Awards
2022 Mendocino Art Center Plein Air Paint Out, Best Collection Award
2021 Mendocino Art Center Plein Air Paint Out, Third Place, Oils
2021 Telluride Plein Air
2021 Sonoma Plein Air
2019 Mendocino Art Center Plein Air Paint Out, Second Place, Oils
2019 Sonoma Plein Air
2014 “Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Second Place
2012 “Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Second Place
2012 57th Haggin Museum Juried Exhibition, Honorable Mention
2011 “Frank Bette Plein Air Paint Out,” Alameda Award
2011 “Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Honorable Mention
2010 “Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Honorable Mention
2009 “Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Honorable Mention
2009 “Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout,” To Kalon Honorable Mention
2008 “Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Honorable Mention
2008 “Frank Bette Plein Air Paintout,” Webmaster Award
2007 “Valona Plein Air Paint Out,” Second Place
2003 “Best Small Sculpture,” Viselaya Sculpture Competition 2003, Concord, MA
2003 Bosque Conservatory Arts Council Silver Medal, Bosque Conservatory, Clifton, TX
2003 National Sculpture Society Gold Medal and Maurice B. Hexter Prize, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2001 Alex J. Ettl Grant, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
2000 Nominated, “Oakland Chamber Awards 2001 Individual Artist,” Oakland, CA
1995 “John Cavanaugh Memorial Award for Figurative Sculpture,” North American Sculpture Exhibition, Golden, CO
1994 Art Calendar “Crabbie“ Awards Grand Prize
1994 Award of Excellence, California State Fair, Sacramento, CA
1994 Roger T. Williams Prize, National Sculpture Society, New York, NY
1994 Purchase Award, “Realism ’94,” Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV
1993 Award of Merit, California State Fair
1993 Second Place, “Contours VII – Expressions in Form,” Central Sierra Arts Council, Sonora, CA
1989 Award of Merit, California State Fair

Galleries
  • Curated by the Sea, Santa Cruz, CA
  • Benicia Plein Air Gallery, Benicia, CA

Solo Exhibitions
2014 “Romance of Light,” Arte Verissima Gallery, Oakland, CA
2009 “Color and Chiaroscuro.” San Leandro Museum and Art Gallery, San Leandro, CA
2001 “Sculpture and Drawings,” Circle Elephant Art, Los Angeles, CA
1999 “Exploring the Figure,” Merced College Art Gallery, Merced, CA
1998 “The Nude Revisited,” Maturango Museum, Ridgecrest, CA
1998 “Sculpture, Drawings from Life,” Reno City Hall, Reno, NV
1998 “Carol Tarzier: Drawing and Sculpture,” Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
1998 “Sculpture and Drawing,” Clatsop Community College, Astoria, OR
1997 “Drawings & Sculpture,” Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 “Carol Tarzier Riga,” Amador County Arts Council, Sutter Creek, CA
1995 “Expressive Figuration,” Charleston Heights Arts Center, City of Las Vegas, NV
1994 “Recent Figures,” New Media Gallery, Ventura College, Ventura, CA
1993 “Recent Figurative Work,” Chemeketa Community College Gallery, Salem, OR
1991 “The Figure: Drawing and Sculpture,” Studio One Art Center, Oakland, CA

Two-Person Exhibitions
2007 Celebrating Autumn, Lesa Johnson Gallery, Lafayette, CA
1995 Pastels/Painting/Sculpture, Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
1993 The Figure – Stylized and Literal, Napa Valley College Gallery, Napa, CA

