Carter Wynne is an emerging curator and self-taught artist raised and based in Washington, D.C. Formerly a civil rights paralegal and community organizer, she utilizes visual rhetoric as a means of challenging hegemonic structures. Carter’s curatorial work investigates the intersections of play, corporeality, and liberation. Through her painting practice, she explores subversive narratives, amplifying perspectives that often go unheard.

Carter holds a Bachelor of Arts in Art History & Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from Colby College. She has been the recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Drum Major for Justice Award, the Outstanding Leadership Award from the Lunder Institute for American Art, and the Oak Institute for Human Rights Scholarship. Carter’s paintings have been exhibited throughout the DMV, most recently at IA&A Hillyer Gallery in Washington, D.C. and Sheila and Richard Riggs Gallery in Baltimore, MD.