Charlie Roberts

Born 1984, Hutchinson, KS
Lives and works in Oslo, Norway

Charlie Roberts' work takes us into the mind-stream of a manic, obsessive and eclectic collector of contemporary pop culture and art history. Everything is sampled and laid out without hierarchical order and judgements. Roberts uses a wide range of materials and masters a furious force as well as a sensitive subtleness. Abstract patterns, flowing colors and a primitive brutality alongside tender lines, seductive realism and psychedelic poetry.

  • Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC

    Kansas University

  • 2020
    Mercurial Matters, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    2019
    Cosmic Hedge, Golsa, Oslo, Norway

    Barbarian Days, Neumann Wolfson Art, New York, NY

    2018
    New “Bad” Painting, V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

    No Ceilings, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

    2017
    Windows, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Laffy Taffy, Rod Bianco, Oslo, Norway

    Fan Art, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (February-March)

    New Works, Warhus Rittershaus, Cologne, Germany (March-April)

    2016
    Juicy, Marlborough Contemporary, London, UK

    Halcyon Daze, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    Perusing the Planks: Shelf Life, Galerie Nouvelles Images, The Hague, NL

    2015
    Juicy XXL, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Palm Palm, RandallScottProjects, Baltimore, MD

    Soft Life/Hard Nites, Atomica Gallery, London, UK

    2014
    K.I.D.S., Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    New Works, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Nattbad, Trafo Kunsthall, Oslo, Norway

    Hex, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

    2013
    Stacks on Deck, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY

    Sporty Girls, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Girl Power, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY

    2012
    Choppy-World, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    David Risley Gallery, Hong Kong International Art Fair, Hong Kong, China

    2011
    Magic Sticks, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY

    2010
    Mayne and Tale, Let Your Mayne Hang, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY

    Let Your Mayne Hang, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

    New Sculptures, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY

    Kunsthal KAdE, Amsterfoort, The Netherlands

    Galleri Arnstedt, Östra Karup, Bålstad, Sweden

    2009
    Belly up, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

    2008
    New Work, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    Reckoning, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY

    Freedom World Tour, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

    Freedom World Tour, Vous Etes Ici Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Mambo Jambo: Cabinet of the Cosmos, Rice University Art Galley, Dallas, TX

    Hill Country Fuzz, Kravets/Wehby Galley, New York, NY

    2007
    New Works, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    Vous Etes Ici Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2006
    The Tall Tale of Wade Wood, Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    Ode to Joy, Kravets/Wehby Galley, New York, NY

    2005
    Animals vs. Humans: The Final Battle, Blanket Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

  • 2019 Främlinger / Strangers, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Lärbro, Sweden

    Paper View, The Hole, New York, NY

    2018
    Stockholm Calling, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, London, England

    Chair, Chair, Chair, Lamp, Table, Bed, Sofa, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

    2017
    Build Your Own House, Dio Horia, Mikonos, GR

    In the Pines – Slight Return, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, DK

    2016
    Spotlight #2, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

    Got It For Cheap, Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm, Sweden

    Got It For Cheap, Got it for Cheap Vol. 2, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

    2015
    I ♥ Paint II (curated by Kim Dorland), Angell Gallery, Toronto, ON

    Art on paper, RandallScottProjects, New York, NY

    Frieze Art Fair, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, New York, NY

    2014
    This is our Music / This is our Art, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Volta 10, David Risley Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

    People Staring, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY

    2013
    Time Waits for Us, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

    Market Art Fair, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

    Chart Art Fair, David Risley Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Volta 9, David Risley Gallery, Basel, Switzerland

    2012
    Zagga Zow, Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Canada

    Summer Show, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY

    Hong Kong International Art Fair, David Risley Gallery

    2010
    The Incomplete Paris, curated by Hubert Neumann, Galerie Jaen-Luc & Takako Richards, Paris, France

    Spring 2, Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York, NY

    Today is Yesterday Tomorrow, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, Stockholm, Sweden

    2009
    Krapp Kapp (two-artist show with Heidi Johansen), Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    Frieze Art Fair, Gallery Sies + Höke, London, United Kingdom

    The Armory Show, Galleri Magnus Karlsson, New York, NY

    Giving Face: Portraits for a New Generation, Nicholas Robinson Gallery, New York, NY

    2008
    Frieze Art Fair, London, United Kingdom

    Sonsbeek 2008 Grandeur, curated by Anna Tilroe, The Netherlands

    2007
    New Works (2-person show with Heidi Johansen), Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    The Incomplete, curated by Hubert Neumann and Manon Slome, Chelsea Art Museum, New York, NY

    Energeia, Amsterdamse Zuidas, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    2006
    Got the Internet Going Nutz (2-person show with Jeff Ladouceur), Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

    Charlie Roberts/Peter Schuyff, Vous Etes Ici Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Get it Get it (two-person exhibition with Chris Rexroad), Blanket Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

    Paint, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

    2005
    The Last Picture Show 2, 156 W. Hastings, Vancouver, Canada

    2004
    Young Americans State Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

    The Last Picture Show, Vancouver, Canada

    2003
    Recent Works, Open Studios, Vancouver, Canada

  • 2016
    “Sophisticated figurative artworks that celebrate femininity by Oslo-based artist Charlie Roberts,” CreativeBoom.com, Katy Cowan, January 8

    “Charlie Roberts: Halcyon Daze,” Juxtapoz, January

    2015
    “Profile: Charlie Roberts,” The Fine Print Magazine, Patrick Laba, November 16

    “Last Look: Artist Charlie Roberts, The Storyteller,” LA Canvas, Erin Dennison, September 1

    “A dreamy love letter to young adulthood by painter Charlie Roberts,” It’s Nice That, Maisie Skidmore, July 28

    “Scene Seen: Charlie Roberts, Kyle Bauer, And Karen Yasinsky At Randall Scott Projects,” BmoreArt.com, Cara Ober, June 13,

    2014
    Charlie Roberts, Artforum

    “Charlie Roberts ‘Hex’ at Galleri Magnus Karlsson,” Juxtapoz

    Nikolaj Hansson: Interview with Charlie Roberts: “Curated,” Soulland.com

    2012
    Milene Larsson: “The Eyemazing World of Charlie Roberts,” Vice.com

    2008
    Sasha Lee: Beautiful Decay

    Anna Ayeroff: “Charlie Roberts at Richard Heller Gallery,” artslant.com

    Michael Harvey: “Charlie Roberts, Kravets/Wehby,” Art in America

    Kimberly Davenport: “Charlie Roberts MAMBO JAMBO: Cabinet of the Cosmos,” Rice University Gallery

    Douglas Britt: “Artists Open Doors to Cosmos at Exhibits,” Houston Chronicle

    “Rice University Art Gallery Presents Charlie Roberts Installation,” artdaily.org

    “Charlie Roberts MAMBO JAMBO Cabinet of the Cosmos,” Houston Lifestyles and Homes

    “Charlie Roberts: MAMBO JAMBO: Cabinet of the Cosmos,” artshound.com

    2007
    “Art Week,” Chelsea Clinton News, December 13th

    Hubert Neumann and Slome Manon: “The Incomplete exhibition catalogue,” Chelsea Art Museum

    Clint Burnham: “More Intimate Works by Charlie Roberts,” Westcoast Life

    2006
    Paint exhibition catalogue, Vancouver Art Gallery

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