Caroline Bullock is an Atlanta-based Artist working in cyanotype and mixed media exploring philosophical and scientific questions about the nature of reality and impermanence. The natural world, specifically the plant world, is a constant source of Caroline’s inspiration. It teaches about balance, seasonality, courage, endurance and the interdependence of all things.

Inspired by the 13th century poet Rumi, her latest body of work, This Place is a Dream, reflects on the transient and illusory nature of the physical world. Drawing from her curiosities about Gestalt theory, quantum physics, and Buddhist philosophy, she has created imagined landscapes using photography, paint and paper.

A key element of the work is the cyanotype photographic process, which captures multiple layers of meaning - place, time, atmosphere, object and shadow - within a single photograph. She gathers plants from her garden at the end of each season to create her cyanotype compositions, and puzzles together these fragmented impressions into a cohesive whole. The final pieces emerge as landscapes of intricate plant patterns, exploring the interplay of positive and negative space, presence & absence, form & formlessness. Caroline sees these works as a visual record of her human attempt to understand the universe. 

Caroline received a BFA from Georgia State University, with additional education at Art Center College of Design and Virginia Commonwealth University. Her work is included in the collection of the High Museum of Art and The Coca-Cola Company as well as numerous private and public collections worldwide. She has exhibited in Atlanta and New York, and has been reviewed in Art Papers, Luxe and House and Garden magazines.
 

b. 1974, Atlanta, GA, lives and works in Atlanta, GA EDUCATION 2001 BFA, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA1994-95 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA1992-94 University of Colorado, Boulder, CO ARTIST RESIDENCIES 2005 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA EXHIBITIONS/EVENTS/COMMISSIONS 2025 Featured Artist Exhibition, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA (forthcoming)2024 B24: Wiregrass Biennial, Wiregrass Museum of Art, Dothan, AL 2023 Ensemble, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA2023 Hilton at Nashville International Airport, Nashville, TN (commission)2023 Grand Bohemian Hotel, Orlando, FL (commission)2023 TCDRS, Austin, TX (commission)2022 Psychic Garden, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA (featured artist)2022 Artist Talk, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA2022 Ensemble, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA2021 Ensemble, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA2021 Boca West Country Club, Boca Raton, FL (commission)2020 Wayfinding, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA (featured artist)2020 Artist Talk, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA2020 Ensemble, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA2020 Little Things Mean A Lot, Atlanta, GA2020 Trammell Crow Company, Atlanta, GA, (commission)2020 Private residence, Austin, TX, (commission)2020 Private residence, Las Vegas, NV (commission)2019 Ensemble, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA2018 All Possible Worlds, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA (featured artist)2018 Artist Talk, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA2018 Ensemble, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA2018 Little Things Mean A Lot, Atlanta, GA2018 Crowne Plaza Ravinia, Atlanta, GA, (commission)2017 Ensemble, Spalding Nix Fine Art, Atlanta, GA2016 Little Things Mean A Lot, Atlanta, GA2015 Sprawl! Drawing Outside the Lines, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA2015 Gold, Gallery Walk at Terminus, Atlanta, GA2013 Undercurrents, Ventulett Gallery, Atlanta, GA (solo)2013 The Price is Right, Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA2013 The Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GA (commission)2011 The Collective by Habachy Designs, Atlanta, GA2011 Oil Rigs Series, Mezcla, Atlanta, GA2011 My Sweet, Sweet..., Dalton Gallery, Agnes Scott College, Atlanta, GA SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GAThe Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta, GAAlston & Bird, New York, NYCousins Properties, Atlanta, GAFulton County Arts Council, Atlanta, GAWells Real Estate Funds, Atlanta, GATrammell Crow, Atlanta, GAThe Westminster Schools, Atlanta, GAFour Seasons Hotels and ResortsHilton Hotels and ResortsHyatt Hotels and ResortsMarriott InternationalNorwegian Cruise LinesRitz-Carlton Hotels and ResortsWestin Hotels and Resorts AWARDS AND HONORS 2005 Studio Artist’s Residency Scholarship, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA2003 Forward Arts Foundation Emerging Artist Award Nominee, Atlanta, GA2001 Magna cum laude, Georgia State University BIBLIOGRAPHY 2022 Bullock, Caroline. ‘The Nature of Reality’ Exhibit Conspires with Nature to Contemplate Mutual Interdependence. Interview by Lois Reitzes. WABE - City Lights. October 26, 2022,https://www.wabe.org/podcasts/city-lights/the-nature-of-reality/2022 Sanchez, Kelly Vincell, Natural Alchemy, Luxe Interiors + Design, October2016 Tobin, Emily, Insider Art, House & Garden, February 20162011 Feaster, Felicia, ‘My Sweet, Sweet,’ a Dark, Funny, Icky, Outstanding Show at Agnes Scott, ArtsCriticATL, February 23, 20112003 Michaud, Debbie, Tickled Pink, Art Papers, November/December2002 Feaster, Felicia, Small Packages, Creative Loafing, December 11-17