Charlie Franklin (born 1983) is a London based artist who predominately creates site responsive installations. By this Charlie means that she explores and adapts materials in the studio, then transposes them to the gallery space they are shown in, where the collection of work is meticulously ordered in reaction to the architectural space surrounding it.

Adopting an almost obsessionally experimental approach to materials is a key part of Charlie’s process. Her current interest is using semi-solids such as soap and gel, which alter state as time progresses. These temporal forms are then composed alongside sculptural pieces such as wooden structures, draped fabric and vitrines.  The outcome questions the process of time, as well as control, language and object attachment.

Charlie says, ‘I wish to say as much as possible without over manipulating the materials I use. I think they need to be allowed to speak for themselves and for the parts not to outshine the sum total. I believe there is a delicacy about the placement of each object alongside the other. It’s a constant negotiation, adding in and then editing out, which I do until some sort of rest point is reached. I wouldn’t necessarily consider the work to be finished when I stop orchestrating it, it is an ongoing process where things change and shift, whether I like it or not.’  

 
Charlie studied Fine Art at Middlesex University, and went on to study the Post Graduate Diploma and MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art and Design, London. She is making her curatorial debut with GV Art’s group exhibition ‘Inside Out’.