Clare Charnely is a British artist, her undergraduate studies were at Leeds Beckett University, her postgraduate studies at Chelsea College Art of London, she was Senior Lecturer in Fine Art at Leeds Becket University until 2015. Now, she lives and works at Leed, UK.
Charnely worked in collaboration with several international artists: Tanja Frank at Casino Luxembourg Forum d’Art Contemporain; Shu Yang at Dashanzui Festival, Beijing and Anat Pick at Performance Art Platform, Tel Aviv. Recently, she is working with the Brazilian artist Patricia Azevedo, for their collaboration Azevedo and Charnely have received awards from Arts Council England, Visiting Arts and the British Council. She exhibits in Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Columbia, Estonia, France, Germany, Iraq, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, UK, USA.
The main point of Charnely’s work is to observe the process of changing through culture, space and time, which involves common objects. At first, this artistic inquiry took the form of speech and performances. Currently, Charnley’s work develops in several steps, every single step gives an additional dimension and prospective to the work. On this way, she suggests some polyhedral food for thought.
Untitled War Series is inspired by an ancient tapestry, which represents a clash. Through a process of selection, de-contextualization and 3d reproduction, the objects become real and they suggest a deep consideration about war legacy.
