Carrie Scott
{{short description|American art writer}}
{{notability|Bio|date=August 2012}}
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Carrie E. A. Scott, b.1979, is an American/English curator, Gallery Director, TV presenter{{cite web |url=https://infinitycml.com/iftv-programming/the-art-show/ |title=The Art Show • Infinity Creative Media Ltd |website=infinitycml.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109195444/http://www.infinitycml.com/iftv-programming/the-art-show/ |archive-date=2016-01-09}} and art writer{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Carrie |title=ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: WHY FASHION ADS REPRESENT WOMEN IN THE SAME OLD WAY |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/campaign-trail-why-fashion-ads-represent-women-same-old-way-8756284.html |work=The Independent |date=12 August 2013 |accessdate=10 November 2020}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Collin |first1=Michael |title=HAROLD FEINSTEIN AT STORE X: AN INTERVIEW WITH CURATOR CARRIE SCOTT |url=https://blogs.kcl.ac.uk/english/2019/05/14/harold-feinstein-at-store-x-an-interview-with-curator-carrie-scott/ |website=King's College London |accessdate=10 November 2020}} She went to Greenwich High School, then attended Dickinson College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, graduating class of 2001.{{cite web |last1=Skehan |first1=Mary Kate |title=Fashioning an Artful Career |url=https://www.dickinson.edu/news/article/155/fashioning_an_artful_career |website=Dickinson College |accessdate=10 November 2020}} She did a Master's in Art History at the University of Washington in Seattle, WA.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dailyserving.com/2016/12/best-of-2007-interview-with-carrie-e-a-scott/|title = Best of 2007: Interview with Carrie e. A. Scott| work=DAILY SERVING }}
Career
Scott was Director of Nicole Klagbsrun Gallery,{{cite web|title=Art in America: Profile|url=http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/profiles/carrie-scott/}} 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,{{cite web|last=Clemens |first=Gayle |title="Bookish" show at SU's Hedreen Gallery ends noted chapter in curator Carrie Scott's career |url=http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2004459790_visart06.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130202022450/http://seattletimes.com/html/thearts/2004459790_visart06.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-02-02 }} Director of the James Harris Gallery.{{cite web|last=Grant |first=Ariana |title=Carrie Scott is leaving |url=http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/threadcount/2008/03/carrie_ea_scott_is_leaving_for.php |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053245/http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/threadcount/2008/03/carrie_ea_scott_is_leaving_for.php |archivedate=2016-03-04 }}
In 2008 Scott established her own company that is an art consultancy, gallery and curatorial endeavour.{{cite web |last1=Margulies |first1=Abby |title=Art Beyond The White Cube |url=https://www.ifsowhat.com/isw/tag/Carrie+Scott |website=If So What |date=14 March 2018 |accessdate=10 November 2020}} She produces and curates exhibitions that exist within and beyond the walls of the traditional gallery space{{cite web |last1=Page |first1=Tom |title=Takeover Interview |url=https://opendoors.gallery/od-takeover-carrie-scott |website=Open Doors |date=6 November 2019 |accessdate=10 November 2020}}
From January 2010 until January 2020 she collaborated with Nick Knight's SHOWstudio as the Director of the SHOWstudio Shop.{{cite web|last=Groom|first=Avril|title=The Cult Shop|url=http://www.howtospendit.com/#/articles/3187-the-cult-shop-showstudio|publisher=The FT, How to Spend it}}
In 2017, Scott appeared as a presenter{{cite web |url=https://www.noelgay.com/client/carrie-scott/ |title=Carrie Scott {{!}} NOEL GAY |website=www.noelgay.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814080336/https://www.noelgay.com/client/carrie-scott/ |archive-date=2020-08-14}} on The Art Show, a series on Sky Arts. She is a Nominator for the Prix Pictet award.{{cite web |title=Nominators |url=https://www.prixpictet.com/nominators/carrie-scott/ |website=Prix Pictet |date=15 October 2018 |accessdate=10 November 2020}} 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.{{cite web |last1=Hagberg Fisher |first1=Eva |title=John Pawson's 'garden-like' installation puts his photography in the frame |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/art/john-pawson-photography-installation-180-the-strand |website=Wallpaper |date=21 May 2018 |publisher=Wallpaper Magazine}}
In 2020, she and David Hill co-curated Tête-à-Têtes: West African Portraiture from Independence into the 21st Century.{{cite web |last1=Amfo |first1=Keven |title=Tête à Têtes: West African Portraiture From Independence Into The 21st Century |url=https://quintessentially.com/noted/tête-à-têtes-west-african-portraiture-from-independence-into-the-21st-century |website=Quintessentially |accessdate=10 November 2020}}
In addition to her curating art exhibitions, Scott is also an arts writer.{{cite web|last=Scott |first=Carrie |title=List of published articles and catalogues |url=http://www.carrie-scott.com/articles/ |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110911201609/http://www.carrie-scott.com/articles/ |archivedate=2011-09-11 }}
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Category:American art curators