The Visible Artist

Charley Peters

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Episode notes

How can an artist translate their studio practice into different architectural spaces? Why does the scale of a studio matter? How can an artist overcome creative block? What is the best way to approach a commission from a company like Facebook or ITV? What is it like to create a site-specific work in a mental health unit? Why is writing about other artists’ work valuable to your own practice?

After discovering Charley’s work via the wonderful charity Hospital Rooms, I was excited to visit her South Bermondsey studio. Charley’s paintings are very striking in their combination of clashing elements: she paints with bold strokes of colour and layers this with digital components, grids, glitchy symbols - many very familiar to viewers in this digital age.

Charley says “By remixing the things that I’ve consumed visually and putting them onto a canvas I make fantastical worlds where intuitive smears of paint co-exist with hard-edged geometry, and the language of Modernist painting meets the everyday aesthetics of screen culture to make something new but strangely familiar. I believe that everyone should have a place to belong and if you don’t fit into the real world, you have the power to make your own.’

The world that Charley has created clearly appeals to many - she has exhibited internationally - at Saatchi Gallery and the Hauser & Wirth Showroom in London as well as galleries in Rome, Yantai, New York and Gdansk. Her clients include House of Vans, Facebook, ITV - and the amazing charity Hospital Rooms. Charley has a PhD in Fine Art Theory and Practice, she is a peer reviewer for The Journal of Contemporary Painting and on the editorial board of Turps Banana. She is a visiting tutor in Fine Art at City & Guilds of London Art School, a visiting painting mentor at Turps Art School and a Postgraduate Senior Lecturer at University of the Arts London.

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Hosted and produced by Sophie Loxton Lucas, The Visible Artist podcast features individual artists and their paths to success within the creative world. Alongside conversations with an array of practicing artists, Sophie chats to key art world protagonists about their experiences of working with artists. The Visible Artist podcast is a must-listen for any artists looking to make their mark in today’s art world.