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
b.1999, UK.
Lives and works in Birmingham.
Exhibitions
[Forthcoming]
2025 | Stock Pot Stories, Final Group Exhibition, Stryx Gallery, Birmingham, 7 March
2025 | Stock Pot Stories, Curated Open Studios, Stryx Gallery, Birmingham, 7 March
[Group]
2025 | Stock Pot Stories, Meet the Artists, Stryx Gallery, Birmingham, 7-16 Feb.
2025 | Renaissance 25, Art'otel, London, 10-2 Feb.
2024 | Alt + Space, LTB Showrooms, Coventry, 28 Nov-10 Jan.
2024 | Winter Market, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, 14 Dec.
2024 | Winter Art Fair, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 6 Dec.
2024 | EOP Summer Camp, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 6-14 Sep.
2024 | Duplicate Publishing Fair, Eastside Projects, Birmingham, 3-4 May.
2024 | Ikon Print Fair, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 14 April.
2024 | Artists Behind Bars, Fierce Festival, Eastside Projects, 1 March.
2024 | Absence, Amass Collective, Stryx Gallery, 22-27 Jan.
2024 | Flatground, Flatground, Birmingham, 6 Jan.
2023 | Reflections, The Canal and River Trust Commission, Digbeth Branch Canal, 14 Dec.
2023 | Winter Fair, The GAP, Balsall Heath, 9 Dec.
2023 | Ikon Winter Art Fair, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, 7 Dec.
2023 | 20:20 Print Exchange, Hot Bed Press, Manchester, 1-8 Dec.
2023 | Makers Market, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, 2 Dec.
2023 | "Something is happening here", School of Art, Birmingham, 31 Sep. - 4 Oct.
2023 | Air Open, Air Gallery, Manchester and online, 17 Aug. - 30 Sep.
2023 | MA International Symposium, Zion Baptist Church, Cambridge, 26-27 June.
2023 | Aftermath, Asylum Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, 2-20 June.
2022 | Christmas 'Till You're Sick, Artefact, Stirchley, 3-17 Dec.
2022 | Your Aunty's Art Sale, Dig Brew, Birmingham, 7 Dec.
2022 | Winter Market, IKON gallery, Birmingham, 1 Dec.
2022 | Red Brick Market, Digbeth, Birmingham, 8-9 Oct.
2022 | Birmingham Open Studios, The Moseley Exchange, Birmingham, 24-25 Sep, 1-2 Oct.
2022 | Your Aunty's Art Sale, Dig Brew, Birmingham, 7 Sep.
2022 | Reworlding, Centrala, Digbeth, Birmingham, 4-7 Aug.
2022 | India 75, Parkside Gallery, Birmingham and SIU, India, Aug 16-8 Nov.
2022 | Mutant Materialities, Asylum Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, 20-29 July.
2022 | Flatpack Film Festival as Ikon Youth Programme, Centrala, Birmingham, 22 May.
2022 | A4, Oddball Space, various outdoor locations, London and Birmingham, 13 Nov-19 Feb.
2022 | Invisible Cities, Selfridges, Birmingham, 15-16 Jan.
2021 | Welcome to The New Earth, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, 3-11 Dec.
2021 | RE-ASSEMBLE: process to production, School of Art, Birmingham, 1-8 Oct.
2021 | Gallery 37 Showcase, Centrala, Digbeth, Birmingham, 3 Sep.
2021 | BCU Inspired 2021, Digital Billboards sited around Birmingham and online, 3– 17 July.
2021 | Post-Distance, School of Art, Birmingham and online, 22-26 Jun.
2021 | DOOM, Black Hole Club, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, 21-16 Jun.
2021 | Artist Behind Bars as Black Hole Club, Fierce Festival, Quantum Events Centre, Birmingham, Oct 1.
2020 | Technology in the 21st Century, Art Banquet, online, 19 Nov.
2020 | Locked-Down, Oddball Gallery, online, 10 Aug.
2019 | I am [x], Quantum Events Centre, Digbeth, Birmingham, 25 Nov.
2019 | HyperStew, Centrala, Digbeth, Birmingham, 22-23 May.
2019 | A Series of Satirical Events, Quantum Events Centre, Digbeth, Birmingham, 19 April.
