Cecilia Charlton
MA work
MA work
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It Might've Been a Walk-In Spirit (according to my 72-year-old Peruvian roommate), I, 2018
wool needlepoint on canvas over wood panel
60 cm x 120 cm -
It Might've Been a Walk-In Spirit (according to my 72-year-old Peruvian roommate), II, 2018
wool needlepoint on canvas over wood panel
63.5 cm x 87 cm -
Michael Pollan Says It's OK to Do Drugs (in a therapeutic setting), 2017
wool needlepoint on canvas over wood panel
63.5 cm x 87 cm
It Might've Been a Walk-In Spirit (according to my 72-year-old Peruvian roommate) // Family Legacy
This installation comprises two bodies of work, It Might've Been a Walk-In Spirit (according to my 72-year-old Peruvian roommate) and Family Legacy. They both use the language of textiles to highlight issues of time and tradition; the ephemera of memory and the elusiveness of trauma. The viewer is invited to dwell on the past and succumb to the patterns and textures of the textiles.
Info
Info
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MA Degree
School
School of Arts & Humanities
Programme
MA Painting, 2018
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Contact
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+44 (0) 75639 64071
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Personal history, as explored through textiles, has been the main focus of research during my degree. Traditional materials and patterns provide focus on my own experience while simultaneously placing the works in a larger cultural conversation. Time becomes central the works as a direct result of the time-consuming creative process, but they also indirectly evoke a sense of timelessness and ephemera. Spanning the mediums of textiles, painting, sculpture, and installation, my work tends equally towards the personal and political.
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Degrees
- BFA Painting, Hunter College, 2015
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Exhibitions
- Living Room, Safehouse 1 & 2, London, 2018; Thumbnails, Hockney Gallery, London, 2018; Rubber-chew // Clink, adieu, Unit 1 Gallery, London, 2018; An Audience of Echoes, Hockney Gallery, London, 2018; Plants People Pots [an invitation], Pinch Project Space, London, 2018; Beyond Borders, Rebelle Gallery, Hamburg, 2017; RCA WIP Show, London, 2017; The Abstraction of Continents / the Continent of Abstraction, Lychee One Gallery, London, 2016; 27th International Juried Exhibition, Viridian Gallery, New York, 2016; Thunder Umbrella, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT, 2016; Art of the Northeast Exhibition, Silvermine Arts Center, New Canaan CT, 2015; BFA // Thesis, Bertha & Karl Leubsdorf Art Gallery, New York, 2015; #occupycommonground, Church of St. Paul the Apostle, New York, 2014
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Awards
- Fulbright UK Scholarship (short-listed), 2016; Vermont Studio Center, Artist Grant, 2015; Art of the Northeast Exhibition, Andy and Marsha Glazer Painting Award, 2015; Hunter College, Kossak Painting Fellowship, 2015, 2014; Yale University, Ellen Battel Stoeckel Painting Fellowship, 2014; NYFA, Strategic Opportunities Stipend, 2010, 2009
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Publications
- New American Paintings, Northeast #122, 2016; Front Art Space, OPEN16, 2016