Allen-Golder Carpenter (b. 1999, Washington DC), lives and works in Washington DC. Carpenter is a gender non-conforming interdisciplinary artist, designer, poet, musician, and author whose work explores the multifaceted nature of identity and its interaction with the world, challenging our understanding of space by transforming social conventions into a form of architecture. Carpenter's work interrogates memory, systemic violence, and cultural erasure—especially as experienced by
Black communities in the United States, integrating various media, images and found objects to delve into the dynamic interplay between hip hop culture and the judicial system, prison, censorship, and personal identity and the internet.
Recent solo exhibitions include Derosia, New York, NY (2025); Tack, Antwerp, Belgium (2025);
032c Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2025); Harlesden High Street, London, UK (with Emmanuel Massillon, 2025);
Förderverein Aktuelle Kunst, Münster, Germany (2025); No Gallery, New York, NY (2024); Galerie Kandlhofer,
Vienna, Austria (2023); and von ammon co, Washington D.C. (2022). Select group exhibitions include Derosia,
New York, NY (2025); Silke Linder, New York, NY (2025); Mery Gates, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Jay Payton,
2025); 032c Gallery, Berlin, Germany (2025); Tick Tack, Antwerp, Belgium (2024); Kraupa-Tuskany Zeidler,
Berlin, Germany (2024); von ammon co, Washington D.C. (2023); and White Columns, New York, NY (2023).
They’ve held performances, lectures, and screenings at Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin, Germany (2025); New York University, Tisch School of the Arts, New York, NY; (2025) Kunstakademie Münster, Germany (2025); Drop City Centre for Architecture & Design, Milan, Italy (2025); Printed Matter, New York, NY (2024); Volksbühne am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, Germany (2024); and Galerie Kandlhofer, Vienna, Austria (2023).
Allen-Golder Carpenter has been featured by notable publications such as The Guardian, Interview Magazine, 032c Magazine, Frieze, The Art Newspaper, Office Magazine and others
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Allen-Golder Carpenter’s contemporaries include Martine Syms, Sondra Perry, American Artist, Devin Kenny, Dread Scott, Emmanuel Massillon, Jasper Marsalis, R.I.P. Germain and others
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