Born along the Mississippi River valley in eastern Iowa, Carstens uses the documentary, experimental, and curatorial modes to create both interiorly personal pieces as well as multidimensional collaborative projects.
His works have shown at the Montana Film Festival, the Oneota Film Festival, VonCommon and on Iowa Public Television. His interdisciplinary collaborative projects such as: Body of Water, Movement Fundamentals Coalescence and the National Water Dance, which have shown and traveled across the Midwest.
Ian has a BA in Art Theory and Criticism from Luther College, in Decorah IA.
"The Naked Gardener" is his feature debut.