Carrie Yamaoka

Carrie Yamaoka

BornNationalityBased In
1957AmericanNew York City
Biography

Working at the intersection of painting, photography and sculpture, Carrie Yamaoka explores the notions of materiality, surface and the role of chance in art-making. Her abstract and minimalist works are produced by rubbing textured surfaces against a mirror-like material called Mylar. The complex relationship between a conscious decision as opposed to an accident, explored in Yamaoka’s chemical experiments, inspires questions about subjectivity, authorship and perception. The reflective, shiny surfaces of her works, that range from small to human-size, contrast with their eerie depth of colour and abstraction. The artist’s work challenges the stability of human perception, embracing error and defect, uncertainty and chance. Yamaoka is also a founding member of queer art collective fierce pussy. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

Selected Artworks
Untitled (disco ball #1-4)
Carrie Yamaoka
Untitled (disco ball #1-4), 1990
152 x 58 x 7cm
18 by 24 (purple corner #2)
Carrie Yamaoka
18 by 24 (purple corner #2), 2009
46 x 107cm
14 by 11 (large bubble #4)
Carrie Yamaoka
14 by 11 (large bubble #4), 2018
36 x 28 x 3cm
24 by 20 (clear/black) #2
Carrie Yamaoka
24 by 20 (clear/black) #2, 2020
61 x 51 x 4cm
24 by 18 (wall)
Carrie Yamaoka
24 by 18 (wall), 2017
61 x 45.72 x 4cm
14 by 11 (wall.peel #1)
Carrie Yamaoka
14 by 11 (wall.peel #1), 2020
36 x 28 x 4cm
14 by 11 (wall.peel #2)
Carrie Yamaoka
14 by 11 (wall.peel #2), 2020
36 x 28 x 4cm
14 by 11 (wall.peel #3)
Carrie Yamaoka
14 by 11 (wall.peel #3), 2020
36 x 28 x 4cm
14 by 11 (wall.peel #4)
Carrie Yamaoka
14 by 11 (wall.peel #4), 2020
36 x 28 x 4cm
14 by 11 (fold)
Carrie Yamaoka
14 by 11 (fold), 2015
26 x 28 x 4cm
UV
24 by 24 (phosphorescent)
Carrie Yamaoka
24 by 24 (phosphorescent), 2007
61 x 61 x 2cm
20 by 12
Carrie Yamaoka
20 by 12, 2020
30 x 51 x 4cm
Naked Lunch #2
Carrie Yamaoka
Naked Lunch #2, 1993
51 x 61 x 4cm
72 by 45 (fold #2)
Carrie Yamaoka
72 by 45 (fold #2), 2018
183 x 114 x 5cm
Pour/Peel
Carrie Yamaoka
Pour/Peel, 2015
81 x 94 x 14cm
approximate square
Carrie Yamaoka
approximate square, 2015
13 x 66 x 69cm
24 by 20 (clear/black)
Carrie Yamaoka
24 by 20 (clear/black), 2020
61 x 51 x 4cm
Peeled diptych #2
Carrie Yamaoka
Peeled diptych #2, 2019
63 x 53cm
68 by 36 (black bubble)
Carrie Yamaoka
68 by 36 (black bubble), 2015
173 x 91 x 5cm
18 by 18
Carrie Yamaoka
18 by 18, 1999
1 x 46 x 46cm
20 by 16 (wall #2)
Carrie Yamaoka
20 by 16 (wall #2), 2017
51 x 41 x 4cm
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