Carmon Colangelo (born 1957) is a St. Louis-based printmaker and painter who combines surrealism and abstraction with the exploration of art history, science, and technology. Moving between printmaking and painting, he builds layered images from lithography, etching, woodcut, monotype, digital printing, and paint, drawing on cartography, environmental imagery, and anatomical diagrams.
He began using the computer as an image-making tool in 1985, and recent works use AI models such as Midjourney as prompts while affirming his commitment to the handmade. He has made editions with Flying Horse Editions in Orlando. His work is in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Fogg Museum at Harvard University, the Saint Louis Art Museum, and 21c Museum Hotels.
Born in Toronto to Italian immigrant parents, Colangelo earned a BFA in printmaking and painting from the University of Windsor (1981) and an MFA in printmaking from Louisiana State University (1983). He headed printmaking at West Virginia University from 1984 to 1996, chairing its Division of Art from 1993, and directed the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia from 1997 to 2006.
From 2006 to 2026 he was the founding dean of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, where he is now dean emeritus. His work has appeared in more than 40 solo and 150 group exhibitions in the United States, Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Argentina, England, Italy, and South Korea.
SELECTED WORKS
Carmon Colangelo Drift Map 1, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 72 x 48 in. (183 x 122 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Drift Map II, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 72 x 48 in. (183 x 122 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Wiggle Room, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 122 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Condit Squared, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 122 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Mind over Matter, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 122 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Collapsing Boundaries, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 60 x 48 in. (152.4 x 122 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Folded Yellow Thing, 2016 Monotype, relief on paper (folded) 39 1/4 x 34 1/4 in. (99.7 x 87 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Magic Mountain, 2018 Archival pigment on canvas 61 x 44 1/2 in. (155 x 113 cm), framed
Carmon Colangelo Lovelace Algorithm, 2018 Archival pigment on canvas 61 x 44 1/2 in. (155 x 113 cm), framed
Carmon Colangelo Bare Life, 2023 Archival pigment on canvas (2 layers) 48 x 36 in. (122 x 91.4 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Disruption, 2023 Archival pigment on canvas (2 layers) 48 x 36 in. (122 x 91.4 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Field Guide: Flowers, Birds and Balls, 2025 Archival pigment on canvas 44 x 44 in. (111.8 x 111.8 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Zeno’s Paradox, 2018 Archival pigment on canvas 61 x 44 1/2 in. (155 x 113 cm), framed
Carmon Colangelo Kepler’s Cloud Gate, 2018 Archival pigment on canvas 61 x 44 1/2 in. (155 x 113 cm), framed
Carmon Colangelo Air Mail No. 7: Post Storms, 2014 Archival pigment on paper 39 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. (100.3 x 69.9 cm), framed
Carmon Colangelo Agnes & Andrew, 2014 Intaglio, digital, relief printing and chine-collé on paper 28 x 41 1/2 in. (71.1 x 105.4 cm), framed Edition of 8 + 1 AP Printed at Flying Horse Editions
Carmon Colangelo Window Garden, 2026 Acrylic and mixed media on canvas 48 x 72 in. (122 x 183 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Atemporal Garden, 2021 Archival pigment on canvas 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Blur Rider, 2021 Archival pigment on canvas 48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Body Knowledge, 2021 Archival pigment on canvas 48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Evoking Ernst, 2023 6-color lithograph on paper 30 x 22 in. (76.2 x 55.9 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Bare Life: Big Melt III, 2023 Photogravure and lithograph on paper 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (52 x 52 cm), paper size Edition of 6 + 1 AP
Carmon Colangelo Bare Life: Big Melt II, 2023 Photogravure and lithograph on paper 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (52 x 52 cm), paper size Edition of 6 + 1 AP
Carmon Colangelo Bare Life: Big Melt I, 2023 Photogravure and lithograph on paper 20 1/2 x 20 1/2 in. (52 x 52 cm), paper size Edition of 6 + 1 AP
Carmon Colangelo How to Make a Painting #6, 2021 Archival pigment on canvas 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Morning Musings, 2021 Archival pigment on canvas 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Ontological Weave, 2021 Archival pigment on canvas 48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Reboot, 2021 Monoprint 30 x 22 in. (75.6 x 56.5 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Refresh, 2021 Monoprint 30 x 22 in. (75.6 x 56.5 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Scattered Matter, 2021 Archival pigment on canvas 48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Split Screen, 2021 Archival pigment on canvas 48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Stitched Aperture, 2021 Archival pigment on canvas 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Thin Skin, 2021 Archival pigment on canvas 48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Blue Lagoon, 2021 Archival pigment on canvas 48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Digital Decalcomania, 2021 Archival pigment on canvas 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Virtual Prism, 2021 Archival pigment on canvas 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Hidden Figures, 2018 Archival pigment on canvas 61 x 44 1/2 in. (155 x 113 cm), framed
Carmon Colangelo Eye Spy Composition #2, 2016 Monotype, relief print 52 x 36 in. (132.1 x 91.4 cm), framed
Carmon Colangelo Eye Spy Composition #1, 2016 Monotype, relief print 53 x 37 in. (134.6 x 94 cm), framed
Carmon Colangelo O LAND O Portfolio, 2012 14 prints, printed recto/verso 20 1/2 x 17 in. (52 x 43.2 cm), each Edition of 15
Carmon Colangelo Folded Blues, 2016 Monotype, relief on paper (folded) 47 1/2 x 35 in. (120.7 x 88.9 cm), framed
Carmon Colangelo PINKY, 2026 Archival pigment on canvas (2 layers) 48 x 36 in. (122 x 91.4 cm)
Carmon Colangelo PINKY 2 SQUARED, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 48 x 36 in. (122 x 91.4 cm)
Carmon Colangelo Mondrian Skies series (untitled VII), 2008 Screen print, wax, dry pigment, oil paint on paper 22 3/4 x 28 1/2 in. (57.8 x 72.4 cm), paper size, framed
Carmon Colangelo Dear View Mirror, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 48 x 36 in. (122 x 91.4 cm)
Carmon Colangelo KISS, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 48 x 36 in. (122 x 91.4 cm)
Carmon Colangelo GIVE & TAKE, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 48 x 36 in. (122 x 91.4 cm)
EXHIBITIONS
BRUNO DAVID GALLERY, ST. LOUIS
Infinite Abstraction
Solo exhibition
24 January – 19 March 2019
NEWS
GROUP EXHIBITION
Intelligent Worlds: LSU Printmaking Alumni Exhibition
The Gallery, Shaw Center for the Arts, Baton Rouge, September 2026
HONOR
Carmon Colangelo Award for Creative Research and Innovation established
Sam Fox School, Washington University in St. Louis, June 2026
GROUP EXHIBITION
Thirty: Celebrating 30 Years of the Deem Distinguished Lecture Series
Art Museum of West Virginia University, Morgantown, January 2025
PUBLICATIONS
SELECTED PRESS
INTERVIEW
From Xerox machines to AI, WashU’s Carmon Colangelo mixes old and new technologies in his artwork
St. Louis Public Radio (St. Louis on the Air), Jeremy D. Goodwin, April 2026
PRESS
The Spirit of the Place: Reflecting on 20 Years at the Sam Fox School with Dean Carmon Colangelo
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Caitlin Custer, November 2025
PRESS
21c Museum Hotel St. Louis showcases work by Carmon Colangelo
The Source (WashU), Liam Otten, October 2023