Niqui Carter is a Los Angeles-based artist and founder of Art On All Forms, platform that reimagines how art integrates into everyday spaces through functional, design-forward pieces.
Originally trained as a painter, Carter uses a digital camera to craft new forms and perspectives that echo the vibrancy of abstract painting. By combining digital processing with a documentary approach, she abstracts the urban landscape around her, exploring how light interacts with objects and uncovering the ambiguity in the curve of a shadow or the shape of a line. Through her photography, Carter brings her painterly vision to life, seamlessly blending her artistic roots with modern techniques.
Photo credit: Wil Perece
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BIOGRAPHY
Born in Minneapolis, MN
Lives and Works in Los Angeles, CA
EDUCATION
1989 Study Abroad Program in Photography, Parsons, Paris, France
1999 BA in Studio Arts and Photography, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2017 Brooklyn, NY, Ron Taylor Gallery, “Arts to End Violence, Solitary Watch”, May 25 - June 7th
2019 High Point, NC, High Point Market, “Beyond the Mask Curated Selections”, April 6 - Sept. 30th
2021 Brattleboro, VT, Brattleboro Museum, “Sequences: Ode to Minor White”, June 19 - Oct. 11th
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Bank of America Executive Suites, New York, NY
MET Museum Curatorial Office Suite, New York, NY
LVMH Executive Office Suite, New York, NY
PUBLISHED WORK
2016 The New Yorker, “The Anger And Joy of A Native American Poet In Brooklyn”
2017 Vogue Magazine, “Chromat Casting Director Gilleon Smith on Chance Meetings, Hard Work,
and Diversity”
2018 TimeOut Magazine, “Food 4 Thot podcast host Tommy Pico talks about his queer poetry”
2018 Interview Magazine, “Meet Tommy Pico, the Native American, Beyonce-loving poet”
2019 The New York Times, “In a Gutsy Thriller, a Black Spys Past Comes Back to Haunt Her”
Red Branch, Brooklyn Artist Zine
Bird Song, Brooklyn Artist Zine