Charlie MacPherson

Born in Herts, UK

Lives & works on Anglesey, Wales, UK

 

Charlie is a visually impaired, disabled artist living in North Wales. Currently studying Ma Fine Art at Falmouth University.

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My practice is multi-dimensional, multi-media and multi-sensory. I work with traditional methods and techniques that include oil painting, print making and pencil work, as well as with site specific installations, sculptures and digital photography.

My work engages with experiences of mental health, disassociation of self, reconnection with and reaffirmation of our truest selves. I question and examine the ways we protect ourselves from both external pain and humiliation, also from the internal negative dialogue and frustrations we create. I create works that are immersive, physical experiences for the audience.

As an artist with sensory and physical disabilities, I have established and am committed to a creative process that explores, focuses on, and invents inclusion from the early conception of ideas. This creative approach means the work I create moves beyond a solely sight-led experience ensuring inclusion is embedded in a viewer’s encounter, although not necessarily the subject. Within my practice I utilise all human senses whilst also attempting to tap into our underappreciated sixth sense. By including and stimulating these senses the audience is given the option to connect in a more complete way, whilst allowing those with disabilities the experience on an equal footing without segregation or exclusion.