Bio - CV -2023

Charlie "Blackcat" Smith (1966) Artist ,

Visual Artist, Sculpture, Flame Effects Operator, Metal Fabricator,  Art Director, Consultant,

Idea man. Interactive Art Installation Designer, Community Workshop Producer,

Owner - Sparseland Studios / Sparceland LLC

680 Murphy Ave SW. unit # 6026, Atlanta, Ga. 30310

artofsuchnsuch@gmail.com http:www.sparceland.com 

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Artist Statement of the Now The day is short and filled with consistent challenges, sociological stressors, political nightmares, and communication breakdowns. The work I'm producing is a positive release of the angst that the daily trudge through the information overload highway of life we are experiencing on a moment-to-moment basis. So fast, so weird! Our psyche is so worked up that the relief valves must be set, The clogged brain needs plunging and a good flush from the chaos-filled world we live in today. These objects and characters stem from the ground on tendrils of energy- resonant nature-nurture organic, with the machine and metallic textures and hard lines of expressionism burst from these playful creations in the comedic struggle of life - we create the object image in our heads to exorcize our common pomp and circumstance! looking for solace = Finding peace! Gratitude Flows

Charlie Blackcat Smith 


“I Love to dream, I make amazing art experiences that bring people together and speak to the participants on a ritualistic, communal, and individual level. so driven to see this take place time and time again instigating, creating, and sharing in a magical space in time, where participation literally creates the vibration around the sculptural expressions. “I love people and love to see them share extreme art spaces that open the mind and push the human experience through art to new levels.

” Charlie Blackcat Smith”


My mission as an artist is to create exploratory and awakening sculptural artifacts and experiences.
Influenced by a lifelong Inspiration of my Scandinavian heritage and the playful exploration of my inner child, come deliberate mythical transformations. This inspiration and transformation process brings symbolic characters to my Projects.

The artistic vision starts, with dreams, sketches, casual notes, automatic writing, and building ideas into images. All combined with a stream of conscious mind flowing into a new reality-based story. Just like a recipe, Add research, reference, Internet, interview, conversation, and environment as content. Then put in the community combine and Stir - The Creation of Design merged into fact.

The extraordinary experience and fantasy revealed are now customized visionary art objects. The aesthetic process of fabrication is a voyage realized through the playful and deliberate use of volume, shape, line, and textures breeding sculptural form.

Directing this artistic “communal collaging” technique is my gateway for these expressions and explorations of personal and shared dreams. These hold us in this new space, and develop how we interpret the world through the conscious creation of the art object!

Through community-building workshops “Communal collaging” creating art together pushes me and those who experience my techniques out of our normal comfort zone Forming at times a therapeutic close relationship, to self, and community, which is a life-changing experience.

The Sculpture’s interactive, and cutting edge, not just to be displayed intention is to be experienced by everyone involved around them. The grand vision is that what is created will make a difference and change the way people view their perception of self-awareness, what art Is & what it can be in our world!

Charlie "Blackcat" Smith


Education / Experience - BFA Atlanta College of Art 1992

  • Individualized major- interactive art Installations, Painting & Electronic Media

  • 3-month college Internship followed by employment with Sculptor, Carl Andre’ Davidt 1991-93

  • The trade show, Film Industry, and Broadcast Television - Props, Sets, & Special Effects 94-97

  • Professional Artist Director @ Sparceland Studios 97- Current

  • Licensed flame special effects operator - state of Tennessee 2006-2022

  • Burning Man Honorarium 2000,2001,2002,2005-2007-2008-2011-2012-2013-2014-2017 2018

  • Global Arts Grants= 2001-2003-2004-2007-2015-2017- 2018-2019-2021

  • Design & Development of community-built sculptural workshops = 2000- Current -San Francisco, Ca. Seattle Wa. Austin TX. Steamboat Springs CO. Denver Co. NYC, NY. Atlanta, Ga.

  • Medial coordinator, marketing, fundraising coordinator, for Special events and art projects

  • International projects - Cape Town, SA. - Desert City, Dubai. - Electric Picnic, Ireland

  • Private collections and commissions 1997- Current


Exhibitions, Events & Clientele

Target Corporation, Target house at St. Jude's Hospital, Michael Graves and Associates, YMCA of Atlanta, Melia Design Group, Stang & Newdow,  Johnson Studio,  Radcliffe Bailey,  Burning Man,  Black Rock Art Foundation,  Music Midtown,  Suwannee Hulaween,  Dubai Desert Rock Festival,  DW Presents, Louder Than Life, Coachella Music Festival, The LA Arts Festival, The Great Googa Mooga, Bonnaroo, Okeechobee Music Festival, The Love Burn,  Transformus, Mile High Music Festival, The Love Burn, Ingenuity makers fair, Burning Flipside, Toast, Burning Bush,  Critical Massive,  Synergy,  Oakland Fire Arts Festival, Desert Arts Preview,  Eye Drum,  Alchemy,  Euphoria,  Art Outside,  Atlanta Art on The Beltline, Electric Picnic Ireland,  Afrika Burns,  Fire in the 4th Ward,  Chattahoochee Nature Preserve, Inform Smallwood and Nickel, Guy Brown, Madison Cultural Arts Center, New Era Farms, Super Fly Productions, The Tritt’s, The Sorenson’s, The Roderique Center,


have a great day!