Jermaine “jET” Carter

Man of the Sky
May 4 - 30, 2026

Opening Reception: Saturday, May 9th
Details and registration coming soon

Man of the Sky is an animated work that pays homage to Jermaine "jET" Carter's painting Man of the House (2025). The original painting came from thinking about how children, especially Black boys, are often asked to step into roles of responsibility early. These moments aren’t always dramatic; sometimes they’re as simple as carrying groceries or watching over siblings. Over time, those small acts quietly shape a man's identity.

jET is interested in how nostalgia operates, how ordinary tasks gain weight when revisited later in life. He places a boy in a dreamlike scenario, flying home with groceries in hand. The act of flight personifies the emotional weight of responsibility, transforming the mundane into the surreal.

Jermaine “jET” Carter (b. 1998, Washington, DC) is an interdisciplinary artist from Southeast Washington, DC, whose diverse body of work encompasses painting, drawing, sculpture (physical and digital), motion graphics, animation, casting, paper-making, fabrication, rendering, and world-building within his jETCO universe. He earned his BFA from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, New York, NY (2020).

Carter’s art has been exhibited nationally and internationally, including Washington, DC; New York, NY; and Chicago, IL, as well as in his first solo exhibition SUPER-CHARGED, London, UK (2023). Additionally, his animations have been featured in various public spaces, including in Washington, DC train stations as part of Cultural DC’s TORRENTS Art in Transit exhibition (Cohort II) (2024).

Carter lives and works in Alexandria, VA.