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Zoë Charlton (born 1973) is an American contemporary artist and tenured Full Professor of Art at George Mason University.

Biography

Charlton was born at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida in 1973. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in painting and drawing from Florida State University and went on to receive a Master of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin. She has participated in residencies at Ucross Foundation (WY, 2019), Artpace (TX, 2018), the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (ME, 2001) and at The Patterson Residency for the Creative Alliance (MD, 2003). Charlton also participated in the Drawing Center's Viewing (NY) program from 2001 to 2003.

Charlton's work has been included in national and international group exhibitions including the Zacheta National Gallery of Art (Warsaw, Poland), Haas & Fischer Gallery (Zurich, Switzerland), the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, the Studio Museum in Harlem (NYC, NY), Clementine Gallery (NYC, NY), the Wendy Cooper Gallery (Chicago, IL), the Delaware Contemporary (DE), the Harvey B. Gantt Center (NC), Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (AR), Studio Museum of Harlem (NY), and Contemporary Art Museum (TX).

Collections

Works by Charlton are in the collections of the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, The Phillips Collection, the Rose Art Museum and the Birmingham Museum of Art.