Carylon Killebrew was born in Detroit Michigan in 1948. She moved with her family to Nashville, Tennessee at an early age and received her first art instruction at Middle Tennessee State University. After attending college, Killebrew took an extended absence from creating Art to raise a family and then to focus on bringing physical fitness to the unreached population in Chattanooga, Tennessee for which she received the Governor’s award for physical fitness.
Thereafter Carylon resumed her painting initially as a printmaker, employing a theme of repeated patterns, yet producing surprising variations of images through subtractive and “light field” applications
of ink. Often she would accentuate the print by applying paint with
oil sticks.
Because of the size limitation of the press bed, Killebrew transitioned to canvas and board, producing larger and bolder images. Characterized by many as a colorist, she has expanded her subject matter to include interior landscapes and situational figurative studies.
Her desire is to make art that is pure, simply honest and unadorned – art that is an extension of her faith in a creative God who is fully known through Christ. Her aim is not to glorify the painted work but to glorify the Creator and call attention to His goodness. Consequently, the viewer sees a style that is not elaborate or busy but one that is a simple, bold, fulfilling, honest, physical creation.
Carylon’s style of painting has developed over the years through self teaching and from the instruction of such artists as Wolf Kahn, Katherine Porter and Charles Garabedian (Vermont Studio Center); Milt Kobayashi, Joseph Lorusso and Peggi Kroll-Roberts (Scottsdale Artist School; Margaret Dyer and various workshops. Killebrew’s work has been shown locally and regionally, and she is currently represented by Gallery at 1401 in Chattanooga, Tennessee; Ann Jacob Gallery in Highlands, North Carolina, Bennett Galleries in Nashville, Tennessee, Tyler White Gallery in Greensboro, North Carolina and dk Gallery in Marietta, Georgia.
Born June 12, 1948; Detroit, Michigan.
Resides in Chattanooga, Tennessee
Education:
Wolf Kahn Charles Garabedian Joseph Lorusso Ann Poss
Katherine Porter Hugh Merrill John Michael Carter
Frances McDonald Kitty McDonald Margaret Dyer
Peggi Kroll-Roberts Allen White Greg Kreutz Milt Kobayashi
Middle Tennessee State University
University of Tennessee – Chattanooga
2000 Vermont Studio Center
2001 Glen Workshop – Santa Fe, New Mexico – Bruce Herman
2003 Margaret Dyer Workshop
2004 – 2005 Scottsdale Artist School
2006 Vermont Studio Center
2007 Vermont Studio Center
Exhibitions:
2009 Ultralux: 2009 Art & Auction Gala
Celebrations - Baylor
Recent Works of Carylon Killebrew @ Gallery 1401
The Harding Academy Art Show - Nashville, Tennessee Art.a.ma.jig
Siskin One Woman Show - Carylon Killebrew @ Gallery 1401
New Beginnings - Carylon Killebrew Tyler White Gallery
2007 4 Bridges, Art Festival- Chattanooga, Tennessee
The Night, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, Virginia
Gallery at 1401 - Carylon Killebrew – “Wanderings” (Solo Exhibit)
Bennett Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee – The Red Show
2006 Spectrum, Chattanooga, Tennessee
4 Bridges Art Festival - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Hunter Museum of Art – “Spectrum” - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Bennett Galleries – “Small Views” – Nashville, Tennessee
Visions – Chattanooga, Tennessee
Cherished by the Sea – “Carylon Killebrew” – Seaside, Florida
Gallery at 1401 – “The Women: Take 2”
2005 Gallery at 1401 – “Spring!”
Gallery at 1401 – “The Women”
Memorial Hospital “Art for Healing” Gala – Chattanooga, Tennessee
2004 In Town Gallery – “Invitational Retrospective” – Chattanooga, Tennessee
4 Bridges Art Festival
Gallery at 1401 – “Splash”
Gallery at 1401 – “A Season Soiree”
Memorial Hospital – “Still Life” Exhibition
Gallery at 1401 - “The Women: Take 2”
Gold Leaf Gallery – Art and Nature – Chattanooga, Tennessee
Catherine Dickson Fine Art Gallery – Season Premiere – Seaside, FL
Association For Visual Arts – “Artstravaganza” –Chattanooga, TN
Memorial Hospital – “Seasons” Exhibition
Chattanooga Neighborhood Enterprise Exhibition
Memorial Hospital - “Art for Healing” Gala
2001 River Gallery – “Paper & Clay” – Chattanooga, Tennessee
Auld Alliance Gallery – Nashville
Catherine Dickson Gallery – “Celebrating Women Artists”
Memorial Hospital – “Seasons” Exhibition
2000 Hunter Museum of Art – “Spectrum” - Chattanooga, Tennessee
Association of Visual Artists – All Member Show
Tennessee Valley Art Competition – Cleveland Tennessee
1999 Creative Arts Guild – Dalton, Georgia
Memorial Hospital – “Arts In Medicine”
Hunter Museum of Art – “Spectrum”
Tennessee Valley Art Competition
1997 Hunter Museum of Art – “Spectrum”
River Gallery – Outdoor Clothesline Show
Association of Visual Artists – “Artstravaganza”
In Town Gallery Fall Exhibit (two per year through 2001)
Galleries:
Ann Jacob Gallery -Highlands, NC
Bennett Galleries -Nashville, TN
dk Gallery - Marietta, GA
Gallery 1401 - Chattanooga, TN
Lagerquist Gallery -Atlanta, GA
Red Bird Gallery -Seaside, FL
Tyler White Gallery -Greensboro, NC
25 West Park Square Marietta, Georgia 30060 [map] 770.427.5377 email: dk@dkGallery.us
