CV/Bio
Education: B.F.A in Ceramics from Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus Ohio, 1985
Museum Collections:
Canton Museum of Art, Ohio
Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio
San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Texas
Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth
Grants:
2017 – Artist Residency, Dresden Germany - Greater Columbus Arts Council Three Month Artist Residency
2015 - Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Award of Excellence
2013 - Ohio Arts Council Individual Artist Award of Excellence
2011 - Individual Artist Fellowship Award – Greater Columbus Arts Council
Awards:
2025, 2024 - Award of Excellence, Boston Mills ArtFest, Peninsula, Ohio
2022, 2010 - Best of Show - Penrod Arts Festival, Indianapolis Museum of Art
2022 - Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition
2020 - Third Place - 23rd San Angelo National Ceramic Competition, Exhibition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, Texas
2018, 2019 - Award of Excellence, Lakefront Festival of the Art, Milwaukee Art Museum;
Best in Category, Boston Mills ArtFest, Peninsula, Ohio
2017 - Best in Category - Boston Mills ArtFest, Peninsula, Ohio
Honorable Mention - Lakefront Arts Festival, Milwaukee Art Museum
Award of Excellence - American Craft Council St. Paul, MN
2016 - Merit Award - 21st San Angelo National Ceramic Competition Exhibition, Texas
Greater Columbus Arts Council Award - Ohio State Fair Fine Art Exhibition
Best in Ceramics - 72nd Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Ohio
Award of Excellence - Boston Mills ArtFest, Peninsula, Ohio
2015 - Best in Ceramics - 71st Ohio Annual Exhibition, Zanesville Museum of Art, Ohio
Best of Show - Battle of the Bowls Exhibition, Virginia
Runner Up Best in Show, Penrod Art Fair, Indianapolis Museum of Art
2014, 2010, 2007 - First Place - Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival, Ohio
2013, 2012 - Best of Show - Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival, Ohio
2012 - Best of Show - Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show
2011 - Jurors’ Award – Mt. Gretna Outdoor Art Show, Pennsylvania
Third Place – The View, Rosewood Art Gallery, Kettering Ohio
2009 - Artist in Residence-Columbus Ohio - Wellington School 13th Annual Art Premier
2008 - Ohio Arts Council Professional Award - Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition
Exhibitions:
2025 - Keny Galleries, Columbus, Ohio, Reflections on Nature
2022 - Keny Galleries, Columbus, Ohio, Carol Snyder and Stephen Pentak
2021 - Keny Galleries, Columbus, Ohio Opposite Shores
2019 - Keny Galleries, Columbus, Ohio, Contemporary Landscapes, Group Exhibition
2019 - Keny Galleries, Columbus, Ohio, The Contemplative Landscape
2018 - Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio, Greater Columbus 2017 Residency Exchange/Fellowship Exhibition
2017 - Decorative Arts Center, Lancaster, Ohio, Three Voices: Conversations on Life and Conflict
2016 - Canton Museum of Art, Ohio, Three Voices: Conversations on Life and Conflict
2016 - Keny Galleries, Columbus, Ohio, Light and the Landscape
2015 - McConnell Center for the Arts, Worthington, Ohio, Luminous Landscapes
2014 - Southern Ohio Museum, Portsmouth, Ohio, Carol Snyder: Porcelain Perspectives
Juried Group Exhibitions:
2026, 2024, 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2012-San Angelo North American Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Texas
2025, 2023, 2021- CraftForms , International Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Fine Craft, Wane Art Center , Wayne, Pennsylvania
2022 - Greater Columbus Arts Council, Ohio, Community Arts Partnership Art Selection Exhibition
2022, 2019, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2008 - Columbus, Ohio, Ohio State Fair Fine Arts Exhibition
2022 - Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, 2022 Craft Biennial
2021 - Workhouse, Lorton, Virginia, Workhouse Clay International Exhibit 2021
2021 - The Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, Biennial Juried Exhibition; Traveled to Medici Museum of Art, Warren, Ohio
2020 - Zanesville Museum of Art, Ohio,74th Ohio Annual Exhibition
2020 - The Dairy Barn, Athens, Ohio, OH + 5, Biennial Juried Exhibition
