Jodie Carey
Jodie Carey's practice explores the universal human urge to make an impression on our surroundings. Through site-responsive sculptural installations, Carey's practice adopts culturally universal, age-old artistic methods of creation, often evoking ritualistic or primitive traditions. Through revisiting these techniques, her oeuvre emphasises the relationship between object making and commemoration, whilst also looking to the physical world as a repository of material memory, silently registering the passage of time.
Jodie Carey (b. 1981) studied at Goldsmiths College, completing an MA in Sculpture at The Royal College of Art in 2007. Recent solo exhibitions include Guard, Edel Assanti, London, UK (2024); Beyond the Matrix, 100 Bishopsgate, London, UK (2024); Common Thread, New Art Centre, Salisbury, UK (2020); Sea, The Foundling Museum, London, UK (2018); Stand, St Cyprian's Clarence Gate, London, UK (2018); Dark Night by Daylight, Hå Gamle Prestegård, Nærbø, Norway (2014); Shroud, The Veterinary Anatomical Theatre, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany (2013); Solomon's Knot, The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK (2012) and Somewhere, Nowhere, Pump House Gallery, London, UK (2011). Group exhibitions include Earthen, The Artist’s Garden, London, UK (2024); Mother Art Prize, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK (2023); Sweep - Landskip, Kinokino, Sandnes, Norway (2018); The London Open, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK (2015); Women to Watch 2015, UK Friends of the National Museum of Women in the Arts, London, UK (2015) and Freud and Eros: Love, Lust and Longing, Freud Museum, London, UK (2014). Jodie Carey lives and works in Battle, East Sussex, UK.
'The use of textile in the work of Jodie Carey' by Jodie Carey, 2016
'Dark Night by Daylight' by Claire Shea, 2014
'Jodie Carey: Immemorial' by Manuel Wischnewski, 2013
'Solomon's Knot' by Deborah Robinson, 2012
'Materials, Meanings and Monuments' by Elizabeth Nielson, 2009
'In The Eyes Of Others' by Gilda Williams, 2009
'Still, Life: The Work Of Jodie Carey' By Gilda Williams, 2008
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Guard, 2024
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Cord, 2019
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Untitled, 2019
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Untitled, 2019
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Earthcast (VI), 2016
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Untitled, 2015
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Untitled (landscape), 2014
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Untitled (Slabs), installation view, The New Art Gallery Walsall, UK, 2012
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Found, 2018
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Stand, installation view, Edel Assanti, London, UK, 2017
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Untitled, 2015
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Shroud at the Anatomical Theatre, Humboldt University, Berlin, 2013
In Home Fires 08, Jodie Carey discusses her most recent series, 'Sun Discs', 2020.
Jodie Carey discusses her work Cord, presented at Frieze Sculpture 2019 with Yorkshire Sculpture Park curator Clare Lilley; as well as actor Russell Tovey.
Jodie Carey discusses her three site-responsive installations at the Foundling Museum with Caro Howell, 2018.
Jodie Carey in conversation with Berlin Art Link on the occasion of her exhibition, 'Shroud' at the Anatomical Theater, Berlin, 2017.
Jodie Carey in conversation with Studio International on the occasion of her exhibition 'Earthcasts' at Edel Assanti, 2017.
Video walkthrough of the exhibition 'Jodie Carey: Solomon's Knot' at New Art Gallery, Walsall, 2013.
