{"title":"Alexandra Carr","description":"\u003cp\u003eCarr is an international, experimental artist making work in response to natural processes and phenomena, such as magnetism, light, growth and ice structures.  The works produced are experimental in nature and include drawing, sculpture, kinetic works, photography, video and new media. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarr has exhibited work at the Fondation Cartier in Paris, in collaboration with Jean-Paul Gaultier, been commissioned work by seminal musicians Radiohead, and was shortlisted for the Arts@CERN COLLIDE International Award 2016 and longlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2017, 2019 and 2020. Carr is a member of The Royal Society of Sculptors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarr frequently exhibits and works internationally including the Verket Museum, Sweden and project spaces in Iceland, spending six months at the artists’ collective HEIMA, in Seyðisfjörður, Iceland, as an artist in residence and mentor. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCarr was awarded a Leverhulme funded residency in Durham 2017 entitled ‘Sculpting with Light’, investigating medieval and modern cosmology in collaboration with physicists, historians and cosmologists. She has presented papers at Oxford and Durham Universities and MIT, and has taken part in panel discussions at Sotheby’s and the Science Gallery Dublin.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2019 Carr was AiR at Durham University, in 2020 she was a fellow at The Institute of Advanced Studies and in 2021 she completed Solaris Nexum at TU Dublin. In 2023 she established Torus Torus Studios, a joint practice with Colin Rennie which specialises in ambitious, large-scale works. In 2024 they unveiled Only Breath, a major kinetic artwork commissioned by Science Museum, London, as the centrepiece for the Energy Revolution Gallery. Only Breath has received international acclaim, winning Torus Torus Studios ‘2024 North East Visual Artists of the Year’ at the North East Culture Awards, Coda Awards top 100, placing 5th globally in the public vote, and being nominated for the 2025 PSSA Marsh Award for Excellence in Public Sculpture.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"a-bright-blackening","title":"A Bright Blackening","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Bright Blackening forms part of Carr’s developing body of work, centred on the moment destruction becomes transformation. The sculpture continues her enquiry into rupture, darkness and alchemical change, where opposing states are held in tension rather than resolved.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing a studio fire that destroyed 25 years of artwork, alongside profound personal shifts, Carr’s practice has increasingly turned towards the generative potential of destruction.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: small;\"\u003eInhabiting a space between attraction and unease, the work asks what might emerge when destruction is understood not as an ending, but as part of an ongoing process of becoming.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alexandra Carr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58139371405694,"sku":null,"price":7500.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/6545\/8814\/files\/ABrightBlackening1_AlexandraCarr_2026_glass_wood_24ctgold_1.jpg?v=1791214712"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/6545\/8814\/collections\/IMG_6624_f30707f2-1222-463c-bbe9-92d28be6d278.jpg?v=1790850905","url":"https:\/\/hyphacurates.com\/collections\/alexandra-carr.oembed","provider":"Hypha Curates","version":"1.0","type":"link"}