Carmen Winant Explained

Carmen Winant (born 1983)^[1] is a writer and visual artist who explores representations of women through collage, mixed media and installation.^[2]

Early life and education

Winant was born in 1983 in San Francisco, California. She received her MFA from California College of the Arts, where she studied with the photographer Larry Sultan.^[3] In 2010, she was a resident at the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture.^[4]

Career

Winant's large-scale collages present a mosaic of clippings of women's figures and bodies. In the photographic installation My Birth she collected and displayed over 2,000 images of women giving birth. In a book by the same name, Winant includes photos of her mother's childbirths. Similarly, her work Looking Forward to Being Attacked is composed of found images of women in self defense classes.

She also makes collages that combine text and image, such as What Would You Do if You Weren’t Afraid? (Women in the News Before November 8, 2016).

She previously taught at the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio.^[5] In August of 2018, she joined The Ohio State University Department of Art faculty as the first Roy Lichtenstein Chair of Studio Art.^{[6] [7]}

Solo exhibitions

• 2016: Pictures of Women Working, Skibum MacArthur, Los Angeles, California.^{[8] [9]}
• 2016: Who Says Pain is Erotic?, Fortnight Institute, New York City.^{[10] [11]}
• 2020: Togethering, Fortnight Institute, New York City.^[12]

Group exhibitions

• 2022: Breaking Water, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio.^[13]
• 2024: Whitney Biennial, 2024: Even Better Than The Real Thing, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City.^[14]

Publications

• Carmen Winant: My Birth, Ithaca, NY: SPBH Editions, 2018.^[15]

External links

• • Interview with Carmen Winant MoMA Audio: Being: New Photography 2018
• Nina Strand: Lesbian Lands: Carmen Winant and the Ovulars, Camera Austria International 149 | 2020

Notes and References

1. News: Carmen Winant. 2016-02-17. Columbus College of Art & Design. 2017-03-03. en.
2. Web site: Carmen Winant: VOLTA NY. ny.voltashow.com. en. 2017-03-03.
3. An Artist's Vast Collection of Images of Women (And Her Own Mother) Giving Birth. Gefter. Philip. 2018-03-27. The New Yorker. 2018-04-03.
4. Web site: Carmen Winant.
5. News: Artist Carmen Winant on Why 2,000 Images of Childbirth Belong at MoMA. Regensdorf. Laura. 2018-03-19. Vogue. 2018-04-04.
6. Web site: Carmen Winant Named First Roy Lichtenstein Chair of Studio Art. 2018-07-09. Department of Art. en. 2019-03-28.
7. Web site: Carmen Winant: UCLA Dept of Art Lecture - Hammer Museum. The Hammer Museum. en. 2019-03-28.
8. Web site: Carmen Winant.
9. News: Carmen Winant at Skibum MacArthur. Piejko. Jennifer. artforum.com. 2017-03-03. en-us.
10. Web site: Exhibitions.
11. News: Carmen Winant "Who Says Pain is Erotic?" exhibition at Fortnight Institute, New York - purple ART. 2016-05-03. Purple. 2017-03-03. en-US.
12. Web site: Togethering by Carmen Winant at Fortnight Institute - Artland . 2024-05-31 . www.artland.com . en.
13. Web site: Breaking Water May 06, 2022 Contemporary Arts Center . 2024-05-31 . www.contemporaryartscenter.org . en-US.
14. Web site: Whitney Biennial 2024: Even Better Than the Real Thing . 2024-05-31 . whitney.org . en.
15. Book: Winant, Carmen. Carmen Winant: My Birth.. 2018. Image Text Ithaca. 9781999814441. English. 1060600531.