Kate Charles

Aotearoa New Zealand-born artist Kate Charles lives and works in Suffolk. She was born in the North Island and studied costume design in Wellington before completing a Visual Arts degree in Sculpture and Installation Art at Sydney College of the Arts.

Her practice explores belonging, memory, distance and connection to homeland, drawing on the family relationships and landscapes that shape personal identity.

Working across sculpture and painting, Charles creates pieces that reflect on what it means to carry home with you: the people, places and moments held close even when viewed from afar.

Alongside her studio practice, she has designed installations for Liberty London, Louis Vuitton, Maison Martin Margiela, Selfridges, Vivienne Westwood, and Hermès in the UK.
 
Her artwork is held in private collections in New Zealand, Australia, and England and has been exhibited in the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition.