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