Charlie Franklin
I use everyday found materials, such as cardboard boxes, to make sculptures that draw on research into standing stones, ruins, and ancient sculpture.
My work is often metallic, with gilded or patinated surfaces and a pronounced texture. Echoing historical forms, these theatrical, contemporary counterpoints explore how objects claim territory and shape our lives.
Selected Exhibitions:
2025 - Material Actors, Hypha Studios, London
2025 - Ruin Gazing, ALMA Artspace, Newquay, Cornwall, UK
2025 - The Geological Unconscious, Hypha HQ, London
2025 - All Mouth No Trousers, the icing room, London
2025 – Winter Sculpture Park, Gallery No.32, London
2024 - Portal1, Wuppertal, Germany
2023 - Outliers (Solo), The Stone Space, London
2023 - Winter Sculpture Park III, Gallery No.32, London
2022 - An Expanding Field, Gloam, Sheffield, UK
2022 - Expanded Painting, AIR Gallery, Altrincham, UK
2021 - Fizmers (Solo), Broadway Gallery (Off Site), Letchworth, Hertfordshire, UK
2021 - Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld, Kunstlerhaus Treptow Atliers, Berlin, Germany
2019 - Over Ground Uneven (Solo), Vane, Newcastle, UK
2019 - FLAT + EARTH, Sidney + Matilda, Sheffield, UK
2018 - Overlay, The Manchester Contemporary, Curated by MDP, UK
2018 - John Moores Painting Prize 2018, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, UK
2017 - In Nothing Flat, Mark Devereux Projects, Manchester, UK
2017 - Creekside Open (selected by Alison Wilding), A.P.T Gallery, London
2016 - Hamburg Kunst Altonale Festival 18, Germany
2016 - Standing In The Shade, Mile End Art Pavilion, London
2015 - Vein of Gold (Solo), Aldeburgh Beach Lookout, Suffolk, UK
2015 - The Green Room: Charlie Franklin & Pippa Gatty, An Tobar, Isle of Mull, Scotland
2014 - Ouija: Lindsey Bull & Charlie Franklin, Bloc Projects, Sheffield, UK
2013 - Nature Reserves, GV Art, London
2012 - Six by Four, Motorcade/FlashParade, Bristol, UK
2011 - Propeller Island, Supermarket Art Fair, Stockholm, Sweden
2011 - Mushrooms Like Lace (Solo), Motorcade/FlashParade, Bristol, UK
2009 - Magic Carpet, Crypt Gallery, London
2009 - Propeller Island, The Guerrilla Gallery, London
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