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
$17,539
H 38.19 in W 3.15 in D 3.55 in
Bronze Sculpture 'Bolas IV' by Carola Eggeling, Bronze Patina
By Carola Eggeling
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze Sculpture 'Bolas IV' by Carola Eggeling Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines. German bronze sculpture Bronze Patina Certific...
Bronze
$15,500
H 28 in W 7 in D 7 in
David Hostetler, Gold, Deco, Full Figure, Polished Bronze, Dancing, Female
By David Hostetler
Located in Nantucket, MA
David Hostetler's iconic female form. The polished bronze surface is sealed with Glasurit- a car finish, so it never needs to be polished. It is edition number 2/12. He has a dramat...
Bronze
$4,600
H 13.39 in W 19.69 in D 13 in
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Irakli Tsuladze - Universe
By Irakli Tsuladze
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze, glass & corian Irakli Tsuladze is a Georgian sculptor born in 1973 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. His sculptures present a peculiar unity of substance and emotion...
Marble, Bronze
Speaking
By Fritz Bultman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fritz Bultman set himself apart from other Abstract Expressionists with his meticulously organized abstract compositions, use of sculpture, and the adoption of collage as a core prac...
Bronze
Untitled (#16)
By Fritz Bultman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fritz Bultman set himself apart from other Abstract Expressionists with his meticulously organized abstract compositions, use of sculpture, and the adoption of collage as a core prac...
Bronze
Untitled (#15)
By Fritz Bultman
Located in New Orleans, LA
Fritz Bultman set himself apart from other Abstract Expressionists with his meticulously organized abstract compositions, use of sculpture, and the adoption of collage as a core prac...
Bronze
$70,000
H 78 in W 20 in D 20 in
Woman, Black, Abstract, Twist, Dance, Gown, Art Deco, Garden, By Commission
By David Hostetler
Located in Nantucket, MA
Summertime Lady can be commissioned. You can have it with the black finish or painted Ferrari Red. I've cast it in a pale green patina for a pool in Bermuda. Outstanding focal point ...
Bronze
$19,946
H 16.54 in W 9.85 in D 17.33 in
Bronze Black Sculpture 'O.T. II' by Carola Eggeling, Patinated Bronze
By Carola Eggeling
Located in Paris, FR
Bronze Black Sculpture 'O.T. II' by Carola Eggeling Abstract sculpture with beautiful curved lines. German bronze black sculpture Numbered and signed artwork Limited edition of 9 Me...
Bronze
PAIR OF JANUS SCULPTURES
Located in Paris, FR
Janus. Pair of bronze sculptures. Edition by Artcurial. Numbered 27/250 and 28/250. He was born Henri Étienne-Martin 4 February 1913 in Loriol, Drôme, France. He attended the Ecole des Beaux Arts de Lyon from 1929 to 1933, where he met Marcel Michaud. Martin moved to Paris in 1934, working at the studio of Charles Malfray at the Académie Ranson where he came into contact with such painters as Roger Bissière, Jean Le Moal, Jean Bertholle, Alfred Manessier, Zelman, Véra Pagava...
Bronze
$16,500
H 28 in W 14 in D 7 in
David Hostetler, Bather, Gold, Shiny, Torso, Bikini, Female, Polished Bronze
By David Hostetler
Located in Nantucket, MA
David Hostetler carved the wood original for this bronze casting in 1960. He used an exotic wood board he obtained at the Brooklyn Naval Yard. You only notice the narrowness of the o...
Bronze
$4,000
H 33.86 in W 12.6 in D 9.45 in
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Irakli Tsuladze - Cherry
By Irakli Tsuladze
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze & Corian Irakli Tsuladze is a Georgian sculptor born in 1973 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. His sculptures present a peculiar unity o...
Bronze
$4,600
H 22.84 in W 13.78 in D 7.09 in
Georgian Contemporary Sculpture by Irakli Tsuladze - In Clouds
By Irakli Tsuladze
Located in Paris, IDF
Bronze & marble Irakli Tsuladze is a Georgian sculptor born in 1973 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. His sculptures present a peculiar unity of substance and emotions, where...
Marble, 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