B. Shoreham-by-Sea, UK, currently lives in West Sussex.

Carl Anderson’s sculptural work is deeply shaped by a personal encounter with violence—he was the victim of a life-threatening assault involving a knife. With few ways of processing such a traumatising event, he found himself compulsively researching and making forms of medieval armour. Anderson's work is fuelled by this transformative experience, and, at its core, is an unfettered exploration of the roots of violence, the dynamics of masculinity, and the ways authority and power are wielded and challenged.

Working in clay—a material used by humans for millennia—Anderson creates forms that are both hard and fragile, a powerful metaphor for the core drivers at the root of overt and toxic masculinity.

Using a visual language that reflects on masculinity, duty, and power, his recent ceramic sculptures draw inspiration from medieval armour, animal traps, and barbed wire—objects that simultaneously evoke menace and nobility. These forms reimagine historical symbols of protection and control, connecting them to contemporary notions of authority.

Anderson’s work captures the inherent tension between strength and vulnerability, investigating how his objects embody both power and fragility. Through this duality, he questions the complex and often contradictory nature of masculinity, authority, and belief.

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2025
Morphogenesis, XXijra Hii, London, GB.

2024
Buried, OHSH Projects at Thames-Side Studios Gallery⁣, London, GB.

2023
Felt cute, might delete later, Arusha Gallery, London, GB.

Ares, OHSH Projects at Cromwell Place, London, GB.

2022

Ancient Vessels, A.P.T. Gallery, London, GB.

Destructive Mollusk, Haze Projects, London, GB.

Conjure, Arusha Gallery, Bruton, GB.

Praxis, Arusha Gallery, London, GB

Prospect and Refuge, Sim Smith, curated by David Surman, London, GB.

Here We Go, Meakin + Parsons in collaboration with Hannah Payne, Oxford, GB.

2021

Port of Call, Changing Room Gallery, curated by Mimi Lanfranchi and Georgie McGivern, London, GB.

Under Your Spell, Collective Ending, curated by Charlie Mills & Georgia Stephenson, London, GB.

2020

Floorr Exh 05 – Floorr, online group show, 2020

New Raw Green, Sim Smith, curated by David Surman, London, GB.

The Potion Room, Subsidiary Projects, Curated by Georgia Stephenson, London, GB.

2016-2018

Artworks Open 2018, Selected by Tai Shani and Emma Talbot, Artworks Project Space, London, GB.

Honey, I'm Home, A217 Gallery, curated by Emily Thomas, London, GB.

CHROMA: Green Issue, Art Hub Gallery, London, GB.