Charlie Fitz Artist
Welcome to my newsletter
Who am I?
My name is Charlie Fitz, I'm an artist, writer, arts & creative programmer/ collective organiser. I am sick and disabled and identify as crip & neuroqueer. My partner in art & life is the incredibly talented Oscar Vinter and our little family is complete by a chihuahua called Stanley.
Credit & description: a photo of my family, Oscar, our dog Stanley and I stat together on a stool in front of a backdrop taken by Alex Cameron.
I am a member of
& a co-director of Triad³ remote artist studio & a trustee of DAiSY (Disability Arts Surrey - formally DAiSY Fest)
Credit & description: the resting up collective logo, an illustration of a pillow with the words ‘resting up collective’ on the pillow in front of a sky background.
My art practice
I make art that explores my experience of the world which is shaped by illness, disability, trauma, love, rage, community and so on. I create moving image work, photography, collage, textile work, sculptures, performance, installations and paintings. My work is connected by subject matter, exploration, ideas and storytelling rather than a particular medium or style.
Examples of my work:
Credit & description: a photo of one of my art films playing at the 2024 Shape Art Open on a TV screen.
Moments of Care, 2023, oil on canvas.
Credit & description: an installation of my art work, made up of photography & objects at the exhibition CURA in Manchester curated by Celina Loh.
Hysterics, digital collage, 2022
My short animated art films, Blueberry Blood and Bubblegum Joints showing at the Southbank centre in 2024.
Close to Death, an installation of paintings, shrines & letters at the exhibition The Universe Within, Peckham in 2024 curated by
I will post in more detail about each artwork in following posts.
Where am I?
I currently live in Devon but most of my community is in or around South East London, as I lived and worked there for the first part of my adult life and have been in a state of constant transition since leaving. Since my illness became severe Oscar and I have been somewhat nomadic as our living situation & employment has been precarious - we live in Devon but desire to be back in the South East with our community. I have also developed a crip creative community online, which sustains me.
Why substack?
It feels like social media is dying or perhaps I am just falling out of love with it. When my illness first became severe and I was isolated to a bed for years on end, social media was a lifeline, it connected me to activism, art and crip community. Social media is still useful, but as these spaces so often seek to erase disabled, queer & marginalised voices I don't want my connection to community to be reliant on those spaces. This substack will be one way for me to stay connected with my crip, queer, creative communities.
What to expect?
For now, this space will be an artist newsletter in which I will share news, updates, works-in-progress, things I'm thinking about, things I'm listening to, reading, watching and my life.
I aim to post semi-regularly, however I exist within my own crip time sphere. My experience of time is shaped by multiple illnesses and disabilities which flare, shift, progress and make themselves known in different ways, stretching, bending and distorting time, resulting in a wholly unpredictable capacity. I require flexibility, understanding, care and compassion and I offer this back to my community. I will write and post when I have capacity.
Where else can you connect with me?
Instagram - @charliejlfitz
Linkedin - Charlie Fitz
Website - www.charliefitzartist.co.uk
Fitz & Vinter youtube - videos coming soon
Where can I connect with Oscar Vinter?
Instagram - @oscarvinter
Linkedin - Oscar Mealia (Vinter)
Website - www.oscarvinter.com
vimeo - @OscarVinter
Sending crip love & solidarity, remember to be kind to yourself, from your crip pal Charlie 💘
Credit: my profile photo taken by David PD Hyde for the editorial See You At Home for Able Zine.
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