John Carter
Biography
1942
born in Hampton Hill, Middlesex / UK
1958–1959
Twickenham School of Art / UK
1959–1963
Kingston School of Art / UK
1963–1964
Leverhulme Travelling Scholarship to Italy
1964
British School at Rome
1965–66
Works as assistant to Bryan Kneale
Begins part time teaching at London College of Printing.
Later teaches part-time in many art schools.
1966–67
Peter Stuyvesant Foundation Travel Bursary to USA
1968
First solo exhibition at the Redfern Gallery
1983
Retrospective exhibition at Warwick Arts Trust, London
1999
Retires from all part-time teaching, on leaving Chelsea College of Art and Design
2010
Retrospective exhibition at the Redfern Gallery and the publication of a monograph on the atist’s work by the Royal Academy of Arts
Awards
2016
Awarded Honorary Doctorate in Art and Design by Kingston University
2007
Elected member of Royal Academy of Arts, London
1981
Tolly Cobbold - Eastern Arts 3rd National Exhibition (Prizewinner)
1979
Arts Council of Great Britain Purchase Award
1977
Arts Council of Great Britain Award
Public collections (Selection)
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London
Arthur Andersen & Co.
Astra Zeneca International
BAA Art Collection
Berge y Compania, Madrid
British Council Collection, London
British Museum, London
Chemical Bank, New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Contemporary Art Society, London
Conoco Ltd.
Council for National Academic Awards
John Creasey Collection, Salisbury
The Deloitte Art Collection
Donation Eva-Maria Fruhtrunk, Musée de Cambrai
Dresdner Bank
D.W.S. Bank, Frankfurt
Ernst and Young
European Patent Office, The Hague
Kultusministerium, Rheinland-Pfalz
Leicestershire Education Authority
Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort
Musée des Beaux Arts, Mons
Musée du Petit Format, Couvain
Museum der Künstler, Erfurt
Museum Modern Art, Hünfeld
Museum Moderner Kunst, Landkreis Cuxhaven
Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch
Oldham Art Gallery
Pfalzgalerie Museum, Kaiserslautern
Royal Academy of Arts, London
Peter Stuyvesant Foundation
Stadtbücherei - Graphothek, Remscheid
Konkrete Kunst in Europa nach 1945, die Sammlung Peter T. Ruppert, Berlin
Städtische Galerie Würzburg
Satoru Sato Art Museum, Tome
Southampton City Art Gallery
Technische Universität, Darmstadt
University of Reading
Veszprén Gallery of Modern Painting, László Vass Collection, Veszprén
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions (Selection)
Group exhibitions (Selection)
2024
In colour; Redfern Gallery, London / GB (C)
JOHN CARTER EQUIVALENCES, Galerie St. Hilaire, Freiburg / CH
Carter 1960-1980; Champ Lacombe, Biarritz / F
2022
Lyrical Purism (together with Ray Malone); zs art galerie, Vienna
John Carter at 80; Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, Munich / D
John Carter at 80; Redfern Gallery, London / GB
2019
John Carter RA, In Print; Royal Academy of Arts, London
John Carter und Klaus Staudt, Edition & Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg / D
John Carter: La matière et la forme; Galerie St-Hilaire, Fribourg / CH
John Carter: Sight Lines; Jerwood Gallery, Hastings / UK
John Carter: On Paper, Surface and Structure; Redfern Gallery, London
2018
Erweiterte Malerei; Museum der Wahrnehmung, Graz / A
Painting becomes Object, Neue Wandobjekte; Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition München, München / D
2017
Between Painting and Sculpture; Galerie La Vitrine, Freiburg / CH
Surface – Relief; Atelier Editions Fanal, Basel / CH
2016
Déplacements; Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage / F
Adeiledd a Arwynebedd; MOMA Machynlleth, Wales / GB
Galerie Leonhard, (mit Belinda Cadburry), Graz / A
2015
Arbeiten auf Papier Retrospektiv; Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern / D
2014
Les Etudes, les Estampes; Foundation Louis Moret, Martigny / CH
John Carter, Galerie Leonhard, Graz
John Carter: Neuere Wandobjekte; Edition & Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg
2013
Surface Defined; Neue Wandobjekte; Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, München / D
Between Dimensions; Tennant Gallery, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Surface and Structure: an exhibition of recent work; Redfern Gallery, London
John Carter; Galerie La Ligne, Zürich / CH
2012
