About
Charlie Beare (b.1998)
Charlie Beare is a visual artist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland working mainly with the mediums of photography, video and text.
His practice works with themes of queerness, gender identity, masculinity and his own personal experiences of living as a queer transgender man through the mediums of photography, video and text.
He has exhibited in numerous group exhibitions across the north of Ireland including Belfast Exposed and Golden Thread Gallery and has also exhibited in Dublin’s Photo Museum.
Charlie graduated from Ulster University’s Belfast School of Art with a First Class Honours in Bachelor’s of Photography with Video in 2022 and is currently studying an MA in Arts Management at Queen’s University Belfast.
CV
Education
2023 – ongoing – MA Arts Management, Queen’s University Belfast
2019-2022 – BA (First Class) Hons Photography with Video, Ulster University
Studio Artist
2024-ongoing – Show Some Love Green House, Another World Belfast
2022 – 2023 – Emerging Artist Programme, Flax Art Studios, Belfast
Awards
2021-2022 – Student Rep, Belfast School of Art, Ulster University, NI
2020-2021 – Belfast School of Art Dean’s List, Ulster University, NI
Group Exhibitions
2023 – Melting Pot 8, ArtCetera Studio, Belfast, NI
2023 – Visible Marks / Material Remains, Digital Arts Studios, Belfast NI
2023 – Time, Flax Project Space, Belfast, NI
2022 – Royal Arcade Academy Exhibition, Arcade Studios, Belfast, NI
2022 – Photography and the Social Gaze, Photo Museum Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
2022 – Arts Fest Belfast, Arts For All, Belfast, NI
2022 – A Moment For Holding Degree Show, Belfast School of Art, Belfast, NI
2022 – object + word, Flax Project Space, Belfast, NI
2022 – A Bigger Picture, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast, NI
2022 – Becoming, Flax Project Space, Belfast, NI
2022 – Imprint, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, NI
Residencies
2022 – 2023 – Future Labs Foundation Residency, Digital Arts Studios , Belfast, NI
Publications
2023 – Trans_Muted Journal Issue #5
2023 – SAM’S EDEN II (print)
2022 – object + word (print)
2022 – A Bigger Picture exhibition article, Belfast Telegraph (online)
2022 – Source Graduate Photography Online 2022 (online)
2021 – Catalyst Arts, SAM’S EDEN as part of LGBTQIA+ steering panel (print)
Talks
2023 – Visual Artists Ireland, Visual Artists Café: Show and Tell NI Talk, Online
2023 – a-n, Assembly Belfast Talk, Belfast, NI
2023 – Flax Art Studios, Time Artist Talk, Belfast, NI
2022 – Belfast Exposed, Imprint Artist Talk, Belfast, NI
Professional Experience
2024 – theatre host, Grand Opera House, Belfast, NI
2024 – co-facilitator of Queer Artist Meet-up, The MAC, Belfast, NI
2024 – placement student, The MAC, Belfast, NI
2023 – front-of-house, BX Bank Gallery, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, NI
2023 – ongoing – co-facilitator of Queer Artist Forum, Belfast, NI
2022 – co-facilitator of OCN Black Mountain youth workshops, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, NI
2022 – co-facilitator of Hairstory, a Sam’s Eden workshop , The MAC, Belfast, NI
2022 – Exhibition Facilitator at Ulster Museum, RRR, Nerve Centre, Belfast, NI
2022 – Front of House Team Member, Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, NI
2021 – 2022 – Exhibition Steering Panel Member, RRR, Nerve Centre, Belfast, NI
2021-2022 – Volunteer, Belfast Exposed, Belfast, NI
Memberships
2024-ongoing – Show Some Love Green House, standard member
2023 – ongoing – a-n, Student Member
2023 – ongoing – Visual Artists Ireland, Associate Member
