Mel Carter
County: King County
Website: http://www.cartermel.com/
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Awards
Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) 2024
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About
Mel Carter is a mixed, Yonsei, Japanese, and Queer non-binary artist, currently based in Seattle after graduating with a BFA from the University of Washington’s Photomedia program. They have worked as a visual artist and photographer for the past 10 years, engaging in a variety of projects with galleries and art exhibitions, pop-up projects, alternative art spaces, residencies, and music festivals. They have exhibited work in galleries such as Veronica, SOIL Gallery, Museum of Museums, and Disjecta Contemporary Art Center, with an upcoming show at 4Culture in 2025. Mel was a recipient of Centrum’s Emerging Artist Residency in 2021 and the Museum of Glass’ Visiting Artist Residency Program in 2024. Their practice is informed by experiences within the Japanese diaspora, queerness, exploration in modern witchcraft, rituals and mythology, in tandem with waste reduction, food sovereignty, and environmental justice in the cultural context of the Pacific Northwest.
Artist External Links
instagram: https://www.instagram.com/melcartermelcarter/
Featured Works
Benten, Liquid spells for healing, flowing, protection, beauty, water, and transformation. Materials: barley, calendula, cardamom, chilies, chrysanthemum, cinnamon, clove, foxglove, galangal, gardenia oil, collected glass vessels, gobō, grain alcohol, himalayan pink salt, hinoki, jasmine oil, lavender, lions mane, mugwort, obsidian, passionflower, peony, powdered eggshell, powdered oyster shell, rice paper, rose, rutilated quartz, saffron, sake, salt, satsuma peel, skullcap, sugar, tapioca, turmeric, teas, ume, water. PC Jueqian Fang at everything time studio, 5’ Installation, February 2022 at Veronica Project Space, Photo Credit: Jueqian Fang
Bowen (Protection Detail), Liquid spells for fire, burns, protection, damage, birth and rebirth. Bay leaves, birch, burdock, camelia, charcoal, chicken bones, collected glass vessels, daffodil, diatomaceous earth, distilled water, eggshell, ginger, grain alcohol, guava seeds, hibiscus, hinoki, indigo, juniper berries, lavender, lemon, lime, moringa, mugwort, passionflower, pea flower, plum blossoms, powdered oyster shell, remnant baths, resurrection plant, rosemary, satsuma, selenite, skullcap, sumi ink, umeboshi, vintage kotatsu, violet, Installation in House, April 2024 at Double Garage Gallery, Photo Credit: Jueqian Fang
Bowen (DoubleStack detail), Installation in House, April 2024 at Double Garage Gallery, Photo Credit: Jueqian Fang
