_charles_harrop_griffiths
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Charles Harrop-Griffiths, b.1991, is a London born British Mixed Media artist currently residing in Bermuda. His work balances on the edge of a physical and digital art process in response to the imbalance between reality and technology today. He produces etchings, paintings, photography as well as a wide range of digitally produced images, animations and Virtual Reality experiences. His subjects differ widely, but relate closely to the impact of technology on society. He has a keen interest in the importance of architecture, nature and history which he attempts to reflect in his work. Charles has a background working in the film and architecture industries, and studied Art History BA at University of Nottingham, and Fine Art MA at University of the Arts London.​​
STATEMENT:
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"I draw, paint and sculpt and have done so since I was a child. My experience and my work have taken me to experiment with film, music, VR design, software development and architecture but most of all visual art.
My childhood was littered with the pull from the physical world to the digital. Whether to run through the woods or spend hours playing video games. I think this is where my interest in the 2 sides of our reality began.
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It feels important to me to demonstrate a balance. I create physical work, digital work, and work that has correlating physical / digital counterparts. I aim to include more installation work with digital technology and physical works opposing and integrating with one another as if both are present in their own separate worlds.
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I like to see new technology as a medium. When I conquer using one thing, another new exciting opportunity comes about. I feel we are all lost in an endless upward curve of technological progression and it’s difficult to hold firmly onto any one process.
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I like the idea of representing the internet as streams of colliding information and media. This can be seen in several of my paintings, 3D environments and NFTs. I like to consider each line as a different piece of information and as they interact and interconnect, this creates larger packages being sent in the digital realm.
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Religion is a central inspiration to my work and ideas. I am not particularly religious; however, I understand the significance of it. Religion has inspired some of the greatest paintings, sculpture and architecture ever made. My work is inspired by religious art in the context of a more secular world. I like to believe that the emerging technologies have lead to humans becoming the creators of their own heavens and hells."
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EXHIBITIONS ​
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June 2024 - Floating Through the Metaverse, The Loren, Austin, Texas, United States
May 2024 - Redefining Art and Technology, Masterworks Gallery, Bermuda
May 2024 - Digital Art Gallery, Dubai, UAE
May 2024 - International AR Art Festival 2024, ArtValley, Hong Kong
April 2024 - Redefining Art and Technology, Pier 06, Hamilton, Bermuda
April 2024 - Fantasia, Artivive HQ, Vienna, Austria
April 2024 - Momentum, ArtlyMix, Sao Paulo, Brazil
March 2024 - Data Dreams, The Earth Gallery, London
November 2023 - Signs of Life, solo, Bermuda Society of Arts, Hamilton
October 2023 - Vivid Vibrations, group, The Yard, Visionary Projects, Brooklyn, New York
July 2023 - GD Showcase, Bermuda Society of Arts, Hamilton,
June 2023 - Sightlines, SKT_Spaces, Hoxton, London
February 2023 - Time for Ealing, Ealing Project, London
September 2018 - Inhabiting the Dome, Whiteleys Shopping Centre, London
September 2017 - Continua Spheres Ensemble, Le Centquatre, Paris
September 2017 - 'Enter through the Headset II', Gazelli Art House, Mayfair, London
August 2017 - Boomtown Fair, Winchester
June 2017 - 'Controlled Realities', Anise Gallery, London
January 2017 - 'Art at Altitude', Creative Debuts, Level39, Canary Wharf, London
November 2016 - Anti-Film Festival, Croydon
November 2016 – ‘Common People’, Ugly Duck, East India Dock, London
November 2016 – WIRED Festival 2016, Tower Bridge, London
September 2016 – Tribe 2016, Ugly Duck, Tanner Street, London
August 2016 – Boomtown Festival, Winchester
August 2016 – Cross Platform, Cubitt Sessions, Central Saint Martins, London
July 2016 – Coldharbour Studios, Open Exhibition.
September 2015 - Tribe 2015, Ugly Duck, Tanner Street, London
April 2015 - Digital Meze, Gitoon Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
February 2013 - Short Cuts Film Festival, London
May 2012 - ECU Film Festival, Paris.
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PRIZES / RESIDENCIES / TALKS
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Artist in Residence / Realtime Artist, Anise Gallery / AVR London, January 2017 - January 2018
Virtual Needs Reality, Artist Talk, Central Saint Martins, January 2017
​AR/VR Residency, UpFor Gallery & Oregon Storyboard, Portland, US, Nov 2016
South Kiosk Award 2016 – Winner. (Virtual Reality Prize)
Lumen Prize 2016 – Longlist (Lumen Gold Prize & Mixed Reality Award)
International Emerging Artist Award 2016 – Shortlist.
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PRESS / REVIEWS
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Critical Playgrounds - Enter Through the Headset II, Gazelli Art House - Aesthetica Magazine, 2017
Obsessions Grow - Camberwell, MA Degree Show - Artlyst.com, 2015
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EDUCATION
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2014-2016 - MA Fine Art Digital, Camberwell College of Arts, UAL
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2009-2012 - BA History of Art, University of Nottingham