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. Fueled by a deep appreciation for history, design, and nature, his endeavors often intersect with his work in photography and film. At their core, these pursuits seek to elevate the rote methodologies of traditional retail, exhibit display, and commerce, transforming them into experiences that spark curiosity, invite inquiry, and resonate with our deeper, unconscious selves. 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 visit 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. 

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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 previous work with his project  “Object,”  Charlie reinvisioned the museum gift shop to become an active participant, blurring the lines between art and commerce, past and present. Site-specific installations were mixed with an inventory of objects from local designers and one-of-a-kind items and antiques related to the museum’s founding collection (primarily works from the Munich Secession and the Fin de Siecle).  




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