2018 | Inspire 2018, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, Birmingham. 21st July.
[Solo Performances]
2022 | Noon Chorus, Vivid Projects, Birmingham, 11 Dec.
2021 | A Process of Transformation, School of Art, Birmingham, 1 June.
2020 | Participation in Isolation, an open call performance series, online, 1-30 April.
2020 | Audio Clutter, School of Art, Birmingham, 10 March.
2020 | Under the BT Tower, Birmingham Canal, 3 March.
2019 | Audio Collider, School of Art, Birmingham, 10 December.
[Awards]
2023 | Gertrude Aston Bowater Prize.
2023 | Highly Commended artist. Cosimo Emerging Art Prize.
2023 | Judge's Prize shortlist. Cosimo Emerging Art Prize.
2021 | Gertrude Emily Griffin prize.
2021 | New Contemporaries Shortlist.
2018 | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery 'Inspire 2018' Youth Art Competition winner of the 15-19 category.
[Residencies]
2025 | Feb. 7 - Apr. 4, Soup PT VII, Stryx, Birmingham.
2023 | Sep. 7 - Dec. 13, Immersive Arts Bootcamp, BOM, Birmingham.
2021 | August 23 - September 3, Gallery 37, Punch Records organised residency, Centrala, Birmingham.
[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.
[Curatorial Work]
2023 | "Something is happening here", School of Art, Birmingham, 31 Sep. - 4 Oct.
2023 | Aftermath, Asylum Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, Birmingham, 2-20 June.
2022 | A4, Oddball Space, various outdoor locations, London and Birmingham, 13 Nov-19 Feb.
2021 | Looking to the Future, Oddball Space, online screening, 19 Jun.
2020 | Identity, group exhibition, Oddball Gallery, online, 21 Dec.
2020 | Locked-Down, group exhibition, Oddball Gallery, online, 10 Aug.
2019 | I am [x] group exhibition, Quantum Events Centre, Digbeth, Birmingham, 25 Nov.
[Publications]
2022 | Aftermath, Amass Collective, exhibition publication.
2021 | The Convention of Notation, Jacob Carter, photography book.
2021 | Artist Feature of the Week: Jacob Carter, Tebbs Contemporary Art Gallery Blog, online.
2021 | Episode 2, Baaad Radio, online radio.
2020 | The Guardian recommends Mikhail Karikis’ solo exhibition at Tate Liverpool “Ferocious Love”, Laura Cumming, The Guardian.
2020 | The Making of Ferocious Love, Chris Keenan, online documentary.
2020 | Bostin News: Rupi Dhillon Explores Participation in Isolation, Creative Black Country.
2019 | I am [x] publication, Quantum Events Centre, exhibition catalogue.
2018 | Inspire 18 Now Open!, Lynsey Rutter, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery blog, online.
[Talks and workshops]
2023 | MA International Symposium, ARU, Cambridge, 26 June.
2023 | Serendipity in sculpture, artist talk, Asylum Art Gallery, Wolverhampton, June 17.
2023 | Facilitated a Protest Choir workshop, June 10.
2022 | To MA or not to MA, talk, School of Art, Birmingham, Oct 24.
2022 | Reworlding panel discussion, Centrala, Birmingham, Aug 4.
2020 | The Art of Music Making workshop, School of Art, Birmingham, UK.
2020 | Drawing Sound workshop, School of Art, Birmingham, UK.
2020 | The Art of Music Making workshop, School of Art, Birmingham, UK.
2020 | The Art of Instrument Making workshop, School of Art, Birmingham, UK.
2020 | The Art of mimicry workshop, online.
2020 | How to make a tape loop workshop, School of Art, Birmingham, UK.
[Memberships and other activity]
2024-present | Member of EOP.
2023-present | Member of Amass Collective.
2022-present | Member of Ladywood Arts Forum.
2022-present | Member of A-N.
2021-2022 | Member of Black Hole Club.
2021-2022 | Member of Ikon Youth Programme.
2021-2022 | Member of Angry Margaret Protest Choir.
2020 | Acted as a performer within Mikhail Karikis’ Ferocious Love film, commissioned by the TATE in partnership with Birmingham City University.
[Collections]
Numerous private collections.