About
"Hodes has a sympathetic attitude towards the vicissitudes of being female but her work is not polemical, it is quietly subversive. What strikes one most – and what gives the work its playful power – is that what she grants her women through her art, is freedom."
- Kate Kellaway, writer for The Observer
A leading figure in contemporary art, Charlotte Hodes’ work profiles her long-standing engagement with the crossovers between the fine and decorative arts, drawing on craft processes to create imagery firmly situated within the language of painting. She brings her experience as a painter to both her intricate papercuts, ceramic vases and large-scale installations in which ready-made ceramic ware serves as her alternative canvas.
The female figure is Charlotte’s pivotal motif, an elusive but ever-present silhouette emerging from or blending into backdrops of pattern and vibrant colour. The women that wander through her work are nonetheless a disruptive force, refusing their given role as decorative features in order to take ownership of their environments and reclaim their autonomy.
Charlotte’s ideas are embedded within the practice of drawing and collage. The layered surfaces of her collages make visible the often invisible labour of women. Her signature technique is rooted in female associated activities such as tapestry, embroidery and quilting. Her work evidences a persistent engagement with, and negotiation of, historical material. She often uses archives and collections as starting points for her projects, most recently Musée Ariana, Geneva as well as The Wallace Collection, London, the Spode Museum Trust and the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Current Exhibitions
Charlotte is currently exhibiting works at Re-Collect at jaggedart in London and a solo exhibition at Gallery Oldham until May 2026 – Women Portraits: Trades & Professions.
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Women Portraits: Trades & Professions Gallery Oldham
Women Portraits: Trades & Professions Ceramics Gallery, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales (upcoming)
2024
Conversations en Plein Air Inverness Museum & Art Gallery, Scotland
2023
Conversations en Plein Air Musée Ariana, Geneva, Switzerland
2020
Remember Me National Centre for Craft & Design, Hub Sleaford
2019
The Errant Muse (with poet, Deryn Rees-Jones) Victoria Gallery & Museum, Liverpool
After the Taking of Tea Ruthin Craft Centre, The Centre for the Applied Arts, Wales
New Artworks Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
2018
Charlotte Hodes: Women & Pattern Bowes Museum, County Durham
2017
Remember Me Wolverhampton Art Gallery
2016
Dressed in Pattern jaggedart & Circus, London
2015
Silhouettes and Vessels; papercuts & ceramics Harris Lindsay, London
2014
The Grammar of Ornament; papercuts & ceramics, Women’s Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge & jaggedart, London
2012
New Artworks Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris, France
2009-10
Silhouettes and Filigree Marlborough Fine Art London
2008
Drawing Skirts Baring Wing, University of Northumbria, Newcastle
Fragmented Images Wallner Gallery, Lakeside Arts Centre, Nottingham
2007
Fragmented Images The Wallace Collection, London
2006
New Ceramic Works & Collages Flow Gallery, London
2002
Fragmented Histories Galerie 88, Kolkata, India
2001
Fragmented Histories Quay Art, Yorkshire Arts, Hull
Paintings, Prints, Ceramics Berwin Leighton Paisner, Hayward Gallery Development
1999
Surfing History Eagle Gallery, London
1997
Pattern in Painting Potteries Museum (formally City Museum & Art Gallery), Staffordshire
1994
Paintings and Collages United Leeds Teaching Hospital, Capital Solutions
1993
Figurines City Museum & Art Gallery, Worcester
1992
Recent Paintings Eagle Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2026
Re-Collect, jaggedart, London, UK
Collect 2026, Crafts Council, Somerset House, London, UK (with jaggedart)
2025
Dreams and Desires jaggedart, London
Recurring Intricacies The Sherborne, Dorset, UK
Joséphine Bowes: Trendsetters and Trailblazers The Bowes Museum, Durham, UK
Collect 2025, Crafts Council, Somerset House, London, UK (with jaggedart)
2024
Liberté conditionnelle / Conditional Freedom Musée Ariana, Geneva
The Women’s Art Collection: Conversation Not Spectacle Murray Edwards College, Cambridge
Burning Desire jaggedart, London
Collective Care LCF, University of the Arts London
Pop Art & Pottery The Burton Art Gallery & Museum (curated by Nick Duxbury)
Threaded by Colour jaggedart, London
Contem’plate Messums West, Salisbury (curated by Natalie Baerselman le Gros)
Collect 2024, Crafts Council, Somerset House, London (with jaggedart)
The Winter Show, New York (with H. Blairman & Sons Ltd.)
