Charlie Bonner-Davies (OS 2017)
Fine Art, University of Oxford 2017–2020
The main motif which encompasses my practice is
understanding. Essentially, I use my art to explore the
world around me both on a deeply personal level and in
a more global sense. My most recent pieces consist of
absurd drawings and words created in miniature. As though
writing a diary, they are made in seclusion in a private
space, the factor of what space one takes up being key to
queer practices like my own. I then enlarge the work to
create the scale of an advert – opening it up to the viewer
to warp and interpret the piece in their own way, making
the work become vulnerable. It is only through the act of
creating such works that my mind can make sense of these
ideas; through the communication, or lack thereof, between
individuals. I am drawn towards such interactions due to the
often-missing human component in art – all interpretations
are equally valid; it is through this listening that we are able
to understand each other.