Charles Danby

Charles Danby is an artist, critical art writer, and independent curator affiliated with Northumbria University's Collaborative and Curatorial Practice Research Group. His work spans painting, photography, film, and installation art, emphasizing materiality, digital technologies, and curatorial frameworks. He holds an MFA in Fine Art from 2002 and has curated exhibitions at institutions like Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium and Siobhan Davies Studios. His research explores inter-sensory dynamics in contemporary art, expanded cinema, and the intersections of digital media with traditional practices.

Educational Background: Fine Art MFA (June 2002).

Research Interests: Focused on inter-sensory dynamics in contemporary painting, digital and immersive technologies, expanded cinema, geomateriality, deep-time, and post-industrial site practices. His writings appear in Frieze, Flash Art, and I-D Magazine.

Curatorial Work: Specializes in permeable exhibition-making, emphasizing relational encounters between artworks and audiences. Notable projects include Animated Environments (2011-12) and Epilogues: It Started With A Car Crash (2011). Collaborations include work with artist Rob Smith and the NEUSCHLOSS collective.

Labs/Teams: Member of Northumbria's Collaborative and Curatorial Practice Research Group, contributing to interdisciplinary art and curatorial innovation.