About
As an artist in the climate change field, I enjoy the freedom of working in multiple mediums across disciplines. I often collaborate with scientists, engineers, and innovators with the purpose of interpreting and illuminating new research which explores pro-environmental solutions for today’s ever-increasing problems.
Of course, we are that problem — but we could just as easily be the solution.
My art practice explores the interconnections that occur in our social and natural systems on both macro and micro levels. I’m interested in the symbiotic relationships that appear in nature — particularly the interconnectedness of Earth systems and how human behaviour is impacting these.
I express these concepts through a multi-faceted practice, incorporating sculpture, light, sound, painting, and moving image. Rooted in research, I work intuitively creating powerful sensory experiences to emotionally engage and inspire audiences.
Bio
Charlotte Crichton has spent 20 years working in the arts as a researcher and artist in Aotearoa and abroad and is currently based in Wellington, New Zealand. She has designed and delivered content for large-scale projects in national oral history collections and for national museum exhibitions (Te Papa Tongarewa, Ngā Taonga Sound and Vision, Alexander Turnbull Library, British Library National Sound Archive, Australian Centre for the Moving Image (ACMI)).
She holds a Master of Climate Change Science and Policy (Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington), a Fine Arts Degree (Ilam, University of Canterbury), a Graduate Certificate in Museum and Heritage Studies (VUW), and a Certificate in Wai Ora Water Resource Management and Sustainability (Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi).
Charlotte exhibits in New Zealand. In 2018 She was awarded an Earthskin Artist Residency, and her work currently features in Aotearoa New Zealand Festival of the Arts 2026. She is published in Art New Zealand #79 (1996) and the International Association of Sound and Audiovisual Archives (IASA) Journal #15 (2000).