Carol Flueckiger creates mixed media bicycle paintings about sustainability, feminist history, weather and native plants of west Texas. She is a professor of art at Texas Tech University where she was awarded Integrated Scholar status for her interdisciplinary approach to art. Research destinations for her artwork include prestigious archives such as American Antiquarian Society, Library of Congress and Women’s Rights National Historical Park. Educational partnerships that influence her classroom include Ogallala Commons leadership organization, Flower Power Wind Turbine corporation, Lubbock Arts Alliance, Garden Arts Center, Lubbock, TX and Elsewhere Studios art residency, Paonia, CO. She offers workshops geared for STEAM audiences that link drawing strategies and fundamental composition methods to conversations about sustainability. Her artwork is represented by Charles Adams Gallery in Lubbock, TX.
Carol Flueckiger, Professor of Art, Texas Tech University
Education
MFA, Studio University of New Mexico
BFA, Cum Laude, Studio Art University of Minnesota
Gallery Representation
Charles Adams Gallery, Gallery representation, Lubbock, TX
Awards and Honors
2025 Art, Environment, Sustainability, Flower Power Energy Meets Art
2025 Certificate Vision to Impact & Sustainability Research Award, Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts
2025 Certificate of Recognition, Texas Tech University Societal Impact Fellows Program
2024 Winner of the Week! Flower Power Global Art Competition, “Experiencing Energy” sponsored by Flower Power: Energy Meets Art corporation
2023 The Best in Texas 2023 Award of Excellence in Festival and Event Promotion KALIFF MARKETING AWARD for Best Commemorative Poster by Feature Artist Carol Flueckiger, Lubbock Art Festival
2020 Texas Tech University Office of Research & Innovation, Research Spotlight on Women Faculty
2017 Finalist for Texas Biennial Open Call, Juror Leslie Moody Castro
2016 Texas Tech University Integrated Scholar Award, Office of the Provost, Texas Tech University
2013 Ph Phi’s PHInest Teaching Award, Nov. 12, 2013
2011 Honorable Mention, Soho Photo 7th Annual Alternative Processes
2011 First Place Award, TASA One Cube Foot Exhibition, East Fork Gallery, Ft. Worth, TX
2011 Best of Show, Juried Gallery Lubbock Arts Festival
2007 TASA Artist Award: Paul Hanna Lecture Series, Texas Association School of Art
2006 Juror Recognition Award, Thirteenth Annual National Hopper House Art Center
2000 University of New Mexico Art in Public Spaces Purchase Award
1994 Berkeley Art Center National Juried Exhibition, First Place Award in Printmaking,
Grants
2024 Drawing Playa Wetlands: Communicating Climate Change Through Art, Talkington College of Visual and Performing Arts RCAA Red Grant
2021 Faculty Development Leave: Art, Environment, Sustainability, Fall Semester
2017 Catalyst Scholarship Program, TTU, Solitude of Selfie
2013 TTU CAHSS Grant, Three Eleanors: A Solar Powered Paper Doll Production, Devised Theatre Project, Co-investigator with Dorothy Chansky, Theatre & Dance
2012 TTU CAHSS Grant, Women’s Bible Research for Art, Library of Congress, Washington DC
2008 Faculty Development Leave: Early American History in Art, Travel to Women’s Rights National Historical Park and American Antiquarian Society, Fall Semester
2007 Texas Tech Research Enhancement Fund Grant, Digital Art Supplies
2007 Texas Tech University Arts and Humanities Grant, Digital Equipment for Art
2006 Gloria Lyerla Library Travel Grant, Women’s Rights National Historical Park, Texas Tech University Libraries
2002 Lubbock Art Alliance Grant, Color of Avant-Garde
2002 Texas Commission on the Arts Grant, Color of the Avant-Garde
Artist Residencies, Art Registry, Workshop
2017 Women Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
2017 Elsewhere Studios Artist Residency, Paonia, CO
2009 The Jay and Deborah Last Artist Fellowship is for creative and performing artists and writers, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA
2006 Vermont Studio Center, Jonson, VT
2006-13 The Drawing Center Viewing Program & Artist Registry, NYC
2000 Montefiascone Library and Archive Conservation Project\Montefiascone, Italy, July 3-Aug. 4
1995 Tamarind Collaborative Lithography Workshop, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque NM
Public Collections
Texas Tech University, Austin, Texas
Women’s Right’s National Historical Park, Seneca Falls, NY
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA
Sustainable Cabin, Pease River Foundation, Crowell, TX,
Student Wellness Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
Longview Museum of Fine Arts, Longview, TX
West Hall Visitors Center, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Canson-Talens Inc., South Hadley, MA
Target Center, Minneapolis, MN