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Carlton Scott Sturgill
Current Local Time"First Saturdays" Opening Reception - 5 April 5-9 PM
February 11 – April 5, 2025
Pull Quote
"Though the form and composition of my work may change from year to year, or even piece to piece, each begins with a core set of concepts. I believe meaning is never fixed; it evolves, shaped by individual experiences, identities, and culture."
Artist Statement
As a multidisciplinary artist working across painting, sculpture, collage, and installation, my work takes many forms and incorporates a wide variety of materials. While I often engage with traditional mediums, I also transform everyday objects—items we typically overlook—into art that invites viewers to reconsider their shifting perceptions over time and at varying distances. Though the form and composition of my work may change from year to year, or even piece to piece, each begins with a core set of concepts. I believe meaning is never fixed; it evolves, shaped by individual experiences, identities, and culture. We each view the world through a unique lens, and my work reflects this belief. Whether creating a floral installation from second-hand button-down shirts, a painting using time-honored materials, or a collage crafted from paint chip swatches, I process and interpret the world through my personal filter, creating art from my own distinct point of view. At the same time, I aim to leave space for viewers to interpret my work through their own perspectives. To me, no single interpretation is more valid than another—not even my own. Each perspective reflects the life and experiences of the observer. My work becomes complete in this exchange, as it evolves into a conversation between the material object and the viewer through the dynamic process of seeing. By encouraging this engagement, I hope to create experiences that are as much about personal discovery as they are about aesthetic exploration. Ultimately, my goal is to remind us of the fluid nature of perception and to challenge how we think about the relationships between proximity, perspective, and meaning.
Biography
BORN 1971 - CINCINNATI, OHIO ::: LIVES & WORKS - NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
Carlton Scott Sturgill was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and is a graduate of the University of Cincinnati (B.A. Hons 2002) and Chelsea College of Art and Design (M.A. Fine Art 2005) in London, United Kingdom. His multidisciplinary body of work includes painting, sculpture, collage, and installation and incorporates a wide variety of materials, with a particular emphasis on repurposed everyday objects. His site-specific floral installations created using second-hand button-down shirts have been displayed in settings as diverse as the Drifter Hotel in New Orleans, Louisiana, Pegasus Bank in Dallas, Texas, and as part of the New York City Arterventions public art program, through which he was awarded a grant to create works to be displayed along the Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn. His work has been exhibited in galleries and museums both nationally and internationally, including the Cornell Museum of Art in Delray Beach, Florida, Temple Bar Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, the Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, and the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art in New York City. Most recently his work was included in the Young Masters: For the Love of Art History exhibition at the Exhibitionist Hotel in London, which was organized by Cynthia Corbett Gallery. After living in Ohio, London, and Brooklyn, Carlton relocated to New Orleans in 2015, where he lives with his wife, Nicole.
Curriculum Vitae
*FULL CV AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
Born 1970, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.
Lives in New Orleans, Louisiana
EDUCATION
2005 MA, Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK
2002 BFA (Hon), University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
SOLO AND TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2025 Current Local Time, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2021 Life in Bloom, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2018 Something Old/Something New, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2017 Glass Houses, Engine Room Art + Projects, New Orleans, LA
2016 Garden of Delights, Vanderbilt Republic, Brooklyn, NY
2015 If We'd Never Seen the Sea, Undercurrent Projects, New York, NY (TWO-PERSON with Rebecca Nison)
2011 Casual Encounters, Masters & Pelavin Gallery, New York, NY
2010 Private Space/Public Face, Giacobetti Paul Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (TWO-PERSON with Raghava KK)
2009 Re:Ralph, Eye Level BQE Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2008 Afterlifestyle, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH
2006 A Private View, Toni Heath Gallery, London, UK
2004 Backyard Games, York Street Gallery, Newport, KY
2003 HEADLINE: 1971-2003, SSNOVA Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH SITE-SPECIFIC INSTALLATIONS
2022 Branded Rose, Parker Art House in conjunction with Court Tree Collective, Esopus, NY
2018 Branded Rose Yellow, in conjunction with Jammin' on Julia, New Orleans, LA
2017 Branded Rose Yellow, The Drifter Hotel, New Orleans, LA
2015 Branded Rose Bushwick, in conjunction with Norte Maar, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Bridge of Flowers, in conjunction with Arts Gowanus and the NYC Dept. of Transportation, Brooklyn, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Young Masters, Cynthia Corbett Gallery & the Exhibitionist Hotel, London, UK
2023 Art on Paper Art Fair, Armory Arts Week with Ferrara Showman Gallery, New York, NY Art Miami Art Fair, Miami Art Week with Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Miami, FL
2022 ArtFields, Lake City, SC
2020 Inspiration in Isolation, Ferrara Showman Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2018 Tech Effect, Cornell Art Museum, Delray Beach, FL Art Market San Francisco, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, San Francisco, CA Art on Paper Art Fair, Armory Arts Week with Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New York, NY
2017 PULSE Contemporary Art Fair, Miami Art Week with Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, Miami, FL Ephemera Obscura, Contemporary Arts Center New Orleans, New Orleans, LA Garden of Earthly Delights, Claire Elizabeth Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2016 εὖτόπος (Eutopia), Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art, Staten Island, NY Fake, Undercurrent Projects, Brooklyn, NY Wild, Cornell Art Museum, Delray Beach, FL
SELECTED PRESS
Turner-Neal, Christopher. “Unexpected Flowers.” 64 Parishes Magazine December 2024
Cutrone, Lee. “Carlton Scott Sturgill: Artist Profile.” New Orleans Homes Spring 2021
Corcoran, Heather. "In New Orleans, a Team of Creative Collaborators Resurrects a Down-on-its-Luck Motel."
The Architects Newspaper 28 May 2018
DeRenzo, Nicholas. "The New Hotel Top 20." United Airlines Hemispheres Magazine 1 May 2018
Dunbar, Folwell. "Portrait of a Creative Space: The Studio of Carlton Scott Sturgill." VioNolaVie 20 April 2018.
Kennon, Alexandrea. "Mansion, Hotel, Hostel, Motel." Country Roads 25 January 2018
Hansen, Kristine. "Checking In: The Drifter Is a Design Inspired Motor Lodge in New Orleans." Hunker 29 January 2018
Fleming, Garrett. "New Orleans' The Drifter Hotel." Design Sponge 5 December 2017
Bookhardt, D. Eric. "The Power of Objects in Ephemera Obscura." The Gambit 18 September 2017
D'Addario, John. "Memories and Secrets: Artists dig deep in CAC's stunning 'Ephemera Obscura.'" The New Orleans Advocate 29 August 2017
Steussy, Lauren. "There is such a thing as utopia: 'Eutopia' exhibit at Snug Harbor." SILive 25 July 2016
Levit, Donny. "Hidden in Full View: Artist Carlton Scott Sturgill's 'Garden of Delights' at Gowanus Loft." Park Slope Stoop 7 April 2016
Thomason, John. "Natural Beauty, Pointed Commentary Infuse Wild." Boca Magazine 29 January 2016
Johnson, Paddy. "Bushwick Open Studios: Where Artists Run the Show." ArtFCity 11 June 2015
Seftel, Briana. "A Bushwick Open Studios Recap of Jefftown." Bushwick Daily 9 June 2015
Sutton, Benjamin. "Your Concise Guide to the 2015 Bushwick Open Studios." Hyperallergic 1 June 2015
Steinhauer, Jullian. "Your Concise Guide to Gowanus Open Studios 2014." Hyperallergic 16 October 2014
Goodman, Wendy. "In the House of the Radiant Baby." New York Magazine 1 February 2010
