Carter Smith Designs
For over 49 years, Carter Smith has been creating shibori fabrics that have been exhibited in galleries and museums around the world.
His one-of-a-kind hand dyed silks and original bias designs create unique and timeless garments that truly support and enhance the beauty in every woman who wears them.
“I prepare and dye each piece of silk, enough for one outfit at a time. Each garment is then hand crafted by one of the seamstresses in my studio. My desire is to wrap you in color and luxury.”
Feature Collections Displayed
New York: NYC – Halston Limited, Christian Dior, Julio, Janet Kaneko
California: Los Angeles – Ron Talsky, Fragments
West Hollywood – Harriet Selwyn
Beverly Hills- Laise Adzer
Carmel – Robert Talbot
Publications
Washington Post, Los Angeles Time: Home Magazine, Boston Globe*, San Jose Mercury, Chicago Tribune, Boston Herald, New York Times, Evening Magazine, Fiber Arts Magazine, Vogue, Elle, Mirabella*, Threads, Surface Design, Kunst Mit Silk, TextileForum, House & Garden, The Fiber Arts Book of Wearables
Exhibitions
1968 Stevenson College, University of California – Santa Cruz
1969 Crown College, University of California – Santa Cruz, CA
University Center, University of California – Santa Barbara, CA
1970 The Egg and the Eye, Lost Angeles, CA
Los Angeles Art Rental Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1971 The Egg and the Eye, Lost Angeles, CA
Galleria Del Sol, Montecito, CA
Fairtree Gallery, New York, NY
Cooper House, Santa Cruz, CA
Graduate Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA
1972 The Egg and the Eye, Lost Angeles, CA
Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery, University of California – Santa Cruz, CA
University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA
Gallery Annex, University of California – Santa Barbara, CA
Underground Gallery, Los Gatos, CA
1973 James Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI
Monterey Museum of Fine Arts, Monterey, CA
Lang Gallery, Claremont, CA
1974 Silk and Silver, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, DC
Southwest Crafts Center, San Antonio, CA
James Yaw Gallery, Birmingham, MI
The Artisans Gallery, Winnetka, IL
1975 Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum,
Washington, DC
Montalvo, Saratoga, CA
Contempo, Westwood, CA
1976 Griswolds, Claremont, CA
1977 The Elements, Greenwich, CT
The American Crafts Gallery, Cleveland, OH
1978 Griswolds, Claremont, CA
1979 Ursiline Gallery, San Antonio, TX
Contemporary Artisans, San Francisco, CA
The Elements, New York, NY
Mindscape, Evanston, IL
The Store, Verona, PA
1980 The Artisans, Great Neck, NY
Southwest Crafts Center, San Antonio, TX
Griswolds, Claremont, CA
Mindscape, Evanston, IL
Taos Clay and Fiber, Taos, NM
Contemporary Artisans, San Francisco, CA
Crafts Incredible, Prairie Village, KS
The Swan, Philadelphia, PA
Detroit Crafts Gallery, Detroit, MI
George Fredrick Gallery, Rochester, NY
1981 The Elements, New York, NY
The Elements, Greenwich, CT
The Wadsworth Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA
The Store, Verona, PA
Gallery 500, Elkins Park, PA
The Detroit Gallery, Detriot, MI
American House, Tenafly, NJ
The Thaine Gallery, Haddonfield, NJ
1982 The Huntington Galleries, Huntington, WV
Artspace, Milwaukee, WI
Gallery 5, Tequesta, FL
The Elements, New York, NY
1983 Thomlinson Craft Collection, Baltimore, MD
The Wadsworth Gallery, Bryn Mawr, PA
1984 Langman Gallery, Willow Grove, PA
America House, Tenafly, NJ
1986 Thomlinson Craft Collection, Baltimore, MD
1987 Sixteen Hands, Ann Arbor, MI
D. Erlien Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southampton, NY
Don Drum Studio, Akron, OH
Main Street Gallery, Nantucket, MA
America House, Tenafly, NJ
American Crafts Gallery, Cleveland, OH
Elaine Potter Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1988 Del Mano Gallery, Brentwood, CA
Obiko’s, San Francisco, CA
Bellvue Art Museum, Bellvue, WA
The Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
America House, Tenafly, NJ
The Callaway Galleries, Rochester, NM
The Hanover Galleries, Syracuse, NY
1989 Yamaguchi Art Museum, Japan
