CAROL BOLT was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA in 1963 and has made the Pacific Northwest her home since 1991. She grew up in a family of creatives, drawing, painting, photography, music, writing and cooking. Her first art tool was a pencil, her second  was a secondhand Nikkormat camera given to her by her father. 

She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Printmaking & Photography) from  The University of Delaware and a Master of Fine Arts from The University of Washington. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in many locations, including Philadelphia, Wilmington DE, Los Angeles and Seattle. 

A book she created, ‘The Book of Answers’ (1998 – 2026) as a studio work, is published by Hachette and many international houses, and has been translated into 30+ languages.

Featured Works

To view more, visit Carol’s Studio Site.

Selected Exhibits

Edmonds Annual Arts Festival Exhibit (x2)
Edmonds Studio Art Tour (x3)
Vashon Center for the Arts “Ignited By Vashon”
UICA, Grand Rapids, MI; drawings, installation
Woolworth Windows. Tacoma Arts Commission
The Pound Gallery. ‘Eight is Great
King County Arts Commission. ‘MORE’
Sun Valley Center for the Arts. Sun Valley; ID
Prichard Gallery. University of Idaho at Moscow
Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery
Horsehead Sculpture Projects. Sand Point, WA; (x2)
Bumbershoot Festival. Literary & Visual Arts. Seattle, WA
Center on Contemporary Art. ‘Shake Rattle and Roll: Kinetic Sculpture’. Seattle, WA
Meyerson & Nowinski, ‘Drawings’. Seattle, WA
Post Gallery. ‘See-Thru’. Los Angeles, CA
SOIL Artists’ Cooperative. Dehesive 2. Seattle, WA
Seattle Public Library. ‘Paint the Town Read’. Seattle, WA
Seattle Pacific University. ‘Moving Marks’. Seattle, WA
SOIL Artists’ Cooperative. Several venues. Seattle, WA
Bellevue Art Museum. ‘Northwest Annual’. Bellevue, WA
Seattle Center Pavilion. ‘Reconstructing Identity’. Seattle, WA
Delaware Art Museum. ‘Biennial’. Wilmington, DE
Delaware Center for Contemporary Art. ‘3 Perspectives’. Wilmington, DE

Socials (Studio)