ARTIST IN RESIDENCE | April 2019
FUSION AIR / Artist-In-Residence Program presents
Alexandra Carter (USA)
FUSION AIR / Artist-In-Residence Program presents
Alexandra Carter (USA)
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ALEXANDRA CARTER // SUPERFRUTTA! (openstudio/show)
Sabato 27 aprile dalle 18 |
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L’installazione di pittura, disegni, stampe, collage e mixed media presentata dell’artista americana esplora gli aspetti della psiche legati al rapporto del corpo/mente con i suoi stessi confini/pelle/membrane col proposito di superarli e trovare nella natura bucolica, opulenta, feconda e produttiva un eviscerarsi al di fuori del Sè, una spinta oltre il limite. . Attraverso il suo immaginario caleidoscopico fatto di esperienze personali e memorie intime che la riportano indietro fino alle “origini” (è cresciuta in una fattoria di mirtilli rossi del New England) e che quindi la legano in modo particolare alla terra, al paesaggio rurale e alla natura, Alexandra Carter ci coinvolge e cattura permeandoci del suo metaforico liquido succoso e acidulo. SUPERFRUTTA! è succo, latte, vino, bacca, seno, seme, pianta, viticcio, nascita, creatività, esplosione, donna, bestia, natura, vita. |
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Artist statement:
My work is an exploration of the psyche in the form of painting and drawing influenced by print media, collage, and performance. While riffing on themes of gender, fairytale, and masquerade, I play with the relationship between control and catharsis, visualizing the body coming out of itself, exposing not only one’s guts but one’s internal state--one’s emotions, one’s craziness--in a way that can seem both pleasurable and painful. I draw from my personal background (especially my origins on a cranberry farm in New England) as well as literature, mythology, dance, and costume. My subject matter derives from a large archive of images which I collect and also create from my own performances. Recent interests include expressionist dance movements (specifically German Neuer Tanz and Japanese Butoh), mythological human-animal hybrids, and the words of surrealist artist Unica Zürn. I use alternative media and surfaces to emphasize a visceral mark. The spill of ink on nonporous, translucent drafting film (a.k.a. mylar) refers back to the body permeating beyond its own boundaries. The fluid is juxtaposed with collage elements; using solvents and other transfer methods I directly appropriate reference images from my archive. In recent installations, I suspend works throughout a space, making use of their translucency and presenting them as double-sided paintings that immerse the viewer in their own world. In other series, I paint using cranberry juice, which refers to my background and to the body in an abject narrative. I exploit the staining effect of the juice on antique linens or pillowcases.
My work is an exploration of the psyche in the form of painting and drawing influenced by print media, collage, and performance. While riffing on themes of gender, fairytale, and masquerade, I play with the relationship between control and catharsis, visualizing the body coming out of itself, exposing not only one’s guts but one’s internal state--one’s emotions, one’s craziness--in a way that can seem both pleasurable and painful. I draw from my personal background (especially my origins on a cranberry farm in New England) as well as literature, mythology, dance, and costume. My subject matter derives from a large archive of images which I collect and also create from my own performances. Recent interests include expressionist dance movements (specifically German Neuer Tanz and Japanese Butoh), mythological human-animal hybrids, and the words of surrealist artist Unica Zürn. I use alternative media and surfaces to emphasize a visceral mark. The spill of ink on nonporous, translucent drafting film (a.k.a. mylar) refers back to the body permeating beyond its own boundaries. The fluid is juxtaposed with collage elements; using solvents and other transfer methods I directly appropriate reference images from my archive. In recent installations, I suspend works throughout a space, making use of their translucency and presenting them as double-sided paintings that immerse the viewer in their own world. In other series, I paint using cranberry juice, which refers to my background and to the body in an abject narrative. I exploit the staining effect of the juice on antique linens or pillowcases.
Born: 1985, Boston, Massachusetts.
Currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
EDUCATION
2013-2015 Goldsmiths, University of London: MFA in Fine Art
2011-2012 Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD: Post-Bacalaureate Certificate in Fine Art
2006 – 2009 Rhodes College, Memphis, TN: B.A. in Studio Art
2007 (summer) Accademia dell’Arte, Arezzo, Italy
2005 – 2006 Lesley College/The Art Institute of Boston, Cambridge, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
All gods are hot: Radiant Space, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Thank you for coming: Casa Musumeci Greco, private collection, Rome / Open studio curated by qwatz
2016
Your skin is song; your house is masked: mural presentation for Graniti Murales, Graniti, Sicily
2015
Pickling Fat Souls in Sugar: Southfork Gallery, Memphis, TN / Curated by Lauren Kennedy
2011
Drift: A la deriva: Proyecto’ace Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009
Brooks Introduces Alexandra Carter: Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN / Curated by Kathy Dumlao
2007
Displays of Affliction: Broad Avenue Gallery, Memphis, TN / Curated by Lauren Kennedy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
In Conversation: Celebrating 100 Years of Women at Rhodes College: Clough Hanson Gallery, Memphis, TN / Curated by Joel Parsons
Werkpräsentation der KulturKontakt A.I.R.: BKA-Veranstaltungsraum, Vienna, Austria
2015
Roots: On the Ground Floor Gallery, Los Angeles / Curated by Malika Ali
Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show: Goldsmiths University of London
The Longest Distance Between Two Places: Hyperlink Gallery, Chicago
2014
Art In the Days of Haze: Red Gallery, London
Goldsmiths Interim Show: Studio B, Goldsmiths College, London
Ossuary: Herron Gallery of IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN / Curated by Laurie Beth Clark
2013
Ossuary: University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN / Curated by Laurie Beth Clark
Figurative Art Now: Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
2012
Loaded Pistols: Gallery 500, Baltimore, MD / Curated by Sam Fein
Under Construction: Fox 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2011
LindArt Co-operate Vol. V, collaborative residency exhibition: Lendava Synagogue, Lendava, Slovenia
Thunder: Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
30 Under 30: Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Taste of Boston: 808 Gallery at Boston University, Boston, MA / Curated by Brett Svetlik
2010
Rhody Does It Big: West Side Arts, Providence, RI / Curated by Jyll Ethier-Mullen and Karen Jiminez
25 Emerging Boston Artists: Exhibition in conjunction with the book published by Rifrakt Artists Collective: The Temple, Boston, MA
2009
Be A Doll: Women Artists Look at Women Today: Estel Gallery, Nashville, TN
Crafting Romance: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art. Athens, GA / Curated by Rebecca Brantley & Nathanael Roesch
Koobeton: Collaborative Drawings and Paintings by the 180 Finger Collective: Adam Shaw Studio, Memphis, TN
Melody One: the 2009 Senior Thesis Exhibition: Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
2008
Entertainment Value!: Odessa Gallery, Memphis, TN / Curated by Richard Gamble
Concerning Women: Material Gallery, Memphis, TN / Curated by Britt Jenkins
2007
Walled In: Tra Le Mura: Circolo Artistico, Arezzo, Italy
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2017 Austrian Federal Chancellery in cooperation with KulturKontakt Austria: Visual Art residency in Vienna, Austria.
2016-2017 qwatz art residency, Rome, Italy.
2016 Graniti Murales art residency in Graniti, Sicily, Italy.
2016 Vice~Versa Foundation art residency in Panjim, Goa, India.
2016 Residential Experience of Cultural Secrets in Mayurbhanj (RECSIM), artist residency in Jashipur, Odisha, India.
2011 ‘Ace International A.I.R. Program Production Residency. Projecto’ace Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011 LindArt, “Co-operate Vol. V,” collaborative residency between eight artists from different countries. Galerija-Muzej Lendava, Slovenia
2011 Kentucky Foundation for Women Residency with full funding award, Prospect, KY
2009 Dionysian Award for Studio Art. Given by the Art Department at Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
2008 Susan Tidball Means Award for Original Research in Women’s Studies, awarded for artistic research and production. Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2017 Artist lecture and visiting critic, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN.
2017 Artist Assistant – Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Los Angeles, CA.
2016 Artist lecture - Your skin is song; your house is masked: Graniti Murales, Graniti, Sicily.
2015 Visiting critic - Rhodes College, Memphis, TN.
2015 Artist lecture and visiting tutor - Camberwell College of Arts, London.
2015 Co-organized post_porn: climaxing perverts' research symposium at Peckham Liberal Club, London.
2012-2013 Artist Assistant – Mindy Shapero, Los Angeles, CA.
2012 Gallery Assistant – Intern at Bleicher Gallery, Los Angeles.
2012 Teaching Assistant – Graduate Teaching Intern to Professor Colette Veasey-Cullors, Photography Majors Seminar, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
2009 Artist Lecture – Memphis Brooks Museum of Art: Artist’s Talk for solo exhibition Brooks Introduces Alexandra Carter.
2009 Artist Lecture – 8th Biennial Associated Colleges of the South Conference for Gender Studies.
2008 Art Research Lecture - Research and Creative Activity Symposium at Rhodes College.
2007 Curator – "Secret Paintings: Laura Ann Meyers & Joel Parsons," Memphis, TN.
2004-2006 Gallery Assistant – Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts.
Currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.
