Artist CV
Artist's statement
(b 1997GB. Lives and works in Bournemouth)
“The works on paper explore and feed into my paintings - they at once begin and interweave with the paintings and form a relationship to grow and dialogue to develop between them. The beauty of painting as image, then played out with dreams and thoughts that oscillate through materials and application to bring together a ‘state / space’ that allows the viewer to be at one, to be taken away to a lucid world, where it’s both real and un-real. Sub-conscious thoughts, moments, lyrics and text permeate the works so that the viewer is seduced and can ‘feel’ the work the same way that music can transport us to a different place, time and moment and recall an innate connection, oneness with something or someone- a different world- a different history-a different time- wherein fantasy, desire, memory, emotion and the spiritual interweave and leave a legacy in the mind and heart”.Solo exhibitions
- 2019
- Chronicles, CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London
- 2018
- RUN TO ME (with Derek Ridgers | curated by Faye Dowling), Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt
- 2017
- RUN TO ME (with Derek Ridgers | curated by Faye Dowling), CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London
- 2014
- Colossal Youth (Part 2), CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London
- 2011
- Colossal Youth (Part 1), VOLTA, New York
- The Fearful Joy, CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London
- 2009
- Vas Deferens, CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London
- 2008 The Cabinet, BRAUBACHfive, Frankfurt
- 2008
- Boundaries, Thomas Williams Fine Art, London
Group exhibitions
- 2019
- 10 Years, CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London
- Plan B, David Zwirner Gallery, New York
- 2018
- Total Eclipse of The Heart - Paintings about Women (curated by Dan Coombs), Watson Farley & Williams, London
- Making and Breaking the Rules: Royal Academy 250, Russel-Cotes Art Gallery & Museum, Bournemouth
- Pleasure Drive (curated by GSL Projekt and CAVE 3000), GSL Projekt, Berlin
- 2017
- In Memoriam Francesca Lowe, Old Truman Brewery, London
- Part I: Street Semiotics (curated by Zavier Ellis), CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London
- 2016
- A Promise of Truth - the Contemporary Portrait, Galerie Robert Drees, Berlin
- Black Paintings, Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt
- Semiotic Guerilla Warfare (Part 2), Dean Clough Museum, Halifax
- 2015
- Semiotic Guerilla Warfare (Part 1), PAPER Gallery, Manchester
- Black Paintings, CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London
- Black Paintings, CHARLIE SMITH LONDON & Heike Strelow Gallery Positions, Berlin
- REALITY: Modern and Contemporary British Painting, Walker Art Museum, Liverpool
- Die English Kommen! - New Painting from London (curated by Zavier Ellis), Galerie Heike Strelow, Frankfurt
- 2014
- Idolatry CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London
- Saatchi’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis, Simon Rumley & Rebecca B1, Victoria House, London
- Cultus Deorum (curated by Zavier Ellis), Saatchi Gallery, London
- REALITY: Modern and Contemporary British Painting (curated by Chris Stevens) Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich
- 2013
- Gallery Artists: Director’s Selection, CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London
- Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis, Simon Rumley & Rebecca Wilson) B1, Victoria House, London
- Porträts, Galerie Rigassi, Bern
- 2012
- The Id, the Ego and the Superego (curated by Zavier Ellis), BRAUBACHfive, Frankfurt
- Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis, Simon Rumley & Rebecca Wilson) B1, Victoria House, London
- The Serpent’s Tail, Witzenhausen Gallery, Amsterdam
- Polemically Small (curated by Zavier Ellis & Edward Lucie-Smith) Orleans House Gallery, Twickenham
- The Id, the Ego and the Superego (curated by Zavier Ellis & Marcela Munteanu) CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London
- 2011
- Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis, Simon Rumley & Rebecca Wilson) B1, Victoria House, London
- Charlie Sierra Lima, CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London
- Everyday (curated by Tony Benn), University Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge
- Polemically Small (curated by Edward Lucie-Smith), Klaipeda Culture Communication Centre, Klaipeda
- THE FUTURE CAN WAIT presents: Polemically Small (curated by Zavier Ellis, Edward Lucie- Smith & Simon Rumley) Torrance Art Museum, Los Angeles
- Polemically Small (curated by Edward Lucie-Smith), Garboushian Gallery, Beverley Hills
- 2010
- Pokerface, Koraalberg Contemporary Art Gallery, Antwerp
- THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) Shoreditch Town Hall, London
- Polemically Small (curated by Edward Lucie-Smith), CHARLIE SMITH LONDON, London
- Ray Lowry London Calling, Idea Generation, London
- New British Painting (curated by Zavier Ellis & Pilvi Kalhama), Gallery Kalhama & Piippo, Helsinki
- Call to Arms, BRAUBACHfive, Frankfurt
- 2009
- British Art Now (curated by Edward Lucie-Smith), Werkstatt Galerie, Berlin
- THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) Old Truman Brewery, London
- New London School (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley), Galerie Schuster, Berlin
- 2008
- THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) Old Truman Brewery, London
- The Smallest Art Fair in the World, Anna Kustera Gallery, New York
- A Stain upon the Silence (curated by Chris Shilling, Chris Page & Gaboy Gaynor), St. Martins College of Art, London
- Anticipation (curated by Kay Saatchi & Catriona Warren) Selfridges, London
- UK Best Graduates, White Box Gallery, New York
- The Past is History Part II (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley), Changing Role Gallery, Napoli
- The Past is History Part I (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley), Changing Role Gallery, Rome
- Icon (curated by Hugh Mendes) Primo Alonso Gallery, London
- New London School (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley), Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles
- THE FUTURE CAN WAIT (curated by Zavier Ellis & Simon Rumley) Atlantis Gallery, London
- 2006
- RA 5, Lennon Weinberg, New York
- Royal Academy Show, Wisniez Castle, Krakow
- 2005
- 50 Selected artists, Hollow Salon, London
- 2004
- 12 Award Winners Show, Florence Trust, London
Awards & residencies
- 2007
- Chelsea Arts Club Travel Award
- 2005
- Sturdley Award
- 2004
- British Institute Award
- 2003–2004
- Florence Trust Studio Award
Press & publications
- 2017
- RUN TO ME, Exhibition Catalogue
- The Book of Black, Faye Dowling (ISBN 978-1786270429), Laurence King Publishing
- 2014
- REALITY: Modern and Contemporary British Painting, Chris Stevens (ISBN 978-1786270429) Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts
- 2013
- 100 London Artists Vol. 1, Zavier Ellis & Edward Lucie-Smith, iArtBook
- Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT, Exhibition Catalogue
- 2012
- Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT, Exhibition Catalogue
- 2011
- Saatchi Gallery & Channel 4’s New Sensations and THE FUTURE CAN WAIT, Exhibition Catalogue
- 2010
- New British Painting, Timo Valjakka, Artforum
- 2009
- British Art Now, Travis Jeppesen , Artforum
- Sexuality in Art Modern Edition.com
- 2008
- THE FUTURE CAN WAIT Exhibition Catalogue
- Saatchi after Saatchi, Ginny Dougray, The Times Magazine
- 2007
- Oh You Pretty Things, Derwent May, The Times
- Guide to the Fairs, Richard Clayton, Sunday Times
- 15 Young Masters, Freire Barnes, Bon International (No.12)
- Miser & Now (Issue 10), Q&A, Miser & Now
Collections
Javier Baz, Denver; Carlos Fragoso, New York; Glen Luchford, New York; David Roberts, London; Sir Norman Rosenthal, London; Kay Saatchi, Los Angeles; Private collections in Belgium, Columbia, France, Germany, Netherlands, Switzerland, United Kingdom & United States
Education
- 2004 - 2007
- Post-Graduate Diploma Fine Art Royal Academy Schools, London
- 2000 - 2003
- BA (Hons) Fine Art Middlesex University, London