Originally from the UK, Elizabeth Charnock has lived and worked in Berlin since 2015.

The built environment and urban planning ideologies are common themes throughout her practice. Spatial relationships inform her work at all scales – from entire cities and street scenes, to the seemingly banal small structures which permeate our surroundings. By referencing a large body of documentary photography, she mentally collages multiple urban elements into imagined environments, which are meticulously rendered with multiple layers of ink on paper. The drawings in turn act as the reference for architectural models, sculpted mostly from ceramics or polymer clay.

Her work often captures moments ‘in-between’ – miniature snapshots of tranquility before or after human activity. The scenes she creates inhabit realms that are entirely fictional, yet instantly recognisable. The uninhabited spaces evoke feelings of isolation, offering familiarity – but only at a distance – whilst inviting the viewer to reassess their own sense of place within these miniature worlds.

Text: Myles Edward Cook

Bio

Born in 1990 Shrewsbury, UK

Lives and works in Berlin

2015-17 Meisterschüler Studies, Fine Art, Prof. Martin Honert, Dresden Academy of Fine Arts

2013-15 Master's Degree, Fine Art, Dresden Academy of Fine Arts

2011-12 Erasmus Programme, Fine Art, Dresden Academy of Fine Arts

2009-13 Bachelor of Arts, Art & Design, University of Leeds

2008-9 Foundation Diploma, Art & Design at Bournville Institute of Art and Design

Prizes & Scholarships

Hackfleisch Drawing Competition winner of the “Hackfleisch Passion Prize” 2019

DAAD Study Scholarship for artists and architects, 2014/15

ERASMUS Scholarship, 2013

FUAM Graduate Art Prize, Leeds, Runner up, 2013

Exhibitions

2024

Free City
StadtWERKSTATT, Berlin

The Mug Exhibition
P.o.P, Berlin

TACK
Grölle Gallery, Wuppertal

Drop It
BcmA Berlin

Your View
Grölle Gallery, Wuppertal (solo)

Recycling Narratives
Kunstraum Kreuzberg| Bethanien, Berlin

2023

At a Distance (solo - online)
Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne

APARTMENT // Elizabeth Charnock & Jinran Ha (duo)
Alexander Poetzsch Architekten, Dresden

Summer Showcase #2 (solo)
Studio B|VDL
Berlin

ART MATTERS 7 (online)
Galerie Biesenbach, Cologne

2022

Game ON! Vol. 4
Hilbertraum, Berlin

Art Auction 10
Weserhalle, Berlin

Art Auction in aid of The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity
The Hurlingham Club, London
Hosted by Artsy

Game ON! Vol. 3
Künstlerhaus Dortmund

Start to Finish (Co-curation)
TOR Artspace, Frankfurt

Eleonora Nanu // Elizabeth Charnock (duo)
Ines Schulz Gallery, Dresden

Paper Story
Ladies Drawing Club

No Splash (solo)
SWIMMING POOL STUDIO, Berlin

2021

Guest Exhibition @ Studio Ella Becker (solo)
Berlin

Art Auction 8
Weserhalle, Berlin-Neukölln

Maratona di visione
Officina15, Bologna
https://www.maratonadivisione.it

2020

REKORD – Kunstkaufhalle
ACUD Galerie, Berlin-Mitte

2019

round about
BCMA Berlin, Berlin-Kreuzberg

Presence III
Fincan Neukölln, Berlin

Chronicle
Projektraum Bethanien, Berlin

Downsized (solo)
Raum2, Grölle Pass Projects, Wuppertal

Welcome To the Pink
Fincan Neukölln, Berlin

2018

Heatwave (duo)
Gallery Ines Schulz, Dresden

Talking Modern
Geh8, Dresden

Existenz
HfbK Dresden, Oktogon

2017

NOW! (duo)
Gallery Ines Schulz, Dresden

2016

Nach Wroclaw, nach Wroclaw!
Museum for Contemporary Art, Breslau, Poland

Hängung 3
Gerson Höger Gallery, Hamburg

GorbatshowPLUS
AK 68, Wasserburg

Künstlermesse "Room+Style"
Exhibition center, Dresden

Dresden Contemporary Art Rundgang
Gallery Stephanie Kelly, Dresden

2015

Kunstpreis Junger Westen 2015
Kunsthalle Recklinghausen

Diplomausstellung
HfBK Dresden

Bilderladen
Galerie Holger John, Dresden

Minimal Art Gallery/Schools of Art
HfBK Dresden, Oktogon

2013/14

Points on a Compass
BISHOP: Raum für Ton und Bild, Dresden

Kunstlotterie
Galerie m2a, Dresden

Jahresausstellung 2014
HfBK Dresden

Bachelor Degree Show 2013
University of Leeds

Best of Degree Shows
Six Foot Gallery, Glasgow

FUAM Graduate Art Prize 2013
Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery, Leeds