(1964 - )
Born in London, Charmaine Watkiss graduated in Contemporary Practice from the University of Westminster in 1994. After working in design for almost two decades, she did an Art Foundation Course at London’s City Lit and went on to gain an MA in Drawing from UAL, Wimbledon College of Art. Recent Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at Leeds Art Gallery (2022) and Tiwani Contemporary, London (2021). Her work has been included in group exhibitions at Abbot Hall Gallery, Kendal and Wolverhampton Art Gallery (both 2024); York Art Gallery, York; Nasher Museum of Art, Duke University, US (both 2023); Tiwani Contemporary, Lagos (2022); Collyer Bristow Gallery, London and The Gallery, DeMontfort University, Leicester (both 2020).