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ROB CARTER

Born in Worcester, UK, 1976

Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

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EDUCATION

2000 - 2003     Hunter College, New York, NY - MFA Studio Art

1995 - 1998     Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Worcester College, Oxford University Oxford, UK - BFA, First Class Hons, Fine Art

1994 - 1995     Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education Cheltenham, UK - Diploma in Foundation Studies, Art & Design

EXHIBITIONS (SOLO IN BLUE)

2012                Paper Landscapes (title tba), curated by Lisa Freiman, Indianapolis Museum of Art Indianapolis, IN

2011                Habitat (title tba), Art in General, New York

2010                Imperial Video, Ramis Barquet, New York

                      The Nature of Cities, curated by Randy Rosenberg, UN Pavilion, Shanghai Expo, China

                      At 44 1/2, Creative Time/MTV, curated by Shane Brennan, Times Square, New York

                      Domestic City, Kidd Yellin, curated by Nichole van Beek, Brooklyn, NY

                      Video Art: Replay, Part 2. Everyday Imaginary, curated by Lucy Gallun, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA

                      Silverstein Photography Annual, curated by Patrick Amsellem, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

                      Oslo Screen Festival, Filmens Hus, Oslo, Norway

2009                Stone on Stone, ebersmoore, Chicago, IL

                      Slash: Paper Under the Knife, Museum of Art and Design, New York

                      Project space show, Foley Gallery, New York

                      Decidedly Ambivalent, Newton Art Center, Newton, MA

                      Decade, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC

                      Accio Pel Clima film festival, Valencia, Spain

                      X, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Mixed Greens, New York

                      ARTPORT_COOL STORIES II, Focus09, Voltahalle, Basel, Switzerland

                      Site Specifics '09, The Carriage House at Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY

                      Scenariette, Possible Projects, Brooklyn, NY

                      Metropolis, Jersey City Museum, NJ

                      Artists Run Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

                      10, West Collection Prize Exhibition, SEI Investments, Oaks, PA, and NEXT Chicago '09, Chicago, IL

                      ET IN ARCADIA EGO, Curated by Blanca de la Torre and Juanli Carrión, The Thornton Room, New York

                      Moviehouse/Bushwick SITE Fest 09, video screening, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY

                      I like Winners: Sport and Selfhood, Sheppard Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV

                      Our Present Planet, The Art School at Old Church, Demarest, NJ

2008                Reclaim, curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome, Italy

                      Studio Visit, 26cc, Rome, Italy

                      Creative Cartographies video screening, curated by Jeanne Gerrity, BAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

                      Art Tech Media, video screening curated by Blanca De La Torre, Cordoba, Spain

                      About the City, video screening curated by Bettina Johae and Elisabeth Smolarz, Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY

                      Toronto International Art Fair, video screening room curated by Micaela Giovannotti, Toronto, Canada

                      Video as Video: Rewind to Form, curated by Alicia Eler & Peregrine Honig Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago, IL

                      Paper City, Mixed Greens, New York

                      Landscaping, Galería Fruela, Madrid, Spain

                      The Main Event, curated by Thomas Seely and Trey Edwards,

                      Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York

                      Arte Santander (with Galería Fruela), Santander, Spain

                      This Modern World , General Electric, Fairfield CT

                      Urban Evolution, video screening at Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC

                      Video screenings, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany

2007                Upon Further Review, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY

                      Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC

                      Locations of Elsewhere, Peer Gallery, New York

                      Video Screening, Pesaro Film Festival, Rome, Italy

                      Video Screening, Mudima Fondazione per L'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy

2006                Open Video Projects, Netwerk / Center for Contemporary Art, Aalst, Belgium

                      Kuyo, Onishi Gallery, New York

                      Twin Reflections, curated by Leah Oates, DAM,STUHLTRAGER GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY <press release>

                      The Beautiful Game: Contemporary Art and Fútbol, curated by Trevor Schoonmaker and Franklin Sirmans, Roebling Hall, New York

                      This One Time…, Kiana Malekzadeh Gallery, New York

                      Open Video Projects, blueRoom, Rome, Italy

2005                Co-dependent, The Living Room, Miami, FL

                      Dark Nature: Part 1, 111 Front St, Brooklyn, NY

                      Video Series Selections, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston

                      The Space Between, Mixed Greens, New York, online review (English translation)

