Portrait in the studio, December 2023.
Biography
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 Good Mother Gallery (Los Angeles), Cherry Street Pier at Delaware River Waterfront (Philadelphia), The Clay Studio (Phil.), 5-50 Gallery (NYC), Field of Play (NYC), Commonweal (Phil.), and Blah Blah Gallery (Phil.), as well as Below Grand (NYC) and Paradice Palase. She participated in the 2023 SPRING/BREAK Art Fair with 5-50 Gallery, and 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
- 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
- Timeline, outdoor sculpture exhibition, Philadelphia Sculptors x Women for Greater Philadelphia, Laurel Hill Mansion, Phila, PA (forthcoming)
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
- 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