Charles Olsen (b. Nelson, New Zealand, 1969) is a poet, artist and filmmaker. He graduated in Fine Art from Middlesex University, London, in 1994, and his paintings has been shown in Madrid, Barcelona, Oporto, Paris, Wellington, and the Saatchi Gallery, London. His award-winning poetry films have been shown in international film festivals and featured in Moving Poems, Atticus Review and Poetry Film Live. His writing is included in Landfall, Poetry New Zealand Yearbook, Cordite Poetry Review and blackmail press, among others. In 2018 he received the III Antonio Machado Poetry Residency of Segovia and Soria, which inspired his latest collection 'La rebeldía del sol' ('Rebellious Sun', Olifante Ediciones de Poesía).