The Passengers

Charmaine Watkiss (1964 - )

pencil, graphite powder, coloured pencil and 22.9 karat gold on paper

2020

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  • About the work
    Location
    Country: UK
    City: London
    Place: Government Art Collection
  • About the artist
    Born in London, Charmaine Watkiss graduated in Contemporary Practice from the University of Westminster in 1994. After working in design for almost two decades, she did an Art Foundation Course at London’s City Lit and went on to gain an MA in Drawing from UAL, Wimbledon College of Art. Recent Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at Leeds Art Gallery (2022) and Tiwani Contemporary, London (2021). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal and Wolverhampton Art Gallery (both 2024); York Art Gallery, York; Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, US (both 2023); Tiwani Contemporary, Lagos (2022); Collyer Bristow Gallery, London and The Gallery, DeMontfort University, Leicester (both 2020).
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    Places
    Subjects
    woman, boats & ships
    Materials & Techniques
    paper (as artists material), pencil, graphite pencil, coloured pencil, gold (metal), drawing (Art object type)
  • Details
    Artist
    Charmaine Watkiss (1964 - )
    Title
    The Passengers
    Date
    2020
    Medium
    pencil, graphite powder, coloured pencil and 22.9 karat gold on paper
    Dimensions
    height: 89.0 cm; width: 131.3 cm
    Acquisition
    Purchased from Tiwani Contemporary, with funds raised from print sales from the Robson Orr TenTen Award, a GAC/Outset Annual Commission, December 2021
    Inscription
    verso: inscribed by the artist 'The Passengers / CWatkiss 2020', top left
    Provenance
    Tiwani Contemporay, London, UK; from whom purchased by UK Government Art Collection, 1 December 2021
    GAC number
    19025