Window Dressing XLVII: Charlie Mura

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/