Window Dressing XLVII Charlie Mura: Timshel
Exhibition Dates: August 4th–10th, 2025 (visible 24 hours/day)
Artist Reception: Friday, August 8th, 7-9pm
Charlie Mura creates figurative oil paintings of large groups of people that reflect on the range of scenes that occur in a crowded and cluttered society devoid of personal connection. These works explore the theatre of everyday life as personal identity blends into a mass of character archetypes. Dynamic and disjunctive brushstrokes and bright, acidic colors allude to advertising, screens, and artificial light, enhancing the dramatization of tense moments. To create his compositions, Mura uses elements of collage to stitch together a personal archive of digital photos and found imagery. Drawing upon art historical narratives with a focus on Baroque and Romantic painting, he recontextualizes historical conflicts and attitudes through contemporary reconstruction and image circulation.
Bio
Charlie Mura (b. 2002, Plano, TX) is an artist living and working in Austin, TX. He received a BA in
Studio Art with a minor in History from the University of Texas at Austin in 2024. Primarily focusing
on painting, he has shown in group exhibitions at the Visual Arts Center, ICOSA Collective, and
Good Dad Studios. Upcoming exhibitions include shows with Throughline Gallery and the Greenville
Center for Creative Arts.
Exhibition Dates: August 4th–10th, 2025
Artist Reception: Friday, August 8, 7-9pm
Exhibition is viewable 24 hours/day
ICOSA Collective Gallery
916 Springdale Rd, Bldg 2, #102, Austin, TX 78702
www.icosacollective.com
https://www.charliemura.com/
https://www.instagram.com/muracharlieart/
Image: Window Dressing I, Gabel Karsten
About
Window Dressing highlights the work of new members, emerging, local, and underrepresented artists with short-run shows on view while the main gallery is closed for installation. Window Dressing artists will explore the potential of our storefront window space, experimenting with the possibilities of limitation. Exhibitions are on view 24/7 through the gallery’s front glass.
Would you like to apply for a Window Dressing Show?
We are always accepting WD proposals and our committee meets twice a year to determine scheduling.
Selection Process
Your application will be kept on file for one year. Applicants will be made aware that they may be considered for an ICOSA exhibition at any point for one year following the submission of their application.
How to Apply
Please email the following to info@icosacolective.com with “Window Dressing Proposal” in the title:
Proposal
CV
Portfolio website URL
Three images of your work
*Incomplete applications will not be considered
Questions?
Contact us at info@icosacollective.com