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Carrie Yamaoka

Born in 1957, Glen Cove, United States

Lives and works in New York City, United States

Overview

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 ...Read more

Selected artworks
Carrie Yamaoka
20 by 16 (wall #2), 2017
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Carrie Yamaoka
18 by 18, 1999
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Carrie Yamaoka
68 by 36 (black bubble), 2015
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Carrie Yamaoka
Peeled diptych #2, 2019
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Carrie Yamaoka
24 by 20 (clear/black), 2020
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Carrie Yamaoka
approximate square, 2015
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Carrie Yamaoka
Pour/Peel, 2015
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Carrie Yamaoka
72 by 45 (fold #2), 2018
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Carrie Yamaoka
Naked Lunch #2, 1993
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Carrie Yamaoka
20 by 12, 2020
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Carrie Yamaoka
24 by 24 (phosphorescent), 2007
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Carrie Yamaoka
UV, 1991
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Carrie Yamaoka
14 by 11 (fold), 2015
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Carrie Yamaoka
14 by 11 (wall.peel #4), 2020
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Carrie Yamaoka
14 by 11 (wall.peel #3), 2020
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Carrie Yamaoka
14 by 11 (wall.peel #2), 2020
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Carrie Yamaoka
14 by 11 (wall.peel #1), 2020
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Carrie Yamaoka
24 by 18 (wall), 2017
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Carrie Yamaoka
24 by 20 (clear/black) #2, 2020
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Carrie Yamaoka
14 by 11 (large bubble #4), 2018
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Carrie Yamaoka
18 by 24 (purple corner #2), 2009
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Carrie Yamaoka
Untitled (disco ball #1-4), 1990
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