Jessi Carter

My work focuses on categorizing and organizing elements, even when they are juxtaposed or overlapped: types of birds, life cycles of plants, the structure of internal combustion engines. I work in ink & watercolors, with gouache and pencil accents, primarily on rice paper. The rice paper, due to its being unsized, has a delightful flair for mayhem - color tends to go everywhere and there is never, ever an opportunity to “undo” anything. It's great! I enjoy the process of managing chaos through repetition of details. Other media include traditional watercolor papers and pyrography, both of paper and wood.

I was born in the Seattle area but live and work in Brooklyn, Ny. In addition to visual art, I am involved in the experimental music scene here in New York.

My work has been featured on several album covers as well as private collections around the country.

Hampshire College, Amherst, MA - Class of 1997