Charlie Stiven was born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Over the past 30 years his work has been shown widely throughout the U.K., Europe and the U.S.A., and is held in numerous public and private collections.

He has held solo exhibitions in Edinburgh, London, New York, Bern, Gdansk, Wroclaw & Belgrade, and participated in numerous group shows including those in Berlin, Boston, St Louis, Basel, Madrid, Zurich & Seoul. His current work is centred on the construction of highly crafted 3D models which examine vernacular architecture as a metaphor for time, history & social condition.

He has received a variety of awards and prizes including those from IAAB Basel and the British Council, has held artists residencies in Serbia & Switzerland, and is an Academician of the Royal Scottish Academy.

Charlie Stiven lectures in Painting at ECA where he is undergraduate BA Painting Programme Director.  He has also instigated projects with students of the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Stuttgart, and the Universitat der Kunst, Berlin.

Other recent activities include conference participation in 'Politics & Performance' at Green Park, Athens, 'Reading Architecture' at Stirling University, ans 'Art, Materiality & Representation' at The British Museum, London.​