Robert Carter & Lauren Velvick

Robert Carter (b.1987, Blackburn, Lancashire) and Lauren Velvick (b.1988, Preston, Lancashire) live in Manchester, UK. They started working together in 2014 and founded ‘The Exhibition Centre for the Life and Use of Books’, one long, ongoing self-taught history lesson that touches on art, publishing, censorship, and regional politics. They are currently interested in translating ideologies into pattern. 

Recent exhibitions and projects include WE/OW, Fred's Ale House, Manchester, UK (2015); Modern History Vol. I, curated by Lynda Morris, The Grundy, Blackpool, UK (2015); Butterworth, Kent State University Library, Ohio, USA (2015); The Use and Abuse of Books, International Anthony Burgess Foundation, Manchester, UK (2014).

Robert Carter & Lauren Velvick are Liverpool Biennial Associate Artists. Carter & Velvick have been paired with Meaghan Kent (Director and Chief Curator of SITE95 in Guadalajara, Mexico).

Robert Carter & Lauren Velvick at Liverpool Biennial 2016

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Catholic guilt clock, 2016
Dust sheet, ribbon
Exhibited at the India Buildings

Semi-precious stone i, ii & iii, 2016 and Pipa Pipa, 2016
Mixed media
Exhibited at the India Buildings