Carmella Jarvi | Canyon Lake, TX

Carmella Jarvi transforms spaces with her commissions and public art. This McColl Center and Hambidge Center alumna is fascinated with intersections of glass, light, water and the natural world. Her studio focus is kiln glass and painting… and has been inspired by her move from NC to TX Hill Country in 2022.

980-253-9170

carmella@carmellajarvi.com

ART HONORS:

  • Recipient, Arts & Science Council 2020 Creative Renewal Fellowship, Charlotte, NC

  • Recipient, Arts & Science Council Regional Artist Project Grant, Charlotte, NC, 2020

  • Invited Artist, Hickory Museum of Art & Corning Foundation, Hickory, NC, & Charlotte, NC [How Creativity Happens? Collaboration & Exhibition at HMA, Sept. 2019 - Jan. 2020. Collaborative, site-specific installation, Seeing Light, November 2019 at HMA.]

  • Atrium Health Artist-in-Residence, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC, 2019

  • Artist-in-Residence, Hambidge Center, Rabun Gap, GA, 2018

  • Artist, CSA [Community Supported Art — artist made 50 glass pieces for shareholders], Arts & Science Council, Charlotte, NC, 2014 & 2018

  • Commission - glass, Moonlight Creative Group, Charlotte, NC, Installed January 2017

  • Commission - glass, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Charlotte, NC, Installed May 2015

  • Recipient, Arts & Science Council Regional Artist Project Grant, Charlotte, NC, 2013

  • Recipient, Arts & Science Council Packard Place Gallery Curator Grant, Charlotte, NC , 2011

  • Artist-in-Residence, McColl Center, Charlotte, NC, Summer 2010

  • Recipient, NC Arts Council Vermont Studio Center Residency Grant, 2008

  • Recipient, Arts & Science Council Regional Artist Project Grant, Charlotte, NC, 2007


PUBLIC ART:

  • Commission — wall mounted glass, [Through Noyes Art Designs, Englewood, CO], for St. Anthony North Hospital, Westminster, CO, Installed July 2024

  • Commissions — 2 wall mounted glass, [Through Skyline Art, Houston, TX], for Atrium Health Union West Emergency Department & Medical Office Building, Stallings, NC, Installed early 2022

  • Commission — wall mounted glass, [Through Skyline Art, Houston, TX], for Houston Methodist, The Woodlands Hospital, Woodlands, TX, Installed early 2022

  • Quiet Water [Temporary exterior glass faux water feature in Healing Garden — created during Atrium Health AiR at McColl Center], Mercy Hospital, Charlotte, NC, 2019

  • South End Creative Lab public art project, Historic South End, Charlotte, NC, [Called The Urban Eddy on CLT Powerhouse Studio — an urban planning hub] January 2018 - December 2020

  • ArtPop Artist, ArtPop, Adams Outdoor Advertising, & others, Jarvi glass images on billboard [entire year] & other OOH* media, throughout Charlotte area, 2014 & 2018

  • Invited Artist, ArtPop, Awedience Media at Ballantyne Village, Jarvi glass art images (2) on large outdoor curved digital display, Charlotte, NC, May 2016 (*again in 2018)


SELECTED EXHIBITS:

  • Artist, 2025 Glass Art Society Member Exhibition starting @ GAS TX 2025 —Virtual/Digital Platform, Glass Art Society, May 2025-May 2026

  • McColl Center’s Benefit Art Sale (Juried), McColl Center, Charlotte, NC, Oct. 2020, 2022 & 2024

  • Invitational, metal + glass exhibit 2021, Gallery C3, Charlotte, NC, Sharon Dowell, curator, 2021

  • Winter Invitational, GreenHill Center for NC Art, Greensboro, NC, Edie Carpenter, curator, 2019

  • Group show, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC, Tom Stanley, curator, 2019

  • Group show, McColl Center Alumni, Anne Neilson Fine Art, Charlotte, NC, August 2018

  • CSA exhibiting artist, Celebrating 5 Years of Community Supported Art, Arts & Science Council, Projective Eye Gallery at UNC Charlotte Center City, May - July 2018

  • Alumni artist, Studio Party 15 & 17 [Fundraiser], McColl Center for Art + Innovation, 2015 & 2017

  • Featured Artist - glass, Sozo Gallery, Charlotte, NC, Nov. 2014 - January 2015 & June 2015

