Artist’s Bio

 Carrie Crane’s artistic practice fuses science and art to address issues of truth and ambiguity.  Her work includes sculptural constructions, sketches, and paintings, all of which imply maps, diagrams, and scientific instruments.  

A recent series, Beyond Measure, links ambiguous instruments and two-dimensional works.  These sculptural “instruments of measure” assess unquantifiable ideas emerging from emotional responses and forgotten memories.  The data suggested by the instruments’ analysis is incorporated in their accompanying mixed media diagrammatic drawings and maps.

Carrie’s current work consists of paintings and sculptural works constructed from paper, investigating the properties of the polyhedra forms known as the Platonic solids. She expands, extrudes, extrapolates, and reconstructs these five classic shapes. Adding three-dimensional drawing and reflective surfaces, Carrie foils our perception of space and challenges the viewer to ask what is real and what is illusion.

Carrie has been making art since the 1990s.  She lives and works in Boylston, Massachusetts.  She has earned an MFA from Lesley University College of Art and Design, as well as a BA in Geography from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.  She has held residencies at the National Science Foundation Worcester Incubator, Clark University’s Physics Department, and Mass MoCA.  Galleries, universities, and museums have shown Carrie’s work in eight states and as far away as Russia.  

Carrie has earned awards for her work, including a commission from the Mayo Clinic, and various Jurors’ awards.  Most recently, she won first prize in the Fitchburg Art Museum’s 83rd Annual Regional Exhibition of Art & Craft. Carrie is a member of the Boston Sculptors Gallery in Boston Massachusetts.

Carrie’s full CV is available here.