John Carter
Biography
1942 Born Middlesex
1958-59 Twickenham School of Art
1959-63 Kingston School of Art
1964 British School at Rome
2007 Elected Member of the Royal Academy of Arts, London

Solo Exhibitions
1968 Redfern Gallery, London
1971 Redfern Gallery, London
1974 Redfern Gallery, London
1977 Redfern Gallery, London
1978 Studio Exhibition, London
1980 Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1983 Retrospective Exhibition 1965-1983, Warwick Arts Trust, London
Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1987 Moris Gallery, Tokyo
Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1989 Moris Gallery, Tokyo
Gallery Yamaguchi, Osaka
Sumi Gallery, Okayama
1990 Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
Edition & Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg
Carré Estampes (with Luc Thiburs), Luxembourg
1991 Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
Knoedler Gallery, London
1994 Museum Moderner Kunst Landkries Cuxhaven, Ottendorf
1995 Belloc Lowndes Fine Art, Chicago
Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, Munich
Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Visuels de la Cambre, Brussels
1996 Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
Galerie Lattemann, Mühltal-Trautheim, Darmstadt
1998 Galerie St Johann, Saarbrücken
1999 Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, Munich
2000 Studio Exhibition, London
2001 Galerie Emilia Suciu (with Ursual Diebel), Ettlingen
Werkstatt-Galerie Gundis & Heinz Friege, Remscheid
Galerie Its-Art-Ist, Waterloo
2002 Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
Slade Gallery, University College, London
Espace Fanal, Basel
2003 Galerie Lattemann, Mühltal-Trautheim
Benoot Gallery, Knokke-Zoute
2004 Artmark Galerie, Spital am Pyhrn, Austria
The Blue Gallery, London
2005 Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
2006 Galerie Konkret Martin Wörn, Sulzburg/Breisgau, Germany
Benoot Gallery (with Horst Linn), Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
2007 De Vierde Dimensie, Plasmolen, Netherlands
Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern, Germany
2008 Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, Munich
Galerie & Edition Hoffmann (with Lars Englund), Friedberg, Germany
Kunstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm

Group Exhibitions
1966 New Generation 1966, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London and subsequent tour, including Museum of Modern Art, Oxford; Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester; Plymouth City Art Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1967 Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1968 Leicestershire Collection: Part II, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
New Generation: 1968, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1969 New British Painting and Sculpture, UCLA Galleries, Los Angeles, touring to: University of California, Berkeley; Portland Art Museum; Vancouver Art Gallery; Henry Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Contemporary Artrs Museum, Houston; Musée d'Art Contemporain, Cité du Havre, Montreal
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1970 Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1971 Seven Redfern Artists, Redfern Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1972 Group Exhibition, Jacob's Ladder Gallery, Washington DC
Group Exhibition, Vivian Lowenstein Studio Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1973 First British International Drawing Biennale, Teeside Museum & Art Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1974 British Painting '74, Hayward Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1975 Cleveland International Drawing Biennale, Middlesbrough Art Gallery, touring to: Arts Council Gallery, Belfast; National Museum of Wales, Cardiff; Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery; Carlisle Art Gallery; Charlotte Square Gallery, Edinburgh; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Camden Arts Centre, London
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1976 Exhibition of Contemporary Art organised by William Packer for Industrial Sponsors, Finance for Industry Building, London
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1977 Small Work, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Polytechnic Art Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1978 6th International Exhibition of Original Drawings, Moderna Galeriji, Rijeka
