Jacob Carter
jacobcarterartist@gmail.com
Artist Statement
Jacob Carter is a multidisciplinary artist exploring the intersection of material, form, and technology.
His work combines industrial fabrication techniques with organic processes, drawing parallels between urban infrastructure and ancient artefacts to examine the fragility and endurance of human-made structures. Using raw materials like concrete and found objects alongside electronic components such as microcontrollers and motors, Carter creates hybrid sculptures that are both static and kinetic.
By embedding motion and sound, his pieces challenge traditional notions of sculpture, bridging digital automation with traditional craftsmanship to question permanence, obsolescence, and the unpredictable possibilities of technological intervention in art.
CV (selected)
CURRENTLY
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Technician (Assembly Space + Laser Cutting), Coventry University 2024 - ongoing
EOP Member, Eastside Projects, Birmingham 2024 - ongoing
AMASS Collective Member, Birmingham 2023 - ongoing
EXHIBITIONS
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2025
Prototype, pROtoTYPE, PRO(to)type, PROTO, prototype, TYPE, Landings, Eagle Works, Wolverhampton, 22 - 28 August.
Stock Pot Stories, Group Exhibition, Stryx Gallery, Birmingham, 7 March
Renaissance 25, Art'otel, London, 10-2 Feb.
2024
Alt + Space, LTB Showrooms, Coventry, 28 Nov-10 Jan.
EOP Summer Camp, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 6-14 Sep.
Artists Behind Bars, Fierce Festival, Eastside Projects, 1 March.
Absence, Amass Collective, Stryx Gallery, 22-27 Jan.
2023
Reflections, The Canal and River Trust Commission, Digbeth Branch Canal, 14 Dec.
20:20 Print Exchange, Hot Bed Press, Manchester, 1-8 Dec.
"Something is happening here", School of Art, Birmingham, 31 Sep. - 4 Oct.
Air Open, Air Gallery, Manchester, 17 Aug. - 30 Sep.
Aftermath, Asylum Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, 2-20 June.
2022
Reworlding, Centrala, Digbeth, Birmingham, 4-7 Aug.
Mutant Materialities, Asylum Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, 20-29 July.
Flatpack Film Festival as Ikon Youth Programme, Centrala, Birmingham, 22 May.
A4, Oddball Space, various outdoor locations, London and Birmingham, 13 Nov-19 Feb.
Invisible Cities, Selfridges, Birmingham, 15-16 Jan.
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2021
Welcome to The New Earth, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, 3-11 Dec.
RE-ASSEMBLE: process to production, School of Art, Birmingham, 1-8 Oct.
Gallery 37 Showcase, Centrala, Digbeth, Birmingham, 3 Sep.
DOOM, Black Hole Club, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, 21-16 Jun.
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RESIDENCIES / AWARDS / FELLOWSHIPS
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2025 | Feb. 7 - Apr. 4, Soup PT VII, Stryx, Birmingham.
2023 | Sep. 7 - Dec. 13, Immersive Arts Bootcamp, BOM, Birmingham.
2023 | Gertrude Aston Bowater Prize.
2021 | Gertrude Emily Griffin prize.
2021 | New Contemporaries Shortlist.
TALKS / WORKSHOPS / ORGANISATIONS
2023 | MA International Symposium, ARU, Cambridge, 26 June.
2023 | Serendipity in sculpture, artist talk, Asylum Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, June 17.
2022 | Reworlding panel discussion, Centrala, Birmingham, Aug 4.
2022 | Artist-curator for A4, Oddball Space, various outdoor locations, London / Birmingham.
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2021-2022 | Member of Black Hole Club.
2021-2022 | Member of Ikon Youth Programme.
2021-2022 | Member of Angry Margaret Protest Choir.
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2020 | Drawing Sound workshop, School of Art, Birmingham, UK.
2020 | How to make a tape loop workshop, School of Art, Birmingham, UK.
EDUCATION
2021 - 2023, MA Fine Art, School of Art, Birmingham City University, UK.
2018 - 2021, Fine Art BA (Hons), School Of Art, Birmingham City University, UK.
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COLLECTIONS
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Numerous private collections.