Charlie Burtenshaw
Charlie Burtenshaw (b. 1996, Medway, UK) lives and works in London.
Charlie Burtenshaw develops paintings in which images emerge slowly through layered, reworked surfaces, resisting immediate recognition. Working with landscape motifs such as houses and rural structures, she holds these forms in a state of instability, where what should anchor the scene instead appears provisional and unsettled. Through a process of accumulation and revision, earlier iterations remain active beneath the surface, producing images that carry their own memory and refuse singular resolution. Burtenshaw’s paintings stage a tension between appearance and withdrawal, where visibility is never fully secured and the act of looking remains suspended.
Charlie Burtenshaw develops paintings in which images emerge slowly through layered, reworked surfaces, resisting immediate recognition. Working with landscape motifs such as houses and rural structures, she holds these forms in a state of instability, where what should anchor the scene instead appears provisional and unsettled. Through a process of accumulation and revision, earlier iterations remain active beneath the surface, producing images that carry their own memory and refuse singular resolution. Burtenshaw’s paintings stage a tension between appearance and withdrawal, where visibility is never fully secured and the act of looking remains suspended.
Oil on canvas
102 x 82 cm
Oil on canvas
213 x 213 cm
Oil on canvas
132 x 200 cm
oil on canvas
35 x 45 cm sum...
oil on canvas
120 x 165 cm
oil on canvas
76 x 102 cm
oil on canvas
161 x 213 cm
Charlie
Charlie Burtenshaw
16 May – 20 June 2026
Education
2018
Kingston School of Art
Solo Exhibitions
2026
Charlie, PACHECO, London, UK
2025
Moon Palace, Des Bains, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2025
Dry Cleaning, Max Radford, London, UK
between the object and the floor, Dorp, Bath, UK
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hardboiled, Chicago, USA
2024
Group Show, Duarte Sequira, London, UK