Beth Carter is a Contemporary artist whose work — which includes sculpture and charcoal drawings — draws from the deep well of mythology. Her winged harpies and minotaurs are updated for the purposes of creating modern allegories so that her efforts to explore the human condition often yield thoughtful marriages of past and present worlds. Carter tells stories primarily through two mediums — her figurative sculptures are typically cast in bronze and she also creates painstakingly detailed works on paper, too.
Carter began pursuing art relatively early in life. She studied at Bath College and earned her BA in Fine Art from the University of Sunderland in 1995. Carter additionally studied at the Cyprus College of Art and the National Academy of Art in Sofia, Bulgaria. Her first exhibition was the 1995 Northern Graduate Show 95' at the Royal College of Art, London, where she won the top prize. Her continuing artistic studies have taken her to India, Gambia, Mexico, Kenya, New Zealand, Tanzania and Sri Lanka.
Today, Carter is based in Bristol and exhibits throughout the United Kingdom. She is represented by galleries in the UK, America and Belgium, and her drawings and sculptures are held in private collections worldwide and in the permanent collections of the Muskegon Museum of Art and the Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins.
Carter regularly collaborates with other female artists as well. In 2020, six of her sculptures were showcased alongside works by painter Helen Flockhart at Flockhart's "Beasts" exhibition at the Arusha Gallery in Edinburgh. In 2022, Carter and artist Olivia Kemp, known for her large-scale ink drawings, exhibited together at James Freeman Gallery in London.
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Giant Standing Minotaur II
By Beth Carter
Located in Boston, MA
Carter’s work often morphs the human figure with animal, creating mythological creatures and extraordinary fictional compositions. Her work explores themes of duality, transformation...
Bronze
Sitting Minotaur II
By Beth Carter
Located in Boston, MA
Beth Carter is a visual artist based in Bristol, UK and an Academician at the Royal West of England Academy, UK. Her bronze sculptures and charcoal drawings often integrate the human...
Bronze
$7,000
Starman
By Beth Carter
Located in Boston, MA
Beth Carter is a visual artist based in Bristol, UK and an Academician at the Royal West of England Academy, UK. Her bronze sculptures and charcoal drawings often integrate the human...
Bronze
$9,750
Harlequin
By Beth Carter
Located in Boston, MA
Beth Carter is a visual artist based in Bristol, UK and an Academician at the Royal West of England Academy, UK. Her bronze sculptures and charcoal drawings often integrate the human...
Bronze
$4,500
Tristan
By Beth Carter
Located in Boston, MA
Beth Carter is a visual artist based in Bristol, UK and an Academician at the Royal West of England Academy, UK. Her bronze sculptures and charcoal drawings often integrate the human...
Bronze
$49,245
H 23.63 in W 35.44 in D 21.26 in
Maria, 90 cm, bronze sculpture, signed, limited edition of 8
By Antoniucci Volti
Located in Villafranca Di Verona, IT
Numbered and limited to 8 copies Artwork signed Authenticity: Sold with certificate of Authenticity Invoice from the gallery Sculpture: bronze, metal, bronze patina Display: The s...
Metal, Bronze
$60,000
H 41 in W 11 in D 11 in
The Age of Bronze After Rodin, Rockefeller Collection Bronze, 36/150, 1979
By (after) Auguste Rodin
Located in Palm Beach, FL
The Age of Bronze after Auguste Rodin is a 1979 bronze produced by Renaissance Bronze Company of New York for the Nelson A. Rockefeller Collection, numbered 36 from a limited edition...
Bronze
$2,350
H 12 in Dm 4 in
David Hostetler Bronze Sculpture Figurative Green Full FigureSmall By Commission
By David Hostetler
Located in Nantucket, MA
The Classic Lady bronze was cast from a wood carving. She is David's most petite sculpture. Movement and grace with the twist at the waist and tilt of the head. She can add beauty to...
Bronze
$12,000
H 19.75 in W 9.25 in D 13 in
Spinario (Boy with Thorn), Benedetto Boschetti Rome, Grand Tour Bronze
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Spinario (Boy with Thorn) by Benedetto Boschetti, Rome, is a signed mid-19th-century Italian Grand Tour bronze sculpture after the celebrated ancient bronze preserved in the Capitoli...
Bronze
$1,199
H 14.5 in W 9 in D 4 in
Amazing Original Fahri Aldin Bronze Sculpture. Limited Edition Stunning New Work
By Fahri Aldin
Located in Belleville, CA
An Amazing New Piece at an Incredible Price by renowned Canadian Artist Fahri Aldin. This Stunning Beauty titled 'The Stallion' is Limited Edition 2 out of 27. From his latest series...
