Charlotte Snook’s practice is deeply invested in allegory, art history and re-imagination. Velazquez’s ‘Las Meninas’, Rodin’s intricate Gates of Hell, Giambattista Tiepolo’s drawings, Goya’s ‘Black Paintings’, the story of Judith and Holofernes, and Shakespeare’s Troilus and Cressida, sources full of elegance and violence, set the foundations for Snook’s creation of her own powerful, enchanted world. The paintings are populated with vaguely familiar yet unknown quantities, smeared and spontaneously reworked into oblivion. The minimalism of the drawings commune with piles of sinners and the sinned against. The damned figures lead us back to tension in the paintings. Snook’s themes follow each other from drawing to canvas and sculpture and back again, mutating and exposing fresh human vulnerabilities with each reinvention we encounter.Her themes follow each other from drawing to canvas and sculpture and back again, mutating and exposing fresh human vulnerabilities with each reinvention we encounter. The work takes us to the edge and asks us to question what we see. As a viewer, one looks for a safe place to rest–places to identify and name. Snook gives us a platform to jump from… but the excitement of these works is that there is no place to truly land or settle.
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Selected Exhibitions
2023
CHRISTMAS SHOW
Sarah O’Kane Contempotrary Fine Art
Studio Gallery, Lewes and online
artists include Julian Bell, Kate Montgomery,
the Baron Gilvan, Julian Sutherland Bell
THE MYSTERY OF THE UNFINISHED
The Rogue Gallery, Norman Road, St Leonards
curated by Alan Rankle
Claudia de Grandi, Stephen Newton,
Matthew Radford, Alan Rankle,
Charlotte Snook, Suzy Zamit
18 February – 26 March
AFFORDABLE ART AUCTION KINO -TEATR
artists include David Tindle, David Hockney,
Victor Shponko, Mark Godwin, Russell Baker
20 January
2022
CHRISTMAS SHOW
Sarah O’Kane Contemporary Fine Art
Studio Gallery, Lewes and online
artists include Julian Bell, Jo Lamb, Nick Bodimeade
26 November – 17 December
MEMO, note to self…
Rye Art Gallery
artists include Howard Hodgkin, Alan Rankle, Patrick Altes, Kirsten Reynolds,
Sally Cole, Geraldine Swayne
5 May-5 June
KINO TEATR AUCTION
Sunday Night at the Kino Teatr to raise funds
for Medecins sans Frontieres
3 April
THE HUMAN FACTOR
Sarah O’Kane Contemporary Fine Art
Star Brewery Gallery, Lewes
4-13 March
2021
CHRISTMAS SHOW
Sarah O’Kane Contemporary Fine Art
The Studio, Lewes
10 – 19 December
ARGENTIUS
Caroline Morris
Millinary and Art
St Leonards on Sea
13 November – 8 January
STUDIO ILLUSIONS AND TIEPOLO SKIES
one person
Bermondsey Project Space
Bermondsey Street
London
27 September – 10 October
ARTWAVE FESTIVAL
Sarah O”Kane Contemporary Fine Art
The Studio, Lewes
10 September – 29 October
BAREFOOT OPERA ART AUCTION
at Charleston Farmhouse
Artists include Stephen Buckley,
Tacita Dean, Tom Hammick, Garth Lewis, Malcolm Radford,
Maggie Scott, Jean Davey Winter, Suzy Zamit
13 June
2020
CHRISTMAS SHOW
Sarah O’Kane Contemporary Fine Art
Studio Gallery Lewes
Artists include Nick Bodimeade, Jo Lamb, Julian Bell
5-20 December
THE PORTRAIT, TRADITION AND MODERNITY
Baker Mamonova Gallery
A Collection of works from early 19th century to the present day.
Artists include David Tindle, John Currin, Alan Rankle. Vladimir Serov
Geraldine Swayne
9 October – 15 November
ARTWAVE FESTIVAL
Sarah O’Kane Contemporary Fine Art
The Studio, Lewes
Artists include Nick Bodimeade, Julian Bell,
Kate Montgomery and Jo Lamb
5-20 September
UNFURL
Bermondsey Project Space
183-185 Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3UW
curated by Alan Rankle
Claudia di Grandi, Anthony Eyton,
Oska Lappin, Matthew Radford, Alan Rankle, Charlotte Snook
2 – 12 September
THE SPRING COLLECTION
Sarah O’Kane Contemporary Fine Art
Studio Gallery, Lewes
25 April-30 June
SEVEN CONTEMPORARY PAINTERS
Bermondsey Project Space
curated by Alan Rankle
Claudia De Grandi, Anthony Eyton,
Stephen Newton, Matthew Radford,
Alan Rankle, Sarah Shaw, Charlotte Snook
28 January -8 February
2019
SUMMER SALON BRITISH PAINTING II
Bermondsey Project Space, Bermondsey Street, London SE1 3UW
artists include
MOON GAZING
Sarah O”Kane Fine Art
Fitzroy House, Lewes
A SMALLER PICTURE
SoCo Artists at Hastings Arts Forum
5-18 November
2018
STUDIO PAINTINGS AND OTHER STORIES
Sarah O’Kane Contemporary Fine Art
solo show, Fisher Street Frames, Lewes
COLLECT
A project and exhibition, referencing the Museum’s collection,
curated by SoCo Artists in collaboration with Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
A QUALITY OF LIGHT
six painters in Tuscany
with Martin Fidler, Robin Holtom, Maria O’Neill, Joan Roche and Michael Wilson.
