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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.

29/05/2026

Lisa Ivory with Mark Hinchliffe of at last night's opening of The Near Distance in Soho, London.

It's a must see show with a breathtaking collection of new paintings.

See it at Gramercy Park Studios, 25 Great Pulteney St, Mon-Fri 10am-5pm.

20/04/2026

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

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! 🙏

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)

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.

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25 Great Pulteney Street
London
W1F 9LT

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http://charliesmithlondon.com/

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