Zoë Charlton creates figure drawings, collages, installations, and animations that depict her subjects’ relationship to culturally loaded objects and landscapes. Charlton received her MFA from the University of Texas at Austin and participated in residencies at Artpace (Texas), McColl Center for Art + Innovation (North Carolina), and the Skowhegan School of Painting in Maine. Museum collections include The Phillips Collection in Washington, DC, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Arkansas), Birmingham Museum of Art (Alabama), and Studio Museum (Harlem, NY). Charlton is a Professor of Art at American University in Washington, DC. She holds a seat on the Maryland State Arts Council, is a board member at the Washington Project for the Arts in Washington, DC, and is co-founder of ‘sindikit, a collaborative, research-centered, art initiative.
Out of Place: Artists, Pedagogy, and Purpose