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
