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
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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
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