biography
An embodied sculptor, Charity Be works four-dimensionally with video, sound, objects, space and gesture, to compose environments, score performative work and make sculpture. Drawing upon philosophical texts and field research, Be works contextually and often site-specifically to activate a deeper awareness for interconnectedness in a quest to further queer the lines between art, repair and environment. She is motivated not only to compose the experiential landscape, but importantly, to engage the sensory perceptions of the audience multiplicitly.
Be has a professional background in film and television, as well as in sound and movement arts. She also spent many years learning and practicing permaculture-influenced urban farming while working in tech-dependent professions. The tension of a push and pull between the body and machine, the felt and the conceptual plays a pivotal role in her work. Charity Be has worked and exhibited internationally, including in California-USA, Korea, and Germany. She has also participated in international arts residencies. Charity holds a BFA in Intermedia Art from Mills College, Oakland, California (2017) and an MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Boston, Massachusetts (2022). Hailing originally from Chicago, Illinois, and Oakland, California, Be is based full-time in Berlin, Germany.
See also, Now, A Manifesto