  • Six Women, Six Perspectives, RedSky Gallery, Charlotte, NC, 2011

  • Halpert Biennial ‘11, Turchin Center for Visual Arts, Boone, NC, Steven Matijcio, juror, 2011

  • Group show, McColl Center for Art + Innovation, Charlotte, NC, Ce Scott, curator, 2010

  • Solo show, Waterworks Visual Arts Center, Salisbury, NC, Frank Selby, curator, 2010

  • Group show, Fayetteville Museum of Art, Fayetteville, NC, Mark Sloan, juror, 2006


RELATED ART:

  • Commission — 300 water glass droplets, Atrium Health Union West, [Gifts for Teammates/staff celebrating opening], Stallings, NC, January 2022

  • Purchased abstract water paintings (4), Art Force, New Brighton, Minnesota, for new Multi-Family Development, Charlotte, NC, 2021

  • Student, Penland School of Craft, Brian Corr‘s Light Form glassblowing class, August 2016

  • Commissions, Private patrons, custom kiln glass art in 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2023

  • Teaching glass artist, SlumpFest 2015, Slumpy’s, Belmont, NC, October 2015

  • Student, Bullseye Glass, Matthew Day Perez workshop, Mamaroneck, NY, July 2015

  • Artist-in-Residence, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT, July 2006


RELATED BUSINESS:

  • Artist, Maryland State Arts Council’s Public Artist Roster, Baltimore, MD, Current - Summer 2025

  • Artist, San Antonio River Foundation’s Cultural Arts Program Artist Database, San Antonio, TX, 2024

  • Panelist, ASC Public Art Panel, Torrence Creek Tributary Project, Charlotte, NC, 2020

  • Volunteer, City of Charlotte Planning, Design, & Development, UDO [Urban Development Ordinance] Advisory Committee, April 2018 - September 2020

  • Attended, Center for Active Design’s Case for Neighborhood Spaces/Assembly: Civic Design Guidelines event, Charlotte, NC, June 2018

  • Attended, Innovation Challenge: Housing & UDO (Urban Development Ordinance) Summit [with Mitchell Silver], City of Charlotte, Knight Foundation, & others, Charlotte, NC, March 2018

  • Attended, NC Arts Council, Arts & Science Council/Creative Capital’s Business Workshops for Artists, Various locations in NC, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2013, 2016, & 2018

  • Presenter, The Artist Entrepreneur Series, RCCC - Business Center (Rowan Cabarrus Community College), Concord, NC, 2015, 2016

  • Project assistant/artist coordinator, CSA (Community Supported Art), Arts & Science Council, Charlotte, NC, June - November 2013, and April - May 2015

  • Creativity session leader, Community Investments Regional meeting, Duke Energy, Nov. 2014

  • Session leader, Spring Connect: Tap into your Creativity, Deloitte Consulting, LLP, May 2014

  • Founder, Gallery @ Packard Place, Packard Place, Charlotte, NC, 2011-2014

  • Session leader, various business of art offerings, Arts & Science Council, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012

SELECTED PRESS:

  • Healing Waters [Atrium Health Union West Commission], Featured project Art and Wellness issue, CODAmagazine, CODAworx, June 2022

  • Article — Riding the Current, Arts & Science Council Blog, Charlotte, NC, June 1, 2021

  • Article — Water works, South Park Magazine, Charlotte, NC, April 2020

  • Included in “A City of Talent” article, QC Exclusive Magazine, Charlotte, NC, Sept./Oct. 2018

  • Article - The Urban Eddy, Historic South End blog, Charlotte, NC, February 27, 2018

  • Article, QC Exclusive Magazine, Charlotte, NC, December 2017

  • Cover artist, Slumpy’s 2015 Catalog, Belmont, NC [& included in 2016 catalog]

  • The Artist as Entrepreneur: In the Studio with Carmella Jarvi, HappeningsCLT.com, June 2015

  • ASST Press regarding CSA & ArtPop, late 2013/2014

  • Packard Place/DNC article, Fast Company, September 4, 2012

  • Beautiful Dreamers, Today’s Charlotte Woman, September 2010

  • 7 Artists Shaping our Community, University City Magazine, September 2009

  • Business and the Arts Articles, The Mecklenburg Times, May 19 & June 16, 2009