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.
Jacob Carter
jacobcarterartist@gmail.com
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SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND PROJECTS
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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.
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2023
Sep. 7 - Dec. 13, Immersive Arts Bootcamp, BOM, Birmingham.
Gertrude Aston Bowater Prize.
2021
Gertrude Emily Griffin prize.
New Contemporaries Shortlist.
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OTHER ACTIVITY
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2024
Technician (Assembly Space + Laser Cutting), Coventry University (ongoing)
EOP Member, Eastside Projects, Birmingham (ongoing)
2023
AMASS Collective Member, Birmingham (ongoing)
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2021-2022
Member of Black Hole Club.
Member of Ikon Youth Programme.
Member of Angry Margaret Protest Choir
TALKS / WORKSHOPS
2023
MA International Symposium, ARU, Cambridge, 26 June.
Serendipity in sculpture, artist talk, Asylum Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, June 17.
2022
Reworlding panel discussion, Centrala, Birmingham, Aug 4.
Artist-curator for A4, Oddball Space, various outdoor locations, London / Birmingham.
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2020
Drawing Sound workshop, School of Art, Birmingham, UK.
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.