CARLA GOLDBERG- BIO                                         

Carlso Encinas is an  experimenter at heart. What you will find connecting all of his  works in different series are variations on the theme of water. More specifically, the memory of water.Carlos tries to find endless ways to express this memory of water through drawings, paintings and sculpture.                                

For more than a decade, Carlos has  worked primarily with resins, paint and oil ink on Plexiglas. The interesting thing about combining traditional materials with industrial materials is that he is always trying out new combinations and textures that often lead me to invent processes and forms no one else does. The resulting work can be deceptively simple but is often very intricate and involved. He  likes  the contrast in his  work between the quiet, the bold and the ethereal.                                

My art practice includes exhibiting in galleries and working closely with many interior designers and art placement firms creating large and small scale commissions for corporate offices, restaurants, hotel lobbies, hospitals and family homes of all sizes.                                                

For years I juggled a triple life of Exhibiting Artist, Gallery Director/Curator and raising my daughters with my husband Stephen. It worked for a while and I honestly didn't sleep much. I was convinced I could do it all until one day my body said "NO!" and shut down quite dramatically. In 2015 and 2016 between the steady demand for my own artwork and major health issues, I had to make a tough decision. As much as I loved directing and curating at Skylight Gallery NYC and at The Beacon Room at BAU, I knew it was time to simplify life and concentrate exclusively on my own art practice, family and myself. I had no doubt it was the right choice and I couldn't be happier about this decision. I am a full time mixed media artist, wife and mom of two creative daughters.                                                                

I grew up in Palm Springs, CA with my grandparents in a retirement condo. My Grandma Freda was the tiniest but mightiest woman I’ve ever known, all 90 lbs. of her. She is why I do what I do. Everyone needs a Freda in their corner pushing them to follow their heart. Although she passed long ago, I am still to this day thankful for her belief in art and me.                                

I graduated with honors from the University of Redlands Johnston Center with a double major in Art and Art History. There I studied with noted Los Angeles based figurative painter John Nava and studied with Leo Castelli artist, Sal Scarpitta, at MICA's Mount Royal Graduate School of Art in Baltimore where I received my MFA degree. After living in the Hudson Valley for many years and working in Cold Spring, Beacon and NYC, we moved in 2020 to our new home and built a studio in Milford along the Connecticut Coast to be closer to the water that inspires my art.

My artwork has been included in over 300 national and international galleries, universities and museums.

EDUCATION:                                

BA University of Redlands-Redlands, CA (Honors) Double Major Studio Art and History MFA Maryland Institute, College of Art (MICA) Mount Royal Graduate School of Art