Faculty of Art
Printmaking & Publications
Meet the Artist
Carter
Carscadden
aka. Starling and Sons, Printmaking and Publications
“William Morris states that humans favour what they keep in their lives to be either useful or beautiful. Because of this, I argue that the pervasiveness of fairytales in our culture illustrates that they are both beautiful and useful. In my work I look to adapt and consider the revolutionary contexts of fairytales in reflexion of my community today. ”

Carter Carscadden (He/Him) is a genderqueer printmaker from rural eastern Ontario, currently completing their education at OCAD University in Toronto. A storyteller at heart, Carter pulls from the western canon of fairytales to examine his relationship to queerness, grief, and his community, and does so with pieces made using relief, letterpress, intaglio, and screen-printing. Working with the knowledge that folklore wishes to explain a metaphoric "Why?", Carter is drawn to using the language established by these tales to approach contemporary issues. With his art, Carter aims to question preexisting structures in order to build a stronger and more compassionate community.
OCAD U - Faculty of Arts & Science
English
Minor Completed, 2026
Sheridan College
Visual and Creative Arts
Major Completed, 2022
Printmaking
2026, Leave no tape behind
Gallery 1313
2026, When wishing still does some good
75 Mccaul st - Ocadu
2026, Career Launcher Fund
RBC Center for Emerging Artists

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