Celeste Carter (she/they) is a queer printmaker and interdisciplinary artist working in Stratford, Ontario. She uses screenprinting and relief printmaking techniques to develop patterns and motifs from nature and her collection of secondhand textiles, jewelry, and antiques. Drawing on the flat aesthetic qualities and industrial history inherent in printmaking processes, Celeste investigates how nature is simplified when it is depicted in
mass-produced items, including those she collects. She often uses her collection of printed motifs in combination with collage and installation techniques, integrating prints on ephemeral and archival surfaces with mass-produced and found materials to examine production cycles and the permanence of waste.
Celeste holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Studio Art and Art History from the University of Guelph (2024). They were Print Artist in Residence at Otherwise Studios in Guelph, Ontario (2024) and were a recipient of the University of Guelph’s Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation Printmaking Prize (2023). Their work has been presented in Guelph at Ground Floor Arts, Necessary Arts, Otherwise Studios, and Art Not Shame. In Stratford, Celeste has exhibited at The Third Space, Matilda Swanson Gallery, and the Stratford Perth Museum.
They participated in Huron County Library’s artLAB: Print Matters programming as a workshop facilitator (2025).