Carrie Reichardt

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Carrie Reichardt
Carrie Reichardt in her Studio Carrie Reichardt, at her Chiswick studio,he Treatment Rooms.jpg
Carrie Reichardt in her Studio
Born
London, England
NationalityEnglish
Education
Movement Craftivism
Children3
Website carriereichardt.com

Carrie Reichardt is a British artist known for her provocative protest art and collaborative large-scale pieces around systemic injustice and social activism.

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A striking example of her bold mosaic style, The Treatment Rooms is also Reichardt's home base and studio. [1]

A member of the Craftivism movement, Reichardt uses murals, ceramics, screen-printing and graphic design in her work. She is an advocate of the movement and curated one of the few exclusively Craftivist exhibitions in the UK. [2]

Biography

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Bees by Carrie Reichardt.

Reichardt trained at Kingston University and received a degree in Fine Art from Leeds Metropolitan University. In 2009 she was invited to become Artist in Residence at Camberwell Art College as part of the Artists Access to Art Colleges programme. [4]

She followed this by a period as Artist in Residence at the Single Homeless Project. She has exhibited at the Whitecross Street Party in Islington as part of her ongoing collaboration with the SHP. [5]

Carrie Reichardt has spoken on the use of craft and art as protest, most recently for National Museums Liverpool’s International Women’s Day lectures in March 2012. [6] She has also represented the UK as part of a group of international artists invited to mosaic the Argentinian Government building in Buenos Aires.

Notable work

Reichardt is best known for her anarchic crockery, where vintage floral, kitsch, royal and religious crockery is given a new twist by re-firing with layers of new ceramic decals. They are modified in a "radical use of traditional things", along with skulls, cheeky slogans and political statements.

Carrie Reichardt’s work has featured in the press including, The Observer, The Guardian, The Evening Standard, Tile and Stone and in several books including; ‘1000 Ideas for Creative Reuse,’ Garth Johnson, ‘Mural Art No 2’, Kirikos Iosifidis and ‘The Idler 42 - Smash the System’ – Tom Hodgkinson.

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References

  1. The Treatment Rooms
  2. Renegade Potters and Extreme Craft
  3. "Carrie Reichardt – Bees". Human Nature. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  4. "Artist in Residence, Camberwell". Archived from the original on 5 January 2009. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
  5. Whitecross Street Party
  6. International Women's day Lectures
  7. Illuminated Parade, Blackpool Archived October 10, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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