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Charlie White (artist)

Charlie White (born 1972) is an American artist and academic.

Charlie White
Born1972 (age 51–52)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Alma materSchool of Visual Arts (BFA), and Art Center College of Design (MFA)
Occupation(s)Artist, Academic
Years active1996–present

White received his BFA in 1994 from the School of Visual Arts in New York City and received his MFA from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, in 1998. He held the position of professor at the Roski School of Art and Design at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles from 2003 to 2016. Since mid-2016 White has held the positions of professor and Head of School at the Carnegie Mellon School of Art.[1][2]

Background

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White grew up in Philadelphia and attended the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. While a student at the School of Visual Arts in New York City, he worked as an assistant to artists Laurie Simmons and Carroll Dunham and studied with Marilyn Minter.[3]

White moved to Los Angeles in 1996 to attend the ArtCenter College of Design, where he studied with artists Stephen Prina, Mike Kelley, and Christopher Williams, and received his MFA in 1998. While a student, White created the project Femalien, which was published in CHERI magazine.[4] The magazine was sold at an exhibition at the Andrea Rosen Gallery in November/December of 1996.[5]

Career

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White's photographs explore America's social fictions and collective identities. His earlier bodies of work, In a Matter of Days (1999) and Understanding Joshua (2001), were influenced by the highly staged art direction of photographers such as Jeff Wall.[6] In 2003 White exhibited And Jeopardize the Integrity of the Hull (2003), in 2006 White exhibited Everything is American, a series of works looking at collective trauma, in 2008 White created a body of work titled, Girl Studies, which consists of a 35mm short film titled American Minor, an experimental animation titled OMG BFF LOL, and a series of new photographs.[7] White created and exhibited the series Teen and Transgender Comparative Studies at the 2009 Hammer Biennial curated by Ali Subotnick.[8][9] Continuing his work surrounding themes of American teenagers, White finished a series titled Casting Call in 2010, and in 2011 White was included in the Singapore Biennale, where he exhibited the works OMG BFF LOL from Girl Studies as well as Magazine Covers 2004-2007.[10] In 2012 White exhibited several works at LACMA, including a new animation titled A life in B Tween, past works such as Casting Call, and the works from Girl Studies. Music for Sleeping Children was a collaborative project between White and Bryan Hollon, also in 2012. White's final body of photographs was titled Self Portrait in 2014 and was his first time photographing staged nudes and still lives. White also contributes writings to journals and publications such as Artforum and Words without Pictures. He was also the editor of The Enemy, a triannual online journal.[11]

Exhibition history

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White's work has been featured within the following venues and exhibitions:

White's film American Minor was shown at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.

Publications

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About White's work:

  • Hysteric Four, 1999, Hysteric Glamour Japan. (limited edition)
  • Charlie White Photographs, 2001, Goliath Books, Germany.
  • And Jeopardize the Integrity of the Hull, 2003, TDM Paris. (limited edition)
  • Charlie White, 2006, DOMUS ARTIUM, Spain. Exhibition Catalog, essays by Jan Tumlir.
  • Monsters, 2007, PowerHouse Books. Essay by Sally O'Reilly, with an interview by Benjamin Weismann.
  • American Minor, 2009, JRP-Ringier. Essays by Christoph Doswald and Dorothea Strauss.
  • Such Appetite, 2013, Little Brown Mushroom. Edited by Alec Soth, St. Paul, MN.

Awards

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  • 2011 MacDowell Fellow
  • 2008 California Community Foundation, Mid-Career Artist's Grant[12]

Music videos

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Charlie White created a music video in 2004 for the band Interpol's single "Evil", from the album Antics.[13] He also directed the lead single for the band's 2010 self-titled release, "Lights".

Charlie White took part in the 2006 Adicolor web campaign, which invited young directors to make a short web film based on a color. White selected the color pink[14] and worked with musician Greg Weeks.

References

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  1. ^ "Charlie White Named Head of the School of Art". School of Art | Carnegie Mellon University. 13 May 2016. Archived from the original on 17 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Charlie White Named Head of Carnegie Mellon School of Art". www.artforum.com. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. ^ Sunshine, Dana. "Business of Art: Charlie White". New York Foundation for the Arts. Archived from the original on 29 May 2015. Retrieved 28 May 2015.
  4. ^ Greene, David A. (March 1997). "Charlie White". Frieze. Archived from the original on 24 January 2009.
  5. ^ Greene, David A. (4 March 1997). "Charlie White". Frieze. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  6. ^ Green, Penelope (10 May 2007). "Order and Chaos in a Single Heartbeat". The New York Times.
  7. ^ "Charlie White Artist Biography". Alan Wheatley Art. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  8. ^ "Nine Lives: Visionary Artists from L.A." hammer.ucla.edu. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Charlie White’s ‘Teen And Transgender Comparative Study’ Pairs Girls And Trans Women", Huffington Post, March 9, 2013. Updated February 2, 2016.
  10. ^ "Singapore Biennale 2011 Open House". www.nhb.gov.sg.
  11. ^ "About". The Enemy. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  12. ^ "About the Fellowships for Visual Artists". my.calfund.org. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 27 February 2013.
  13. ^ Kaufman, Gil (24 February 2005). "Interpol's 'Evil' is More Like 'Creepy': Lens Recap". MTV. Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  14. ^ Adidas Adicolor "Pink" on Vimeo
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