Portrait in the studio, December 2023.
Biography
carrie R: lowercase c, capital R
carrie R (b. 1990, New Jersey) is a Philadelphia-based artist working in the mediums of sculpture and drawing. carrie received her BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University where she received a James O. Dumont Travel Grant Award. She has exhibited recently with SPCE Gallery (Baltimore), Good Mother Gallery (Los Angeles), The Clay Studio (Phil.), Field of Play (NYC), and Commonweal (Phil.), with forthcoming projects in 2025 with Pamplemousse Gallery (Richmond), Philadelphia Sculptors, and Upstate Art Weekend. Past exhibitions include presentations with 5-50 Gallery (NYC), Blah Blah Gallery (Phil.), Below Grand (NYC), and Paradice Palase (NYC). She participated in the inaugural 2025 SCOUT Art Fair in Baltimore with SPCE Gallery and the 2023 edition of SPRING/BREAK Art Fair NYC with 5-50 Gallery. Her work has been featured in Two Coats of Paint, Mister Magazine, Suboart Magazine, Munchies Art Club Magazine, and O FLUXO.
About the work
carrie’s recent work includes free-standing and wall-based sculptures made in aqua-resin with embedded, blended pigments and rough applications of oil color. carrie’s work references heightened emotional reactions, freak accidents, and solitary moments—all which occupy a psychological space that is a little undefinable. Often pointy, curvy, and biomorphic, these forms combine fear, curiosity, and exaggeration while expressing a sensitive relationship to gravity.
Contact
Please send general inquiries and requests for available work via e-mail to: carrie@carrie.studio.
You can join my mailing list for occasional invitations and studio updates.
@crudddd on instagram.
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TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025
- TBD, with Rachel Hayden, Pamplemousse Gallery, Richmond, VA (forthcoming)
- Phantom Energy, with Nick Schleicher, Putty’s Coronation, Brooklyn, NY
2024
- All Things Go, with Matt Coombs, Information Space, Philadelphia, PA
- Fortress, with Saskia Fleishman, Cherry Street Pier at the Delaware River Waterfront, curated by Libby Rosa, Philadelphia, PA
2023
- Superterrestrial Garden, with Alaina Kalbfell, Blah Blah Gallery, Phila, PA
2019
- Carrie & Morgan, 529 Bangs, Asbury Park, NJ
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
- MUSKEG, outdoor exhibition, Mother-in-Law’s x Field Projects, Upstate Art Weekend, Germantown, NY (forthcoming)
- Timeline, outdoor exhibition, Philadelphia Sculptors x Women for Greater Philadelphia, Laurel Hill Mansion, Phila, PA (forthcoming)
- Scout Art Fair, SPCE Gallery, Baltimore, MD
- Thingamajig, SPCE Gallery, Glen Arm, MD
2024
- Bumper Crop, curated by Matt Logsdon, Field of Play, NYC
- DesignPhiladelphia Festival, Umbria Arts x Vicarious Love, Philadelphia, PA
- Plantasia, Commonweal Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- Small Favors, The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA
- Soho House, LA Art Week, Good Mother Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
- Luminous Realms, Good Mother Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023
- GLOOP, SPRING/BREAK Art Fair, curated by 5-50 Gallery, NYC
- Inimitable, curated by Casey Jex Smith, Project Gallery V, NYC
- CMND/CTRL, Heiress Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
- Superbird, curated by Lauren Hirshfield, Paradice Palace, NYC/Online
2022
- Beam Me Up, curated by Lauren Hirshfield, 5-50 Gallery, NYC
- #1 Artsin Square Online Exhibition, Artsin Square, Online
2021
- Apparitions, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
- In-Between the Flurry, curated by Lauren Fejarang, Below Grand, NYC
- Summer Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
- AFTERLIGHT Online, Field Projects Gallery, NYC/Online
- File Save/Sift Search, AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, PA
DONATIONS & AUCTIONS
2025
- Delaware River Waterfront Promenade, June
- InLiquid March for Art Fundraiser, March
2024
- BolsterArts Benefit, November
- Paradice Palase 7th Anniversary Fundraiser, June
- Delaware River Waterfront Promenade, May
AWARDS & GRANTS
2024
- Selected Artist, White Columns Curated Artist Registry, WhiteColumns.org, NY
- Illuminate the Arts Grant, Creative Philadelphia, City Council Philadelphia
2017
- Pollination Project Seed Grant
- Common Field Travel Scholarship
2014
- ArtSlant Showcase Winner, 3rd Place
2013
- James O. Dumont Travel Grant Award
2012
- Mason Gross Gallery Award
EDUCATION
2013
BFA – Visual Arts, Sculpture, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
SELECT PRESS & PUBLICATIONS
2024
- “carrie R and Matt Coombs on Illusion and Reality in Painting and Sculpture”, Munchies Art Club Magazine, November
- Brennan, Michael, “A garden grows – on AstroTurf – in Gowanus”, Two Coats of Paint, October
- “carrie R: Sculpting Emotions And Narratives In Aqua-Resin”, Munchies Art Club Magazine, January
- Suboart Magazine, January
2023
- “Superterrestrial Garden”, O FLUXO, December
- Rubio, Maya, “Step Inside Paradice Palase”, Mister Magazine, November
2022
- Interview with 5-50 Gallery, November
2021
- “In-Between the Flurry at Below Grand”, Art Viewer, September
- “In-Between the Flurry”, O FLUXO, September
2019
- Gladden, Michelle, “Carrie & Morgan Exhibit at 529 Bangs”, Asbury Park Sun, July
2017
- Nessel, Ariel, “14 Ways to Transform a Community”, HuffPost, October
- Gladden, Michelle, “N.A.S. Opens on Bangs Avenue”, Asbury Park Sun, May
- Anania, Billie, “Asbury Park art collective premieres first exhibition”, Asbury Park Press, May
PUBLICATIONS AS AUTHOR
2017
- “Robert Melee: Semi-Quasi Bower Recreational”, Exhibition Catalogue, Beeler Gallery, Columbus College of Art & Design
2014
- “Rate My Artist Residency: Money for Artists”, NY Arts Magazine, Online
2013
- “A Glimpse Into Contemporary Dance”, NY Arts Magazine, Feature, Vol 20, N.4
- “Matthew Brannon: In Italy It’s Called..”, NY Arts Magazine, Book Reviews, Vol 20, N.4
- “Giuseppe Gabellone”, NY Arts Magazine, Book Reviews, Vol 20, N.4
- “Vessels at the Hort”, NY Arts Magazine, Exhibition Preview, Online