Charlie Calder-Potts

Charlie Calder-Potts

Charlie Calder-Potts is a British artist based in UK. Her work looks at history and its repetitive nature; the value of our heritage and our similarities to previous generations and to each other. She is a mixed media artist working with wood panel, vellum (calf skin) and wasli ; combining photography, painting and drawing.

Charlie has had many notable exhibitions and commissions both in the UK and abroad. Previous projects include her selection as an Official War Artist with the British Army in Afghanistan 2013/14, private commissions in Iraq in 2015 and Tajikistan in 2016, a collaborative project sponsored by The British Arts Council in Iran, 2017/18 and Russia 2018/19. In May 2021 she was awarded the QEST scholarship (Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust) for her project in Pakistan. This new body of work will be exhibited in her forthcoming solo show ‘The world was all before them’, (September 2022)

Upcoming Exhibitions

‘The world was all before them’, solo exhibition, September 2022, Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold

Received the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust Award (QEST) for series in Pakistan, 2021/2022, London

Previous Exhibitions

Shortlisted Artists Exhibition, ING Discerning Art Prize, November 2021, Mall Galleries, London.

Fosse Gallery, Summer Exhibition, Group exhibition, July to September 2021, Stow-on-the-Wold

Highly Commended, Ruth Bouchard Prize, May 2021, London

Shortlist, Figurative Art Today Prize, July to September 2021, Mall Galleries, London

Fosse Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, group exhibition, December 2020, Stow-on-the-Wold

Shortlisted Artists Exhibition, Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize, September 2020, Ashurst Emerging Artists Gallery, London

Shortlisted Artists Exhibition, Derwent Art Prize, May 2020, OXO Tower, London and 20 Rue Saint Claude, Paris

Singing Some Endless Song, solo exhibition, March 2020, Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold

Art on the Mind, group exhibition, June 2019, Proud Central Gallery, London

Columbia Threadneedle Prize, February 2018, Mall Galleries, London

The land I stepped in; tales from Persia, Solo exhibition sponsored by the British Arts Council, February 2018, Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold

Art on a Postcard, September 2017, Long and Ryle Gallery, London

Mappa Mundi Inspirations, April to August 2017, Hereford Cathedral

164 Annual Open Exhibition, October to November 2016, Royal West of England Academy of Art, Bristol

Book of Kings, solo exhibition, February 2016, Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold

Beauty is the Garden, group exhibition, July 2016, Long and Ryle Gallery, Pimlico, London

NOA Competition Group Exhibition, November 2015, Royal College of Art, South Kensington, London

Trinity House, group exhibition, July 2015, New York

Art for Carers, group exhibition, May 2015, Gloucester Cathedral

Fosse Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, group exhibition, December 2014, Stow-on-the-Wold

Threadneedle Prize Exhibition, September 2014, The Mall Galleries, London

Hackney WickED, August 2014, London 

Ikon house, solo exhibition, Nov 2013 – 4th Jan 2014, Sheikh Zayed Road , Dubai

Fosse Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, group exhibition, December 2013, Stow-on-the-Wold

– Official War Artist in Afghanistan, sponsored by the British Army, November to December 2013

Solo Show, October 2013 to Jan 2014, Ikon House, Dubai

Art Hamptons New York with Rebecca Hossack Gallery, July 2012, New York

Belgravia Gallery, Summer Exhibition, group exhibition, December 2014, London

The Crate Notting Hill, Solo Exhibition, May 2012, London

Fosse Gallery, Spring Exhibition, group exhibition, May 2012, Stow-on-the-Wold

The Affordable Art Fair, April 2012, New York

Fosse Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, group exhibition, December 2011, Stow-on-the-Wold

AAF Amsterdam with HUS Gallery, November 2011, Amsterdam 

ST-ART, November 2011, Strasbourg, France 

Art London, solo stand with Fine Art Commissions, October 2011, London

Fosse Gallery, Summer Exhibition, group exhibition, August 2011, Stow-on-the-Wold

