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
$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
$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
$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
$1,850,000
H 90 in W 24 in D 34 in
Tête de cariatide by Amedeo Modigliani
By Amedeo Modigliani
Located in New Orleans, LA
Amedeo Modigliani 1884-1920 Italian Tête de cariatide Head of Caryatid Signed “Modigliani” and numbered “1/8” (near base) Bronze The figural works of the iconic modernist Amedeo ...
Bronze
Turkish Horse
By Antoine-Louis Barye
Located in PARIS, FR
Turkish Horse by Antoine-Louis Barye (1796-1875) "Cheval turc, antérieur gauche levé, terrasse carrée" Bronze sculpture with a nuanced dark brown patina Signed " Barye " on the base...
Bronze
$4,425
H 13.39 in W 12.21 in D 12.6 in
Amancio 64 Man Fish Ladron de perlas III" original bronze iron sculpture
By Amancio González Andrés
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Sculpture by the Spanish artist AMANCIO GONZALEZ bronze. Series limited to 25 copies Fantastic piece of art representing Spanish sculpture Very popular artist in Europe and Latin Ame...
Bronze, Iron
Panther sniffing
By Georges Lucien Guyot
Located in PARIS, FR
Panther sniffing by Georges GUYOT (1885-1972) Rare sculpture in bronze with a nuanced dark brown patina Signed on the base " Guyot " Cast by " Susse Frères Editeurs Paris " (with the foundry mark) France circa 1935 height 33,5 cm length 49 cm depth 12 cm Biography : Georges Lucien Guyot (1885-1973) known as Georges Guyot was a French animal artist. From an early age, he showed artistic abilities, but the modest conditions of his parents did not allow him to study art. He was doing his apprenticeship with a woodcarver. Guyot then excelled at copying works of the fifteenth, sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, but soon he showed a special attraction for nature. This attraction led him to the Jardin des Plantes in Paris where he could study wild animals and translated his observations into sculpture and painting. As a famous figure of Montmartre, he was the host of the Bateau-Lavoir from the time of Cubism. In 1931, Georges Guyot joined the group of "The Twelve", created by François Pompon and Jane Poupelet, gathering sculptors like Marcel Lémar, Paul Jouve, André Margat, Jean-Claude de Saint-Marceaux, Georges Hilbert, or even the painter Adrienne Jouclard...
Bronze
$5,500
H 27.17 in W 25.6 in D 12.21 in
Amancio Icaro I original bronze iron sculpture
By Amancio González Andrés
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Sculpture by the Spanish artist AMANCIO GONZALEZ bronze. Series limited to 7 copies+ II PA Fantastic piece of art representing Spanish sculpture Very popular artist in Europe and Lat...
Bronze, Iron
$15,125
H 22.45 in W 24.02 in D 2.76 in
Garibaldi Riding a Horse - Bronze Sculpture by Carlo Rivalta
By Carlo Rivalta
Located in Roma, IT
Garibaldi Riding A Horse is an original bronze sculpture realized by Carlo Rivalta. Signed by the artist. Beautiful and important sculpture representing the most famous Italian Hero...
Bronze
$1,512
H 11.82 in W 3.94 in D 1.97 in
Luminous Step: Contemporary Wood and Bronze Figurative Sculpture
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"My work explores subtle contrasts in everyday life: the strength that resides in vulnerability and the intense presence of silence. I am fascinated by energies that often go unnotic...
Bronze
Summer
By Albert-Ernest Carrier-Belleuse
Located in PARIS, FR
"Summer" by Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (1824-1887) A bronze group with nuanced dark brown patina signed on the base " Carrier-Belleuse " France circa 1870 height 69 cm width ...
Bronze
Lovers Bronze Sculpture Signed Illegibly edition 2/10
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Lovers Figurative Bronze Sculpture Signed Illegibly edition 2/10 Large bronze sculpture signd illegible possible in Hebrew.
Bronze
Arlen Reclining
Located in London, GB
Bronze Numbered 4/10 21cm × 26cm × 57cm Ian Rank-Broadley is one of the foremost sculptors working today. His effigy of the late Queen Elizabeth II appears on all UK and Commonwealt...
Bronze
$3,630
H 14.18 in W 5.91 in D 3.94 in
Long Distance Runner III by Yann Guillon - male athlete, bronze sculpture
By Yann Guillon
Located in Paris, FR
Long Distance Runner III is a sculpture by French artist Yann Guillon. Yann Guillon’s tireless study of the human figure is often reflected in his exploration of specific themes. Th...
Bronze
Amlash Parallel World - Sculpture, Bronze
By Pantea Mahrou
Located in London, GB
This sculpture explores the coexistence of parallel worlds, connected through subtle points of energy and meaning. Across its surface appear codes, numbers, and symbolic signs rooted...
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