Carrie Scott Explained

Carrie Scott
Birth Place:	Oxford, England
Alma Mater:	Dickinson College University of Washington
Other Names:	Carrie Scott Lazarus

Carrie E. A. Scott, b.1979, is an American/English curator, Gallery Director, TV presenter^[1] and art writer^[2] living in London. She is also known by Carrie Scott Lazarus.

Early life

Scott was born in Oxford, England and moved to Old Greenwich, Connecticut.^[3] She went to Greenwich High School, then attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, graduating class of 2001.^[4] She did a Master's in Art History at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.^[5]

Career

Scott was Director of Nicole Klagbsrun Gallery,^[6] New York, where she worked with artists such as Beth Campbell, Matthew Day Jackson, Rashid Johnson, Mika Rottenberg, Adam McEwen, and Storm Tharp. Prior to that, Scott was curator of the Hedreen Gallery at Seattle University's Lee Center for the Arts,^[7] Director of the James Harris Gallery.^[8]

In 2008 Scott established her own company that is an art consultancy, gallery and curatorial endeavour.^[9] She produces and curates exhibitions that exist within and beyond the walls of the traditional gallery space^[10]

From January 2010 until January 2020 she collaborated with Nick Knight's SHOWstudio as the Director of the SHOWstudio Shop.^[11]

In 2017, Scott appeared as a presenter^[12] on The Art Show, a series on Sky Arts. She is a Nominator for the Prix Pictet award.^[13] In 2018, she curated the largest independent photography exhibition at the Store x 180 Strand in London. It featured some 470 photographs, 340 of which were from John Pawson's Spectrum.^[14]

In 2020, she and David Hill co-curated Tête-à-Têtes: West African Portraiture from Independence into the 21st Century.^[15]

In addition to her curating art exhibitions, Scott is also an arts writer.^[16]

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Art Show • Infinity Creative Media Ltd . infinitycml.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160109195444/http://www.infinitycml.com/iftv-programming/the-art-show/ . 2016-01-09.
2. Web site: Scott . Carrie . ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: WHY FASHION ADS REPRESENT WOMEN IN THE SAME OLD WAY . The Independent . 12 August 2013 . 10 November 2020.
3. Web site: Collin . Michael . HAROLD FEINSTEIN AT STORE X: AN INTERVIEW WITH CURATOR CARRIE SCOTT . King's College London . 10 November 2020.
4. Web site: Skehan . Mary Kate . Fashioning an Artful Career . Dickinson College . 10 November 2020.
5. Web site: Best of 2007: Interview with Carrie e. A. Scott.
6. Web site: Art in America: Profile.
7. Web site: Clemens . Gayle . "Bookish" show at SU's Hedreen Gallery ends noted chapter in curator Carrie Scott's career . https://archive.today/20130202022450/http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2004459790_visart06.html . dead . 2013-02-02 .
8. Web site: Grant . Ariana . Carrie Scott is leaving . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053245/http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/threadcount/2008/03/carrie_ea_scott_is_leaving_for.php . 2016-03-04 .
9. Web site: Margulies . Abby . Art Beyond The White Cube . If So What . If So What . 10 November 2020.
10. Web site: Page . Tom . Takeover Interview . Open Doors . 6 November 2019 . 10 November 2020.
11. Web site: Groom. Avril. The Cult Shop. The FT, How to Spend it.
12. Web site: Carrie Scott NOEL GAY . www.noelgay.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200814080336/https://www.noelgay.com/client/carrie-scott/ . 2020-08-14.
13. Web site: Nominators . Prix Pictet . 15 October 2018 . 10 November 2020.
14. Web site: Hagberg Fisher . Eva . John Pawson's 'garden-like' installation puts his photography in the frame . Wallpaper . 21 May 2018 . Wallpaper Magazine.
15. Web site: Amfo . Keven . Tête à Têtes: West African Portraiture From Independence Into The 21st Century . Quintessentially . Quintessentially . 10 November 2020.
16. Web site: Scott . Carrie . List of published articles and catalogues . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110911201609/http://www.carrie-scott.com/articles/ . 2011-09-11 .