Group Exhibitions (Selected)
2023 American Impressionist Society 7th Annual Impressions:  Small Works Exhibition, District Gallery, Knoxville, TN
2023 California Art Club 112th Gold Medal Exhibition, Bowers Museum, Santa Ana, CA
2022 California Art Club, “California Dreaming,” Curated by the Sea, Santa Cruz, CA
2022 California Art Club, “Monumental Miniatures,” California Art Club Gallery at The Old Mill, San Marino, CA
2022 California Art Club “Figurative Expose,” Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
2019 “Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition,” Sorrel Sky Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2017 “Oil Painters of America Western Regional Exhibition,” Illume Gallery of Fine Art, UT
2017 “California Art Club Gold Medal Show,” Pasadena, CA
2017 “Salon at the Triton,” Triton Museum, Sunnyvale, CA
2013 “Salon Show of Traditional Oils,” Oil Painters of America, Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, MI
2013 “102nd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition,” California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
2013 “Body of Work,”  Figurative Paintings from California Art Club, Studio Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2012 Haggin Museum 57th Juried Exhibition,” Haggin Museum, Stockton, CA
2012 “Salon International 2012,” Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2012 “101st Annual Gold Medal Exhibition,” California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
2011 “NOAPS Best of America 2011,” Dunnegan Gallery of Art, Bolivar, MO
2011 “100th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition,” California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
2010 “99th Annual Gold Medal Exhibition,” California Art Club, Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
2010 “Treasures of the East Bay,” Bernard E. Witkin Law Library, Oakland, CA
2010 “Fresh Cut,” Epperson Gallery, Crockett, CA
2009 “Frank Bette Center Plein Air Paint Out,” Alameda, CA
2009 “MarinScapes 2009,” Escalle Winery, Larkspur, CA
2009 “Celebrating the Golden State,” California Art Club Gallery at the Old Mill, San Marino, CA (Summer Show)
2008 “Celebrating the Golden State,” California Art Club Gallery at the Old Mill, San Marino, CA (Summer Show)
2008 “Frank Bette Center Plein Air Paint Out,” Alameda, CA
2008 “MarinScapes 2008,” Escalle Winery, Larkspur, CA
2008 “San Marino League Art Matters,” Huntington Library, San Marino, CA
2008 “Celebrating the Golden State,” California Art Club Gallery at the Old Mill, San Marino, CA
2007 “MarinScapes 2007,” Escalle Winery, Larkspur, CA
2004 “19th Annual Conservatory Art Classic,” Clifton, TX
2003 “California Art Club 93rd Annual Gold Medal Exhibition,” Pasadena Museum of California Art, Pasadena, CA
2003 “Viselaya Sculpture Competition 2003,” Carlisle, MA
2003 “National Sculpture Society Annual Exhibition,” New York, NY
2003 “Cambridge Art Association National Prize Show,” Cambridge, MA
2003 “The Nude 2003,” Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY
2002 “Bosque Conservatory Art Council 17th Annual,” Clifton, TX
2002 “National Sculpture Society 2002 Annual Exhibition,” New York, NY
2002 “Fine Art Sculpture Faculty Show,” Academy of Art College Sculpture Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2001 “National Sculpture Society 2001 Annual Exhibition,” New York, NY
1997 “Fine Art Sculpture Faculty Show,” Academy of Art College Sculpture Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1997 “Pro Arts East Bay Open Studios,” Oakland, CA
1997 “Artists of Oakland,” We the People, Oakland, CA
1997 “Six,” Belcher Studios Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 “Cast Bronze Sculpture,” Merced College Gallery, Merced, CA
1996 “Recent Works,” Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 “Go Figure,” Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 “Pastels / Painting / Sculpture,” Chico Art Center, Chico, CA
1995 “7 in California,” Carnegie Arts Center, Turlock, CA
1995 “North American Sculpture Exhibition,” Foothills Art Center, Golden, CO
1995 “Five New Realities,” Modesto Junior College Art Gallery, Modesto, CA
1995 “The Figure – Altered and Distressed,” Richard Reynolds Gallery, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
1995 “Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture,” Mulligan-Shanoski Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 “California State Fair,” Sacramento, CA
1994 “Realism ’94,” Parkersburg Art Center, Parkersburg, WV

Commissions
2008 Wine Industry Integrity Award, Lodi-Woodbridge Winegrape Commission, Lodi, CA
2004 George Hasslein Memorial Sculpture Project, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA
2000 Finalist, Barbara Jordan Memorial Sculpture Project, Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, Austin, TX
1998 City of Oakland Cultural Arts Division Embarcadero Bay Trail Project/C. L. Dellums Commemorative Sculpture, Jack London Square Amtrak Station, Oakland, CA
1998 Obelisk 1, Jim and Vicky Merchant, Portola Valley, CA

Affiliations
  • California Art Club
  • Oil Painters of America
  • National Sculpture Society
  • Rossmoor Art Association, Walnut Creek, CA