John Carter; Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
To the Edge; Young Gallery, John Creasey Museum, Salisburg / GB
Sideways and Down; Southampton City Art Gallery / GB
Arts Council Collection; Royal Festival Hall, London
2011
Wall Sculptures; Galerie Grewenig/Nissen, Heidelberg / D
Two and a Half Dimensions; Galerie De Vierde Dimensie, Plasmolen / NL
Between Dimensions; Galerie La Ligne, Zürich
2010
Carter; Espace Fanal, Basel / CH
Retrospective; Redfern Gallery, London
2009
take 2 works on paper; (with Belinda Cadbury), nsa noborimachi space of art, Hiroshima / JP
Wall Culptures; Galerie St. Johann, Saarbrücken / D
2008
Surface, Structure, Colour: Neue Wandobjekte; Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, München
Wandobjekte 1986-2008; (mit Lars Englund), Edition & Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg
British Arts, John Carter; Live and Moris Gallery, Tokyo / JP
konstruktiv tendena, Stockholm / S
2007
Wall Objects; Galerie De Vierde Dimensie, Plasmolen
Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
2006
galerie konkret martin wörn, Sulzburg / D
benoot gallery (mit Horst Linn), Knokkezoute / B
2005
konstruktiv tendena, Stockholm / S
2004
Wandobjekte und Arbeiten auf Papier; artmark galerie, Spital am Pyhrn / A
Recent works; The Blue Gallery, London
2003
Arbeiten auf Papier und Wandobjekte; Galerie Lattemann, Mühltal-Trautheim / D
Wall Sculptures; Benoot Gallery, Knokke-Zoute / B
2002
Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
Between Painting and Sculpture; Slade Gallery, University College, London
Espace Fanal, Basel / CH (auch 2010, 2017)
2001
Wandobjekte; (mit Ursuala Diebel), Galerie Emilia Suciu, Ettlingen / D
Farbige Wandobjekte; Werkstatt-Galerie Gundis & Heinz Friege, Remscheid / D
Galerie Ist-Art-Ist, Waterloo / B
the blue gallery, London / GB
2000
for Four Days; John Carter studio, London
1999
Surface, Colour, structure: Neue Wandobjekte; Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, München
1998
Objekte, Zeichnungen, Druckgrafik; Galerie St. Johann, Saarbrücken
1996
Recent Works; Francis Graham Dixon Gallery, London
Skulpturen und Wandobjekte; Galerie Lattemann, Mühltal-Trautheim, Darmstadt / D
1995
Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago / USA
Wandobjekte; Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, München
Ecole National des Art Visuels de la Cambre, Brüssel / B
1994
Objekte; Museum Moderner Kunst Landkreis Cuxhaven, Ostendorf / D
1991
Wand Objekte; Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
Knoedler Gallery, London
1990
Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
Objekte und Zeichnungen; Edition & Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg
Carré Estampes (mit Luc Thiburs), Luxembourg
1989
Moris Gallery, Tokyo / JP
Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka / JP
Drawings and Structures; Sumi Gallery, Okayama / JP
1983
Paintings, Drawings and Structures, 1965 – 1983; Warwick Arts Trust, London
Constructions and Drawings; Nicola Jacobs Galery, London
1980
Constructions; Nicola Jacobs Galery, London
1979
Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings; The Old Library Building, University of Raeading
1978
For Four Days; Studio Exhibition, London
1977
New Works; Redfern Gallery London
1974
Paintings, Constructions and Drawings; Redfern Gallery, London
1968
Recent Work; Redfern Gallery, London
First Exhibition: Paintings, Constructions, Drawings; Redfern Gallery, London
Group exhibitions (Selection)
2024
Reduction + Emotion; zs art galerie, Vienna / A
Summer-Exhibition; Redfern Gallery, London / GB
Summer-Exhibition; Royal Academy of Arts, London
Dialogues II - 15 years zs art; zs art galerie, Vienna / A
Blind Date - the Maximilian and Agathe Weishaupt Collection in dialogue with the Liaunig Collection, Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus / A (C)
STAGE Bregenz (zs art galerie); Bregenz / A
2023
Luxembourg ArtWeek / The Fair 2023 (zs art galerie); Luxembourg / LUX
BALATONFÜRED, Museum MOMÜ Balatonfüredi Modern Mutar - Szöllösi-Nagy - Nemes Collection,
"Europe Connects - The Playing Field of Images" / H
"_ ,= ,+"; Galerie Wagner, Paris / F
2022
Ken Cook: A Founders Perspective; Pangolin Gallery, London / GB
Summer-Exhibition; Royal Academy of Arts, London
2021
Small is beautiful; Flowers Gallery, London
Summer/Winter-Exhibition; Royal Academy of Arts, London
