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

Exhibitions

* '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 '23', Cafe Blah, Manchester, 2023
* 'short supply 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, Manchester, 2022
* 'falling into place: degree show', Manchester School of Art, 2022
* 'gallery next door', West Didsbury, Manchester, 2022
* 'artruism', Northern Monk, Northern Quarter, Manchester 2022
* 'cotton on mcr: art all dayer', Hallé St.Peters, Ancoats, Manchester 2022
* 'reflections', Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester School of Art, 2021
* 'july is over and there is very little trace', AATMA, Northern Quarter, Manchester, 2021
* 'foundation degree show 2019', Manchester School of Art, 2019
* 'year zero', Link Gallery, Manchester School of Art, 2018

Publications

* 'oxford road corridor; spring 2025' article for SEESAW, 2025
* 'full throttle' GULP magazine feature for DMZ Studios, 2025
* '417 degrees' Short Supply, 2024
* 'material' issue one, Meta Space Gallery, 2024

Workshops & Talks

* 'future now alumni panel', Manchester School of Art, 2025
* 'painting for gratitude', (with Gypsophila Collective), Carlton Club, Manchester, 2022
* 'painting for gratitude' (Online) 2021
* 'arts and craft workshops' Orangebox, Halifax, 2018

Curatorial Projects

* 'DMZ x Short Supply' mcr contemporary, MCR Art Fair, 2024
* 'MADE IT 2024' north west graduate showcase, SEESAW, 2024
* 'i see you' textiles & product design MA graduate showcase, Northern Quarter, 2023

work cv available on request

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