carrie R is a Philadelphia-based artist who works in sculpture, drawing, and digital media. carrie received her BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University and is the recipient of a Common Field Travel Scholarship and a James O. Dumont Travel Grant Award. Most recently she has exhibited with 5-50 Gallery (NYC), Heiress Gallery (St. Petersburg, FL), Project Gallery V (NYC/Online), Below Grand (NYC), and Paradice Palase (NYC/Online). She has a forthcoming exhibition at Blah Blah Gallery (Philadelphia) and participated in the 2023 SPRING/BREAK Art Show (NYC) with 5-50 Gallery.
Her recent work includes free-standing and wall-based sculptures made in hydrostone and aquaresin with applications of pigment, marker, and oil color. Influenced by psychological fiction and domestic surroundings, the work references heightened emotional reactions to personal histories such as freak accidents and solitary moments. Often pointy, plant-like, and biomorphic, these forms contain thematic elements of fear, solitude, self-preservation, and beauty.
b. 1990, NJ
lives & works in Philadelphia, PA
Education
2013, BFA – Visual Arts, Sculpture, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Two-Person Exhibitions
2023, Blah Blah Gallery, Philadelphia, PA (forthcoming: November)
2019, Carrie & Morgan, 529 Bangs, Asbury Park, NJ
2017, Grocery, New Art Syndicate, Asbury Park, NJ
Group Exhibitions
2023, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, curated by 5-50 Gallery, NYC
2023, Inimitable, Project Gallery V, NYC/Online
2023, CMND/CTRL, Heiress Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
2022-23, Superbird, curated by Lauren Hirshfield, Paradice Palace, Online
2022, Beam Me Up, curated by Lauren Hirshfield, 5-50 Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2022, #1 Artsin Square Online Exhibition, Artsin Square, Online
2021, Apparitions, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
2021, In-Between the Flurry, curated by Lauren Fejarang, Below Grand, NYC
2021, Summer Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
2021, AFTERLIGHT Online, Field Projects Gallery, NYC/Online
2021, File Save/Sift Search, AUTOMAT, Philadelphia, PA
2018, This is Us, Chashama, Matawan, NJ
2013, Select Art Fair, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL
2013, But No, Yeah, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
2012, Systems, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
2012, Project 3×2, Livingston Arts Building (LAB) Gallery, Piscataway, NJ
2011, Capital City Art Show, Art Works Gallery, Trenton, NJ
2011, Chance, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
Curated Art Markets & Events
2023, Wunderful Day, Philadelphia, PA
2023, Art + Textile Market, James Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2023, A Fest, Vicarious Love, Philadelphia, PA
Awards and Grants
2018, NJ Creative Placemaking Summit Scholarship
2017, Pollination Project Seed Grant
2017, Common Field Travel Scholarship
2017, Center for Nonprofits Summit Scholarship
2014, ArtSlant Showcase Winner, 3rd Place
2013, James O. Dumont Travel Grant Award
2012, Mason Gross Gallery Award
Press & Publications
“In-Between the Flurry at Below Grand”, Art Viewer, September 2021
“In-Between the Flurry”, O FLUXO, September 2021
Michelle Gladden, “Carrie & Morgan Exhibit at 529 Bangs”, Asbury Park Sun, July 2019
Ariel Nessel, “Food For Thought: 14 Ways to Transform a Community”, HuffPost, October 2017
Michelle Gladden, “New Art Syndicate Opens on Bangs Avenue”, Asbury Park Sun, May 2017
Billy Anania, “Asbury Park art collective premieres first exhibition”, Asbury Park Press, May 2017
Merray Gerges, “The Anxiety of Being a Critic on the Internet”, Hyperallergic, June 2015
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
2013, “Matthew Brannon: In Italy It’s Called..”, NY Arts Magazine, Book Reviews, Vol 20, N.4
2013, “Giuseppe Gabellone”, NY Arts Magazine, Book Reviews, Vol 20, N.4
2013, “Vessels at the Hort”, NY Arts Magazine, Exhibition Preview, Online
Memberships, Collaborations, Contributions
2023 – present, Member, Center for Emerging Visual Artists
2023 – present, Member, Philadelphia Sculptors
2021 – present, Member, Paradice Palase
2019 – 2021, Member, International Sculpture Center
2017 – 2021, Member, Common Field
2017 – 2019, Co-founder, New Art Syndicate
2018, Guest Lecturer and Juror, Ocean County College – Visual Arts department
2018, Workshop Leader – Arts Marketing, Monmouth County Arts Council
2013 – 2014, Contributing Editor, NY Arts Magazine