Carrie Moyer (American, b.1960) is a Contemporary painter, known for her layered abstract compositions rendered in lush acrylic paint, frequently incorporating metallic or glittery surfaces. The abstract imagery in Moyer’s work is closely related to her history in activism: beginning in the early 1990s, Moyer co-founded the public art project Dyke Action Machine (DAM!), which sought to disrupt and investigate contemporary culture through the insertion of queer and lesbian imagery into otherwise mainstream contexts. The group created posters, zines, campaign buttons, and other graphics, and was active for 17 years. Moyer, over time, began merging her political graphic design work with her painting practice, and evolved into the biomorphic abstraction seen in her recent work.

Born in Detroit, MI, Moyer received her BFA from the Pratt Institute and her MFA from Bard College. She has attended numerous prestigious residencies, including Yaddo, MacDowell Colony, and the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, for which she now serves on the Board of Governors. Her work has been exhibited extensively, including solo exhibitions at CANADA gallery in New York, the Worcester Art Museum in Massachusetts, the Tang Museum in upstate New York, and the SCAD Museum of Art in Georgia. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY, and teaches at Hunter College.