Meet the Visionary
Phyllicia Carr is a multidisciplinary artist based in Indianapolis whose work explores identity, healing, and cultural memory through painting, photography, and design. Blending realism with abstract elements, her vivid compositions center women and marginalized communities, often using botanicals and vibrant color as visual metaphors. Her work has been exhibited nationally in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Indianapolis with organizations like JP Morgan Chase, WACO Theater Center, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, the Jordan Brand (Nike), Cummins, Inc., the Indianapolis Arts Council, and more.
Branching out into the public art space, Carr’s murals span across Indiana, including commissions for IU Ball Memorial Hospital, Connor Prairie, the Nickel Plate Trail, an apprentice on the Bicentennial Legends Mural at Morris Bicentennial Plaza, Fountain Square, the 2024 NBA All-Star and was recently, a featured mural on the Indianapolis Arts Garden for the 2025 WNBA All-Star weekend.
Leveraging her Communications degree, she was a featured panelist with AIGA, Young & Laramore, Butter Art Fair, Indy Urban League, and others. Awarded as a 2024 recipient of the On-Ramp Creative Entrepreneur grant, Carr continues to create impactful, community-centered work from her studio in Indianapolis.
Curriculum Vitae
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2025
Moon Valley, Marmon Gallery at Factory Arts District, Indianapolis, IN
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2026
The Source, Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields , Indianapolis, IN
Inheritance, Madam Walker Legacy Center , Indianapolis, IN
2025
Generation Heir: Jordan Brand x Playa Society Pop-Up, AT&T WNBA All-Star 2025, Indianapolis, IN
Hoosiers : Past, Present, and Future, Indiana Statehouse, Indianapolis, IN
Creatives in Color, The Stutz, Indianapolis, IN
10 on 10 East, 1000 Words Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Taking Up Space: Women Leading the Game, EMBOSS Network, Indianapolis, IN
2024
Black History Month Art Exhibition, Cummins, Inc., Indianapolis, IN
2023
TINY XII, Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN
Untitled, Young & Laramore, Indianapolis, IN
2022
Juneteenth Art & Soul, JP Morgan Chase, Indianapolis, IN
IBE Cultural Arts Pavilion, Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN
TINY XI, Gallery 924, Indianapolis, IN
2021
Women of Color, Indianapolis Central Public Library, Indianapolis, IN
Garden Art Show, Trilogy Health, Indianapolis, IN
Future Friends First Friday, Murphy Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN
2020
2020 Virtual Wearable Art Gala Celebration, WACO Theater Center, Los Angeles, CA
Meet the Artists XXXII, Indianapolis Central Public Library, Indianapolis, IN
2016
Black in Review, CCB Studio, Atlanta, GA
420 Showcase, City of Ink, Atlanta, GA
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2025
Dual Flight In Motion (WNBA All-Star feature), Indianapolis Arts Garden, Indianapolis, IN
Threaded Together, Nickel Plate Trail, Fishers, IN
Drummin’ on Shelby, Fountain Square, Indianapolis, IN
2024
Purple Fragments (NBA All-Star Activation), Jackson Place, Indianapolis, IN
Shared Currents, Connor Prairie, Indianapolis, IN
2023
Bicentennial Legends, Bicentennial Unity Plaza at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN **apprentice**
Release, Innovative Edit, Indianapolis, IN
2022
Shared Currents, IU Ball Memorial Hospital, Muncie, IN
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2025
She is Art, AIGA Indy + Creatives In Color, Indianapolis, IN
Creatives on Creatives, AIGA Indy + Creatives In Color, Indianapolis, IN
Power of Storytelling Through Art, Create Connect Collab, Indianapolis, IN
2023
Young & Laramore, Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis Urban League Exchange, Indianapolis, IN
Tindley Genesis Academy, Indianapolis, IN
Edna Martin Community Center, Indianapolis, IN
2022
Women In Art, Butter Art Fair, Indianapolis, IN
Pardiway Art Accelerator, Indiana Arts Commission, Minerva Arts, 7House, Indianapolis, IN
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2025
25 in 25 WNBA All-Star Initiative, WNBA All-Star 2025 Host Committee, Indianapolis, IN
2024
On Ramp Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator and Fellowship, Indiana Arts Commission, Terre Haute, IN
2020
Art on Sneaker Design Competition, Martk’d & Pattern Magazine, Indianapolis, IN
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2011 - Bachelor of Arts, North Carolina A&T State University – Greensboro, NC