CAROL SOGARD

Carol Sogard was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. She is a designer, educator, and community-engaged artist, that is committed to a multi-faceted artistic practice. Although these areas of creative research are distinct in output, they purposefully overlap them under the theme of sustainability. Her work sheds light on the environmental impacts of plastic waste, habitat destruction, industrial pollution, and climate change.
She works with a variety of mediums, including reclaimed plastic bags, found materials, in addition to digitally printed adhesive papers and fabric. She integrates analog and digital collage processes, weaving, and sewing into the creation of works that are rich and complex in layered details. The design artifacts that she creates instill reflection and inspire viewers and users to contemplate their relationship with the natural world and consider how human behavior dramatically impacts it.
Sogard’s design work and textile artifacts have been honored and published by the AIGA, How Books, Print Magazine, Rockport Publishers, Utah Division of Arts & Museums, and exhibited in galleries nationwide. She earned her MFA in Graphic Design from the University of Utah. Since 1999, she has served as Professor of Graphic Design and Graphic Design Program Chair at the University of Utah in the Department of Art and Art History.