Press Release

NEW ORLEANS---Heriard-Cimino Gallery presents Intrinsic Systems, a suite of new paintings by

Andrée Carter. A reception to meet the artist will be held on Saturday, May 5, 2012 from 6 to 8 p.m. The public is invited. The exhibition will be on view from May 5 through May 30, 2012. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 to 5, or by appointment.

Andrée Carter creates more space and dimension in this new series and, in particular, introduces her own unique calligraphic patterns. Drips and shapes appear over the underlying structured cross-hatching, and throughout the series, there are pauses within each painting, enticing the viewer to explore the windows into new layers and inner spaces. These new symbols are particularly bold and seem to hover just above the nuanced grids. The structure remains central in the work, although these spontaneous geometric shapes command a particular attention.

Andrée Carter is a native of New Orleans, LA, where she received her B.A. in Painting from Loyola University, New Orleans, and her M.F.A in Painting from the University of New Orleans. Carter has had numerous solo exhibitions on the West Coast and in New Orleans. She received a Residency Fellowship for the summer of 2012 for Painting in Otranto, Italy. Her work can be found in public and private collections throughout the country, including the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans, LA. Carter is the Academic Director, Liberal Arts, at the Art Institute of Seattle. She has lived and worked in Seattle since 2000. This is Carter’s third solo exhibition at Heriard-Cimino Gallery.