David Charlie | Exhibition Opening Celebration

Join us to celebrate the opening night of David Charlie's solo exhibition Heavenly Bodies at Eloise Cato Gallery on 29th May 2025. 

RSVP is essential, please register through Humanitix. Pricelist available on request, please get in touch directly at info@catogallery.com or by calling +61 403 902 498 for any enquiries. For an advance preview or if you are unable to attend the opening, the exhibition will be on show from 27th May – 14th June during gallery hours.

David Charlie (born David Charles Collins in 1988 in Boorloo/Perth, Western Australia) is an Australian artist whose interdisciplinary practice spans photography, performance, and video media. His work investigates how ritual and role-play reflect the cathartic desires of contemporary society, engaging with both mythological and pop culture archetypes as tools for self-analysis and emotional release. With a particular focus on expressions of masculinity within Australian culture, Charlie explores the complex and often conflicting readings of the body and its translation into social roles. Through this lens, he seeks to unpack the fluidity and multiplicity of gender roles, identities, and expressions, revealing their layered and limitless possibilities. 

Heavenly Bodies is Charlie's debut solo exhibition at Eloise Cato Gallery and anticipates his collaborative series with Tony Albert and the kids of Warakurna, Warakurna Superheroes, 2017, to be featured in the 56th edition of the Rencontres d'Arles 2025, Arles, France later this year. With a career stretching over 17 years, Charlie's works are held in significant private and public collections, including the Art Gallery of Western Australia, the Queensland Art Gallery & Gallery of Modern Art, and Parliament House, NSW. A multifaceted practice, Charlie has been a finalist in such prizes as The Blake Art Prize and the Doug Moran National Portrait Prize. Critically engaged, he has also featured in numerous editorial publications such as Art Collector, Art Guide Australia and The Guardian. He currently resides and works in Warrane/Sydney, New South Wales.