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Yesterday’s Breakfast Talk at the Mount Street Neighbourhood Arts Festival brought together artist Charlotte Edey (@edey_) and Sabina Babaeva of @foundrae at Foundrae’s new store. Hosted by @charleneprempeh and @lewisdaltongilbert of @vibecalledtech, they talked about the importance of symbols in their work, the surprising rituals behind it and what’s inspiring them right now.

Afterwards, guests stayed on for personal tarot readings with @laura_tarot_and_coffee and had their auras photographed by @slc_london.

📍 Foundrae, 119A Mount Street

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I'm the rare New Yorker who doesn't hate on LA. & one of these paintings will be installed soon on the East Coast!

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Thank you Charlotte @edey_ for such an interesting conversation about your practice and about the work you created during the residency! Please take a moment to read her words and step deeper into Charlotte’s work. Rich with references, cultural insights and personal influences, this Q&A offers a glimpse into the many layers behind her practice—and the worlds that shape it.

Enjoy the full conversation at the link in bio to discover more!

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Light House Private Appointments @lighthouse_soho until the 15th August - Book a private appointment with Genevieve to play dress up, purchase one of a kind pieces and explore made to order / custom offerings in the beautiful Light House Chinoiserie showroom- send us a dm or follow the link in bio

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Some great art on view at the @nashermuseum now! Admission is always free.

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@edey_ uses found Georgian sash windows as frames to hold pastel drawings and hand-embroidered pieces that feel like portals into somewhere quieter. Gorgeous (George) found via @itsnicethat

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The artist residency of Charlotte Edey came to an end yesterday, closing a few weeks of conversations, shared discoveries, and new perspectives. One of the most rewarding parts of this journey was rediscovering architecture together—a passion deeply connected to my own background. From historic landmarks to contemporary spaces, each visit became an opportunity to reflect on how places shape the way we see and remember the world.

A particularly meaningful visit was La Congiunta, Peter Märkli’s remarkable Brutalist sanctuary in the Swiss landscape, created to house the sculptures of Hans Josephsohn. A quiet, powerful space where concrete, light, and nature exist in perfect dialogue.

These encounters became part of Charlotte’s creative process. Drawing from the architectural references we explored, she transformed them into abstract compositions where memory is distilled rather than documented. Her drawings bring together not only visual impressions, but also the emotions, atmospheres, and sensory experiences carried by each place.

Lastly, as in much of Charlotte’s practice, the frame is not merely a support but an integral extension of the drawing, with an architecture of its own. It was especially moving to see how this particular frame resonates with the antique calendar hanging in the studio—a family object from generations. An unexpected dialogue between the artwork, the space, and personal memory.

Thank you, Charlotte, for sharing your curiosity, sensitivity, and artistic vision. It has been a privilege to witness how architecture can be experienced, remembered, and reimagined through your beautiful artworks.

@edey_

Special thanks to @freddiempowell @ginnyonfrederick for their support and trust in this residency project ✨

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𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙤𝙩𝙩𝙚 𝙀𝙙𝙚𝙮 (b. 1992) is a British artist based in London. Edey combines pastel, embroidery, beadwork, and woodworking to reveal, conceal, and pull viewers through scenes that are at once spatial and psychological. Working with materials like glass seed beads, freshwater pearls, and stained glass, the artist creates transfixing surfaces that shimmer and shift with changing light, imbuing her compositions with a slippery, fragmentary quality. With a practice anchored in the language of drawing, mark-making and gesture are explored through extensive hand-embroidery and beading on woven tapestry; relating thread, line and surface. Edey employs found objects and artist frames as narrative devices to blur the boundary between the real and the represented, reconciling divisions between the metaphysical and material, the internal and external.

Her work has been featured in The New York Times, The Observer, Financial Times, Autre, Artnet, Elephant, Metal Magazine, Dazed, & Elle. Artist commissions include Apple, Miu Miu, The New Yorker, and The New York Times. Her work is held in the permanent collections of the Nasher Museum, Durham, North Carolina (USA) and The Royal Collection, London (UK).