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1979 The British Art Show, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, touring to: Arnolfini, Bristol; Royal West of England Academy and British City Museum & Art Gallery; Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Hatton Gallery, University of Newcastle
Drawings by British Artists, British Council Touring Exhibition
Tolly Cobbold, Eastern Arts 2nd National Exhibition, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, touring to The Castle Museum, Norwich; Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich; Camden Arts Centre, London; Graves Art Gallery, Sheffield
Contemporary Works on Paper, Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Suffolk
Small Works, Newcast-upon-Tyne Polytechnic Art Gallery
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1980 The British Council Collection, Serpentine Gallery, London
John Moores Liverpool Exhibition 12, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
Works on Paper and Sculpture, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1981 British Art 1940-1980, The Arts Council Collection, Hayward Gallery, London
Tolly Cobbold, Eastern Arts 3rd National Exhibition, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, touring to: Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich; Castle Museum, Norwich; Institute of Contemporary Art, London; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield
Works on Paper, Mandeer Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition, Redfern Gallery, London
1982 John Carter, Jon Groom, Keith Reeves, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
Small WorksI, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Polytechnic Art Gallery
1983 Summer Exhibition, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
Opening Show 2, Studio-Odd, Hiroshima
1984 The British Art Show, Old Allegiances and New Directions 1979-84, City of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery; Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh; Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield, Southampton Art Gallery
New Works on Paper, British Council Touring Exhibition to: Poland, Australia, New Zealand, Turkey, East Germany & Romania
Contemporary British Art, Warwick Arts Trust, London
Summer Exhibition, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1985 Contemporary Art Society Exhibition, Sutton Place, Surrey
Exhibition 2, Drawing, Exhibiting Space, London
Gallery Artists, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1986 Works on Paper - Abstraction, Anne Berthoud Gallery, London
Carter, Durrant, Whishaw, Wragg, University of Surrey, Guildford
Die Ecke, Le Coin, The Corner, Edition & Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg
Von Zwei Quadraten, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
Contemporary Art Society Exhibition, Christie's, London
Group Show, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1987 1000 Cubic Centimetres, Galerie Desluis, Leidschendam
Winter Exhibition, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
Seven Artists, University Art Gallery, Reading
Artists Daybook Exhibition, Smiths Galleries, London
Gallery Artists, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1988 Die Ecke, Le Coin, The Corner, Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Sion and Ingolstadt Stadtheater, Ingoldstadt
Group Show, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
Null-Dimension, Galerie New Space, Fulda
Britannica: 30 Ans de Sculpture, Musée André Malraux, Le Havre
The Presence of Painting, Aspects of British Abstraction 1957-88, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield; Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Gallery Artists, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1989 Britse Sculptuur 1960-1988, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
Britannica. Trente Ans de Sculpture, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Toulouse
The Day Book Pictures, Usher Gallery, Lincoln; Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
Null Dimension I, Kunst International, Hipp-Halle, Gmunden
Arte Constructive y Sistematico, Centro Cultural de la Villa, Madrid
Aestas II, Carré Estampes, Luxembourg
The Spuikom Models, Gallery Bellamy 19, Vlissingen
Cleveland UK International Drawing Biennale, Cleveland Gallery, Middlesbrough
