Charlotte Smithson is an artist living and working in Manchester, UK.
Through her practice Charlotte explores ecology and our relationships with nature and landscapes. She follows her ideas through immersive installation, drawing, photography and plant studies. Charlotte Smithson has exhibited across the UK including at the The Art House, Garden Museum, RHS Chelsea, National Trust Sissinghurst, End of the Road festival, The Whitworth and has collaborated with Manchester Metropolitan University, the National Trust and the Oak Project in partnership with Yorkshire Sculpture Park, the University of Derby’s Nature Connectedness Research Group.
Sustainability
Smithson is interested in concepts of circularity and connection, which is reflected in her systems of making. Her circular and sustainable approach ensures component parts are reused, recycled, repaired, preserved or returned to the Earth as nourishment for soil, through composting.
Her social practice invites communities and groups to connect with nature through creativity and mindfulness. Charlotte leads creative wellbeing workshops and collaborative co-design projects - her areas of interest include creative recovery, circular and sustainable design methodologies, and restoring balance in our wellbeing.
Fallingwater USA
The Nutting Foundation Artist-in-Residence
In September I had the incredible privilege of spending time immersed at UNESCO World Heritage site Fallingwater, USA.
Fallingwater is hailed internationally as a masterpiece of 20th century architecture and is Frank Lloyd Wright’s most recognized example of the harmonious union of art, architecture and nature. My residency was made possible by the generous support of The Nutting Foundation.
A snapshot of my time at Fallingwater can be read on my blog here.
Emotional Geographies
Tree planting update!
Charlotte Smithson at The Art House, Wakefield
December 2025
Following my summer solo show Emotional Geographies at The Art House, Wakefield, I am excited to share that we will be planting the trees exhibited in the show, on 4 December! In addition to the saplings contained within my installation, additional trees have been donated by the Woodland Trust and will soon take root at Urban House, an initial accommodation centre for people in the asylum process in Wakefield. It is with great pride that I am following in my Grandfather’s footsteps by contributing to Wakfield’s verdant tree cover through this restorative project and that the trees will become part of the city’s future green spaces, supporting and contributing to Wakefield’s environmental goals and tree planting targets.
Thank you to the Art House, Urban House, Roger Parkinson, the Woodland Trust and all of the other volunteers and contributors who have made this project live and breathe.
“My installations display pieces of nature like a museum would exhibit its treasured collection; carefully mounted with space around each stem”
~ Charlotte Smithson, interview by The Telegraph, 2019
