Owen McCarter (b.1998.) is an artist living and working in Providence, Rhode Island.
Email:
omccarte@alumni.risd.edu
Education:
2022, BFA, Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, Rhode Island.
Exhibitions:
OD Prize Prize | Winter Exhibition, Photo Book Cafe, London, 2023.
Developing Story: Five Years of The Film Photo Awards, Cassilhaus, Chapel Hill, NC, 2023.
Smithsonian: Crossroads Across Rural America, Dewey Hall, Sheffield, MA, 2023.
The Evening Botanist, SPACE Gallery, Portland, ME, 2023.
Photo Oxford Festival 2023, Modern Art Oxford, London, 2023.
First Look: 2023, Panopticon Gallery, Boston MA, 2023.
Der Greif, Guest-Room: Darius Himes, Online Exhibition, 2022.
Sustainable Futures: Co-creating with Nature, Providence Washington Building, Providence, RI, 2022.
BAA 2022 Fellowship Show, The Lichtenstein Center, Pittsfield MA, 2022.
Residual Hauntings, Gelman Gallery RISD Museum, Providence, RI, 2022.
RISD Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI, 2022
Photography Thesis Exhibition, Woods Gerry Gallery, Providence RI, 2022.
The Three Eyed Fish, Red Eye Gallery, Providence RI, 2022.
BAA 2021 Fellowship Show, The Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield MA, 2021.
In-Between, Red Eye Gallery, Providence RI, 2020.
My Chemical Romance, Red Eye Gallery, Providence RI, 2019.
WISE Project Show, Body Mind Dance, South Egremont MA, 2017.
Group Show, The Colonial Theater, Pittsfield MA, 2017.
Berkshire Student Exhibition, Norman Rockwell Museum, Stockbridge MA, 2016.
Annual Juried Student Art Show, Good Purpose Gallery, Lee MA, 2016.
Awards:
Shortlist, Palm* Photo Prize, 2024
Shortlist, OD Photo Prize, 2023
Finalist, The Hopper Prize, 2022.
Honorable Mention, Lucie Foundation Scholarship Program, 2022.
The Norman and Rose Avnet Fellowship Award, Berkshire Arts Association, 2022.
Monson Residency Award, The Libra Foundation, 2021.
The Norman and Rose Avnet Fellowship Award, Berkshire Arts Association, 2021.
T.C. Colley Award for Excellence in Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, 2021.
Student Project Award, Film Photo Awards, 2021.
Publications:
Exciting Photography Now, Matte Magazine, 2023.
NO AGENCY ANNUAL: 2022–2023, No Agency, 2023.
JRNL 16, Fotofilmic, 2023.
Press:
‘Et in Arcadia Ego” by Owen McCarter, Velvet Eyes Magazine, 2023.
Artist Feature: Owen McCarter, Der Greif, 2023.
EXPOSURE: OWEN MCCARTER, Creative Review, 2023.
Interview: Owen McCarter, Film Photo Awards, 2023.
‘Propaganda for the Plants’: An interview with the 12 artists of Evening Botanist, SPACE, 2023.
Portland galleries put the natural world in a new context, Portland Press Herald, 2023.
A Place For Miracles. Phases Magazine, 2023.
Owen McCarter Interview, The Hopper Prize, 2023.
The Three Eyed Fish, PhMuseum, 2023
Hyundai Research Collaborative, Rhode Island School of Design, 2022.
Film Photo Award - Fall 2021 Student Project Award: Owen McCarter, Lenscratch, 2021.
Story 90: Owen McCarter, Nowhere Diary, 2021.
The 2021 Lenscratch Student Prize: Top 26 To Watch, Lenscratch, 2021.