Wer weiß? Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, München / D
2020
das unfolgsame quadrat; Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg / D
Small is beautiful; Flowers Gallery, London
Summer/Winter-Exhibition; Royal Academy of Arts, London
Rot ist schön - eine Accrochage; Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, München / D
Accrochage; Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet Paris-Plage / F
Gommisti; Imprints-Galerie, Crest / F
zselection; zs art galerie, Wien / A
Hard Painting I; Phoenix Gallery, Brighton / GB
2019
Rot ist schön - eine Accrochage; Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, München / D
Small is beautiful; Flowers Gallery, London / GB
Pairings; Jaggedart, London / GB
Ombodying Colour V; Raum Schroth im Museum Wilhelm Morgner, Soest / D
Summer Exhibition; Royal Academy of Arts, London / GB
Gifts and Acquisitions; Yale Center for British Art, New Haven / USA
Unfinished Business; Newcastle University / GB
Gomringer! A tribute exhibition on the occasion of his 95th birthday, Museum der Wahrnehmung (MUWA), Graz / A
2018
Das Werk als Raum im Raum, zs art galerie, Wien / A
Art.Fair Köln, (zs art galerie), Köln / D
Abstract Syntax; Eagle Gallery, London
Multiple Thoughts: Artists makes Prints; Royal Academy of Arts, London
Spring Exhibition; Modern British Art, Redfern Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition; Royal Academy of Arts, London
Summerspecial: One Week Show; Galerie Konkret Martin Wörn, Sulzburg
APT + ONE; APT Gallery, London
Expaces en Réflection; Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Paris
Petersburg Konkret; Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, München
Small is beautiful; Flowers Gallery, London
New Acquisitions: Prints and Drawings; British Museum, London
2017
Carrément 4; Espace Peugeot, Paris / F
La Mouvance Construite International; Musée du Petit Format, Nismes / BE
Summer Exhbition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Spring Exhibition; Modern British Art, Redfern Gallery, London
One Week Show; Galerie Konkret Martin Wörn, Sulzburg
Occasional Geometries: Rana Begum curates the Arts Council Collection; Longside Gallery, Yorkshire Sculpture Park / UK
Couleurs Plurielles; Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Paris
Small is beautiful; Flowers Gallery, London
2016
minimum, galerie konkret martin wörn, Sulzburg
für sehen gemacht...., galerie konkret martin wörn, Sulzburg / D
affinités abstraites bleues, Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Paris
Summer-Exhibition; Royal Academy of Arts, London
Rythme et Geometrie; Couvent des Cordelieres, Musées de Chateauroux / F
Hommage au Carré; Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Paris
Ein Jubiläum 25 Jahre; Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, München
Small is beautiful; Flowers Gallery, London
2015
elementar: die linie; galerie konkret martin wörn, Sulzburg
Embodying Colour; Haus Metternich, Koblenz / D
Konkrete Kunst; Galerie in der Trinkkuranlage, Kunstverein Bad Nauheim / D
Works on Paper by sculptures; Royal Academy of Arts, London
Summer Exhibition; Royal Academy of Arts, London
Affinités Abstraites; Galerie Wagner, Le Touquet-Paris-Plage, Paris
A Wonderful Adventure: 25 Jahre Ka! Editions; Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus, Reutlingen / D
Small is beautiful; Flowers Gallery, London
10 Galerie La Ligne; Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie La Ligne, Zürich
2014
A Little Patch of Yellow Wall; Lion & Lamb Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition; Royal Academy of Arts, London
The Royal Academy of Arts in North Yorkshire; Zillah Bell Gallery, Thirsk / GB
ballet concrete; zs art galerie, Wien
A Fine Line: Concrete, Constructivist and Minimal Art; Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London
Automatic Art: Human and Machine Processes that Make Art; GV Art, London
Die Linie; Galerie Grewenig/Nissen, Heidelberg
Terugblik; Galerie De Vierde Dimensie, Plasmolen
Small is beautiful; Flowers Gallery, New York / USA
2013
Overzicht 1, Galerie De Vierde Dimensie, Plasmolen
Ra Now; Royal Academy of Arts, London
Kontraste von Real bis Konkret Handzeichnungen; Galerie Grewenig/Nissen, Heidelberg / D
Summer Exhibition; Royal Academy of Arts, London
