Yvonne Pickering Carter (born 1939) is an American painter, performance artist, and educator. She has worked in media including watercolor and collage. Born February 6, 1939, in Washington, D.C., Carter lived for a time with her family in Charleston, South Carolina. Her father was a dentist there, but also knew how to build houses and furniture, a skill he taught Carter as a girl. Carter earned both her bachelor's degree and a Master of Fine Arts degree at Howard University where she studied under . She gave birth to a daughter around 1968.