Works pictured:
𝙁𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙙, 𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙚!, 2025, courtesy of Greg Carideo and James Cohan Gallery
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙚𝙧, 2024, courtesy of Stephen James and Ginny on Frederick
𝙎𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙚𝙩 𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙣, 2025, courtesy of Erin Brady and James Cohan Gallery
𝙋𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚, 2024, courtesy of Anat Ebgi Gallery
𝙏𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙏𝙬𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙, 2024, courtesy of Anat Ebgi Gallery
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧, 2024, courtesy of Stephen James and Ginny on Frederick
𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠, courtesy of Stephen James and Ginny on Frederick

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Takeover by @caro__caro__caro__

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Welcome to Como, Charlotte! So happy to have you here for this residency. We’ve already connected through our shared passion for architecture, and I have a feeling this residency is going to be full of inspiring conversations and beautiful places. Let the adventure begin! 🤍

Charlotte Edey is a British artist (b.1992, Manchester). Her hybrid, multimedia works explore architectures of the interior, both bodily and domestic. Edey combines pastel, embroidery, beadwork, and woodworking to reveal, conceal, and pull viewers through scenes that are at once spatial and psychological. Working with materials like glass seed beads, freshwater pearls, and stained glass, the artist creates transfixing surfaces that shimmer and shift with changing light, imbuing her compositions with a slippery, fragmentary quality. With a practice anchored in the language of drawing, mark-making and gesture are explored through extensive hand-embroidery and beading on woven tapestry; relating thread, line and surface. Edey employs found objects and artist frames as narrative devices to blur the boundary between the real and the represented, reconciling divisions between the metaphysical and material, the internal and external.

@edey_

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“The continuation of a series of new paintings that pay homage to film noir and the inhabitants of that shadowed, shady world. This one is a little love note from me to Raymond Burr.” —Mel Odom

At Sea View, Mel Odom’s solo exhibition “DREAMS FOR SALE” follows the artist’s singular contributions to queer image-making and storytelling, combining Pre-Raphaelite sensuality with meditations on mortality— all intimately drawn from the same desk of his New York apartment since 1975.

Odom’s works are paired with “Eavesdrop,” 2024 by Charlotte Edey, inspired by a “Tete-a-Tete,” a Victorian S-shaped sofa originally designed for two people to talk privately while observing the action in all directions.

Mel Odom
The Red Orchid, 2021
Oil on board
24 x 20 in (61 x 51 cm)

Mel Odom
Georgia James, 1999
Graphite and gouache on board
15 1/2 x 15 1/8 in (40 x 38 cm)

Charlotte Edey
Eavesdrop, 2024
Jacquard woven upholstery, early 1900s Edwardian chair frame, pyrographic etching
27 1/2 x 59 x 27 1/2 in (70 x 150 x 70 cm)

Photo credit @niceday_photo
#charlotteedey #melodom

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For the 2026 presentation of Art Basel, James Cohan is pleased to present works by Claudia Alarcón, Ranti Bam, Alexandre da Cunha, Charlotte Edey, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Byron Kim, Jordan Nassar, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, Eamon Ore-Giron, Katie Paterson, Naudline Pierre, Yinka Shonibare, Elias Sime, Fred Tomaselli, and Kennedy Yanko.

The fair will be open to the public from June 18–21, with VIP Preview days from June 16–17.

🔗 Preview our Art Basel presentation via link in bio.

📸: 1. Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Untitled, 1974; 2. Kennedy Yanko, The radical cypher, 2026; 3. Naudline Pierre, Freefall, 2026; 4. Charlotte Edey, Three Conductors, 2026, 5. Fred Tomaselli, Month of August (afternoon), 2026. Photos by Correy Bartle-Sanderson, Erin Brady for Dan Bradica Studios, GC Photography. Courtesy of the artists and James Cohan, New York.

#MonirShahroudyFarmanfarmaian #ArtBasel2025 #ArtBasel #JamesCohan @artbasel

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