carrie R

Philadelphia, PA · Cement and Aqua-Resin
Studio
Philadelphia, PA
Medium
Cement and Aqua-Resin

carrie R (b. 1990, NJ) is a sculptor based in Philadelphia, PA, holding a BFA in Sculpture from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Her work has been exhibited widely along the US East Coast and in Los Angeles, with presentations including SPLIT LEVEL Fair (NYC), Upstate Art Weekend (NY), Scout Art Fair (Baltimore), Pamplemousse Gallery (Richmond), and 5-50 Gallery (NYC). In 2026, she has forthcoming two-person exhibitions at IRL Gallery (NYC) and will attend her first international residency at Mudhouse in Crete, Greece. She is a two-time recipient of the Illuminate the Arts Grant from the City of Philadelphia and is listed in the White Columns Curated Artist Registry.

Studio Film

Artist Statement

I create biomorphic sculptures that begin with movement, balance, and gravity — with the constraints that bodies and spaces place on form. Working in Aqua-Resin and cement clay over metal armatures, embedding pigments directly so color becomes structure as well as surface, I build forms that feel recognizable but have been pushed until they resist identification. Each piece negotiates a specific relationship to gravity: how it leans, where it finds balance, and the ways it resists or surrenders to its own weight. I push forms toward strangeness, disrupting symmetry until something feels most alive. The work embodies tension, vulnerability, and defiance without illustrating specific narratives.

No works selected for this artist.

EXHIBITION HISTORY
SCROLL
2026
GROUP
The Shape of Things
Lion And Lamb, Philadelphia, USA
TWO-PERSON
with Ali Enache
IRL Gallery, NYC
SOLO
SPCE Gallery
Baltimore, MD
SOLO
Post Haste
Philadelphia, PA
RESIDENCY
Mudhouse Residency
Agios Ioannis, Crete, Greece
2025
TWO-PERSON
A Realm of One’s Own
Satellite Art Fair @ Miami Art Week, Plum Gallery, Miami, FL
TWO-PERSON
SPLIT LEVEL Fair with Madeline Brice
Blah Blah Gallery, NYC
TWO-PERSON
Phantom Energy with Nick Schleicher
Putty's Coronation, NYC
TWO-PERSON
Bugs Life with Rachel Hayden
Pamplemousse Gallery, Richmond, VA
GROUP
Blinkers
John H. Baker Gallery, West Chester University, PA
GROUP
Upstate Art Weekend
outdoor exhibition, Germantown, NY
GROUP
Timeline
outdoor exhibition, Laurel Hill Mansion, Philadelphia, PA
GROUP
Scout Art Fair
SPCE Gallery, Baltimore, MD
AWARD
Illuminate the Arts Grant
Creative Philadelphia, City Council of Philadelphia
2024
TWO-PERSON
All Things Go with Matt Coombs
Information Space, Philadelphia, PA
TWO-PERSON
Fortress with Saskia Fleishman, curated by Libby Rosa
Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, PA
GROUP
Bumper Crop, curated by Matt Logsdon
Field of Play, NYC
AWARD
Selected Artist
White Columns Curated Artist Registry, NY
AWARD
Illuminate the Arts Grant
Creative Philadelphia, City Council of Philadelphia
GROUP
DesignPhiladelphia Festival
Umbria Arts x Vicarious Love, Philadelphia, PA
2023
TWO-PERSON
Superterrestrial Garden with Alaina Kalbfell
Blah Blah Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2022
GROUP
Beam Me Up
curated by Lauren Hirshfield — 5-50 Gallery, NYC
2021
GROUP
Apparitions
Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY GROUP — In-Between the Flurry, curated by Lauren Fejarang — Below Grand, NYC

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