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The Heron 2026 31 x 22.5” White cotton warp painted with fiber reactive dye, pink cotton weft, thread, & linen One time I saw a great blue heron on the coast of South Carolina and he told me to let go. 𝘖𝘯 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘭𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴, 𝘢𝘵 𝘌𝘭𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘩 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘈𝘳𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘔𝘢𝘺 24. 𝘗𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘈𝘳𝘵 𝘍𝘦𝘴𝘵. @eleventhhour_art @transartfest 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘈𝘳𝘵𝘴 𝘊𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 @textileartscenter 𝘗𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘴 𝘣𝘺 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘢𝘯 𝘞𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘻

Just a small excerpt of our Hell Gate article. Thank you Emma Banks for an amazing interview and this incredible coverage. Go to @hellgateny to read the full story! 𝘐𝘯 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵'𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘥𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘮 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬 𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. "𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦, 𝘖𝘩 𝘸𝘰𝘸, 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘶𝘴," 𝘋𝘢𝘸𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥. "𝘓𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦'𝘷𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰." & thank you to Kaden Bard Dawson for also being interviewed! @kadenbarddawson Article by @emmacbanks Photos from our opening of Alchemists @eleventhhour_art by @thomas_rudden

Thank you Pam Wong for such a thoughtful and in-depth writeup of Trans Art Fest! The coverage is so thorough I had to crop out a few favorite quotes to share here. Head to @arthagnyc and arthagnyc.substack.com to read the full article. "The festival was born to plant seeds of community and bring everyone together in a way that will hopefully be long-lasting and fruitful." - @carter_shocket

Thank you Gabriele Holtermann and @brooklynpaper for this glowing coverage of Trans Art Fest. Head to brooklynpaper.com/trans-art-fest-showcases-empowers/ to read the full article! 💗

Curators Rachel May and Danielle Krcmar wrote an extremely beautiful description of this work: Inspired by a shared Google Excel sheet created for post-surgery collective care, Shocked created a woven, stitched, and appliquéd piece that resembles a quilt top- a traditional symbol of comfort, the body, and intimacy- stretched over a frame bedecked with ginkgo leaves. Like many species in the natural world, the ginkgo tree can change genders. Coded stitches and mended patches in the piece signify people and their contributions, making it a physical record of the communal labor of shared care and time in support of one person’s transition. Because others in the group have been cared for during their transitions, the quilt holds layers of histories of love, community, and care during times of need, and documents the lives of trans people via the “ordinary object” of the care sheet. Crafting the mind is on view through March 28th. If you’re in the area, go see this gorgeous, deeply-researched, community minded show! Thank you @somervillemuseum @rasumay & @daniellekrcmar 🌿 Made, as always, in a furious self-imposed winter residency at the @textileartscenter

I'm excited that this new work is one of three of my pieces in a show at the Somerville Museum, opening Jan 15 and running through March of 2026 :) CarterCare_2019_ginkgos.gsheet, 40” x 30” x 2”, woven mixed and cotton threads, linen and found fabric, dyes, stretcher bars The work is in the gsheet series, honoring and archiving the trans post-surgery spreadsheet. This one references my top surgery in 2019, but I never had a spreadsheet, so this became it. I did have my amazing older sister come take care of me for three weeks, and I remember when I took my first walk around the block, the season had finally turned, and the pavement was covered in ginkgo leaves. Crafting the Mind, curated by Rachel May and Danielle Krcmar, is on view January 15th - March 28th, 2026 at the Somerville Museum in Somerville, Massachusetts. @rasumay @daniellekrcmar Made at the @textileartscenter 🪡

One more beautiful photo by @lovisa.axen of Attempts at Time Travel, installed in our duo show at Eleventh Hour Art. ✈ I'm also so excited for a new project I’m working on with many amazing artists and people. Follow it at @transartfest !!!

✈ Together / Apart ✈ 2025 Paper yarn, ink, thread, plastic yarn 50 × 36 × 3 in  From my show with @lovisa.axen at @eleventhhourart This work will also be shown at St. Joseph’s University in Paper Trails, opening Thursday, November 6 from 5:30-8pm. Curated by Pam Wong @arthagnyc Made at my studio at the @textileartscenter

✈ Attempts at Time Travel ✈ These are what I imagine messages sent through time to look like. Each one a thought, a feeling, a hope, sent to an ancestor. This work is about time travel, and finding a home somewhere in the great trans lineage. Paper yarn, party streamers, thread, and yarn Photos by @lovisa.axen Iterations of these will be at @theotherartfair Nov 6-9 with the @textileartscenter . (Use code 20TEXTILEARTSCENTER for 20% off your ticket!) & at St. Joseph’s University, in Paper Trails, curated by Pam Wong @arthagnyc , opening Nov 6, 5:30-8pm. See you there!

I'm showing two versions of this installation this week! ✈ Paper Trails St. Joseph's University, curated by Pam Wong Nov. 6 to Dec. 13 Opening Reception: Thurs. Nov. 6, 5:30-8pm ✈ The Other Art Fair With the Textile Art Center Nov 6 - 9 at ZeroSpace @theotherartfair @textileartcenter Photos by @lovisa.axen from our show at @eleventhhour_art

I've Been Trying to Reach You, install and floor views. Woven paper, ink, thread, & pins. We have an artist talk this Sunday at 4pm- I'd love to see you there! 💌 At @eleventhhour_art (& made at the @textileartscenter )

Join us for an artist talk this Sunday! Artists Lovisa Axén and Carter Shocket will be in conversation with Victoria J Fry, founder of Warnes Contemporary, Visionary Art Collective, and New Visionary Magazine. The talk will start at 4pm on Sunday, October 26th. Come early to take in the show before the talk! Location: Eleventh Hour Art, 61 Atlantic Ave, Brooklyn @carter_shocket @lovisa.axen @victoriajfry @warnescontemporary @visionaryartcollective @newvisionarymag