Carl designed and built his passive solar house and studio, designed and constructed sets for several plays and served as a consultant for a CAD-CAM company. His artwork has appeared in the books Building with Cob, Carpenter of Song by Michael Carey, Art of the State: Iowa, and Murals of Iowa. Also in The Artist's Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic and on Iowa Public TV’s "Living in Iowa.” He has judged regional and national art shows. He has worked with the Iowa Arts Council in the Artist in the Schools and other programs. He served on the community school board and in 1998 received a Distinguished Service Award from Luther College.
Carl Homstad
3112 Springwater Road
Decorah, Iowa 52101
563 382 8075
email carl @ carlart.com
Born in Denver, Colorado 1951
EDUCATION
BA in Art from Luther College 1973
Independent Study in Europe 1979
Independent Study in China 2003
Independent Study in Japan 2005
Independent Study in New Zealand 2016
SOLO SHOWS
MacNider Museum, Mason City, IA, 2015
Vesterheim Museum, Decorah 2012-13
Fanny Garver Gallery, Madison WI 2012
Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City 2012
Iowa State University, Ames 2009
Art Guild Gallery, Stillwater MN 2008
Luther College, Decorah 2005
Arts on Grand, Spencer IA 2003
Lakes Art Center, Okaboji IA 2000
GALLERIES
Agora Arts, Decorah
The Perfect Edge, Decorah
Garver Gallery, Madison, WI
Iowa Artisans Gallery, Iowa City
McNider Museum, Mason City, IA
Clay Bay Pottery, Ellison Bay, WI
Bluff Country Gallery, Spring Grove, MN
Painting in Tibet
My ice boat
In a lock on the Mississippi River
Sailing the Fireball