Fitzhugh Karol

b. New Hampshire, 1982

Fitzhugh Karol is a sculptor whose practice spans large-scale works in wood, steel, and ceramics. His forms are based on the silhouettes of actual and imagined landscapes, using slopes, steps and portals to create playful topographies with stories embedded within them.

Born in New Hampshire in 1982, Karol is a graduate of Skidmore College, received his MFA from The Rhode Island School of Design and was apprentice to ceramic artist Toshiko Takaezu. Karol has exhibited nationally and internationally including at New York City’s Union Square, Prospect Park, and Tappen Park, The Tang Teaching Museum, The LongHouse Reserve, Arts Center at Duck Creek, Socrates Sculpture Park, The Bartow-Pell Museum and Sculpture by the Sea Australia. He was a winner of the Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge Public Art Program as well as the Uniqlo NYC Parks Expressions Grant, The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Process Space Residency, The Edward Albee Foundation Fellowship Residency, and the Socrates Sculpture Park’s Emerging Artist Fellowship. His work is included in the private collections in Colorado, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, South Carolina and Virginia. Karol lives and works in Springs, New York.