Drake Carr
American artist (born 1993)
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Drake Carr (born 1993, Flint, Michigan) is an American artist primarily known for his paintings and drawings of art and fashion luminaries, as well as large-scale cut-out works.[1]
- Artist
- illustrator
- Portraiture
- cut-outs
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| Born | 1993 (age 32–33) Flint, Michigan, U.S. |
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Carr's work has been shown internationally, with exhibitions at New York Life Gallery, FIERMAN, and Situations in New York; Anat Ebgi Gallery in Los Angeles; and Mariposa in Paris.[2][3]
Early life
Carr was born in Flint, Michigan in 1993.
Career
Upon moving to New York, he began painting large-scale cut-outs of friends and peers in a day-glow-like, hyper-stylized manner. Carr has worked mostly in the service industry, which he takes as a source of artistic inspiration.[4] His works move across various medium in drawing, painting, cut-outs, sculpture, and installation.[5]
Carr and Sabrina Bockler co-illustrated Samuel R. Delany's book, Big Joe (Inpatient Press, 2021).[6][7][8][9]