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Jodie Carey: Guard
30 May - 23 August 2024Opening reception | Thursday 30 May, 6-8pm Exhibition talk | Friday 31 May, 12-1pm We infill plants with meaning for many reasons; they remind us of people we've loved or...Read more -
Jodie Carey
5 July - 16 August 2019Private View | Thursday 4 July 6-8pm Over the past decade, Jodie Carey has explored the universal human urge to make an impression on our surroundings. Through site-responsive...Read more -
Jodie Carey: Stand at St Cyprian's Clarence Gate
2 - 5 October 2018Opening Reception | Wednesday 3 October, 5-8pm Edel Assanti is pleased to present Stand, a site-specific work by Jodie Carey reconfigured for a four-day exhibition over the course of Frieze...Read more -
Jodie Carey: Earthcasts
23 June - 11 August 2017Private View | Thursday 22 June, 6-8pm Fifty vertical earthcast sculptures populate the gallery, at once industrial and abstract whilst also organic and evocative. As with much of Carey’s recent...Read more -
Jodie Carey
17 March - 22 April 2015Edel Assanti is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Jodie Carey. The exhibition explores ancient yet timeless traditions of commemoration, drawing inspiration from disparate cultural sources from...Read more -
Jodie Carey: Slabs
10 April - 11 May 2013Private view | Wednesday 10th April, 7-9pm Edel Assanti is pleased to present Jodie Carey's monumental work Untitled (Slabs). Originally commissioned by and exhibited as part of her solo exhibition...Read more
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Jodie Carey in Sculpture Magazine
'Jodie Carey' by Beth Williamson 30 July 202430 July 2024 Jodie Carey has a longstanding relationship with Edel Assanti and knows the gallery space well. She has talked in the past...Read more -
Jodie Carey in The Evening Standard
'The best exhibitions this week in London, from Shanti Panchal to Jodie Carey (May 30 to June 6)' by Elizabeth Gregory 31 May 202431 May 2024 We pick the best art shows to enjoy this week. With access to hundreds of museums and galleries a tube ride away,...Read more -
Jodie Carey in The Art Newspaper
'London Gallery Weekend 2024: our critics pick their top shows' by Ben Luke and Louisa Buck 29 May 202429 May 2024 As 130 galleries take part in this year's fourth edition of the event, Ben Luke and Louisa Buck roundup some of their...Read more -
Jodie Carey in the Financial Times
'London Gallery Weekend flies the flag for art in the capital' by Melanie Gerlis 28 May 202428 May 2024 With 128 events and collaborations between rivals, the showcase promises to bring the city together. Mayfair’s Cork Street is bedecked with banners...Read more -
Jodie Carey in The Wick
'Viewing: Jodie Carey upends sculptural traditions at Bishopsgate' 15 March 2024British artist Jodie Carey’s towering, highly textured sculptures are transforming the glass atrium of 100 Bishopsgate as part of Brookfield Properties’ Beyond the Matrix exhibition...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Country & Town House
'25+ Fun Things To Do In London This Weekend: 16–17 March 2024' by Olivia Emily 14 March 202414 March 2024 Happy weekend! How will you be spending it? Whether you’re in the mood for secret bars or exclusive pizzas, immersive exhibitions or...Read more -
Jodie Carey and Sheida Soleimani in The Evening Standard
'The best free exhibitions in London – get your culture fix and keep your money for coffee' by Elizabeth Gregory and Nancy Durrant 14 March 202414 March 2024 Want to have a fun day out but also save those pennies? These free London art exhibitions are perfect. New year, new...Read more -
Jodie Carey in The Guardian
'Pelvic thrusts and paintings of breast pumps: the mothers making game-changing art' by Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett 25 April 202325 April 2023 This year’s Mother art prize pays tribute to the joy, fury and hilarity of having kids – even the opening night was...Read more -
Jodie Carey in FAD Magazine
'The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London in August' by Tabish Khan 31 July 201931 July 2019 Art critic Tabish Khan brings you ‘The Top Art Exhibitions to see in London’. Each one comes with a concise review to...Read more -
Jodie Carey in the Evening Standard
'Frieze Sculpture review: Public forum for art deserves its status as a summer fixture' by Ben Luke 16 July 201916 July 2019 When I visited Frieze Sculpture, it had not yet been fully installed, but already its public impact was evident. Jodie Carey, Cord,...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Timeout London
'Jodie Carey' by Rosemary Waugh 16 July 201916 July 2019 There’s an oft-told story in my family about the time a friend’s kid drew on the living room wall, then denied it...Read more -
Jodie Carey at Frieze Sculpture, Regent's Park
