: One Faith: an Exhibit of Contemporary Catholic Art, Samantha Shroeder, Ethika Politika, June 30

2013: Everlasting Art, Anne Hart, article in Savannah Morning News, October 21

2009: The Catholic Priest, Image of Christ, Steen Heidemann, Liamar Editions, color reproduction of stained

​ glass window.

2009: Renaissance Art Specialist Presents Art Exhibit in the Old Jail Art Center in Darien, featured article including black and white reproductions, The Darien News, July 16

2005: University Showcases Graduate’s Artwork, article in Steubenville Herald Star, April 21

2000: A First Glass Act, Joann Boatwright, article including black and white reproduction, Hillsboro Argus, February 3