Trace

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‘Trace’ explores the complex relationship between absence and presence and how difficult it is to separate the two. Using the artists own body as the medium to express personal experiences of decay and absence by leaving traces of the human body through powders on the skin. ‘Trace’ analyses what has been left behind yet at the same time shows what is quite clearly present

Entwining poetry, philosophy and literature into her practice, the artist questions the idea of traces left absent from the human body and analyses the pain and loss that is present. After watching her mother recover from a rare brain tumour at 15 and being witness to her father’s death at 18 years old, Charmagne began creating art as a way to express her emotions. Through a multidisciplinary practice focused on loss, trauma and mental health, The artist confronts the intense journey of grief specialising in mediums of photography, printmaking and painting. She holds a Masters Degree in Fine Art.