NAKED EYE STUDIOS LLC
WINTER PARK, FLORIDA

Since 2005, John has shown his work extensively in numerous venues in Texas, Georgia and the Central Florida area, including the CityArts Factory, Maitland Art Center, and Mount Dora Center for the Arts, as well as through collaboration with Voci modern dance company. In both 2007 and 2012 he was awarded prestigious United Arts of Central Florida Artist Development Grants, for his work with large-scale watercolor (over 6’) and 3D kinetic sculpture. The latter area has been a continuing source of exploration for the artist, with his work evolving from shaped paper and wire constructions to very large suspended pieces created from hand-painted silk, twisted aluminum and stainless steel. The largest of these to date at over 13’ x 16’, Icarus Ascends, premiered in 2013 and was designed for expansive atrium and transit center public art spaces. Generating creativity since 1999, Naked Eye Studios® is the home of distinctive communication and graphic design and the abstract watercolor paintings and kinetic silk and aluminum sculptures of artist John Carollo. John had the honor of being the poster artists for the 2015 edition of the prestigious Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival.