Kamari Carter's Solo Installation, Vexillary, Featured at Microscope Gallery

In this new body of work, Carter continues his investigation of systems of power in the US by utilizing the flag — across several mediums — as a conceptual lever to spur reflections on how the history and promise contained within its imagery corresponds to the realities of American culture and society.

Vexillary is the work of Kamari Carter, Brown University PhD candidate in Music & Multimedia Composition. Microscope Gallery featured Vexillary from December 19, 2024 through January 25, 2025.

Microscope is a contemporary art gallery founded in 2010 by artists/curators Elle Burchill and Andrea Monti specializing in the works of risk-taking artists — from emerging to established — whose practice includes moving image, sound, performance, photography, and digital art. Their space is located at 525 West 29th Street, 2nd Floor, in New York City.

Kamari Carter (b. 1992) is a New York-based artist working primarily with installation, video, sound, and performance to investigate notions such as space, systems of identity, oppression, control, and surveillance. His work has been exhibited at Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami, FL; Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) Museum, Providence, RI; Mana Contemporary, Jersey City, NJ; Flux Factory, Long Island City, NY; Wave Hill, New York; Fridman Gallery, New York; and Automata Arts, Los Angeles, among others, and has been featured in publications including Artnet, Flash Art, and Whitewall, among others. Carter received a BFA from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts), Valencia, CA in 2017 and an MFA from Columbia University in 2019.