Charlotte Holt is a multi-disciplinary artist based at DMZ Studios in Manchester, working across sculpture, painting, curating, and writing.

 

Through a contrast of inanity and reality, the human condition is recognised for its inconsistent and capricious nature. An examination into our relationship to artwork through different sensorial elements; the work often invites the viewer to interact through touch or smell. Soft saccharine tones clash with the touch of harsh textures, sweet smells engage with vulnerability in a sickly but inquisitive attraction. Writings are confessional and sometimes exposing, offering a hesitance to relatability and a dissonance conflicting the trivial and the childish. Compositional elements of painting create a set discourse between what can or cannot be controlled, through form and colour.

 

Holt’s critical practice aims to open conversations surrounding the critique of traditional gallery display styles, challenge the curatorial norms of the historic arts institution and display art in contextually relevant environments. Artworks should be situated in consideration to their surroundings.

Happenings

Education

* BA (Hons) Fine Art and Art History - Manchester School of Art 2019-2022
* Foundation Diploma in Art and Design - Manchester School of Art 2018-2019

Selected Shows (self-curated)
 

* it makes me feel acutely here and everybody somewhere else - Manchester 2026

* How Do I Look? - Saan1 Manchester 2025
* Heart-Centered -  Fox Yard Studio Suffolk 2024
* DMZ group show - AIR Gallery Altrincham 2023
* Stimuli (Curated by Meg Jones) - K-House Manchester 2023
* Blah Open - Cafe Blah Manchester 2023
* Short Supply's Made It 2022 - Manchester 2022
* it is difficult to think of you without me in the sentence - Solo Show Manchester 2022
* AIR Open - AIR Gallery Altrincham 2022
* Falling into Place (Degree Show) - Manchester School of Art 2022
* Gallery Next Door - West Didsbury Manchester 2022
* Cotton On: Art All Dayer - Ancoats Manchester 2022
* Reflections - Grosvenor Gallery Manchester 2021
* july is over and there is very little trace - AATMA Manchester 2021
* Foundation Degree Show - Manchester School of Art 2019
* Year Zero - Link Gallery 2018

Publications
 

* i can still hear you say my name - Team Trident Press 2026

* Oxford Road Corridor article Summer 2026

* Cobbled - SEESAW feature 2026
* Oxford Road Corridor article Spring 2025
* Full Throttle - GULP feature 2025
* 517 Degrees - Short Supply feature 2024
* Material Issue One - Meta Space Gallery 2024

Workshops & Talks
 

* Future Now Alumni Panel - Manchester School of Art 2026

* Manchester in Print talk- International Magazine Centre 2025

* Shape the Future - Manchester School of Art 2025
* Future Now Alumni Panel - Manchester School of Art 2025
* Painting for Gratitude (with Gypsophila Collective) - Carlton Club 2022
* Painting for Gratitude - Online 2021
* Arts workshops - Orangebox Halifax 2018

Curatorial Projects
 

* DMZ presents show and tell - Manchester 2026
* DMZ x Short Supply at mcr contemporary - MCR Art Fair 2024
* MADE IT 2024 - SEESAW 2024
* i see you (MA textiles & product design graduates) - Manchester 2023

work cv available on request

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