Garrett Pruter US, b. 1987
Biography
Garrett Pruter's interdisciplinary practice investigates themes of memory, absence, repression, and desire. Using painting, photography, video, sound, and sculpture, Pruter exhumes traces of consciousness and desire lying dormant within the archive of imagery that we collectively create and discard through processes of erasing, liquifying and re-materialising existing narratives to explore hidden meaning and inherent understandings.
Pruter holds an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art (2020) and a BFA from Parsons School of Design (2010). His recent exhibitions include The Birds, Trafalgar Avenue (London), Picture House, Brigade, Cacotopia, Annka Kultys Gallery (London), Generation Loss, Galerie Virginie Louvet (Paris), Traces, Judith Charlies Gallery (New York), and Scripted Spaces, Martos Gallery (Los Angeles).
Selected Works
Exhibitions
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Garrett Pruter I The Birds
26 January - 9 March 2023'Birding' is a term Garrett has repurposed to define his preoccupation over the last two years. His meaning bares no relation to observing rare birds through binoculars; rather, it describes...Read more -
The Shape of a Story I Group Show
9 March - 9 April 2022I cannot change my eyes. Culture is subjugation. I cannot change my gaze, because culture is subjugation. My gaze is glued to my eyes. And you know you cannot change...Read more -
Nicole Coson & Garrett Pruter I Picture House
21 August - 25 September 2021Picture House revolves around the concept of memory. Memories are unstable, but also essential to navigating our future. Our decisions are based on our experiences, ideally guiding us into safe...Read more
