Andrée. B. Carter
Andrée B. Carter was born and raised in New Orleans. She also lived in Seattle and Los Angeles, but now resides full-time in Palm Desert, California.
Andrée received a MFA from The University of New Orleans and a BS from Loyola University in New Orleans (Cum Laude). She also studied art history in Florence, Italy through a Tulane University summer program.
Andrée has been honored with painting fellowships from the Bau Institute held in Otranto, Italy; the Virginia Center for Creative Art, Amherst, VA; and the Ucross Foundation in Clearmont, WY. She is also a Kipaipai Fellow, a special program focusing on participants to build their professional network. Andrée also did a residency in November 2023 at the Cycladic Arts Residency on the Greek island of Paros. Her latest residency was in Key West, Florida at The Studios of Key West in 2024
Andrée have also received several accolades, including the Artistic Selection Award from the Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA and the Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, CA. In 2022, she received a Jurors award from the Artist Council Exhibition in Palm Desert. Andrée was also honored to be one of 30 artists chosen for the Rancho Mirage Festival of the Arts, in November 2022.
Andrée’s was recently in an exhibition in Los Angeles at Gallery 825 called “Soul of a City.” This group exhibition of Swiss and American artists was also shown in Neuchatel, Switzerland. Andrée is one of 7 Los Angeles artists, and 7 Italian ... view more »
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Artist Type: Visual Arts: Abstract, Fine Art, Mixed Media, Painting, Textiles; Needlepoint
Artist Medium: Acrylic; Collage; Found Materials; Mixed Media
Statement of Work
Artist Statement:
Roots of a City
My Roots of a City series consists of 8 paintings of places that I have lived in or visited.
Each place has impacted my journey more than any other site. Seven of the paintings are of
coastal cities and one painting is of a small island. These locations all share similar
characteristics, especially their vulnerability to natural hazards and rising sea levels. This
vulnerability is also its allure. Besides each location’s proximity to water, what makes
these cities unique? Is it the people, the architecture, the smells, the cuisine, the
vegetation?
By reimagining each city with specific colors and abstracted needlepoint, I am presenting
them as narratives from my perspective. However, I am not interested in dictating the
viewers perspective, instead I am giving clues for the viewer to interpret. The process I use
for this series has been a part of my voice for some time– combining the craft of
needlepoint with the tradition of artists mixing dry pigments with a wet medium. By
reaching back in time with both of these techniques, I am flipping the hierarchy of “high”
and “low” art by allowing the needlepoint to be as important, if not more important, than
the paint. Through the use of texture and shape I am abstracting architectural details and
imagery while keeping the location’s soul in mind. By mixing specific colors for each
painting, I am attaching emotional content and therefore giving each painting its own
identity. The colors of Promenades (New York) (Image 01) cannot be used for Mosaics
(Barcelona) (Image 07, nor can the colors of Baby Conch (Key West) -(Image 05) be used
for Crescent City (New Orleans) (Image 09). Each painting demands colors and imagery
that identify their own topographic footprint, and, just as important, their psychological
nature.
Andrée B. Carter
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