Charlie Carter
I have been a maker, project manager and lead artist of creative projects in the public realm where I specialised in creating site-specific sculpture and interventions in streetscapes and the development of community events; I have made work for streets, roundabouts, schools, hospitals, libraries and churches and worked closely with commissioners in all of these places to make art that created atmosphere and a sense of place. A meaningful engagement with the locality and community formed an integral part of my research and design development process from which the physical results evolved as a logical outcome. I continue to be interested in the challenge of engaging communities with my art but, being released from the necessity to earn a living from commissions, I am free to explore my own ideas. Doing this across a language barrier adds a new challenge.
Public realm
2017-present- Using empty shop windows as a space for telling stories in France.
2014-2017- War memorial for the fallen members of the International Brigade in Oxfordshire. Sculptural ensemble for Emsworth town council, Hampshire
2013 - 2014 - Watervole Trail, Winchester for Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust and Wild Play Project for National Trust at Mottisfont Abbey.
2012 - Virtual Fountain, Printing House Square, Guildford Borough Council.
2011 - Celestial Microscope, Portsmouth Grammar School, Portsmouth
2010 - Oyster Pond Sculptures, The Oyster Pond, Littlehampton
2007 - 2009 Lead Artist, Arthur's Hill Regeneration, Newcastle upon Tyne.
2007 - Artpoint commission for Red Oaks School, Swindon.
2006 - Kare Koru, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton
2006 - Observatory, Hanwell Fields Housing Estate, Banbury
2005 - King John's Charter, Union Street, Andover
2005 - Playground Redevelopment, Soho Parish School, Soho, London
2005 - Street Performance Space, Commercial Road, Portsmouth
2004 - Gimme Shelter, Hanger Farm Park, Totton
2004 - Olfactotem (Five Senses Project), Commercial Road, Portsmouth
2003 - Lead Artist, , Horndean Technology College, Campus Regeneration,