Charlie Lee-Potter

Dr. Charlie Lee-Potter is a Lecturer and award-winning artist/writer with doctorates in English Literature and Fine Art. She combines soundscapes, spoken word, and visual art to explore themes like forgotten women’s histories and urban geometry. Currently Writer-in-Residence at Oxford’s Wytham Woods, she researches women living in forests. Former BBC Radio 4 presenter, she has exhibited globally and won the International Créateurs Design Prize for Creative Journalism.

• Key Roles: Lecturer, Artist, Broadcaster, Podcast Creator
• Doctorates: English Literature (Oxford?), Fine Art

Research focuses on interdisciplinary art-journalism hybrids, soundscapes blending interviews with ambient recordings, and visual narratives about marginalized women. Her work Inside A Mountain (podcast) merged soundwalks with guest dialogues featuring figures like Marcus du Sautoy. Recent projects include a solo exhibition in Bath and a creative nonfiction book about forest-dwelling women.

• Awards: Créateurs Design Prize, UEBP nomination, Women’s Podcast Award nomination

Her work intersects academic rigor with artistic experimentation, notably in These Islands chapters analyzing geometric shapes as navigational tools in cities. Grants and residencies support her immersive, place-based creative projects.