Lieux et Situations, Carré Estampes, Luxembourg
Ten Years at Nicola Jacobs Gallery, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1990 Null Dimension II, Muzeum Architectury, Wroclaw
1000 cubic cm Geometrische Miniaturen, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
Between Dimensions, Curwen Gallery, London
Première Biennale Européene de l'Estampe Contemporaine, Galerie d'Art Municipal du Château Wirtgen, Luxembourg
John Carter, Masaji Kashlo, Tamotsu Shiihara, Makio Yamaguchi, Gallery Yamaguchi Warehouse, Osaka
John Carter, Luc Thiburs, Carré Estampes, Luxembourg
Aestas III, Carré Estampes, Luxembourg
Group Show, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
1000 cubic cm Geometrische Miniaturen, Galerie De Sluis, Amsterdam
Tendenz Konstruktiv, Zehn Bildhauer aus Sieben Europäischen Ländern, Bildhauergalerie Messer-Ladwig, Berlin
Print of the Month (October), Flowers East, London
Konkrete Multiples II, Galerie L'Idée, Zoetermeer
Universal Progression, Manege, Moscow
Homage to the Square II, Flaxman Gallery, London
1991 Winter Exhibition, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
Group Show, Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
Piccolo Formato, Arte Struktura, Milan
Group Exhibition, Knoedler Gallery, London
Aestas IV, Carré Estampes, Luxembourg
10th Cleveland International Drawing Biennale, Middlesbrough
Geometrisk Abstraktion X, Konstruktive Tendens, Stockholm
1992 Group Exhibition, Knoedler Gallery, London
Ytans Djup, Knostruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
10th Cleveland International Drawing Biennale, Turnpike Gallery, Leigh, South London Art Gallery
Aestas V, Carré Estampes, Luxembourg
Piccolo Formato 20 x 20, Galleria Lidjia Jametti, Bachenbulack & Associazione Culturale Rondottanta
A Double Exhibition, University Gallery, Reading
Editionen, Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg, Germany
Konkrete Kunst International, IDAC Foundation, Zoetermeer
Geometrisk Abstraktion XI, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
Imprints and Ka! Editions, Galerie Lydie Rekow, Crest
Semaine des Estampes, Artothèque, Valence
1993 Aspects Actuels de la Mouvance Construite Internationale, Musée des Beaux Arts, Verviers
Aesthas VI, Carré Estampes, Luxembourg
Multum in Parvo, Wingfield Arts, Eye, Suffolk
Skulptur und Architektur: Ein Diskurs, Lichtwiese, Technische Universität, Darmstadt
10th Contemporary Art Society Market, Smith's Galleries, London
1994 Aspecten van de Hedendaagse Constructieve Beweging, Koninklijk Museum, Antwerp
Forum Konkrete Kunst Erfurt, Musem der Künstler, Erfurt
Projekt 30 x 30 Konkrete Kunst International, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen
Celebration, Coode-Adams Associates, Benjamin Rhodes Gallery, London
Blicke ins Archiv, Nassauischer Kunstverein, Wiesbaden
Aestas VII, Carré Estampes, Luxembourg
Estampes Contemporaines, Presence de l'Art Contemporain, Angers
Singer & Friedlaender/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London; Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Interférences, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Mons
Blick über den Armelkanal, Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern
99 Idee per l'Arte - l'Arte Construisce l'Europa, Museo delle Collezioni, Bucharest
Aspects de la Mouvance Construite en Europe, Galerie Its-Art-Ist, La Hulpe, Belgium
Konkrete Kunst International, De Vrije Academie, Den Haag
1995 Kleine Bilder, Zeichnungen, Objekte, Plastiken, Accrochage, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn
Museum't Coopmanshus, Franeker
Collecting the Contemporary, University of Essex, Colchester
Quadrum, Carré Estampes, Luxembourg
Autour du Papier, Abbaye de Bouchemaine, Angers
Rückblick-Ausblick, Galerie Lattemann, Darmstadt
Ka! Editions, Eagle Gallery, London
Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art, London
1996 Costruttivismo, Concretismo, Cinevisualismo Internazionale, Sala del Carrobbio, Omegna
Jubiläum, Gudrun Spielvogel Galerie & Edition, Munich
Buck über den Armelkanal, Kunstmuseum, Thun
Petit Format de Papier, Musée du Petit Format, Couvain
British Abstract Art, Part 3: Works on Paper, Flowers East, London
Gruppenausstellung, Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
Open Door, Magyar Képzömüvészeti Föiskola, Budapest
L'Arte Costruisce l'Europa, Palazzo, Economo, Trieste
Zeichnen Konkret, Galerie St Johann, Saarbrucken