                      Strange: Brew, Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn, NY,

                      Migration, Barbés, Brooklyn, NY

                      New Acquisitions, The Tunnel Gallery, Tonbridge UK

2004                Space Invaders, The Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY

                      European Exchange Exhibition, Times Square Gallery, NY

                      Flat Theatrical Fiction, The Tunnel Gallery, Tonbridge UK

                      Europe Day 2004, The Dahesh Museum, New York

                      About Face, Barbés, Brooklyn, NY                        

2003                Brooklyn Bounce & The Cootie Catcher, The Beaker Gallery, Tampa FL

                      Move On, Aviate, Knitting Factory, New York

                      Play, Barbés, Brooklyn, NY

                      Flux Core, Brooklyn, NY

                      MFA Thesis Show, Times Square Gallery, New York

2000 - 2002     Open Studios, Hunter College MFA building, New York

2001                Colaboratory, Gale Gates et al., Brooklyn, NY

2000                Getting Around, E.M.Forster Theatre, Tonbridge, UK

1999                Eight New Painters, The Bull & Last, London, UK

                      Worlds, The Tunnel Gallery, Tonbridge, UK

                      Level, The Tunnel Gallery, Tonbridge, UK

                      Recent Work, The Tunnel Gallery, Tonbridge, UK

                      Tunnel Vision, four person show, The Tunnel, Tonbridge, UK

1998                Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough, The Custard Factory Gallery, Birmingham, UK

                      BFA Thesis Show, The Dolphin Gallery, Oxford, UK

                      Stretching Walls, The Dolphin Gallery, Oxford, UK

1997                Rob Carter, The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, UK

                      Rob Carter, The Vaughn Room Gallery, Somerville College, Oxford, UK

RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS

2010 – 2011     Art in General New Commission, New York

2010                New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship

                      La Alquería de los Artistas, Valencia, Spain

                      AIR artist-in-residence, Krems, Austria

2008                Art Omi International Artists Residency, Ghent, NY

                      Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Studio Space (Sept 2008 – Aug 2009)

2007                McColl Center for Visual Art (residency), Charlotte, NC

2003                Atlantic Center for the Arts (residency with Vik Muniz), New Smyrna, FL

                      Estelle Levy Award, The Hunter College Alumni Association

2002                Graf Travel Grant, Hunter College

1998 - 2000     Tonbridge School Artist in Residence, Tonbridge, Kent, U.K.

1996                Scholarship awarded by Worcester College, Oxford

                      The Geoffrey Roads Bursary, Oxford University

PRESS

2010                Everyday Imaginary, MIRANDA // The Blog of the ICA Philadelphia, May 18

                      File Magazine, feature edited by Fabio Sebastianelli and Thorbjørn Ankerstjerne, Issue 3

                      Le Corbusier and Cathedral Collage, Kitsune Noir, April 22

                      Spraygraphic Interview with Photographer Rob Carter, Sprayblog.net, March 20

                      Rob Carter’s Metropolis; Pop-Up Graphics Offer Startling View Of Urban Expansion, The Huffington Post, March 5

                      Extremely cool Charlotte urban video goes viral, The Naked City, Mary Newsom, March 5

                      Rob Carter, OK Great, March 4

                       Over Two Centuries of Urban Expansion, Shown in Nine Minutes, The Infrastructurist, Melissa Lafsky, March 4

                      Metropolis: A Movie By Rob Carter, The Pop-Up City, Joop De Boer, February 16

                      We Built This City, Clement and Co., February 1

                      Metropolis: Animating one city's past and future, JoAnn Greco, PlanPhilly, January 15

                      Mad Family Day, Laurel Graeber, The New York Times, January 7

2009                Top 5 of Everything 2009: Art & Museums, Jason Foumberg, Newcity December 28

                      Slash: Paper Under the Knife, Barbara A. MacAdam, ARTNEWS, December

                      Rob Carter: Stone on Stone, Karsten Lund, Flavorpill.com, November 16

                      Cut Paper at Foley Gallery, The Gallery Diva, Monkdogz’ artblog, November 12

                      Cortos ‘frios’ contra el calentamiento global, B.C./Valencia, El Mundo, July 10

                      At Home in Dystopia, Jeremiah Joseph, The Architect’s Newspaper blog, May 7

                      Art Indulgence: Bushwick’s got it going on, Araceli Cruz, Village Voice, February 25

                      West Prize Exhibition, Edward Sozanski, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 9

2008                Interview with Radioartemibile (RAM), Rome Italy. Broadcast Oct–Nov 2008

                      Review: Video as Video: Rewind to Form, Rachel Furnari, Newcity Art, September 29              

                      The Changing Landscape: Artists Take Charge, Paul Klein, The Huffington Post, September 19

                      Video as Video: Rewind to Form, Karsten Lund, flavorpill.com, Issue 210

2006                The AFC Emerging Artist Summer Series: The Photographs of Rob Carter, Art Fag City, July 5 <PDF version>

2005                The Space Between, by Yoko Yamazaki, New-York-Art.com, August <PDF English translation>

2002                Second Sight, Holland Cotter, The New York Times, March 22