'Cord' (2019) on view from Sunday 06 October 2019 10 July 201910 July 2019 Jodie Carey's sculpture Cord, 2019, is now on view as part of Frieze Sculpture in Regent's Park. Jodie Carey, Cord, 2019, Edel...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Elephant
'Women Get in Touch with Their Masculine Sides at Frieze Sculpture' by Charlotte Jansen 5 July 201905 July 2019 The 2019 Frieze Sculpture Park is officially open, with twenty-three new works by international artists. It’s a bit different this time around,...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Artnet
'See Five Standout Works From Frieze Sculpture 2019, from Vik Muniz’s Blown-Up Toy Car to a Mysterious Squirming Egg' by Javier Pes 3 July 201903 July 2019 Historically, expensive outdoor art has largely privileged men. The 2019 edition of Frieze Sculpture aims to correct this imbalance. There’s plenty of...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Wall Street International
'The Metamorphosis (of Perception)' by Alice Bauer 13 November 201813 November 2018 For those … 'unable to distinguish between decay and metamorphosis ... it is not the world that is perishing, but their image...Read more -
Jodie Carey in FAD Magazine
'The Top 7 Art Exhibitions to see in London this week' by Tabish Khan 4 November 201804 November 2018 Art critic Tabish Khan brings you ‘The Top Art Exhibitions to see in London’ this week. Each one comes with a concise...Read more -
Jodie Carey in FAD Magazine
'The most interesting openings during Frieze Week 2018' by Mark Westall 30 September 201830 September 2018 These are some of the most interesting openings during Frieze Week some need invites but lots are free to everyone some great...Read more -
Jodie Carey in the Times Literary Supplement
'"Scraps of emotion: Jodie Carey's 'counter-monuments", looping past and present together' by En Liang Khong 3 August 201803 August 2018 Contained in the billet books of London’s Foundling Hospital is an extraordinary archive of emotion. The Hospital was founded in 1739 by...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Londonist
'Surreal Selfies And Giant Viruses: Which Exhibitions Should You See Right Now?' by Tabish Kahn 12 June 201812 June 2018 Power of Love: What do abstract sculpture have in common with abandoned babies? It may seem to be two separate worlds but...Read more -
Jodie Carey at The Foundling Museum
Solo exhibition 'Sea' from 25 May to 02 September 2018 5 June 201805 June 2018 Commissioned by the Museum, Jodie Carey has created three new site-responsive installations in response to the Foundling Hospital story. Displayed within the...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Londonist
'Skulls And Solar Panels: The Biggest Exhibitions To Catch In May 2018' by Tabish Khan 3 May 201803 May 2018 Pillars of time and memory - Jodie Carey creates towering abstract pillars as part of her work and she's due to unveil...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Creative Boom
'Sea: Jodie Carey's new series of striking works that explore love, loss and trace' by Darren Clanford 8 March 201808 March 2018 British artist Jodie Carey was recently commissioned by London's Foundling Museum to create a new series of installations that explore themes of...Read more -
Jodie Carey in The Art Newspaper
'London museum to replace 300-year-old collection of male portraits with women' by Aimee Dawson 2 February 201802 February 2018 Foundling Museum launches £20,000 crowdfunding campaign for show that marks centenary of women’s right to vote in the UK. The Foundling Museum...Read more -
Jodie Carey at The Foundling Museum
'New commission: Jodie Carey' from 25 May to 2 September 2018 20 January 201820 January 2018 Edel Assanti is delighted to announce that a new solo exhibition by Jodie Carey will open in London at the Foundling Museum...Read more -
Jodie Carey in ArtReview
'Jodie Carey, Earthcasts' by Laurie Macdonald 14 December 201714 December 2017 The lower part of London-based Jodie Carey’s installation Earthcasts is just about visible from Newman Street, through the parked cars and semireflections...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Frieze
'Jodie Carey' by John-Paul Stonard 8 August 201708 August 2017 Jodie Carey’s sculptural installation Stand consists of 50 slender uprights, roughly cast in plaster from pieces of old timber, mounted on steel...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Wall Street International
'Jodie Carey: Earthcasts' by Jillian Knipe 8 August 201708 August 2017 In her book, Quiet, Susan Cain declares that we live in a world of Extrovert Ideal. She describes our culture of personality's...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Whitewall
