Background
She is the daughter of Josef Pilars de Pilar and his French wife Béatrice Lamotte d"Argy.
She is the daughter of Josef Pilars de Pilar and his French wife Béatrice Lamotte d"Argy.
After Highschool in South Africa (1975–1976) Carol Pilar studied painting and restoration in Florence.
Her great-grandparents are Ladislaus and Antonia Pilars de Pilar. Since 1985 she is working Künstlerin in Düsseldorf. Her paintings and sculptures are dealing with the tension between poverty and wealth.
She has two children with the photographer Andreas Gursky.
Lenzpumpen (1995), group exhibition in the Tabea Langenkamp Gallery
Scharfer Blick (1995), group exhibition (with catalogue) in the Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
Ett hevetes förvandling (1996), Exhibition (with catalogue), Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Single exhibition in the Simon-Spiekermann-Galerie, Düsseldorf
Toi Toi Toi (1998), group exhibition curated by Helga Meister, Düsseldorf, Germany
Botschaft Düsseldorfer Project group exhibition (2001), Exhibition in the Simon-Spiekermann-Galery with Volker Gatz, Düsseldorf
Art Funds Stipend, Bonn (2002)
Trendwände (2005), group exhibition in the Kunstraum Düsseldorf
Große Kunstausstellung North Rhine-Westphalia (2005), Düsseldorf, Messehallen
small Sculptures/large Aquarells (2006), single exhibition, Poststraße 3, Düsseldorf, Text Blazenka Perica
Carol Pilars de Pilar/Franklin Berger (2007), Steinstraße 23, Düsseldorf
Große Kunstausstellung North Rhine-Westphalia (2007), Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Bestiarium. The animal in the art (2008), group exhibition, Maxhaus, Düsseldorf
Kunsthalle Flingern (2008), group exhibition, Düsseldorf.