Gifted: From the Royal Academy to The Queen; The Queen´s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London
Small is beautiful; Flowers Gallery, London
2012
Konstruktivismus, Op-Art, kinetik; Galerie Leonhard, Graz
Skulpturen; Skulpturenpark beim Viadukt/Galerie La Ligne, Zürich
Ausbruch: Malerei und realer Raum; Museum Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern / D – gezeigt in:
Akademie der Künste, Berlin / D;
Museum im Kulturspeicher Würzburg / D;
Kunsthalle Rostock / D;
Abstraction; Redfern Gallery, London
Farbklang; Galerie La Ligne, Zürich / CH
100 Prints; Flowers Gallery, London
British Modern Remade; Park Hill, Sheffield / UK (Arts Council Collecion Exhibition)
Summer Exhibition; Royal Academy of Arts, London
Positionen konkreter Kunst heute; Stadtmuseum Simeonstift, Trier / D
The Discerning Eye; The Mall Galleries, London
Konkret: Das kleine Format; Galerie St. Johann, Saarbrücken
Fanal: regard sur 35 ans d´editions; Galerie Gimpel & Müller, Paris / F
2011
Formes et Lurnière: la sculpture dans l’arts construit; Musée de Cambrai / F – gezeigt auch in:
Musée Pierre-André Benoit, Alés / F
Summer Exhibition; Royal Academy of Arts, London
NSA Collection Part 1 & Part 2; Noborimachi Space of Art, Hiroshima / JP
Blau; Galerie Konkret Martin Wörn, Sulzburg / D
.... auf papier; Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern / D
Galerie De Vierde Dimensie, Plasmolen / NL
London Group Open Exhibition; The Cello Factory, London
(geometrische) Abstractie 1950 – 2010, een homage aan Joost Beljeu; Galerie Witteveen, Amsterdam / NL
2010
Couleur et géometrie: actualité de l’art construit européen; Musées de sens, Sens / F – gezeigt auch in:
Kunstverein Talstraße e.V. Halle / D
Kunsthaus Nürnberg, Nuremberg / D
National Museum, Kielce / POL
Centre d´Art Contemporain Frank Popper, Marcigny / F (2011)
Panorama graphique et petite sculpture construite; Galerie le Cube, Estavayer-le Lac / CH
Galerie Emilia Suciu, Geometrisch – Abstrakt – Kinetisch; Kunstverein Speyer / D
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
What a Relief; Flowers East, London
Edition Konkret Martin Wörn; Kunstverein Freiburg
Konkrete Konzepte; Galerie Ruhnke, Potsdam / D
Art, Abstrait, Concret; Galerie Jean Greset, Besancon / F
A Quiet Moment: John Carter, Simon Fitzgerald, Yoko Sawai; Gallery Yamaguchi kunst-bau, Osaka / JP
2009
geometrisch – abstrakt – kinetisch. Galerie suciu, Ettlingen / D
mehrfach. Kunst in kleinen auflagen; galerie konkret martin wörn, Sulzburg
l’oblique, un regard sur la géométrie contemoraine, museum montbéliard / F
2008
gegenstandslos – gesellschaft für kunst und gestaltung, Bonn / D
john carter, lars englung; edition + galerie hoffmann, Friedberg
artfutures 2008, bloomberg space, London
2007
motiva; Austria Center Vienna / A
exemplifizieren wird kunst; Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen / D
Vasarely Museum, Budapest / H
Das kleine format; galerie konkret martin wörn, Sulzberg
2005
geometrisk abstraktion XXIV 2005, konstruktiv tendens; Stockholm / S
2004
50 quadrat; galerie konkret martin wörn, Sulzburg
Mesures Art International, Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambresis / F
2002
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London (auch 2003)
2001
British Abstract Painting 2001, Flowers East Gallery, London
2000
Mondiale Echo’s; Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort / NL
30 Jahre Galerie St.Johann - Das entgrenzte Bild; VKB Galerie, 10 Gmundner Symposion, Gmunden / A
1999
Badur, Carter, Tyson; Galerie Avivson, Paris / F
Art Constructif en Europe 1950-1998; Museu de Art Contemporânea do Cearé, Fortaleza, Brazil
1997
Concrete Kunst; Cultureel Centrum, Knokke-Heist / B
1996
British Abstract Art, Part 3: Works on Paper; Flowers East, London
Open Door; Magyar Képzömüvészeti Föiskola, Budapest / H
1994
Aspecten van de Hedendaagse Constructieve Beweging; Koninklijk Museum, Antwerp / NL
Projekt 30 x 30 Konkrete Kunst International; Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen / D
Aspects de la Mouvance Construite en Europe; Galerie Its-Art-Ist. La Hulpe / B
1993
Aspects Actuels de la Mouvance Construite Internationale; Musée des Beaux Arts, Verviers / B
Skulptur und Architektur: Ein Diskurs, Lichtwiese, Technische Universität, Darmstadt / D
1992
Editionen; Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
1991