Solo Exhibition, Fine Art Commissions, June 2011, St James, London

‘Rams, lambs, tups and ewes,’ group exhibition, Fosse Gallery, Stow-on-the-Wold, May 2011

Fosse Gallery, Christmas Exhibition, group exhibition, December 2010, Stow-on-the-Wold

Group Exhibition at Fine Art Commissions Ltd, November 2010, St James, London

June 2010 – Sept 2010 – 4 x Aluminium Panels (72” x 54”) Installation – Private Commission

Chelsea Art Fair with Fine Art Commissions Ltd, April, 2010, London

Artist in Residence, Pump Court Tax Chambers, Jan 2010 – May 2010, London

Permanent Exhibition Trinity House Fine Art, Jun 2009 – March 2010, New York.

Untitled Artists Fair, Chelsea Town Hall, May 2009, London

The Crate Notting Hill, Solo Exhibition, May 2009, London

Group Exhibition, Little Buckland Gallery, February 2009, Worcestershire

Group Exhibition, Thirlestaine Long Gallery, December 2008, Cheltenham

Group Exhibition, Little Buckland Gallery, August 2008, Worcestershire

Group Exhibition at Riley Contemporary Art, July 2008, Gloucestershire

2004-2008 – MA, St Andrews University.

2003 – Studied at the British Institute, Florence


By Fearless Winds Seek
Mixed Media on Wasli
13.5 x 9 Inches
£2700

Among Themselves
Mixed Media on Wasli
10.5 x 9 Inches
£1900

Wild Above Rule
Mixed Media on Wasli
6 x 8.5 Inches
£1700

Once the Rains had Passed
Mixed Media on Wasli
7.5 x 6 Inches

This Sacred Union
Mixed Media on Wasli
10 x 10 Inches

While the Water Sings
Mixed Media on Wasli
5 x 7.5 Inches

Go into all the World
Mixed Media on Wasli
11 x 13 Inches

Till Time Grows Old
Mixed Media on Wasli
6.5 x 8 Inches

Whilst the World was Silent
Mixed Media on Wasli
17 x 13.5 Inches

Upon Whispering Winds
Mixed Media on Wasli
7 x 9 Inches

Into the Unknowing Great
Mixed Media on Wasli
6.5 x 8.5 Inches

Upon a Darkling Plain
Mixed Media on Wasli
6.5 x 6.5 Inches

At the Light of Dawn
Mixed Media on Vellum
14 x 12 Inches

There Was a Place
Mixed Media on Awagami Washi Paper
20 x 16.5 Inches

On the Third Day
Mixed Media on Awagami Washi Paper
18 x 15 Inches

I See the Glorious City
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
16 x 20 inches

You're Turning in to my Memory
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
5 x 7 inches

To Have Dreamed a Thousand Dreams
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
20 x 20 inches

She Was as Living as Life Itself
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
5 x 7 inches

No Power Could Have Compelled Her to Remain Silent
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
10 x 8 inches

In Beams of Sun I sing
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
6 x 8.5 inches

Her Name was Ulinka
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
7 x 8.5 inches

For the Tale is Older Than the Record
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
12 x 9.5 inches

Eleven Minutes Passed
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
8 x 10 inches

Age After Age Passes
Mixed Media on Wood Panel
9.5 x 7 inches

All my veins are connected to this land
Mixed Media
9.5 x 6 inches

This dizzy sky
Mixed Media on Vellum
14 x 12 inches

The ever turning sky II
Mixed Media on Paper
7 x 5 inches

The woman was a soothsayer
Mixed Media on Vellum
12 x 10 inches

Sing endlessly my kinsmen
Mixed Media on Vellum
12 x 6 inches

Memory may clothe in wings IV
Mixed Media on Paper
6.5 x 5 inches

Memory may clothe in wings III
Mixed Media on Paper
5 x 5 inches

Memory may clothe in wings II
Mixed Media on Aluminium
12 x 20 inches

Memory may clothe in wings
Mixed Media on Aluminium
24 x 20 inches

I will not return to this last street
Mixed Media on Vellum
16 x 16.5 inches