Rob Carter

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Born in Worcester, UK, 1976
Lives and works in Brooklyn, New York

EXHIBITIONS
2012    Paper Landscapes, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, IN
2011    Habitat (working title), Art in General, New York
2010    Video Art: Replay, Part 2. Everyday Imaginary, curated by Lucy Gallun, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia PA
            Silverstein Photography Annual, curated by Patrick Amsellem, Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York
            Oslo Screen Festival, Filmens Hus, Oslo, Norway
2009    Stone on Stone, ebersmoore, Chicago, IL
            Slash: Paper Under the Knife, Museum of Art and Design, New York
            Project space show, Foley Gallery, New York
            Decidedly Ambivalent, Newton Art Center, Newton, MA
            Decade, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
            X, 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Mixed Greens, New York
            ARTPORT_COOL STORIES II, Focus09, Voltahalle, Basel, Switzerland
            Site Specifics '09, The Carriage House at Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
            Scenariette, Possible Projects, Brooklyn, NY
            Metropolis, Jersey City Museum, NJ
            Artists Run Chicago, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL
            10, West Collection Prize Exhibition, SEI Investments, Oaks, PA, and NEXT Chicago '09, Chicago, IL
            ET IN ARCADIA EGO, Curated by Blanca de la Torre and Juanli Carrión, The Thornton Room, New York
            Moviehouse/Bushwick SITE Fest 09, video screening, 3rd Ward, Brooklyn, NY
            I like Winners: Sport and Selfhood, Sheppard Gallery, University of Nevada, Reno, NV
            Our Present Planet, The Art School at Old Church, Demarest, NJ
2008    Reclaim, curated by Lorenzo Benedetti, Fondazione Pastificio Cerere, Rome, Italy
            Studio Visit, 26cc, Rome, Italy
            Creative Cartographies video screening, curated by Jeanne Gerrity, BAC Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
            Art Tech Media, video screening curated by Blanca De La Torre, Cordoba, Spain
            About the City, video screening curated by Bettina Johae and Elisabeth Smolarz, Galapagos, Brooklyn, NY
            Toronto International Art Fair, video screening room curated by Micaela Giovannotti, Toronto, Canada
            Video as Video: Rewind to Form, curated by Alicia Eler & Peregrine Honig Swimming Pool Project Space, Chicago, IL
            Paper City, Mixed Greens, New York
            Landscaping, Galería Fruela, Madrid, Spain
            The Main Event, curated by Thomas Seely and Trey Edwards,Schroeder Romero Gallery, New York
            Arte Santander (with Galería Fruela), Santander, Spain
            This Modern World , General Electric, Fairfield CT
            Urban Evolution, video screening at Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, NC
            Video screenings, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
2007    Upon Further Review, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY
            Artist-in-Residence Exhibition, McColl Center for Visual Art, Charlotte, NC
            Locations of Elsewhere, Peer Gallery, New York
            Video Screening, Pesaro Film Festival, Rome, Italy
            Video Screening, Mudima Fondazione per L'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2006    Open Video Projects, Netwerk / Center for Contemporary Art, Aalst, Belgium
            Kuyo, Onishi Gallery, New York
            Twin Reflections, curated by Leah Oates, DAM,STUHLTRAGER GALLERY, Brooklyn, NY
            The Beautiful Game: Contemporary Art and Fútbol, curated by Trevor Schoonmaker and Franklin Sirmans, Roebling Hall, New York
            This One Time…, Kiana Malekzadeh Gallery, New York
            Open Video Projects, blueRoom, Rome, Italy
2005    Co-dependent, The Living Room, Miami, FL
            Dark Nature: Part 1, 111 Front St, Brooklyn, NY
            Video Series Selections, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston
            The Space Between, Mixed Greens, New York, online review (English translation)
            Strange: Brew, Goliath Visual Space, Brooklyn, NY, website
            Migration, Barbés, Brooklyn, NY
            New Acquisitions, The Tunnel Gallery, Tonbridge UK
2004    Space Invaders, The Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY
            European Exchange Exhibition, Times Square Gallery, NY
            Flat Theatrical Fiction, The Tunnel Gallery, Tonbridge UK
            Europe Day 2004, The Dahesh Museum, New York
            About Face, Barbés, Brooklyn, NY
2003    Brooklyn Bounce & The Cootie Catcher, The Beaker Gallery, Tampa FL
            Move On, Aviate, Knitting Factory, New York
            Play, Barbés, Brooklyn, NY
            Flux Core, Brooklyn, NY
            MFA Thesis Show, Times Square Gallery, New York
2000 - 2002    Open Studios, Hunter College MFA building, New York
2001    Colaboratory, Gale Gates et al., Brooklyn, NY
2000    Getting Around, E.M.Forster Theatre, Tonbridge, UK
1999    Eight New Painters, The Bull & Last, London, UK
            Worlds, The Tunnel Gallery, Tonbridge, UK
            Level, The Tunnel Gallery, Tonbridge, UK
            Recent Work, The Tunnel Gallery, Tonbridge, UK
            Tunnel Vision, four person show, The Tunnel, Tonbridge, UK
1998    Sometimes Love Just Ain’t Enough, The Custard Factory Gallery, Birmingham, UK
            BFA Thesis Show, The Dolphin Gallery, Oxford, UK
            Stretching Walls, The Dolphin Gallery, Oxford, UK
1997    Rob Carter, The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Oxford, UK
            Rob Carter, The Vaughn Room Gallery, Somerville College, Oxford, UK

EDUCATION
2000 - 2003    Hunter College, New York, NY - MFA Studio Art
1995 - 1998    Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, Worcester College, Oxford University Oxford, UK - BFA, First Class Hons, Fine Art
1994 - 1995    Cheltenham and Gloucester College of Higher Education Cheltenham, UK - Diploma in Foundation Studies, Art & Design

RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
2010 – 2011   Art in General New Commission, New York
2010   La Alquería de los Artistas, Valencia, Spain
           AIR artist-in-residence, Krems, Austria
2008   Art Omi International Artists Residency, Ghent, NY
           Marie Walsh Sharpe Art Foundation Studio Space (Sept 2008 – Aug 2009)
2007   McColl Center for Visual Art (residency), Charlotte, NC
2003   Atlantic Center for the Arts (residency with Vik Muniz), New Smyrna, FL
           Estelle Levy Award, The Hunter College Alumni Association
2002   Graf Travel Grant, Hunter College
1998 - 2000   Tonbridge School Artist in Residence, Tonbridge, Kent, U.K.
1996   Scholarship awarded by Worcester College, Oxford
           The Geoffrey Roads Bursary, Oxford University

PRESS
2009   Art Indulgence: Bushwick’s got it going on, Araceli Cruz, Village Voice, February 25th
           West Prize Exhibition, Edward Sozanski, Philadelphia Inquirer, March 9th
2008   Interview with Radioartemibile (RAM), Rome Italy. Broadcast Oct–Nov 2008
           Review: Video as Video: Rewind to Form, Rachel Furnari, Newcity Art, September 29th 2008
           The Changing Landscape: Artists Take Charge, Paul Klein, The Huffington Post, September 19th 2008
           Video as Video: Rewind to Form, Karsten Lund, flavorpill.com, Issue 210
2006   The AFC Emerging Artist Summer Series: The Photographs of Rob Carter, Art Fag City, July 5th 2006
2005   The Space Between, by Yoko Yamazaki, New-York-Art.com, August 2006 online review (English translation)
2002   Second Sight, Holland Cotter, The New York Times, March 22nd 2002