'Jodie Carey's 'Earthcasts' at Edel Assanti in London' by Nicole Gabe 24 July 201724 July 2017 Jodie Carey ’s third exhibition, Earthcasts, is on view in London at Edel Assanti gallery. The show of new work includes 50...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Elephant
'Earthcasts' by Emily Steer 21 July 201721 July 2017 “The nice thing about this way of working is that you lose an element of control. There is so much left to...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Studio International
'Jodie Carey: ‘I like my works to be imbued with a silence and a stillness’' by Anna McNay 4 July 201704 July 2017 The artist talks about her developing practice, the impact of motherhood, her concerns with mortality and the fragility of human life, and...Read more -
Jodie Carey at the London Open 2015, the Whitechapel Gallery's triennal exhibition
Exhibition from 15 July to 06 September 29 July 201529 July 2015 Edel Assanti are pleased to announce the inclusion of Jodie Carey amongst the artists selected for The London Open 2015 at Whitechapel...Read more -
Jodie Carey in This is Tomorrow
'Jodie Carey Edel Assanti' by Zoë Lippett 20 April 201520 April 2016 Jodie Carey expresses her fascination with materials and the processes by which they transform into things in a new landscape-like installation composed...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Artsy
'Jodie Carey Casts Time, History, and Memory in Plaster at Edel Assanti' by Karen Kedmey 14 April 201514 April 2015 'I'm very interested in ideas that are centered around the passing of time, and aging, and memory,' British mixed-media artist Jodie Carey...Read more -
Edel Assanti in D Magazine
'10 Galleries You Can’t Miss at the Dallas Art Fair' by Peter Simek 14 April 201514 April 2015 The Dallas Art Fair kicked off last night with throng of well-heeled would-be art buyers filling the hallways of the Fashion Industry...Read more -
Edel Assanti at Dallas Art Fair 2015
Dallas Art Fair from 09 April to 12 April 2015 14 April 201514 April 2015 Originally devised as a pop-up focusing on the world of London-based talent, Edel Assanti has expanded to include international artists who are...Read more -
Jodie Carey at the Freud Museum London
Solo exhibition 'Freud and Eros: Love, Lust and Longing' from 22 October 2014 to 08 March 2015 18 October 201418 October 2014 A new exhibition, 'Freud and Eros: Love, Lust and Longing', explores Sigmund Freud's revolutionary ideas on love and the libidinal drive with...Read more -
Jodie Carey - Shroud
Curated by Neue Berliner Raume, Veterinary Anatomical Theatre, Berlin 2013 28 August 201328 August 2013 Throughout her work, British artist Jodie Carey has concerned herself with the complex dynamic between remembering and letting go. Carey's works represent...Read more -
Jodie Carey at Saatchi Gallery
Group exhibition 'Paper' from 18 June to 29 September 2013 18 June 201318 June 2013 London UK - The Saatchi Gallery's new exhibition PAPER comes at a time when we are living in an increasingly 'paperless' society....Read more -
Jodie Carey at Galerie Rolando Anselmi
Solo exhibition 'Immemorial' from 01 July to 10 September 2013 26 April 201326 April 2013 Galerie Rolando Anselmi is pleased to announce Immemorial, the first solo echibtion at its space in Berlin by British artist Jodie Carey....Read more -
Jodie Carey on Artforum
'Critics' Pick: Jodie Carey' by John Paul Stonard 24 April 201324 April 2013 Jodie Carey 's Untitled (Slabs), 2012, is an ambitious installation of seven large (about ten feet tall) cast plaster slabs, reinforced with...Read more -
Jodie Carey in Berlin Art Link
'A room that was never meant to be' by Sarah Gretsch 13 March 201313 March 2013 A place, a space, a moment overflowing with whimsy. The place: the prominent former city-center Postfuhramt, which until last weekend housed C/O...Read more -
Jodie Carey at the New Art Gallery Walsall
Solo exhibition 'Solomon's Knot' from 06 October to 30 December 2012 6 October 201206 October 2012 Jodie Carey works in a wide range of media, exploring ideas of time, memory and materiality, of time passing, memories fading, of...Read more -
Jodie Carey at the Pump House Gallery, London
Solo exhibition 'Somewhere, Nowhere' from 20 May to 19 June 2011 20 May 201120 May 2011 A solo show by Uk based artist Jodie Carey, Somewhere, Nowhere presents the results of a three year bursary awarded to the...Read more -
Jody Carey at the Museum of Art and Design, New York
Group exhibition 'Dead or Alive' from April to October 2010 27 April 201027 April 2010 Insects, Feathers, Antlers, Shells, and Bones Given New Life as Unforgettable Works of Arts in Dead or Alive at MAD. Works by...Read more -
Jodie Carey at the Towner gallery
Solo exhibition 'In the Eyes of Others' from 11 July to 13 September 2009 10 July 200910 July 2009 Jodie Carey’s work focuses on the traditions of ritual, artifice and mortality in contemporary western society. Themes of memory, remembrance and the...Read more