Gerard Carson
Gerard Carson (b.1987) is a visual artist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland, working in sculpture, animation, video, and drawing. His practice is concerned with the contingency of matter within the context of accelerated modes of technological production, ecological breakdown, and mineral extraction. By utilising a variety of media and processes, he is interested in a creating a process of feedback, whereby materials and forms intertwine and enfold upon themselves, creating coalitions of estranged entities and subjects.
Carson is a member of QSS Studios and is a former director of Platform Arts (2017-2019). He is a graduate from the University of Ulster School of Art & Design and UAL Chelsea College of Art. His work has been exhibited in such spaces as New Art Exchange (Nottingham), An Cultúrlann / Gerard Dillon Gallery (Belfast), Banana Jam (Shenzhen), and as part of Deptford X (London) in the collaborative project “Goo Notorious”, alongside London-based artist Andrew Rickett.
