Carol Boram-Hays earned a B.A. in Biology from. Washington University in St. Louis. She also studied ceramics at Washington University and The Ohio State University, and earned Ph.D. in Art History from The Ohio State University in 2000. She began exhibiting her sculpture in galleries across the U.S. and in Germany staring in the 1980s. Since 2004 she has been a member of the pioneering women’s space, A.I.R. Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Over the years she has received numerous awards for her work, including recognition from the Whirlpool Sculpture Competition, the National Association of Women Artists, and the Greater Columbus Arts Council Artist Residency Program in Dresden, Germany. In 2018 her work was featured in the Women to Watch exhibition at the Riffe gallery in Columbus, OH. Her sculpture has also been featured in reviews in publications such as The New York Times, Landscape Architecture and Dart Internationaland her work is in the collection of the Kunsthaus Raskolnikow in Dresden, Germany and the Springfield Museum of Art in Springfield, Ohio.