Charlie Franklin uses everyday found materials, such as cardboard boxes, to create sculptures informed by standing stones, ruins, and ancient sculpture. Echoing historical forms, her theatrical, contemporary counterpoints explore how objects claim territory and shape our lives.

Franklin is a British artist based in London. She completed a BA in Fine Art at Middlesex University in 2005 and an MA in Fine Art at Chelsea College of Art & Design in 2008. Recent exhibitions include Ruin Gazing (ALMA Artspace, Cornwall), Winter Sculpture Park (Gallery No.32, London), and The Geological Unconscious (Hypha HQ, London). Solo exhibitions include Over Ground Uneven (Vane Gallery, Newcastle, 2019), Fizmers (Broadway Gallery (offsite), Letchworth Garden City, 2021), and Outliers (The Stone Space, London, 2023). She has been shortlisted for the John Moores Painting Prize and Creekside OPEN, selected by Alison Wilding, and has undertaken residencies in Ireland, Iceland, and the UK.

A note on outdoor work: All materials are removed. Care is taken when interacting with the natural world, and the site is always left as it was found.

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