Carol Sebert
Oil & watercolour painter, her work captures the energy of the objects or settings she studies
Carol Sebert
BIO
Carol Sebert graduated from her studies in Toronto with a passion for both painting and textile design. She paints in oils and watercolour. Working plein air in all seasons, and still life work she sets up in her studio. Carol examines the natural world through the joy of colour. Her work captures the energy of the objects or settings she studies. Carol lives in Flesherton Ontario and works in her studio in a converted barn on the property. Carol founded "Creative Matters" in Toronto in 1988. In building this award winning international carpet design company she fulfilled her interest in textiles and design. She has retired from this role but continues to volunteer with the International Wool Textile Organization as the chairperson of the interiors working group. She is also on the board of the Canadian Wool Council.
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CAROL SEBERT
Lives and works in Flesherton, Ontario, Canada
Education
OCADU - Toronto, Ontario
Sheridan College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning (Textile Design) - Oakville, Ontario
Experience
Creative Matters Inc. Toronto, ON 1988 – 2024
Founder of Luxury Carpet and Rug company based in Toronto, ON
exhibitions
2025 - “50th Anniversary”, juried exhibition - BMFA - Collingwood ON
2025 - Spring Exhibition - Flesherton Art Gallery - Flesherton ON
2024 - Experiment/ALL, Juried exhibition - Deep Water Gallery - Wiarton ON
2024 - Still Life Lives, Contemporary still life painting - Collingwood Library -Collingwood ON
2024 - Euphoria, Juried exhibition - Durham Art Gallery - Durham ON
2024 - Turquoise, Juried exhibition - L.E.Shore Gallery - Thornbury, ON
2024 - Meaford 150 Show, Juried exhibition - Craig Gallery - Meaford ON
2023 - Group Show - Flesherton Art Gallery - Flesherton, ON
2023 - Saugeen Artist Plein Air Painting Festival - Hanover, ON
2023 - Renewal, Members exhibition - Durham Art Gallery - Durham ON
2022 - Sunsets - Flesherton Art Gallery - Flesherton, ON
2022 - Woodland, Juried exhibition - Deep Water Gallery - Wiarton, ON
2022 - Group exhibit, Christmas show - Durham Art Gallery - Durham, ON
2008 - Bicycles, One Person exhibition - Crema Café - Toronto, ON
2006 - Mother’s Dresses, One Person exhibition - Crema Café - Toronto ON
AWARDS and RECOGNITION
2023 Honourable Mention, Saugeen Artists Plein Air Painting Festival, Durham
2023 Appointed Chair person for International Wool Textile Organization, Interiors
2021 Nominated for Premier’s Award from Colleges Ontario
2017 Appointed Honorary Ambassador to Label Step, fair trade NGO (Bern, Switzerland)
Three Time Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition award recipient, including Best of Art Fair