Jay Carrier holds a BFA from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and also studied painting at The College of Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has exhibited at many venues locally, including solo shows at Hallwalls (2021), Buffalo Arts Studio (2020), 1120 Projects (2016), and the Chautauqua Center for Visual Arts (2004), and group exhibitions at venues including the Burchfield-Penney, El Museo, and the Castellani Art Museum. He has also exhibited nationally at venues including The Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and the Everson Museum in Syracuse. His works are in the collections of The Burchfield-Penney Art Center; The Woodland Cultural Center Museum, Brantford Ontario; and The Iroquois Museum at Howes Cave, New York.