2019 - Workhouse, Lorton, Virginia, Workhouse Clay International 2019
2016 - Zanesville, Ohio, 71st Ohio Annual Exhibition
2015 - The Riffe Gallery, Columbus, Ohio, Inaugural Juried Exhibition
2015 - Grand Rapids, Michigan, ArtPrize Seven - International Competition
2015 - The Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, Virginia, Battle of the Bowls
2015 - Zanesville Museum of Art, Ohio, Ohio Annual Exhibition
2015 - Archie Bray Foundation, Helena Montana, Beyond the Brickyard, Seventh Annual Exhibition
2015 - Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio, The Space in Between
2015 - The Clay Studio of Missoula, Montana, All About Porcelain
2014 - Finalist Exhibition - Zanesville Prize for Contemporary Ceramics, Ohio
2013 - The Academy of Fine Arts, Lynchburg, Virginia, Battle of the Bowls
2013 - Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, Virginia, 3rd Annual Workhouse Clay National
2012 - San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, Texas, 19th San Angelo National Ceramic Competition (jurors: Garth Clark and Mark Del Vecchio)
2011 - The Dairy Barn, Athens, OH +5 Biennial Juried Exhibition
2011 - Wayne Art Center, Pennsylvania, Craft Forms 2011 (juror: Elisabeth Agro)
2011 - Rosewood Art Gallery, Kettering, Ohio, The View
2010 - Columbus Metropolitan Library, Ohio Online Visual Artists' Registry Exhibition Ohio Arts Council
2010 - Torpedo Factory Art Center, Alexandria, Virginia, 5 x 5
2008 - West Virginia Art and Craft Guild Seventh Biennial Guild Competition Invitational Exhibitions:
Invitational Exhibitions:
2026 - Rosewood Art Center, Kettering, Ohio, Kiln It The Art of the Cup, April 14 - May 30, 2026
2025 - Columbus College of Art and Design, Ohio, Constellation
2023 - Rosewood Arts Center, Kettering, Ohio, Earth Transformed
2015 - Otterbein University, Westerville, Ohio,The Space in Between
2015 - Fawick Gallery, Baldwin Wallace University, Berea, Ohio,Ten by Ten
2015 - The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Light for the Dark Months
2014 - River Gallery, Rocky River, Ohio, 8th Annual Ceramic Invitational
2014 - River Gallery, Rocky River, Ohio, Miniatures
2014 - Paducah School of Art National Ceramics Invitational, Kentucky
2012 - Columbus Museum of Art, Oho, Greater Columbus Arts Council Artist Fellowship Award Recipients Exhibition
2011 - Springfield Art Museum, Springfield Ohio, Collective Minds
2010 - City of Upper Arlington, Ohio, Out of the Booth
Juried Art Shows:
2025, 2024, 2021, 2016, 2015, 2012 - Smithsonian Craft Show, Washington D.C.
2025, 2019, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 - Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show, Philadelphia PA
2025,2024, 2023, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 - Boston Mills Art Fest, Peninsula OH.
2023, 2022, 2021, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2010, 2011 - Penrod Art Fair, Indianapolis Art Museum, Indianapolis IN
2022 - Lakefront Festival of Arts, Milwaukee Museum of Art, WI (postponed due to Covid)
2019, 2018, 2017 - Lakefront Festival of Arts, Milwaukee Museum of Art, WI
2024, 2023, 2022, 2019, 2018 - Columbus College of Art and Design Fall Alumni/Student Fair
2019,2018 - Columbus College of Art and Design Spring Alumni/Student Fair
2017 - American Craft Council, St. Paul, MN
2017 - Morven in May, Princeton NJ
2014, 2011 - Historic Shaw Art Fair - St. Louis MO
2013 - Washington Craft Show, Washington DC
2013, 2012 - St. Louis Art Fair, Clayton MO
2012 - Westchester Fine Craft Show, White Plains NY
2012 - Art on the Commons, Kettering OH
2012 - Art Fair On the Square, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison WI
2012 - Columbus Arts Festival, Columbus OH
2012 - Old Town Art Fair, Chicago. IL
2011 - Mt. Gretna Outdoor Art Show, Mt. Gretna PA
2011 - Art on The Commons, Kettering OH
2011 - Francisco Farms, Midway KY.
2007-2015 - Upper Arlington Labor Day Arts Festival, Upper Arlington OH
Print Media:
“Art Review: Opposite Shores - Eric Barth and Carol Snyder at Keny Galleries”, Jeff Regensburger, Columbus Underground
"How it's Made", Featured Alumna article, One, Eight, Six, Columbus College of Art & Design, Volume 2, Summer 2019
Sarah Sole, "Shaped By Nature", City Scene Magazine, August, 2013.