Biography:

Masters in Fine Art (MFA) Glasgow School of Art (1998-2000)
Exchange Scholarship, School of the Art Institute, Chicago (1999)

I have exhibited work and developed projects in the UK, Europe, Australia, the United States, Japan and China. Recent exhibitions include: ‘Desert Equinox II’, (2022) in Broken Hill, Australia, ‘The Howse Shal Be Preserved’ at Rockingham Castle (2021), ‘Practicing Landscape: Land, Histories and Transformation’ at The Lighthouse, Glasgow (2020) and ‘Blood From Stone’ at Fineshade Wood in Northamptonshire (2019).

In 2023 I was artist in residence at JoyaAiR, near Vélez-Blanco, in Andalucia, Spain. I have previously been awarded residencies at Arteleku (Spain), Cove Park (Scotland) Grizedale (England), MOMART (Tate Liverpool), Berwick Gymnasium Fellowship and Outlandia in Glen Nevis.

My research is an attempt to understand the natural environment we are part of. How do we sense it and make sense of it? The resulting art works are an attempt to make this connection tangible. The climate crisis has caused me to look specifically at the role and responsibility of the artist and to engage with active elements in the landscape. Recent research and practice explores the extent to which the creative practitioner can move towards a non-human perspective.

I am currently Reader in Contemporary Practice: Art & Environment at Glasgow School of Art where I teach Sculpture & Environmental Art. I am a member of the Reading Landscape Research group at GSA. More info here

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'Mirage II' (2023) Harvested microplastics in dried-up river gorge, Andalusia, Spain.

Justin Carter