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John
Carter's drawing work is one aspect of a long and varied career
in the visual arts. As in all his work his drawings are a means
of allowing his psyche to play and inviting its forms to emerge
with spontaneity and candor. His in-depth essay on the creative
process behind these images can be accessed by following the author's
links to Issue #10 where five additional drawings are reproduced.
John Carter received his BA and MA
from UCLA in 1964 and 1966. During the period from 1968 to 1984
he taught in New York City at Cooper Union and at the School of
Visual Arts and since 1984 he has taught typography and graphic
design at California State University, Fullerton, where he is the
head of the Graphic Design Program. His original and highly unorthodox
type face, Maya, may be found on the web at precisiontype.com. Carter
worked for Charles Eames as a graphic designer and also worked in
the studios of UCLA's University Extension and at Robert Miles Runyon
and Associates. He has had design work published and shown in journals
and award annuals and exhibitions including the New York Art Directors
Club Annual, Graphis, Graphis Annual, CA Annual, and the Los Angeles
Art Directors Club Annual.
In addition to his design work he has created
fine art works in diverse mediums including drawing, painting, photo-screen
and photo-lithographic printmaking and video art (tapes and interactive
video environments).
This work has been shown in one-person exhibitions
including the New Jersey State Museum; the Minneapolis Institute;
the University of Michigan Museum of Art; the Everson Museum, Syracuse,
New York; the Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University and the
Anthology Film Archives, New York. Group exhibitions have included
the Museum of Contemporary Crafts, New York; the International Museum
of Photography at Eastman House, Rochester; and the Whitney Museum
of American Art, New York.
His work is in thirty-one public collections,
including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the International
Museum of Photography at Eastman House, Rochester; the National
Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Philadelphia Museum
of Art. He has received grants from The National Endowment for the
Arts; The New York State Council on the Arts, twice; The New Jersey
State Council on the Arts, twice, and a Fulbright Fellowship to
the Royal College of Art, London.
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