Christian Charles is a Haitian-American artist based in Miami, Florida, whose practice explores abstraction as a visual language of rhythm, improvisation, and transformation. His work draws from the experimental energy of late 20th-century Black cultural production, particularly the sonic innovations of Miles Davis and Sly Stone, translating their spirit of “funk” into fluid, non-representational forms.

Influenced by the expressive intensity of neo-expressionism, Charles emphasizes gesture, color, and spontaneity over fixed imagery, allowing meaning to emerge through process and interaction. His work resists direct representation, instead channeling cultural memory and emotional resonance through abstraction.

Charles has exhibited in Miami at venues including Frederic Snitzer Gallery, Locust Projects, YoungArts, and New World School of the Arts. He has also completed a public mural commission in partnership with the Miami Parking Authority in Downtown Miami.