Brooklyn-based artist and organizer Carter Shocket, co-director of Eleventh Hour Art and founding director of Trans Art Fest, joins Victoria to discuss the intersections of art, identity, and community care. Carter shares his journey as a visual artist navigating abstraction and queerness, and reflects on the power of collective art-making as a means of survival, connection, and transformation.

Here’s what we discuss:

1. Founding Trans Art Fest and creating trans-led spaces for artistic expression.
2. Exploring identity, intimacy, and transformation through abstraction.
3. Building networks of care and reimagining queer futurism through art.

About Carter-

Carter Shocket (he/him) is a trans and queer interdisciplinary artist from North Carolina living and working in Brooklyn, New York. His work includes woven sculpture, installation, street art, tapestry, and other process-based textile art. 

He regularly exhibits work in New York City with Eleventh Hour Art, the Textile Arts Center, and more. He was an Artist In Residence (Cycle 15) at the Textile Arts Center from 2023-2024, and is showing new work at the Somerville Museum in Massachusetts in early 2026. Notable collectors include the team at Artsy for their NYC Headquarters building. Alongside his studio practice, he is the Founding Director of Trans Art Fest, a new Brooklyn-based festival that exhibits and celebrates trans visual artists.

Website: cartershocket.com + eleventhhourart.com
IG: @carter_shocket @eleventhhour_art

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