Alexandra Carter (b. 1985, Boston, MA) is a San Diego-based artist whose work explores themes of fertility, maternity, and transformation, often drawing on her upbringing on a cranberry farm in Massachusetts. She holds an MFA from Goldsmiths University of London (2015) and a BA from Rhodes College (2009). Her recent solo exhibitions include Luna Anaïs Gallery and the Middle Room (Los Angeles), the University of Minnesota (St. Paul), and Oolong Gallery (San Diego). Carter has also exhibited internationally, with solo shows at Fusion Gallery (Turin, Italy) and Projecto’ace Foundation (Buenos Aires). She has participated in numerous residencies, including the Kone Foundation’s Saari Residence (Finland), KulturKontakt Austria (Vienna), Rogers Art Loft (Las Vegas), Qwatz (Rome), Vice~Versa Foundation (Goa, India), and Graniti Murales (Sicily).


Links to recent artist talks & podcast interviews:


“The Explosive Female Body: Artist Alexandra Carter’s Muse in Birth and Beyond” Interview by Kaitlin Solimine for Postpartum Production Podcast 8 May 2024


Alexandra Carter and Christiana Updegraff Artist Talk for their exhibition "Tether," moderated by Alessandra Moctezuma, Oolong Gallery Podcast 2 May 2023


Artist Spotlight: Alexandra Carter Interviewed by Rachel Larraine on the Holistic Interior Design Business Podcast 27 April 2023


"Cranberry, Fertility, and the Performative Body in Painting" Artist Lecture, Rogers Studio Gallery, Las Vegas


From the Cranberry Farm to the Art Studio, our talk with Alexandra Carter Journey of an Aesthete Podcast 6 April 2022. 


Flora and Female: Alexandra Carter and Tiffanie Turner Virtual Artist Talk, Lamont Gallery at Phillips Exeter Academy 17 March 2021


Artist Lecture for “A Sense of Heat in Her Brain” October 2020