Claude Charlier

About Claude Charlier

Multi-Media French artist Claude Charlier is known for his hyper-realistic paintings of vintage and discarded objects, including cigarette packs, vintage lunch boxes and crushed soda cans but also his famous black & white photography series like the "Body Language".

Charlier was born in France and his childhood was heavily influenced by his training in classical music and fine art, which continues to inspire his aesthetic today. 

He maintained a career as a professional fashion & advertising  photographer which led him to travel the world for many years and live not only in Europe and the USA, but for many years in Tokyo.

It was during these travels in early 1980's that he was inspired by a discarded soda can and decided to create his Pop World Project. Charlier’s choice to paint the discarded objects acts as a means to recycle them, and thus the beauty and memories associated with the consumers’ use.

Artist Statement

Artist statement: "I grew up in France - reading American comics, drinking Coca Cola and watching old Westerns. Americana was all the rage, and I fell for it in a big way. When I moved to Tokyo, I also fell in love with their animation and all the different types of soda and soda can designs that were sold in vending machines all over the city.In choosing to paint discarded objects I felt that I was giving them another life. Recycling not only their form, but also their imperfect beauty and the moments they were a part of someone's life."

Partial List of Exhibitions & Shows

Aoyama Art Gallery, Tokyo 1978
Pentax Gallery, Tokyo 1981
Rockefeller Center, New York 1982
Nikon House, New York 1982
Pier 36, New York 1983
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris 1983
Art Center, Tokyo 1984
Damien B. Gallery, Miami. 2004-2005
Imperial Hotel, Tokyo 2006
Art Basel, Miami Beach 2005
Gallery EJFA, Miami 2006
Kaigado Gallery, Tokyo 2006-2007
Art Basel Miami 2010-2011
Yoshi´s Corner Gallery, Vienna 2011
Gallery Valentine, East Hamptons 2011
Arcature Fine Art, Palm Beach 2011-2014
Kunstmesse Düsseldorf 2011-2012
Art Miami 2010-2014
Budja Gallery, Miami. 2010-2012
Palm Beach Art Fair 2011-2013
Olyvia Fine Art , London 2011
IFAE, Miami 2011
Art Karlsruhe 2012 - 2013
Markowicz Fine Art, Miami 2011-2012
2CforART, Salzburg 2012-2013
2CforART, Frankfurt 2012-2013
Art Wynwood, Miami 2013-2014
Context, Miami 2013-2015
Scope Miami, Miami Beach 2013
Galerie Corbel, Paris 2013
Markowicz Fine Art, Miami 2013
Blink, Miami 2013
Art Southampton, Southampton 2014
Lulu’s Gallery, Miami 2014
White Porch Gallery, Miami 2015
OMSE gallery, Vienna. 2015-2016
Wozen Gallery, Lisbon 2016
Ricart Gallery, Miami 2016-2017

Confidante, Miami Beach 2018

Heidi Vaughan fine Art, Houston 2022