About

My multimedia sculptural practice is grounded in critical reinterpretations of Modernist forms,  historically destabilized and newly contingent on memory, technology, and cultural hybridity.  My ongoing practice of using IKEA products as a sculptural material has focused on the tension  between contemporary consumer culture and the ideals of the early 20th century Modernists. 

Jeff Carter is a multimedia artist living and working in Chicago, IL (USA). He is a Professor of Art,  Media and Design at DePaul University. Jeff earned his BFA at the University of Colorado,  Boulder and his MFA at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. 

 

Jeff has exhibited his work in Chicago at the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Renaissance  Society, the Chicago Cultural Center, the Illinois Institute of Technology, and the Hyde Park Art  Center. His work has been shown internationally at the Hayward Gallery, London, the  Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany, the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, the IKEA  Museum,, Älmhult, Sweden, and the Lewis Glucksman Gallery, University College Cork, Ireland.  His solo shows include Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, IL and Leipzig, Germany; Spencer  Brownstone Gallery, New York, New York; and THE MISSION, Chicago, IL. His work has been reviewed in Art in America, profiled in the 7th edition of Bauhaus Magazine, and commissioned  for the 5th edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial.