Biography
Charmaine Watkiss (b. London, UK 1964) lives and works in London. A solo exhibition of her work was recently held at Tiwani Contemporary Gallery (2021). Recent group exhibitions include British Museum (2022); Royal Academy, London; Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate (both 2021). She was shortlisted for the 198 Gallery Women of Colour Award (2020) and the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize (2019). Her art is held in several public collections, including The British Museum, The Government Art Collection, Cartwright Hall, Bradford.
"Having my works acquired by the Contemporary Arts Society for placement at Abbot Hall affirms that as an artist my work has a wider cultural value. I am pleased that my two drawings will be exposed to a new audience in a region which has an interesting history around people of African descent; my wish is that they will form part of an ongoing conversation around belonging and place."