2023
Motive/Motif: Artists Commemorate the Suffragettes Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales (co-curator & exhibitor)
The Print Studio, Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales
Collect 2023, Crafts Council, Somerset House, London (with jaggedart)
Pop and Pottery Wolverhampton Art Gallery (curated by Nick Duxbury)
2022
Tea Stories – musings on tea and table artifacts jaggedart, London
London Art Fair 2022, Business Design Centre, London
Collect 2022, Crafts Council, Somerset House, London (with jaggedart)
2021
Dreams and Desires jaggedart, London
Crafting a Difference Argentine Ambassador’s Official Residence, London
Figurative Art Now The Mall Galleries, London
The Collection jaggedart, London
Crafting a Difference SoShiro, London
Summer Exhibition Royal Academy, London
Artefact Fair, London
Collect 2021, Crafts Council, Somerset House, London (with jaggedart)
2020
Most Admirably Improved by Art Hestercombe, Somerset (3-person, curated by Tim Martin)
Unbreakable: Women in Glass Fondazione Berengo Art Space, Murano, Italy
Blue & White Oxford Ceramics Gallery, Oxford, UK
100 Years / 100 Women The Clay Studio, Philadelphia, USA
Collect 2020, Crafts Council, Somerset House, London (with jaggedart)
2019
Art, Form & Function Joanna Bird, London
Pairings jaggedart, London
Tea Journey: From the mountains to the Table curated by Antonia Harrison, Compton Verney
Motive/Motif: Artists Commemorate the Suffragettes Vestry House Museum (co-curator & exhibitor)
2018
Cornucopia Gavagan Art, Settle, Yorkshire
Rodmarton ‘Re-Imagined’ Rodmarton Manor & Gardens (curated by Charlotte Abrahams)
BRAFA Art Fair, Brussels (with Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris)
Collect 2018, Saatchi Gallery, London (with jaggedart)
2017
Global Matrix IV International Print exhibition, Purdue University, Indiana, USA
2016
Papercuts Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris (2-person)
2015
The Cut Candida Stephens Fine Art, Chichester
British Ceramic Biennial, Staffordshire (commissioned installation)
Brafa Art Fair, Brussels (with Clara Scremini Gallery, Paris)
London Art Fair 2015, Business Design Centre (with jaggedart, London)
Collect 2015, Saatchi Gallery, London (with jaggedart)
PAD Paris, Art & Design Fair (with Clara Scremini Gallery)
2014
Collect 2014, Saatchi Gallery, London (with jaggedart)
Jerwood Drawing Prize, Exhibition Jerwood Space, London & UK tour
Material Matters; celebrating the materiality of objects Special Collections, MMU, Manchester
By Chance or Design jaggedart
Awakenings jaggedart, London
2013
Glasstress: White Light / White Heat 55th Venice Biennale, Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti, Venice, Berengo Centre for Contemporary Art and Glass, Murano & Wallace Collection London
Re-found jaggedart (3-person)
Contemporary Show Harris Lindsay, London (curated by Adrian Dannett)
Ruth Borchard Self Portrait Exhibition Kings Place Gallery, London
Derwent Drawing Prize Inaugural Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
ING Discerning Eye Invited artist, Mall Galleries, London
Flight: Drawing Interpretations Friday Late, National Gallery & website (Instigator & lead)
PAD Paris, Art & Design Fair (with Clara Scremini Gallery)
2012
Kith & Kin II National Glass Centre, University of Sunderland
2011
Block Party: inspired by the art of the tailor Crafts Council Touring
Glasstress Stockholm Millesgården Stockholm Sweden
Maastricht Art Fair (with Adrian Sassoon)
Drawing & the Body KG52 Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden (co-curator & participant)
2010
Art Fair for 21st Century Art, Cologne, Germany
Closely Held Secrets Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham Trent University
Vertigo II Venice Projects, Venice (4-person)
San Francisco Fine Art Fair, USA (with Venice Projects, Berengo Studios)
Inscriptions: Thinking/Drawing/Making Jerwood Visual Arts London (3-person)
2009
Glasstress Palazzo Cavalli Franchetti 53rd International Venice Biennale
Contemporary Drawings: 40 – 40 a cabinet display, V&A
Inspired by the Wallace Collection Adrian Sassoon, ICF, London
40 Artists – 80 Drawings The Drawing Gallery, Shropshire, UK
Works on Paper Marlborough Fine Art
Sofa New York, USA (with Berengo Studios, Murano, Venice)
2008
Committed to Print London Print Studio with Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE
Summer Show Marlborough Fine Art
Maastricht Art Fair (with Marlborough Fine Art)
Totem City World Economic Forum, Davos Switzerland
Small Show, Huge Talent Hillgate St. London curated by Janice Blackburn
Drawing Breath Royal West of England Academy, Bristol & Robert Gordon University, Scotland
When Photography & Drawing Meet Fashion The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (co-curator & participant)
