Based in Brooklyn, New York, Charlie Engman is an artist, photographer, educator, and art director for the sustainable fashion brand Collina Strada. His multidisciplinary practice examines the social and emotional dimensions of imagery and hyper-visibility in contemporary culture, with a focus on the body as a site of mediation between the self and otherness. Engman’s recent work incorporates generative AI, positioning him at the forefront of exploring how technology shapes and transforms the visual and emotional dynamics of contemporary life. His use of AI interrogates how disembodied technologies effect representations of the body, visual identity, and cultural production, offering critical insights into the evolving relationships between labor, capital, and creativity.Engman is the author of three books: MOM (2020), a longstanding collaborative project with his mother that explores representation and intimacy; Hello Chaos: A Love Story – The Disorder of Seeing and Being Seen (2024), a genre-defying critical theory book examining contemporary visual culture; and Cursed (2024), an artist’s monograph created entirely with generative AI.In addition to his creative projects, Engman works as an editorial and commercial image-maker, predominantly in the fashion industry, and he utilizes this practice to research, explore, and engage with the role of advertisement in shaping social space and the contemporary sense of self. His clients include Prada, Gucci, Vivenne Westwood, Marni, Acne Studios, Hermes, Vogue, The New York Times, The New Yorker, and DAZED, among many others.

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