The Visual Arts Center, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Jacueline Lippitz, Glencoe, IL
Obiko’s, San Francisco, CA
Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY
Origins, Sante Fe, NM
Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
Mori Museum, Hofu, Yamaguchi, Japan
Julie Artisans' Gallery, New York, NY
Janis, Chicago, IL
1990 Seibu, Tokyo, Japan
Julie Artisans' Gallery, New York, NY
Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, Japan
Origins, Santa Fe, NM
Qoma, Santa Barbara, CA
The Golden Door, Escondido, CA
Gayle Wilson, Southampton, NY
Perlie, Hubbards Woods, IL
1991 Turtledove, Philadelphia, PA
Craft Concepts, Green Springs, MD
The Weavery, Solano Beach, CA
Julie Artisans' Gallery, New York, NY
Obiko’s, San Francisco, CA
Perlie, Hubbards Wood, IL
Origins, Santa Fe, NM
Jacqueline Lippitz, Glencoe, IL
The Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Charles Sumner, Boston, MA
International Textile Competition, Nagoya, Japan
1992 The Golden Door, Escondido, CA
Elizabeth Fortner, Santa Barbara, CA
American Crafts & Folk Arts Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Renwick Gallery, Washington, DC
Jacqueline Lippitz, Glencoe, IL
Charles Sumner, Boston, MA
The Textile Center, Chicago, IL
Julie Artisans' Gallery, New York, NY
International Textile Symposium, Nagoya, Japan
1993 Mindscape Gallery, Evanston, IL
1994 Kunst Mit Silk, San Francisco Airport, CA
Henri Bendel, New York, NY
Gayle Wilson Gallery, Southapmton, NY
Mohri Museum, Hofu, Yamaguchi, Japan
Santa Barbra Art Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY
Julie Artisans' Gallery, New York, NY
1995 Gallerie Smend, Colonge, Germany
International Wearable Art Exhibition, Duseldorf, Germany
1996 International Shibori Symposium, Amenabad, India
Sofa, Jacqueline Lippitz Gallery, Chicago, IL
ACC, Baltimore, MD
1997 Sofa, Jacqueline Lippitz Gallery, Chicago, IL
Philadelphia Musem of Art Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
1998 Sofa, Jacqueline Lippitz Gallery, Chicago, IL
1999 Sofa, Zimmer Gallery, New York, NY
Designers at the Essex House, New York, NY
2000 Cincinnati Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Ballet, “Graceland,” Cincinnati, Ohio
Bergdorf Goodman, New York, NY
2002 Also, London, England
Spirit of the Earth, Santa Fe, NM
2003 Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC
Spirit of the Earth, Santa Fe, NM
Designers at the Essex House, New York, NY
2004 Mohri Museum, Hofu, Yamaguchi, Japan
2005 Woo Duc Gallery, Seoul, Korea
American Art to Wear, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA
Craft Boston, Boston, MA
Fushion: Wearable Art Shibori Innovation, Shibori Symposium, Nagoya, Japan
Hallar Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2006 Also, London, England
Zelda, Nashville, TN
Rafael, San Francisco, CA
Larue’s, Minneapolis, MN
2007 Julie Artisans’ Gallery, New York, NY
Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, MA
Origins, Santa Fe, NM
Designers at the Essex House, New York, NY
Valentina, Mequon, WI
Larue’s, Minneapolis, MN
Zelda, Nashville, TN
The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, Colorado
2008 Origins, Santa Fe, NM
Also, London, England
Hands On, Key West, FL
Dream Weaver, Martha’s Vineyard, MA
Julie Artisans’ Gallery, New York, NY
Anderson Obrien, Omaha, NB
Rafael, San Francisco, CA
Valentina, Mequon, WI
Zelda, Nashville, TN
HilLstad Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
Augustine, Carmel, CA
2009 Drean Weaver, Sarasota, FL
Zelda, Nashville, TN
Origins, Santa Fe, NM
Shirley Allen, Captiva, FL
1550 Gallery, Kerrville, TX
Larue’s, Minneapolis, MN
2010 Dream Weaver, Sarasota, FL
Shirley Allen, Captiva, FL
Origins, Santa Fe, NM
Augustine, Carmel, CA
2011 SDA, Kansas City, MO
Zelda, Nashville, TN
Craft and Folk Art Museum, The Golden Age of Crafts, Los Angeles, CA
2012 Hands On, Key West, FL
Strawberry Banke Museum, Portsmouth, NH
Shirley Allen, Captiva, FL
Merricks Too, Princeton, NJ
Zelda, Nashville, TN
2013 Origins, Santa Fe, NM
Lisa Todd, Bocca Raton, FL
Shirley Allen, Captiva, FL
Julie Artisans’ Gallery, New York, NY
Dejavu, New York, NY