1997 Zeichnungen, Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
Zeichnen Konkret, Galerie Grewenig, Heidelberg
Mappenwerke, Galerie St Johann, Saarbrücken
Aestas X, Carré Estampes, Luxembourg
Concrete Kunst, Cultureel Centrum, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Point, Line, Plane, Francis Graham-Dixon Gallery, London
Von der Fläche in den Raum, Galerie im Hause Dacheröden, Erfurt
Galerien in Darmstadt, Ausstellungsgebäude Matildenhöhe, Darmstadt
Carré Estampes - 10 ans, Carré Estampes, Luxembourg
Wandbezogen, Galerie St Johann, Saarbrucken
Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art, London
1998 Music - Small is Beautiful, Flowers East, London
Absolut Secret, Royal College of Art, London
1999 Badur, Carter, Tyson, Galerie Avivson, Paris
L'Art Constructif à travers l'Europe Contemporaine, Château des Bouillants, Dammarie-les-Lys, Melun
Art Constructif en Europe 1950-1998, Museu de Arte Contemporânea do Cearâ, Fortaleza, Brazil
Pure Abstract Art 30 x 30/40 x 40, Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort
Triennial Sculpture Exhibition, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Singer & Friedlaender/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London and subsequent tour
Naju International Art Festival, Naju, Korea
Small is Beautiful, Flowers West, Los Angeles
Traits d'Union, Artothèque, Annecy
30 Jahre Galerie St Johann - 30 x 30 x 30 Malerie, Objekte, Zeichnungen, Galerie St Johann, Saarbrücken
Constructive Art in Europe at the threshold of the new millennium, Galerie Emilia Suciu, Ettlingen; and Hors Lieu, JMM, Strasbourg
2000 10ième Exposition International du Petit Format de Papier, Centre Culturel de Viroinval, Belgium
Singer & Friedlaender/Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries, London and subsequent tour
Open Drawing Exhibition: Cheltenham 2000, Cheltenham & Gloucester College of Higher Education, Cheltenham
Bilder Einer Austellung, Galerie Lattemann, Mühltal-Trautheim, Darmstadt
Mondiale Echo's, Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort
30 Jahre Galerie St Johann - Das entgrenzte Bild, VKB Galerie, 10 Gmundner Symposion, Gmunden
Cultural Ties, Jariwala/Westzone Gallery, London
RCA Secret, Gulbenkian Galleries, Royal College of Art, London
In Memoriam Max H Mahlmann, Edition & Galerie Hoffmann, Friedberg
2001 Cheltenham Drawing Exhibition, Ecole Contonale d'Art du Valais, Sièrre
Das entgrenzte Bild, Städtische Kunstsammlunngen, Schloss Salder, Salzgitter-Salder
Veränderung Neuerwerbungen der vergangenen 10 Jahre, Studio A, Museum Gegenstandfreier Kunst, Landkreis Cuxhaven
British Abstract Painting 2001, Flowers East, London
Kompakt, Konkret, Konstrukiv, Schloss Dringenberg, Paderborn
Das entgrenzte Bild, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung e.V. Bonn
R C A Secret, Gulbenkian Galleries, Royal College of Art, London
Poesie der Farbe, Galerie St Johann, Saarbrücken
2002 Bilder einer Ausstellung, Galeriew Lattemann, Mühltal-Trautheim, Darmstadt
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
11ième Exposition International du Petit Format de Papier, Centre Culturel de Viroinval, Viroinval, Belgium
Europa - Konkret - Reduktiv, Museum of Modern Art, Hünfeld
<>Festival de la Gravure, Maison de la Culture, Galerie Municipale, Diekirch, Luxembourg
Das entgrenzte Bild, Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
Miniatures, The Eagle Gallery, Emma Hill Fine Art, London
2003 Europa-Konkret-Reduktiv, Muzeum Architektury, Wroclaw
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Hommage to … the Square?, Galerie & Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg
Ausstellung: 10 - Zehn - X, Peterskirche, Forum Konkrete Kunst, Erfurt
Konstruktive Kunst aus England, Stadtbucherei, Niebüll
Europa Konkret, Altana Galerie, Technische Universität, Dresdent
Black and White, Benoot Gallery, Knokke-Zoute, Belgium
Multiple Grafik und Objekte, Galerie St Johann, Saarbrüen
2004 Mesures Art International, Musée Matisse, Le Cateau - Cambresis
Zuwächse, Graphicsche Sammlung, Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern
Trace Edition: Sale Exhibition, Hirschl Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
50 Quadrat, Galerie + Edition Konkret Martin Wörn, Sulzburg
Gruppenaustellung, Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
Tom Bendhem: Collector, a Contemporary Art Society Exhibition
Ben Uri Gallery, London
Gallery Artists, The Blue Gallery, London
