Artist Details

Christine Charlesworth FRSA MRSS SWA

Email: christine.charlesworth@btinternet.com

Christine specialises in figurative and portrait sculpture using traditional methods of clay modelling and bronze casting, but also enjoys working with welded fabricated metals to produce sculpture in a more contemporary style. In each artwork, she endeavors to capture the character, spirit and motivation of her subject, working from live sittings or, where necessary, from photographs and other historical records. Christine also likes to capture a feeling of life and movement in her figures.

Christine has completed over sixty public and private commissions and many limited-edition figurative sculptures. As well as in public spaces, her works can be found in many private collections throughout UK, Continental Europe, Australia, the Caribbean, Singapore, Russia, India, USA and Hong Kong.

Career history

Trained at Wolverhampton College of Art 1965 – 1967.
Moved to Surrey in 1995 and concentrated on career as Sculptor.
Since 2000 completed 60 public and private commissions.

2007 – Elected member of the Society of Women Artists.
2008 – Elected member of the Royal British Society of Sculptors.
2008 – 2010 Selected artist with Lloyds Private Banking.
2009 – Guildford Design Award for Seeds of Hope at Guildford Cathedral.
2010 – 2012 – Selected as artist with BT ‘Art of Sport’ re 2012 Olympics.
2011 – Awarded the ASC Sculpture award at Mall Galleries, London
2017 – Awarded a Gold Medal at RHS Chelsea Flower Show for sculptures in Scotts Miracle-Gro ‘Come to your Senses’ eco-therapy garden design.
2021 – Elected as Fellow of Royal Society of Arts.

Public commissions

*OUT OF REACH*	Full size figure. Garden of Remembrance at The Royal School, Haslemere 2004.
*SEEDS OF HOPE*	Two life-size figures. Seeds of Hope Garden at Guildford Cathedral.
*ORANGES & LEMONS* *and* GIRL WITH VIOLIN	4 life-size children and girl playing violin for Ramster House Gardens, Surrey 2009 – 2010.
*WINNING SHOT*	Ade Adepitan MBE playing wheelchair basketball. Purchased by Woking Borough Council for city-centre site.
*FOCUS ON WINNING*	Portrait head and shoulders of Giles Long, Paralympic Gold Medalist.
*WE CARRIED THE FLAME*	Olympic torch-bearer. Side one male figure, side two female. BT Tower London and Waverley Council Offices, Godalming.
*DIVING IN*	Figure of swimmer, diving. University of Surrey Sports Park 2012.
*IAN RICKETTS*	Portrait head and shoulders, commissioned by Brenda Blethyn for GSA University of Surrey, 2013.
‘CONAN DOYLE’	Portrait for Hindhead Golf Club, 2015.
*SPRINT*	1.8-meter running female. Focal point at entrance to Wing Tai Hillside development, Hong Kong 2015 – 2016.
*LORD NOON*	Portrait head and shoulders of x4 for Noon HQ London; Bombay Halwa HQ London; University of East London; and The Noon Hospital Rajasthan, India. 2016.
*PEOPLE OF GUILDFORD*	Permanent installation using laser-cut stainless steel, depicting everyday life of people in Guildford. 36 double-sided figures set on full length of railings at Station View, Guildford, for Taylor Wimpey development, 2016.
*RANELAGH GIRL*	Figure of Ranelagh Schoolgirl in uniform. July 2019.
*PEACE & MAGNA CARTA*	2.5-meter tall, stainless-steel double sided, laser cut figure of King John for Runnymede Borough Council. 2020.
*GRETA THUNBERG*	Global warming activist. Bronze life-size standing portrait figure for Winchester University. Unveiled in March 2021. (World first).
*SAILORS PAST & FUTURE*	2-meter tall double-sided steel figure. One side sailor 1916, other side sailor 2016. Woodland Trust Jutland Commemorative Grove. May 2021.
*EMILY WILDING DAVISON*	Suffragette. Life-size seated, bronze portrait figure on granite bench for Epsom town centre, Market Square. Unveiled June 2021.
*BUTTERFLY BOY*	Life-size figure for Butterfly Garden, Commemorative area for pandemic, Cheltenham, September 2021.
*‘DAME ETHEL SMYTH’*	Composer. Writer. Suffragette. One and quarter life-size standing bronze figure for Dukes Court area of Woking.. Unveiled on International Women’s Day 8^th March 2022.
*ASHOK KAUL*	Portrait head and shoulders x2 for Noon HQ London. November 2022.
*APHRA BEHN*	Playwright. Poet. Spy. Outside Beaney Museum, centre of Canterbury. Selected as one of four finalists from a total of 50 artists and chosen as winning design by public vote following a tour of the bronze maquettes during Summer of 2022. Unveiled by Queen Camilla, February 2025.