Entitled 'Silver Spoons and Hotel Rooms', the Lazarides Gallery is to host Charlie Isoe’s first solo show in the UK, presenting a whole new body of works comprised of oil paintings, sculptural works, photographs and installation. His somewhat ambiguous narratives embrace moments of clarity and structure interspersed with comical faces and sketchy depictions of an explicit nature.

Isoe was hugely influenced by his extensive travels which you can see in his work which comment on his social surroundings: the habits of those he comes into contact with, the nightlife he enjoys, the sense of exploitation and addiction ever present in modern life. In his attempts to capture modern society and the human essence, his loose application of paint coupled with fine draftsmanship make for a captivating pictorial plane.

Born in Perth in 1981, Charlie Isoe eusually works with canvas or on outside walls in the urban environment of many a country he has resided in from Thailand, Slovenia to the Czech Republic and Bosnia, Isoe’s work reflects his surroundings and life experiences with deft artistry.

14 May – 25 June 2010 - Lazarides Gallery, 8 Greek Street, London, W1D 4DG