Sean Charlton White (b. 1997) is a Swiss–British photographer, graphic designer and artist based in The Hague (NL).
Alongside his own practices, he’s responsible for the art direction of The Wire magazine and makes
books with Ben Weaver at Here Press.
To be found mostly in The Netherlands but also sometimes in London and Lausanne.
Member of Touchy Studios Collective, near, Stroom Den Haag.
Open for commissions and projects, so please don’t hesitate to reach out! Portfolio available on request.
seancw[at]etik.com *
+31 6 11 23 95 46
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* For any inquiries related to The Wire magazine, please contact me only at sean[at]thewire.co.uk
AWARDS
SIYU Award 2025 – Finalist
Swiss Design Awards 2024 (Photography) – Finalist
DuPho SO’24 Award – Finalist
Steenbergen Stipendium 2023 – Public Prize
GRANTS
Development Contribution – Voorderkunst & het Cultuurfonds
Rotterdam Photo 2025 x Amarte: Dutch Talent Project Grants
EXHIBITIONS
2025
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All You Can Eat – Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven Centraal Station (NL)
SIYU AWARD 2025 – Photobastei, Zurich (CH)
Super Sticky – Cow Gallerie pop-up, Amsterdam (NL)
Dutch Talent Project Grants – Rotterdam Photo, Rotterdam (NL)
2024
Swiss Design Awards – Messehalle 1.1, Basel (CH)
SO’24 Award expo – Capital C, Amsterdam (NL)
2023
The Promise of Ruin(s), Chapter six: General Morphology of Urbanism with Denicolai & Provoost and Sean Charlton White – The Balcony, The Hague (NL)
Steenbergen Stipendium – Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam (NL)
Graduation Show – Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague (NL)
2022
UNFOLDING TERRITORIES: Co-creating Through Cartographies of Care – The Grey Space in the Middle, The Hague (NL)
2019
Fondamenta – Basecamp, Locarno (CH)
NACHTVOLK / NIGHTSHIFT / PRESENCES NOCTURNES – Recyclart, Brussels (BE)
Rien a changé – les Ateliers Mommen, Brussels (BE)
75 Palace Première – Palace Bruxelles, Brussels (BE)
2018
Half-Time exhibition – ECAL, Lausanne (CH)
SCREENINGS
Project Groundswell – Imago Lisboa, Jardins do Bombarda, Lisbon (PT)
OTHER
Project Groundswell – 2025 Open Call Finalist
Emergentes Portfolio Review 2023 – Encontros da Imagem, Braga (PT)
Canon Student Development Programme 2021
Previously worked with/for:
Ben Weaver Studio, Boris Steiner, Kling & Bang, Le Temps, Nina Flaitz, NRC, Rewire Festival, Royal Academy of Art The Hague, Studio Ardworks, The Wire, Touchy Studios, Vandejong Creative Agency, Zeit Online