Charlie Hardcastle, (b.1998) is a figurative artist whose practice revolves generally around portraiture and the representation of the human form. His work responds to his own identity and observations made on the surrounding world. Using oil paints to represent these observations in a detailed, figurative way - dealing with the human form in a delicate manner but generally with a surrealist undertone; such as mirroring and doubling, or distortion and graphic/digital imagery to juxtapose the intimate organic nature of the bodies portrayed.
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Alongside personal practices Hardcastle also takes on commissions for realistic drawings in pencil, ranging from portraits of people and pets to other sentimental images.
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Education
2017-2020
Edinburgh College of Art at the University of Edinburgh - Painting BA (Hons)
2016-2017
Havering College of Higher and Further Education - Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Exhibitions
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Shortlisted for Royal Society of Portrait Painters annual exhibition 2025
The Connor Brothers open studio exhibition, 2024
Alt-D - student led online graduate showcase, 2020
Virtual Degree show, Edinburgh College of Art 2020
Buffering, Edinburgh College of Art, 2020
Third Base, Edinburgh College of Art, 2019
2, Edinburgh College of Art, 2018