Little Sound

'Little Sound' is British-Bermudian artist Charlie Godet Thomas' fourth solo exhibition with the gallery, taking its title from the Italian word for sonnet, “sonetto” which translated literally means “little sound”. Traditionally, a sonnet is in praise of something (or someone), in this instance, those “somethings” are the easily overlooked moments, the little sounds, which are too often drowned out by the increasing dominance of “big noises”.

Charlie Godet Thomas, 'Fix (Autumn)', 2021. Cast rubber, box for photographic paper, card and paper fragments, paint. 15 x 11 x 2 cm.

Charlie Godet Thomas (b.1985, London, UK. British/Bermudian) currently lives and works between Mexico City, MX and Essex, UK.

He studied a BA in Fine Art (Sculpture) at Manchester School of Art (2009) and an MA in Fine Art (Sculpture) at the Royal College of Art, London (2014), where he was awarded the Bermuda Arts Council Scholarship and the Peter Lei...

Charlie Godet Thomas (b.1985, London, UK. British/Bermudian) currently lives and works between Mexico City, MX and Essex, UK.

He studied a BA in Fine Art (Sculpture) at Manchester School of Art (2009) and an MA in Fine Art (Sculpture) at the Royal College of Art, London (2014), where he was awarded the Bermuda Arts Council Scholarship and the Peter Leitner Scholarship.

Past residencies include: Fundación Casa Wabi (2023); Caribbean Linked IV at Ateliers ’89 in Oranjestad, Aruba (2016); Tarrant County College, Fort Worth, Texas, US (2017); and Atelier Mondial, Basel, CH (2017).

Thomas has been exhibited internationally at galleries, institutions, and biennials including: Museo Jumex, Mexico City, MX; BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK; Somerset House, London, UK; 2022, 2020, 2018, 2016, 2014 and 2012 Bermuda Biennial, The Bermuda National Gallery, BM; Espacio Union, Mexico City, MX; Ladrón galería, Mexico City, MX; Carillon Gallery, Texas, US; VITRINE Basel, CH and London, UK; Assembly Point, London, UK; N.A.S.A.L., Mexico City, MX; JO-HS, Mexico City, MX; Nicoletti Contemporary, London, UK.

He was commissioned for SCULPTURE AT Bermondsey Square, London in 2017.