Born in 1954 in Melbourne, Australia. Died in 2019 in Cologne, Germany.

Caroll moved with his family to Santa Monica in 1958, going on to study at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. In 1988 he had his first solo exhibition of his paintings in New York city. In 1989 he was invited by Harald Szeemann as one of 9 young American artist to participate in Szeemans international exhibition “Einleuchten” at the Deichtorhallen in Hamburg Germany alongside international artists such as Joseph Beuys, Bruce Nauman, Robert Ryman and others. In 1992 he was invited by Jan Hoet to participate in documenta IX in Kassel, Germany. In the early stage of his career Carroll was often invited to participate with the curatorial team Collins and Milazzo in New York City. In 1994 he participated once again with Udo Kittlemann in his exhibition “The state of things” in the Kolnischer Kunstverein in Koln, Germany. Later in 1995 Carroll exhibited in the Guggenheim Museums exhibition “Material Imagination” in New York. In 2000 he participated in “Panza, legacy of a collector” at MOCA in Los Angeles. In 2005 he participated in 50 years of documenta, in Kassel Germany. In 2007 and 2008 he had solo museum exhibitions at Hotel des Arts in Toulon France and at the Museo Correr in Venice Italy.

Caroll’s works are represented in international collections such as Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA; MOCA, Los Angeles, USA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan; Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany; Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.