Charlie Warde (born in London in 1974, lives and works in Marseille) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice examines the relationship between the utopian ideals of Modernist architecture and the realities of their social and political legacy. Drawing on post-war social housing as his primary source material, he reconsiders buildings conceived as symbols of progress at a time when much of this architectural heritage is being demolished or dismissed as a failed experiment.
Warde holds an MA in Fine Art with Distinction from the City and Guilds of London Art School and a BA in the History of Art from the University of Manchester. His work is held in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum and 2 Willow Road (National Trust).
His practice has been recognised through a number of awards and residencies, including the GAM Prize and the Norman Ackroyd Printmaking Prize (both 2012), artist residencies at 2 Willow Road (National Trust, 2013) and the Goldfinger Factory at Trellick Tower (2015), and White Mountain College as part of Manifesta 13 (2020). His prints have twice been selected as the Victoria & Albert Museum's Print of the Month (2012 and 2018).