2005 50 Quadrat, Orangerie des Musées, Sens
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Argumenta, Atlas Sztuki, Lodz
John Carter, Julia Farrer, Noel Forster - Recent Work, Emma Hill Fine Art, Eagle Gallery, London
Kleinformate von 52 Europäischen Kunstlern, Galerie Emilia Sucui, Ettlingen
Jahrsausstellung 2005/06 Multiple Objekte, Galerie St Johnann, Saarbrücken
Handdruck + Object, Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
Geometrisk Abstraktion XXIV 2005, Konstruktiv Tendens, Stockholm
2006 Picture This, charity exhibition for War Child, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower, London
To the Edge, Beardsmore Gallery, London
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Leben mit Kunst, Die Sammlung Kaldewey, Museum Haus Ludwig, Saarlouis
1985-2005 Jubiläums-Ausstellung Gundis und Heinz Friege, Galerie der Stadt, Remscheid
1985-2005 Jubiläums-Ausstellung Gundis und Heinz Friege, Galerie der Stadt, Remscheid
Ausstellung Forum Konkrete Kunst Erfurt, Mainzer Rathaus, Mainz
13ème Biennale Internationale, Petit Format de Papier, Centre Culturel Régional Action Sud, Nismes, Belgium
2007 Critic's Choice, William Packer, Lemon Street Gallery, Truro
Austellung Motiva, Austria Center, Vienna
ARTfutures, Contemporary Art Society, Bloomberg Space, London
Exemplifizieren wird Kunst, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, and Vasarely Museum, Budapest
The Discerning Eye, Dame Stephanie Shirley's selection, Mall Galleries, London
das kleine format - petit format - small format, Galerie Konkret Martin Wörn, Sulzburg/Breisgau, Germany
Towards a Rational Aesthetic: Constructive Art in Post-War Britain, Osborne Samuel, London
Frisch gestrichen - peinture fraiche, Jahresausstellung 2007, Galerie St Johann, Saarbrücken, Germany
Geometric Abstraction - a view, Benoot Gallery, Ostende, Belgium
hand & fuss und andere geheimnisse …, Galerie und Edition Hoffmann, Friedberg, Germany
2008 A Rational Aesthetic. The Systems Group and Associated Artists, Southampton City Art Gallery
… 'Same As It Ever Was' Painting at Chelsea, Chelsea Futurespace, London
ARTfutures, Contemporary Art Society Exhibition, Bloomberg Space, London
L'Arte Costruisce l'Europa, Gallerie Civica Battista Bosio, Città di Desenzano del Garda, Italy
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Exemplifizieren wird Kunst, Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus, Koblenz
John Carter, Julia Farrer, Albert Irvin, Peter Sedgley, Marc Vaux, Friends of Jules de Goede, Broadbent, London
50 - 60, Colchester Institute School of Art and Design, The Minories, Colchester
Geometric Figures - oder die Auflösung der Geometrie, Artmark Galerie, Vienna
Das Helle und das Dunkle in der Konkreten Kunst, Forum Konkrete Kunst, Peterskirche, Erfurt, Germany
das kleine format - petit format - small format, Institut für konstruktive kunst und konkrete poesie, Kunsthaus Rehau, Rehau, Germany

Awards
1963-64 Leverhulme Travelling Scholarship to Italy
1966-67 Peter Stuyvesant Foundation Travel Bursary to USA
1977 Arts Council of Great Britain Award
1979 Arts Council of Great Britain Purchase Award
1981 Tolly Cobbold - Eastern Arts 3rd National Exhibition, Prizewinner

Collections
Arts Council of Great Britain
Accenture, London
Astra Zeneca International
BAA Art Collection
Berge y Compania, Madrid
British Council
Chemical Bank, New York
Chase Manhattan Bank
Colchester Institute
Contemporary Art Society
Conoco Ltd
Council for National Academic Awards
John Creasey Collection, Salisbury
The Deloitte Art Collection
Donation Eva-Maria Fruhtrunk, Musée de Cambrai
Dresdner Bank
D W S Bank, Frankfurt
Ernst and Young
Kultusministerium, Rheinland-Pfalz
Leicestershire Education Authority
Mondriaanhuis, Amersfoort
Musée des Beaux Art, Mons
Musée du Petit Format, Couvain
Museum der Künstler, Erfurt
Museum Modern Art, Hünfeld
Museum Moderner Kunst, Landkreis Cuxhaven
Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch
Oldham Art Gallery
Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern
Peter Stuyvesant Foundation
Prior's Court School, Thatcham, Berkshire
Satoru Sato Art Museum, Tome, Japan
Stadtbucherei - Graphothek, Remscheid
Die Sammlung Peter C Ruppert, Museum im Kulturspeicher, Wüzburg
Southampton City Art Gallery
Technische Universität, Darmstadt
University of Reading
Veszprén Gallery of Modern Painting, László Vass Collection, Veszprén


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