54 The Gallery, Shepherd Market, Mayfair, London
A SENSUAL AGGRESSION
Art by Women
St Anne’s Galleries Lewes
SMALL WORKS
Group Show, New Gallery,
Norman Road, St Leonards on Sea
FESTIVAL 15
Hastings Arts Forum
24 invited painters including Clyde Hopkins, Tom Hammick, Alan Rankle,
Olivia Stanton and Alessandro Raho at The Arts Forum, St Leonards on Sea, in celebration of 15 years of the Arts Forum’s continuous programme of exhibitions,
curated by Matthew Burrows, Robin Holtom and Charlotte Snook
TO BE CONTINUED, ARTISTS IN HASTINGS
Jerwood Gallery, Hastings
with Nicholas Pace, Matthew Burrows, Gerard Hemsworth and Angie Braven
as part of Gus Cummings exhibition OFF THE WALL
AXIS: LONDON MILANO
Tracce di Vapore
Fabbrica del Vapore,
Milan, Italy
curated by Alan Rankle,
Kirsten Reynolds, Oska Lappin, Matthew Radford,
Jake and Dinos Chapman , Rebecca Youssefi, Catherine Balet
2017
ARTWAVE
St Anne’s Gallery, Lewes
Showcase exhibition of Gallery Artists
2016
THE HOUSE OF ST DAVID
A collaboration with djbrass
Installation of drawing, photography, sound and paper sculpture exploring the theme of ‘Hiraeth ‘ a longing for home’, for St David’s Day, 1st March. Invoking memories of the Gower Peninsular and Cwmdonkin Park, Dylan Thomas’ childhood playground.
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SKYLINE
Electro Studio Project Space St Leonards
Sinéid Codd, Kathleen Mullaniff, Eugene Palmer, Charlotte Snook
SEA CROSSING
Electro Studio Project Space
An installation with SoCo Artists, referencing ‘For Those in Peril on the Sea’ (2011) by Hew Locke.
for the ROOT 1066 Cultural Festival
2015
PAINTED CLOTH, FOLLY AND FRAILTy
solo show, St Anne’s Galleries, Lewes
SIX PAINTERS
Fleet Gallery, Norman Road, St Leonards
THE AFFORDABLE ART FAIR
with St Anne’s Gallery
Hampstead, London
LONDON ART FAIR
with St Anne’s Gallery
Islington, London
2014
NEBOL SHIKH KARTIN
Baker Mamonover Gallery
Norman Road, St Leonards on Sea
Work by Russian artists from the 1950’s and 60’s
on show with British contemporary artists
LITTLE WONDER
St Anne’s Galleries, Lewes
Christmas Exhibition of small works
SUMMER SHOW
St Anne’s Galleries, Lewes
2013
IL PICCOLO BALLO
Charlotte Snook, Nick Snelling, Gus Cummins, Tim Nathan and Chris Milton
An exihibition of large drawings
20 Kings Road, St Leonards
GARDEN IN THE GARAGE
Mercatoria, St Leonards
BREAKING THROUGH
Hastings Arts Forum, Hastings
RCA SECRET
Royal College of Art London
STILL LIVES,
Gallery 286, Earls Court London
2012
THE WRECK OF THE IMAGINATION
St Anne’s Galleries, Lewes
BEGGARS HUNTING BY MAGIC
20 Kings Road, St Leonards on Sea
LITTLE WONDER
Christmas exhibition of small works
St Anne’s Gallery, Lewes
RCA SECRET
Royal College of Art, London
2011
RARE AFFAIRS
solo show, Basement Gallery, Boise, Idaho, USA
MASQUERADE
Photo installation in collaboration with photographer, Bob Mazzer
St Mary-in-the-Castle, Hastings
THE DRAWING EXPERIMENT
with Chris Milton, Mary Hooper
Stade Hall, Hastings
FOUR
Charlotte Snook, Harry Snook,
Bruce Rae, Annie Rae
painting, print, photography, drawing
Lucy Bell Fine Art Photography, St Leonards on Sea
RCA SECRET
Royal College of Art, London
2010
HASTINGS RARITIES
10 artists’ response to the turn of the century rare bird scandal, wich came to light in the 1960’s.
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
ART TO ENCHANT
Piers Feetham Gallery, London
OBSESSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
Arthur Green’s, Hastings
SoCo Artists
curated by Charlotte Snook
RCA SECRET
Royal College of Art, London
2009
CHARLOTTE SNOOK
solo show, Weekend Gallery. Hastings
DRAWN TO THE LINE
Piers Feetham Gallery, London
SUMMER SHOW
Rye Art Gallery, Rye
CONVERSATIONS FROM THE EDGE
SoCo Artists with PHg photohub group as part of Coastal Currents Festival
St. Mary in the Castle, Hastings
2008
CHARLOTTE SNOOK AND NICK ARCHER
Hastings Museum and Art Gallery
RCA SECRET
Royal College of Art London
2007
DRAWING
Gallery 286, Earls Court, London
2006
SLOW ART
Charlotte Snook, Fred Cuming and Harold Mockton,
St Mary-in-the-Castle. Hastings
2001
PIER SERIES 1 & 2
Charlotte Snook, Carly Ralph
Electro Studios, Bulverhythe
1998
Artist in Residence at Freiburger Theater
for reheasals and performance of DIE GERECHTE
followed by solo show at the theatre
1995-89
CHELTENHAM OPEN DRAWING COMPETITION
(now Jerwood Drawing Prize) touring to Hull and Berlin
Professional Practice
2011-2014
Chair of SoCo Artists
2011-2012
Project coordinator with Mary Hooper for Art in Empty Shops in St Leonards on Sea
2009-2008
External Moderator, University of the Arts London
2002-2009
Senior Lecturer in Foundation Studies, Central St. Martins College of Art and Design
Education
Pinner County Grammar School
Hornsey College of Art
Royal College of Art