Approved: 16.08.2006

Stephen Carter

Artist

Approved: 16.08.2006

Concepts:  My work takes its inspiration from moments glimpsed in everyday city life. I home in on sites of indeterminate meaning. The most recent paintings ('Paddington' and 'Underpass' from 2008) follow on from the ('Westway' series from 2002) refer to pedestrian experience of the underside of the great roads and flyovers leading into and out of the city. Prior to this

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    Artist Statement

    Concepts:  My work takes its inspiration from moments glimpsed in everyday city life. I home in on sites of indeterminate meaning. The most recent paintings ('Paddington' and 'Underpass' from 2008) follow on from the ('Westway' series from 2002) refer to pedestrian experience of the underside of the great roads and flyovers leading into and out of the city. Prior to this new body of work, I made paintings which are replications and abstractions from contemporary newspapers (1996 - 2000). Also I made word paintings based on collections of words appearing on front covers of popular magazines (1999-2003). All these paintings and graphic works offer a commentary, reflection or antidote to the excesses of contemporary urban living. Influences Living in the city Road movies Urban photographs Newspapers Situationism The Practice of Everyday Life Academic experience Principal Lecturer in Fine Art @Central St Martins College University of the Arts, London Publications / Monographs 2005 Stephen Carter 'WestWay' (Essay by Jelena Krivokapic) ISBN 86-84393-15-5 2001 Stephen Carter 'Pleasures of the Press' (Essays by Jon Cairns & Rachel Withers) ISBN 0 9525098 2 2 Please contact Beardsmore Gallery, London for further information. www.beardsmoregallery.com [email protected]

    CV & Education

     

    Solo exhibitions

    2022  'Acqua di Primavera', Galleria GabaMC, Macerata, Italy

    2016  'South Wharf Road East', Architecture Association, London

    2015   'West End Quay West', Beardsmore Gallery, London 

    2012 - 'Reading Between The Lines', Dreamspace Gallery, London

    2010 - 'Line of Vision', Beardsmore Gallery, London

    2005 - 'WestWay', Beardsmore Gallery, London

    2005 - 'WestWay', Galerija Beograd, Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro

    2001 - 'Pleasures of the Press', Recent Paintings, Beardsmore Gallery, London

    2000 - 'Encounters', Koninklijke Acadamie Gallerie,, Den Haag, Holland

    1999 - 'Outer Edge Ghetto Buster', Kunsthalle Hennigsdorf, Berlin, Germany

    1998 - 'Closer to Cloning', Beardsmore Gallery, London

    1995 - 'Unit', Beardsmore Gallery, London

    1994 - 'Archway', Concourse Gallery, London

    1993 - 'Impression Paintings', ACAVA, Central Space, London

    1992 - 'Painting', Concourse Gallery, London

    1992 - 'The White Farm', Beardsmore Gallery, London

    Group exhibitions

    2023 - 'What Is That Background Noise?', Nulobaz Space For Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel

    2022- 'Many Rivers To Cross', Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London

    2022- 'Continuum', Cello Factory, London

    2021- 'I Dreamt I Woke Up', Central Space Gallery, London

    2020- 'East & West', Fondazione Pescarabruzzo, Pescara, Italy

    2019 -'Riverside at Riverside', Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London

    2019 - 'East', ANRP, Rome, Italy

    2019 -'Dividing Line', Central Space Gallery, London

    2019 -Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London

    2019 -'Now Then', Crypt Gallery, Norwich

    2018 - 'Wrexham Open 2018', Ty Pawb, Wrexham, Wales

    2018 - 'In The City', Stephen Lawrence Gallery, Greenwich, London

    2018 - 'In The City Painting', East Gallery, Norwich

    2018 - Riverside Artists Group 2, Central Space Gallery, London

    2017 - Jerwood Drawing Exhibition, Jerwood Space, London, East Gallery, Norwich + UK Tour

    2015 - 'Life Between Buildings', Spinach, London

    2015 - 'West', Griffin Art Gallery, London

    2014 - 'Urban Landscape and Memory', Sala Chillida Bizkaia Aretoa, Bilbao, Spain

    2014 - 'In The City', The Lion + Lamb, London

    2014 - Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London

    2013 -  'Crivellis New Reading', Pinacoteca Civica, Monte San Martino, Italy.

    2013  - 'In The Future - Crossings', Eesti Kunstiakadeemia Galerii, Tallinn, Estonia

    2012 - 'Fusion', Institute of Physics, London  

    2012 - New Works, Riverside Studios , Hammersmith, London

    2011 - Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales  

    2011 - Salon Art Prize, Matt Roberts Foundation, London

    2011 - 'Then and Now', Museo Municipale, Ourense, Spain

    2010 - 'London Calling', Museo Ramon Ma Aller, Lalin, Galicia, Spain

    2010 - ' Voices From London', Sunshine International Art Museum, Beijing, China

    2010 - Works on Canvas, Riverside Studios , Hammersmith, London

    2009 - 'Moss', Galeria Casa Matei Corvin, Cluj-Napoca, Romania 

    2009 - 'Mosstoo', Lethaby Gallery, London

    2008 - 'Moss', U.V.H. Gallery, Bilbao, Spain 2008  

    2008 - 'Set In Stone', PM Gallery & House, Ealing, London

    2006 - 'Where Are You Now?', Kyungwon University Gallery, Seoul, S. Korea

    2005 - London Art Fair, IBDC, Islington, London

    2003 - Hunting Art Exhibition, RCA, London

    2003 - London Art Fair, IBDC, Islington, London

    2003 - 'Word Paintings', Noble Art, Cambridge

    2002 -10 Years, Beardsmore Gallery, London

    2000 - Exchange, Watts Tower Art Center & CSUN Art Gallery, California, USA

    2000 - 'Stuckists & Others', Pure Gallery, London

    1999 - Beardsmore Gallery, London

    1999 - 'Homeless', Mota Gallery, London

    1999 - Painting, Gallery 108, Hammersmith, London

    1998 - '20 : 20', Kingsgate Gallery, London

    1998 - Art 98, IBDC, London

    1997 - Mind Games, Royal Festival Hall, London

    1996 - New Labour, Riverside Studios, Hammersmith, London

    1996 - 'RAG', Museo Ourense, Galicia, Spain

    1995 - Rag Show, Fulham Palace, London

    1995 - Rear Window 'Pretext: Heteronyms', Clink Street, London

    1994 - Rag Show, Small Mansion, London

    1993 - 4 Artists, Eagle Gallery, London

    1992 - Gallery Artists, Beardsmore Gallery, London

    1990 - Group Show, Louise Hallett Gallery, London

    1989 - Chicago Art Expo, Chicago, USA

    1988 - Acava Artists, Central Space, London

    1998 - Gallery Artists, Curwen Gallery, London

    Competitions, prizes and awards

    2005 - British Council Travel Award

    2002 - AHRB Research Award (in collaboration with Rex Henry)

    1997 - Visual Arts Award, Elephant Trust, London

    Qualifications and training

    1972 - Higher Diploma, Art And Design, Painting, Birmingham Polytechnic

    1971 - BA Hons, Fine Art, Birmingham Polytechnic

    1968 - Foundation, Canterbury College of Art