Bronze
$1,199
H 15.5 in W 5 in D 5 in
Amazing Original Fahri Aldin Bronze Sculpture. Limited Edition Stunning New Work
By Fahri Aldin
Located in Belleville, CA
An Amazing New Piece at an Incredible Price by renowned Canadian Artist Fahri Aldin. This Stunning Beauty titled 'The Proud Stallion' is Limited Edition 3 out of 27. From his latest ...
Bronze
$760Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.25 in W 2 in D 2 in
Osiris Bronze Statuette, French School 1900, Egyptomania Grand Tour Desktop
By French Belle Epoque
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Osiris, French School, Circa 1900 Patinated Bronze Statuette 12.25 in. (31 cm) High A striking and highly decorative bronze depiction of Osiris, the ancient Egyptian god of resurrec...
Bronze
$5,500
H 20.5 in W 13 in D 12 in
Neapolitan Fisherman Fonderia Giorgio Sommer Grand Tour Large Bronze Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
19th-Century Grand Tour Bronze — Neapolitan Fisherman After the Antique Fonderia Giorgio Sommer, Naples, Italy This exceptional 19th-century Grand Tour bronze of the Neapolitan Fish...
Bronze
$8,400Sale Price|20% Off
H 21 in W 7.5 in D 20 in
Herculaneum Runner, Fonderia Chiurazzi Naples, Grand Tour Bronze
By Fonderia Chiurazzi
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Herculaneum Runner by Fonderia Chiurazzi of Naples is a 20th-century Italian Grand Tour bronze sculpture after one of the celebrated ancient bronze runners discovered at the Villa de...
Bronze
$15,000
H 27 in W 6 in D 6 in
David Hostetler Female Bronze Sculpture Figurative Art Deco Brown
By David Hostetler
Located in Nantucket, MA
David Hostetler cast this bronze from an original wood carving, as most of his bronzes originate. This sculpture was the original model for unique ver...
Bronze
$7,850
H 22 in W 10 in D 10 in
Arrotino (Knife Sharpener), Fonderia Chiurazzi, Grand Tour Bronze Sculpture
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Arrotino (Knife Sharpener) by Fonderia Artistica Chiurazzi, Naples, is a 19th-century Italian Grand Tour bronze sculpture after the celebrated antique in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence...
Bronze
$1,160Sale Price|20% Off
H 7 in W 2.75 in D 2.75 in
Grand Tour Bronze Venus Adjusting Her Sandal Late 19th Century Signed
By Giorgio Sommer
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Venus Removing Her Sandals Fonderia Giorgio Sommer, Napoli Late 19th Century Patinated Bronze 7 inches high A charming and highly collectible bronze reduction depicting Venus Removin...
Bronze
$1,480Sale Price|20% Off
H 14.25 in W 5 in D 5 in
Peplophoros Bronze Sculpture of Dancer, Italian, Circa Early 20th Century
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Elegant, enigmatic, and deeply rooted in the classical tradition, this finely cast Italian bronze portrays a Peplophoros—a draped female figure inspired by the celebrated archaic Gre...
Bronze
Female Figure-Bronze Sculpture Ed. 1/6
By Hermann Rastorfer
Located in Zug, CH
Hermann Rastorfer was a draftsman, painter, sculptor, illustrator, ceramist, designer, poster artist, developer of advertising concepts and communication campaigns, inventor, and architect. He began as a typesetter in Salzburg. In the mid-1950s, he moved to Germany, where he soon founded his own studio for graphic design and advertising. His goal was always to give each product a distinctive, highly recognizable appearance. He designed his own design line for the German pharmaceutical company Boehringer Ingelheim, artistic cover images for numerous paperbacks from renowned publishers, and packaging for well-known products such as Ferrero Küsschen, Mon Chéri, Martell cognac...
Bronze
$38,709
H 21.66 in W 13 in D 17.33 in
Bronze Sculpture 'PELA' by Carola Eggeling, Bronze Polished
By Carola Eggeling
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze Sculpture 'PELA' by Carola Eggeling Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines. German bronze sculpture Bronze Polished Certificate of authenticity Numbered and signed a...
Bronze
Fawn
By Beth Carter
Located in Boston, MA
Carter’s work often morphs the human figure with animal, creating mythological creatures and extraordinary fictional compositions. Her work explores themes of duality, transformation...
Bronze
Crowmask II
By Beth Carter
Located in Boston, MA
Carter’s work often morphs the human figure with animal, creating mythological creatures and extraordinary fictional compositions. Her work explores themes of duality, transformation...
Bronze
Minotaur Reading
By Beth Carter
Located in Boston, MA
Carter’s work often morphs the human figure with animal, creating mythological creatures and extraordinary fictional compositions. Her work explores themes of duality, transformation...
Resin
Carnival Figure
By Beth Carter
Located in New Orleans, LA
edition 2 of 15 BETH CARTER is a visual artist based in Bristol, UK. Her sculpture and drawings often morph the human figure with animal creating mythological creatures and extraord...
Bronze