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Carroll Dunham (born 1949) is an American painter who lives and works in New York and Connecticut. Working since the late 1970s, Dunham’s career reached critical renown in the 1980s, a period during which many artists returned to painting. He is known for his conceptual approach to painting and drawing and his interest in exploring the relationship between abstraction and figuration.

Of his body of work, Johanna Burton writes, "Dunham’s career can be characterized by its rigorous indefinability, as his works dip freely into the realms of abstraction, figuration, surrealism, graffiti, pop, even cartoons, without ever settling loyally into any one of them."

Personal life

Dunham was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Carol Marguerite (née Reynolds) and Carroll Dunham IV. Dunham received his BA from Trinity College in 1972. He currently lives and works in New York City and Cornwall, Connecticut with his wife Laurie Simmons, with whom he has two daughters, Lena and Grace.

Carroll Dunham (born 1949) is an American painter who lives and works in New York and Connecticut. Working since the late 1970s, Dunham’s career reached critical renown in the 1980s, a period during which many artists returned to painting. He is known for his conceptual approach to painting and drawing and his interest in exploring the relationship between abstraction and figuration.

Of his body of work, Johanna Burton writes, "Dunham’s career can be characterized by its rigorous indefinability, as his works dip freely into the realms of abstraction, figuration, surrealism, graffiti, pop, even cartoons, without ever settling loyally into any one of them." David Pagel, in a Los Angeles Times review intended to be complimentary, described his paintings as "vulgar beyond belief... It's easy to see why many people find them offensive, demeaning and disgusting, as well as mean-spirited, malicious and horrific. They are all that and more."