Based in Atlanta, Angela Carter is a mixed-media Artist whose current exhibition, “Indigo Sunshine,” explores how fragments of life experiences can be transformed into something new and whole. Through abstract compositions, Angela brings together elements from past artworks, allowing color, shape, texture, and pattern to intersect and create new visual narratives.
Her works are hand-dyed and constructed like fine art quilts, embracing African textile traditions while moving into the language of contemporary abstraction. Indigo serves as both color and memory: a deep, shifting blue that evokes ocean water, open skies, and the passage of time.
“Sunshine enters the work as warmth, light, and energy,” says Angela. “Together, indigo and sunshine recall moments spent near the water: the shimmer of sunlight across the ocean, the movement of waves, and the feeling of being surrounded by expanses of blue and light.”
Each work is assembled piece by piece, much like memory itself. Individual fragments retain traces of their origins while becoming part of something new. Indigo Sunshine reflects this process of collecting, layering, and transforming pieces of color and memory into a visual landscape that is both abstract and deeply personal.
Born in Suriname and raised in the Netherlands, Angela moved to Atlanta to study Art Education and Mass Communications with a focus on Film. She recently earned her Master of Art Education degree from Georgia State University.
"Deep Blue," mixed media on loose canvas, 56 by 42 inches
"Underwater Sunshine," mixed media on canvas, 48 by 32 inches
"Ocean Glimmer 3," mixed media on wood panel, 24 by 18 inches
"Ocean Glimmer 2," mixed media on wood panel, 24 by 18 inches
"Ocean Glimmer 1," mixed media on wood panel, 24 by 18 inches
"Ocean," mixed media on loose canvas, 56 by 67 inches
Atlanta-based artist, Angela Carter creates abstract collage works that celebrate her personal history, Caribbean heritage and the African Diaspora. Incorporating a range of diverse materials into each piece, Angela explores the cross-layers of her cultural legacy and the endless play between light and dark. She is interested in the idea of building and rebuilding. Placing different shapes over each other repeatedly in different locations. This allows for the original shape to be a subtle imprint. Her work is layered with memories and migration. She is also inspired by the improvisational nature of jazz and how it creates harmonious movement, seeing her work as a polyrhythmic way to play with line, shape, color and rhythm. Born in Suriname and raised in the Netherlands, she moved to Atlanta, to study Art Education and Mass Communications with a focus on Film.
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