EDUCATION
2013-2015 Goldsmiths, University of London: MFA in Fine Art
2011-2012 Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), Baltimore, MD: Post-Bacalaureate Certificate in Fine Art
2006 – 2009 Rhodes College, Memphis, TN: B.A. in Studio Art
2007 (summer) Accademia dell’Arte, Arezzo, Italy
2005 – 2006 Lesley College/The Art Institute of Boston, Cambridge, MA
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2018
All gods are hot: Radiant Space, Los Angeles, CA
2017
Thank you for coming: Casa Musumeci Greco, private collection, Rome / Open studio curated by qwatz
2016
Your skin is song; your house is masked: mural presentation for Graniti Murales, Graniti, Sicily
2015
Pickling Fat Souls in Sugar: Southfork Gallery, Memphis, TN / Curated by Lauren Kennedy
2011
Drift: A la deriva: Proyecto’ace Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2009
Brooks Introduces Alexandra Carter: Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN / Curated by Kathy Dumlao
2007
Displays of Affliction: Broad Avenue Gallery, Memphis, TN / Curated by Lauren Kennedy
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017
In Conversation: Celebrating 100 Years of Women at Rhodes College: Clough Hanson Gallery, Memphis, TN / Curated by Joel Parsons
Werkpräsentation der KulturKontakt A.I.R.: BKA-Veranstaltungsraum, Vienna, Austria
2015
Roots: On the Ground Floor Gallery, Los Angeles / Curated by Malika Ali
Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show: Goldsmiths University of London
The Longest Distance Between Two Places: Hyperlink Gallery, Chicago
2014
Art In the Days of Haze: Red Gallery, London
Goldsmiths Interim Show: Studio B, Goldsmiths College, London
Ossuary: Herron Gallery of IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN / Curated by Laurie Beth Clark
2013
Ossuary: University of Tennessee Downtown Gallery, Knoxville, TN / Curated by Laurie Beth Clark
Figurative Art Now: Shemer Art Center, Phoenix, AZ
2012
Loaded Pistols: Gallery 500, Baltimore, MD / Curated by Sam Fein
Under Construction: Fox 3 Gallery, Baltimore, MD
2011
LindArt Co-operate Vol. V, collaborative residency exhibition: Lendava Synagogue, Lendava, Slovenia
Thunder: Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR
30 Under 30: Gallery 263, Cambridge, MA
Taste of Boston: 808 Gallery at Boston University, Boston, MA / Curated by Brett Svetlik
2010
Rhody Does It Big: West Side Arts, Providence, RI / Curated by Jyll Ethier-Mullen and Karen Jiminez
25 Emerging Boston Artists: Exhibition in conjunction with the book published by Rifrakt Artists Collective: The Temple, Boston, MA
2009
Be A Doll: Women Artists Look at Women Today: Estel Gallery, Nashville, TN
Crafting Romance: Athens Institute for Contemporary Art. Athens, GA / Curated by Rebecca Brantley & Nathanael Roesch
Koobeton: Collaborative Drawings and Paintings by the 180 Finger Collective: Adam Shaw Studio, Memphis, TN
Melody One: the 2009 Senior Thesis Exhibition: Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
2008
Entertainment Value!: Odessa Gallery, Memphis, TN / Curated by Richard Gamble
Concerning Women: Material Gallery, Memphis, TN / Curated by Britt Jenkins
2007
Walled In: Tra Le Mura: Circolo Artistico, Arezzo, Italy
AWARDS & RESIDENCIES
2017 Austrian Federal Chancellery in cooperation with KulturKontakt Austria: Visual Art residency in Vienna, Austria.
2016-2017 qwatz art residency, Rome, Italy.
2016 Graniti Murales art residency in Graniti, Sicily, Italy.
2016 Vice~Versa Foundation art residency in Panjim, Goa, India.
2016 Residential Experience of Cultural Secrets in Mayurbhanj (RECSIM), artist residency in Jashipur, Odisha, India.
2011 ‘Ace International A.I.R. Program Production Residency. Projecto’ace Foundation, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2011 LindArt, “Co-operate Vol. V,” collaborative residency between eight artists from different countries. Galerija-Muzej Lendava, Slovenia
2011 Kentucky Foundation for Women Residency with full funding award, Prospect, KY
2009 Dionysian Award for Studio Art. Given by the Art Department at Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
2008 Susan Tidball Means Award for Original Research in Women’s Studies, awarded for artistic research and production. Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2017 Artist lecture and visiting critic, Rhodes College, Memphis, TN.
2017 Artist Assistant – Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Los Angeles, CA.
2016 Artist lecture - Your skin is song; your house is masked: Graniti Murales, Graniti, Sicily.
2015 Visiting critic - Rhodes College, Memphis, TN.
2015 Artist lecture and visiting tutor - Camberwell College of Arts, London.
2015 Co-organized post_porn: climaxing perverts' research symposium at Peckham Liberal Club, London.
2012-2013 Artist Assistant – Mindy Shapero, Los Angeles, CA.
2012 Gallery Assistant – Intern at Bleicher Gallery, Los Angeles.
2012 Teaching Assistant – Graduate Teaching Intern to Professor Colette Veasey-Cullors, Photography Majors Seminar, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD.
2009 Artist Lecture – Memphis Brooks Museum of Art: Artist’s Talk for solo exhibition Brooks Introduces Alexandra Carter.
2009 Artist Lecture – 8th Biennial Associated Colleges of the South Conference for Gender Studies.
2008 Art Research Lecture - Research and Creative Activity Symposium at Rhodes College.
2007 Curator – "Secret Paintings: Laura Ann Meyers & Joel Parsons," Memphis, TN.
2004-2006 Gallery Assistant – Mills Gallery at the Boston Center for the Arts.
