CHARLIE SMITH LONDON

CHARLIE SMITH LONDON CHARLIE SMITH LONDON was established opposite Hoxton Square in Old Street in October 2009 with the o

CHARLIE SMITH LONDON is a project based contemporary art gallery with a rigorously curatorial ethos. Established in 2007 by Zavier Ellis, CHARLIE SMITH LONDON initially curated independent exhibitions and participated in selected international art fairs. The gallery ran a program in a space above The Reliance pub in Shoreditch between October 2009 and January 2021, presenting exactly 100 shows and

achieving cult status whilst doing so. During this period Ellis also collaborated with filmmaker Simon Rumley by launching and co-curating THE FUTURE CAN WAIT, an independent museum scale exhibition for emerging to mid-career artists that occurred during Frieze week for 10 years. Between 2011 and 2014 THE FUTURE CAN WAIT was organized by invitation in partnership with Saatchi’s New Sensations. Ellis has also curated exhibitions at museums, galleries and independent locations internationally including Berlin, Frankfurt, Helsinki, Klaipeda, Los Angeles, Naples and Rome. CHARLIE SMITH LONDON continues to present multiple curated exhibitions and initiatives and places work in prominent private collections globally.

Mathew Gibson - co-founder of - with his egg tempera painting 'Dividers'. See CONTEMPORARY ACADEMICIANS in Soho - now...
20/04/2026

Mathew Gibson - co-founder of - with his egg tempera painting 'Dividers'. See CONTEMPORARY ACADEMICIANS in Soho - now open!


Today Zavier is running the London Landmarks half marathon for NSPCC to support abused & vulnerable children. In case yo...
12/04/2026

Today Zavier is running the London Landmarks half marathon for NSPCC to support abused & vulnerable children.

In case you wish to support, please hit the link in bio.

Thank you! 🙏

Original Zavier Ellis works on paper — available now for just £50!Released at a special museum collector’s price to coin...
06/03/2026

Original Zavier Ellis works on paper — available now for just £50!

Released at a special museum collector’s price to coincide with the exhibitions 'This is England' at South Hill Park, Berkshire and 'The Life in a Line' at the Heath Robinson Museum, London.

'England (Video et taceo)' layers portraits of Queen Elizabeth I, Lord Byron, and Johnny Rotten into a single composite figure, collapsing centuries of cultural and political identity. Embedded within the image are fragments of a recent anti-immigration protest in Epping, intertwining past and present narratives of power, dissent, and exclusion.

Worked over by hand with emulsion and marker, the piece recalls a defaced street poster. Elizabeth I’s motto “I see and am silent” reframes silence as both authority and complicity.

This limited work on paper series is available to order now at projectpapyrophilia.com - hit the link in bio to browse & buy.

Zavier Ellis
'England (Video et taceo)', 2026
Marker, emulsion, digital collage on gloss paper
29.7x21cm (11.7x8.3 in)


"Please don't ever send me any "No Kings" or other left wing nonsense again. I collect art, not propaganda for idiots."N...
21/01/2026

"Please don't ever send me any "No Kings" or other left wing nonsense again. I collect art, not propaganda for idiots."

Not quite art criticism but such enlightening feedback is always welcome.

These two aren't vandalising it so we presume they're radical Marxists from the far left.

See (left) & propaganda (right) in 'Resolution' now.

Curated by of & of .

FINAL WEEK! 'The Discontents: Part II' in Old St, London - see the exhibition Thu-Sat 12-5pm through Saturday 18th.Left...
13/10/2025

FINAL WEEK! 'The Discontents: Part II' in Old St, London - see the exhibition Thu-Sat 12-5pm through Saturday 18th.

Left to right:

Matthew Collings - .collings_
David Risley -
Michael Petry -
Zavier Ellis -

✦ 'The Discontents: Part II'
✦ Matthew Collings, Zavier Ellis, Sarah Kent and Sharon Leahy-Clark, Michael Petry, Max Presneill, David Risley, Rebecca Scott
✦ Curated by Zavier Ellis
✦ Dates: Saturday 13 September–Saturday 18 October 2025
✦ Hours: Thursday-Saturday 12-5pm
✦ Address: Vestry St, Floor 1, 6-8 Vestry St, London N1 7RE

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🙏 MASSIVE thank you to everyone who came to the huge Private View of 'The Discontents: Part II' on Friday, where art wr...
15/09/2025

🙏 MASSIVE thank you to everyone who came to the huge Private View of 'The Discontents: Part II' on Friday, where art writer legend Sarah Kent & Sharon Leahy-Clark made a new work live in a wonderful performance. The show is now open! See it Thu-Sat 12-5pm - info below 👇

✦ 'The Discontents: Part II'
✦ Matthew Collings, Zavier Ellis, Sarah Kent and Sharon Leahy-Clark, Michael Petry, Max Presneill, David Risley, Rebecca Scott
✦ Curated by Zavier Ellis
✦ Dates: Saturday 13 September–Saturday 18 October 2025
✦ Hours: Thursday-Saturday 12-5pm
✦ Address: Vestry St, Floor 1, 6-8 Vestry St, London N1 7RE

DM for enquiries

From to - this wonderful new .collings_ painting goes on show in next week in The Discontents: Part II, curated b...
06/09/2025

From to - this wonderful new .collings_ painting goes on show in next week in The Discontents: Part II, curated by

It needs a nice wall in a good home with other paintings to hang out with - DM for enquiries!

.collings_ paintings collected from a very beautiful village in Norfolk for The Discontents - extraordinarily well alig...
06/09/2025

.collings_ paintings collected from a very beautiful village in Norfolk for The Discontents - extraordinarily well aligned gravestones in this part of the world.

FINAL DAYS!Kirsty Harris‘There will come soft rains ’Ends Friday 14 March 2025Mon-Fri 10am-5pmGramercy Park Studios, 25 ...
12/03/2025

FINAL DAYS!

Kirsty Harris
‘There will come soft rains ’
Ends Friday 14 March 2025
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Gramercy Park Studios, 25 Great Pulteney Street, Soho, London W1F 9LT

Including 'Stokes', 2025 Oil on cradled board 70x50cm (27.6x19.7 in)




“Harris’ relationship with her subject is deep-seated, arising from fervent childhood memories. She recalls ‘the anticip...
25/02/2025

“Harris’ relationship with her subject is deep-seated, arising from fervent childhood memories. She recalls ‘the anticipation of piling onto a coach that ended up somewhere wet and cold, waving my homemade banner, singing and chanting at CND protests. We collected badges and leaflets, and the atmosphere was potent and thrilling’. Informed by these pivotal formative experiences, her enduring exploration of atomic explosions as powerful cultural, historical, and political symbols continues to resonate profoundly in an era of persistent global instability”.

See the exhibition in Soho:

Kirsty Harris
‘There will come soft rains ’
Friday 14 February–Friday 14 March 2025
Mon-Fri 10am-5pm
Gramercy Park Studios, 25 Great Pulteney Street, Soho, London W1F 9ND⠀

Including 'Shot Baker', 2025 Oil on cradled board 100x70cm (39.4x27.6 in)

DM to enquire




Daniel P. Carter X Sam Jackson reinstalled - this collaborative double portrait was made in 2020. Each artist depicted t...
24/02/2025

Daniel P. Carter X Sam Jackson reinstalled - this collaborative double portrait was made in 2020. Each artist depicted the other then swapped panels to work over their own portraits.




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