Beth Carter

Working within the realms of a sculptural tradition where the symbolic use of animal imagery is a potent and continuous source my work creates allegories by, amongst other things, integrating the human form with animal forms. The resulting imagery holds both a timeless significance and a contemporary relevance despite and because of our separation from the natural world. It is important for me that my sculpture and drawings are accessible on an individual level as well as implicating more archetypal themes common to human experience.

Currently live and work in Bristol, UK

"Anyone who shares Beth Carter’s fascination with the human condition must surely embrace the invitation to be found in her body of work. For here, among the richly detailed drawings and careful sculptures, we discover an unfolding meditation on those existential dilemmas that beset us all, and a world of its own in the making. This starkly beautiful and haunting world is both particular and universal, at once strange and immediately familiar, because it so powerfully evokes that forever surprising annexe of our own lives: the chambers of our night dreams, our subconscious imaginings, and our performances of gender and personhood. ¬¬
These Carter chambers, ...

1992-95
BA Fine Art(Hons) Degree
Sunderland University, UK

1994
Placement, Cyprus College of Art, Lemba, Cyprus

1990-91
Art Foundation, Bath College of Further Education, UK

M Fine Arts Galerie. Boston, USA
INAUGURAL Exhibition
Opening 7 May 2016
http://www.mfinearts.com/exhibtions/

bo.lee gallery. London, UK
Odyssey: The House of St Barnabas, London.
9 October - 24 October 2015.
http://www.bo-lee.co.uk/#!projects/c4wa

bo.lee gallery. London, UK
Auditory: Launch in East Dulwich
Opening 10 September 2015
http://www.bo-lee.co.uk/#!exhibitions/c1jn0

Beaux Arts Bath. UK
London Art Fair 2016
www.beauartsbath.co.uk

Galerie Rauchfeld. Paris, France
Beirut Art Fair
17 – 20 Sep 2015
http://www.galerierauchfeld.com

Beaux Arts Bath. Bath, UK
Gallery Exhibition
7 Sep – 3 Oct 2015
http://beauxartsbath.co.uk

Bertrand Delacroix Gallery. New York, USA
Summer Collective
1 Jul – 7 Sep 2015

Axelle Fine Arts Galerie. New York, USA
Summer Group Show
1 July – 13 September 2015

Galerie Rauchfeld. Paris, France
Dessins de Sculpteurs
19-28 March 2015
http://www.galerierauchfeld.com

Bertrand Delacroix Gallery. New York, USA
Winter Collective Part 1
18 Dec 2014–17 Jan 2015

bo.lee gallery. London, UK
A Christmas Cabinet at The Hepsibah Gallery, London
18-20 December
http://www.bo-lee.co.uk/

View Art Gallery. Bristol, UK
The Shining Guest, Solo Exhibition
20 Nov 2014-...