Biography
Tony Carter (b. Barnsley, Yorkshire, UK 1943 - d. 2016) studied at University of Newcastle upon Tyne, under Richard Hamilton, graduating in fine art (1962–6), obtaining his master’s degree at University of Reading, 1966–8. He was a sculptor, of mainly found objects, and a teacher, becoming principal of the City and Guilds of London Art School after a stint at Norwich School of Art. He was Henry Moore Foundation artists fellow at Christ’s College and Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, 1990. Among Carter’s awards were Peter Stuyvesant Foundation Prize, Young Contemporaries, 1967, with a similar prize at Northern Young Contemporaries, 1968. He also gained an Arts Council Major Award, 1975–80. Carter was a prizewinner at Tolly Cobbold Open Exhibitions in 1977–85, and in 1988 gained Unilever Award in Whitechapel Open Exhibition. Carter took part in numerous group exhibitions from Young Contemporaries, 1967, in Britain and abroad and the notable Falls the Shadow at the Hayward Gallery (1986). He had a solo show at Garage Ltd (1975), and at the Imperial War Museum (1992), the year he also showed at Anthony Reynolds Gallery. His last exhibition was at The Cut in Halesworth, Suffolk in 2015.