Piccolo Formato; Arte Struktura, Milan / I
1990
John Carter, Masaji Kashlo, Tamotsu Shiihara, Makio Yamaguchi; Gallery Yamaguchi Warehouse, Osaka / JP
Tendenz Konstruktiv, Zehn Bildhauer aus sieben Europäischen Ländern; Bildhauergalerie Messer-Ladwig, Berlin / D
Universal Progression, Manege; Moscow / RUS
1989
Britse Sculptuur 1960-1988; Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp / NL
Britannica. Trente Ans de Sculpture; Centre d’Art Contemporain, Toulouse / F
Arte Constructivo y Sistematico; Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid / E
1988
Die Ecke, Le Coin, The Corner; Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Sion;
1987
Seven Artists; University Art Gallery, Reading
1986
Die Ecke, Le Coin, The Corner; Edition & Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg
Von zwei Quadraten; Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen / D
1984
New Works on Paper; British Council, auch gezeigt in: Polen, Australien, Neuseeland,
Türkei, Ost-Deutschland und Rumänien
1981
British Art 1940 – 1980; The Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London
1980
The British Council Collection; Serpentine Gallery, London
John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 12; Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
1979
the British Art Show; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, auch gezeigt in:
Arnolfini, Bristol, Royal West of England Academy and Bristol City Museum & Art Gallery;
Drawings by British Artists; British Council Touring Exhibition
The First Exhibition; Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1978
6th International Exhibition of Original Drawings; Moderna Gallerji, Rijeka / HRV
1975
Cleveland International Drawing Biennale; Middlesbrough Art Gallery, auch gezeigt in:
Arts Council Gallery, Belfast; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff;
Birmingham Art Gallery; Camden Arts Centre, London
1974
British Painting ’74; Hayward Gallery, London
1971
Seven Redfern Artists; Redfern Gallery, London
1969
New British Painting and Sculpture; UCLA Galleries, Los Angeles / USA
auch gezeigt in: University of California, Berkeley; Portland Art Museum;
Vancouver Art Gallery; Musée d’art Contemporain, Cité du Havre, Montréal
1968
Leicesterhire Collection: Part II; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
New Generation: 1968; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
1966
New Generation 1966; Whitechapel Art Gallery, London and subsequent tour, einschließlich Museum of Modern Art, Oxford; Whitworth Gallery, Manchester; Plymouth City Art Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London / GB (auch 1967 und danach jährlich bis 1979)
Texts
Texts in english
Mel Gooding – John Carter – A higher form of play in exhibition catalogue: John Carter – sight-lines Jerwood gallery Hastings – 2019
Britta E. Buhlmann – John Carter – British Concrete Art – some thoughts – in catalogue: John Carter – Chris Yetton – Royal Academie of Arts – London 2010 – p142-145
Mel Gooding – John Carter – A higher form of play in exhibition catalogue: John Carter – sight-lines Jerwood gallery Hastings – 2019
Britta E. Buhlmann – John Carter – British Concrete Art – some thoughts – in catalogue: John Carter – Chris Yetton – Royal Academie of Arts – London 2010 – p142-145
In my work, I seek a dialogue between painting and sculpture.
My reflections are focused on what are generally referred to as “wall pieces”. These objects possess the characteristics of painting: they are flat, their surfaces are divided into zones, and I sometimes use colour.However, they also possess sculptural qualities: these works are characterised by volumetric dimensions and contours, which are often not at right angles, and by elongated slits and holes, which penetrate through the surface. I coat the surfaces of my objects with a mixture of acrylic medium, marble dust and pigment. Sandpaper is used to smooth the surfaces. Tiny irregularities formed in the process of sanding produce a varied tonality on the surface. This produces just enough “noise” to keep the eye fixed on the surface. In this way, the texture and tonality of the marble dust produce a network of points of orientation distributed across the entire surface. This structure not only holds the eye within a given area, it heightens a work’s tangibility and thus its overall reality.