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In addition to photography and film, Charlie has engaged in a wide range of creative pursuits, including art, curatorial projects, retail, and design-based collaborations and exhibitions. Driven by an interest in history, design, and nature, his work reflects a harmonious intersection of these passions. At its essence, his vision transcends conventional approaches to retail, exhibition, and commerce, reimagining them as immersive experiences that can ignite curiosity, inspire reflection, and connect with the deeper currents of the unconscious mind. His early store and gallery, Object, was featured in publications such as The New York Times, Surface Magazine, Design Milk, Elle Decor, and others.

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Bianco Gallery

Findings: From the Days That Are Gone.

A collection of objects, books, furniture, and art gathered through a critical regional lens during a summer spent wandering the backroads of the Pacific Northwest. Digging beneath today’s anxiety-ridden technotopian monoculture, Findings examines the raw, hardpan layers of humanity and history below. On this inward journey, we are transported to a place where diverse Nations, motley characters, and mystic dreamers converge in search of a more elegant resilience—grace and creativity for our time.

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Bellevue Arts Museum 

The New Frontier  

Charlie was invited by the Bellevue Arts Museum to curate an exhibit exploring contemporary furniture design from the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The exhibit featured physical items produced by twenty-eight young designers working in Washington, Oregon, and British Columbia. At its core, The New Frontier examined the intersection of design, history, and regional identity amidst an era of rapid technological change. 

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Frye Art Museum

Moment Magnitude

Charlie was invited as an artist to participate in the exhibit Moment Magnitude at the Frye Art Museum in Seattle. Building on his previous work with the project Object, Charlie reimagined the museum gift shop as an active participant, blurring the lines between art and commerce, as well as past and present. Site-specific installations were combined with an inventory of objects from local designers, alongside one-of-a-kind items and antiques related to the museum’s founding collection—primarily works from the Munich Secession and the Fin de Siècle.




Emily Counts large wall Jewelry Installation.




Opening Night 2013.

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Starbucks

Starbucks hired Charlie to create a set of store displays for a conceptual project called “Starbucks Reserve” that highlighted the four major regions where their coffee is sourced and how they relate to site-specific store experiences. For these displays, Charlie used a selection of natural objects, historical artifacts, mixed media, and collaborations with various regional artist-makers.

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Object

Part gallery, part store, Object was initially conceived as a series of curated salons designed to celebrate and question new design from the Pacific Northwest and its relationship to historic craft and emerging technology. Design-focused art exhibits coexisted with a physical store and residence that featured items from the Northwest alongside pieces from regions that have traditionally influenced the area. Featured in The New York Times, Elle Decor, Design Milk,  and Surface Magazine.



Object Store & Gallery
2010-2016




*Daynight Publication by Object 2013. 13 Artists, 9 x 12, 72 pages,
 500 print run.  
(Cover Ashley Helvey by Miles Peterson. Inside image Serrah Russell)



Moon Calendar
2013