2007
Works on Paper Marlborough Fine Art
Committed to Print Royal West of England Academy, Bristol
Sofa Chicago, USA (with Berengo Studios, Murano, Venice)
2006
Jerwood Drawing Prize Jerwood Space, London
Cartoon, Collage and the Decorative Motif Eagle Gallery, London
Showcase ceramic works Jagged Art, London
Madrid Art Fair, Spain (with the Eagle Gallery, London)
2005
40 Artists – 40 Drawings The Drawing Gallery, London
Hibrida II Print Exhibition Cartwright Hall, Bradford
Spirit of Liberty Liberty London (commissioned works)
Collect, V&A (with Sarah Myerscough)
2004
Altered Images Digital Interpretations inspired by G. Cartlidge’s Portrait Tiles Potteries Museum, Staffordshire (with Centre for Fine Art Print, UWE)
Tea Party a celebration of 25 years of Crafts Council Shops at Crafts Council
Dressing for Dinner a celebration of 30 years at V&A (curated by Janice Blackburn OBE)
Works on Paper Eagle Gallery
2003
Somewhere Totally Else European Design Biennial, Design Museum, London
Waste to Taste Sotheby’s, London (curated by Janice Blackburn OBE)
The Vitrified Image: International Ceramic Invitational Hyde Gallery, Grossmont College, California
2002
Digital Responses; Cacophony, a Cabinet of Vases V&A London (2-person)
Interrogating the Surface Chelsea School of Art Gallery, Milbank & Atkinson Gallery, Milfield (2001)
2001
Retroperspective III Eagle Gallery (2-person)
Form & Transfer-Printed Ceramics Drumcroon Art Centre, Wigan
The Plate Show Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent (curated by Paul Scott)
Graphic Work Eagle Gallery
1999
Computers and Printmaking Birmingham City Museums & Art Gallery
Pattern Transfer Waygood Gallery, Newcastle & Spode Museum
The Art of the Pixel: Computers & Printmaking Clifford Chance, London
The Plate Show Collins Gallery University of Strathclyde & tour (curated by Paul Scott)
1998
Transformations: The Fine Art Print & the Computer Sydney College of Art Gallery & RMIT, Melbourne
Mostyn 10 Open Exhibition Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
The Open Drawing Show Cheltenham & touring
1997
International Print Exhibition Portland Art Museum U.S.A (invited artist)
20th Century Art from the Collection Worcester City Museum & Art Gallery
The Open Drawing Show Cheltenham & tour
Small is Beautiful XV Flowers East, London
1996
New Graphics Eagle Gallery
Transformations: The Fine Art Print & the Computer Camberwell & Chelsea Colleges of Art, Research Project, University of the Arts, London & Arthouse, Dublin
Culford Press: 10 Years Economist Building, London & Charleston House, Sussex
Photo Alternative Exhibition Waverley City Gallery, Melbourne
Contemporary Print Fair, Concourse Gallery, Barbican
Shelf Life Eagle Gallery
1995
Print to Paint: 4 Artists Eagle Gallery
Culford Press; 10 Years Eagle Gallery
New Views on Collections City Museum & Art Gallery, Worcester
1994
Gallery Artists Coram Gallery, London
Shelf Life Eagle Gallery
1993
Contemporary Printmaking in London Clifford Chance
1992
Gallery Artists, Curwen Gallery, London
1991
Open Exhibition South Hill Park Arts Centre, Bracknell
Gallery Artists, Eagle Gallery, London
1990
Riverside Open Riverside Studios, London
Awards and Grants
2013
The Spode Copper Plate Archive; an exploration (with Dr Paul Scott) Arts Council England
2007
A Collaborative Investigation into the role of the Hand Craft & Digital Processes within Creative Practice (with Dr Cathy Treadaway, UWIC), AHRC
2006
Jerwood Drawing Prize 1st prize winner
Decoration & the Picture: A Contemporary Response to the Wallace Collection, Arts Council England
2005
A Practice Based Inquiry into the Decoration and Pictorial Imagery of the Sèvres Vase, AHRC
2004
Research & Development at The Wallace Collection, Arts Council England
2000
Year of the Artist, Spode & Potteries Museum, Stoke-on-Trent, West Midlands Arts
Commissions
2019
Fires Victoria Gallery & Museum, University of Liverpool (text Deryn Rees-Jones)
2015
Questions of Travel film poem with Deryn Rees-Jones, Festival of the Arts & Humanities, University of Sheffield
2014
And You, Helen animation & publication (Seren) with Deryn Rees-Jones, Ledbury Poetry Festival Women’s Art Collection, Murray Edwards College, University of Cambridge (ceramic commission)
2007
Arts and Business Awards in association with Berengo Glass Studio, Venice
2004
Clifford Chance Commission proposal
2000
British Petroleum Amoco
1999
Menard Press six book jacket designs
Residencies
2015 – 2024
Oficina Bartolomeu Dos Santos, Portugal
2016
International Guest Artist, The Clay Studio Philadelphia, USA
2007 – 2013
Berengo Studio, Murano, Venice, Italy
2007
Centre for Fine Print Research, UWE, Bristol
2005 – 2007
Associate Artist, The Wallace Collection London
1998 – 2003
Artist Placements Spode, Staffordshire