United States, born 1958
Charles Compo (b.1958) is an internationally recognized composer, multi-instrumentalist and painter. He was immersed in the New York East Village art scene in the ‘80s and collected art by many Rivington School artists. During this time, Compo worked as an assistant to Andy Warhol and collaborated with filmmaker and artist Harry Smith. He has written over 100 published musical compositions including “Seven Flute Solos”, which is published by Smithsonian Folkways.
Over the past three years, Compo’s work has been featured in over sixty notable juried shows worldwide. His painting “I’ve Got The World On A String” was selected to represent the United States in the 2021 London Biennale. In August of 2022 his painting “Crossing The Bridge When You Come To It” was exhibited at the 2022 Chianciano Biennale and is now in the permanent collection of the Museo d’Arte di Chianciano Terme. His painting “Down At The Rally” received a special award by MOMA curator Paulina Pobocha and was acquired by The Yuko Nii Foundation’s Permanent Collection at the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in Brooklyn, and his paintings “Bad Birdie” and “Swan Lake” were acquired by the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum. Most recently, his painting “Good Dog” will be exhibited at the 2024 Chianciano Biennale this August.
Brinda Kumar, the curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Metropolitan Museum, selected his painting “Swan Lake” to exhibit at Greenwich Art Society for their 105th Annual Juried exhibition and gave a talk on the painting at the opening reception. Here is an excerpt from that talk:
“I love how narrative can be a starting point but where it takes you, and with the artist's imagination you are certainly not limited, it takes you somewhere quite surreal and unexpected. There are actually dark passages to it, if you take that narrative source at its root, there are some crazy things and something wild about it too, as a story, the darkness You're not quite sure where you stand with this, and I find it quite absolutely marvelous and refreshing. There's a certain kind of psychological complexity to it that I think the artist is getting at."
Grants and Awards
2023 First Prize, "Works of Excellence," by Maria Mingalone, Executive Director of Oceanside Museum of Art; Megan Pogue, Executive Director of Timken Museum of Art; and Sonya Sparks, Owner and Chief Curator of Sparks Gallery, The Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA
2023 Second Prize, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
2022 First Prize, The Edward Mitchell Bannister Award, by Worcester Museum Curator Dr. Claire Whitner Worcester Museum, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2022 Third Place Award, Stamford Arts Association, Stamford, CT
2022 Brussels Art Vue Prize, Special Mention, Brussels, Belgium
2021 Special Prize Awarded by MOMA curator Paulina Pabocha, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2021 Bronze Award, “Shades of Blue” exhibition, Camelback Gallery
2021 Second Prize, National Juried Exhibition, Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, PA
2021 Second Prize, “Made in New York” Juried Group Show, Schweinfurth Center for the Arts, Auburn, NY
2021 Finalist in Prisma Art Prize, Rome, Italy
2021 Finalist in Ashurt Emerging Artist Award
Permanent Collections
2023 The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
2023 The Blacksburg Museum, Blacksburg, VA
2023 The Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, CA
2023 The Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
2022 The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
2022 Museo D’Arte Chianciano Terme, Chianciano, Italy
2021 The Yuko Nii Foundation’s Permanent Collection, The Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
Solo Shows
2023 Objects In The Mirror, Pictor Gallery, Landmark Arts Building, New York, NY
2023 Tulsa Artists’ Coalition, Tulsa, OK
2021 Psychodramatic Landscapes, Pictor Gallery, Landmark Arts Building, New York, NY
Group Shows
2024 Chianciano Biennale, Museo D’arte di Chianciano, Chianciano, Italy
2024 Beyond Measure, The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
2024 Juried Artists Members Exhibit, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY
2024 Summer Group Show, Lift Trucks Gallery, Croton Falls, NY
2024 Visual Gold, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, CT
2024 Monochrome Explored, Site: Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Mark Arts- Gladys and Karl T. Wiedemann Gallery, KA
2024 Feeling Blue: Navigating Challenges Through Art, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA
2024 Celebrate Earth Show, The Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, NY
2024 Abstract and Realism, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, NY
2024 2024 Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Arbington, PA
2023 2024 International Juried Exhibition, The Center For Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ
2023 Abstract National Exhibition, Mark Arts, Wichita, KS
2023 Juried Artists Members Exhibit, Edward Hopper House Museum, Nyack, NY
2023 Amazing Abstracts, MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2023 The West Through a New Lens, Parker Arts, Parker, CO
2023 A Generous Kingdom VIII, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
2023 “Falling Into Winter”, The Rhode Island Watercolor Society, Pawtucket, RI
2023 The London Art Biennale 2023, London, UK
2023 The Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum 2023 Birds in Art exhibition, Wausau, WI
2023 “Global Meltdown III,” Limner Gallery, Hudson, NY
2023 “USED”: A National Juried Exhibition, Attleboro Arts Museum, Attleboro, MA
2023 "Works of Excellence," The Studio Door, San Diego, CA
2023 "Outside the Box," Pictor Gallery, New York, NY
2023 Five Points: A Convergence of Dreams” Juried show, New York Artists Equity Association, NY
2023 O’Keeffe Juried exhibition, Blacksburg Museum & Cultural Foundation, Blacksburg, VA
2023 Tarot exhibition, Memento Mori Gallery, Lakewood, CO
2023 Winter Escape Juried Exhibition, Stamford Art Association, Stamford, CT
2023 60th Annual Juried Competition, Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA
2023 Sanctuary Juried exhibition, Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe, MI
2023 6th Annual National Juried Exhibition, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI
2022 Chianciano Biennale, Museo D’arte di Chianciano, Chianciano, Italy
2022 “Visions of Hope” Juried exhibition, Stola Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL
2022 City Rhyme Members Exhibition, Starta Arta, New York, NY
2022 CT + 6 Juried Exhibition, West Hartford Art League, Hartford, CT
2022 “VOGUE” International Juried Show, Boomer Gallery, Tower Bridge, London, UK
2022 National Juried Exhibition, Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, PA
2022 Things Unseen, Biennial National Juried Exhibition, Gainesville Fine Arts Association, Gainesville, FL
2022 Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum’s 2022 Birds in Art exhibition, Wausau, WI
2022 Wonderland Juried show, The Art Effect, Trolley Barn Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
2022 Worlds Collide Juried exhibition, Grosse Pointe Art Center, Grosse Pointe, MI
2022 National Juried Exhibition, Providence Art Club, Providence, RI
2021 WAH Center Annual Salon Show, Brooklyn NY
2022 The 22nd Annual Vivian & Stanley Reed Marine Show, Townhouse Gallery, Stamford ,CT
2022 INNOVATIONS, International Society of Experimental Artists, Gallery of St. Albert, Alberta, CA
2022 Adams County Arts Council, Schmucker Art Gallery, Gettysburg, PA
2022 35th Northern National Art Competition, Nicolet College Lakeside Center, Rhinelander, WI
2022 Annual Members Show, Starta Arta, New York, NY
2022 A Queens Fine Art Spring AFFAIR, Culture Lab LIC, Long Island City, NY
2022 105th Annual Juried Exhibition at Bendheim Gallery, Greenwich Art Society, Greenwich, CT
2022 35th Annual Juried Exhibition, Monmouth County Arts Alliance, Red Bank, NJ
2022 National Juried Show, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Six Summit Gallery, Windows of Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York, NY
2022 The Unknown Nature of Being, Tubac Center of the Arts, Tubac, AZ
2022 64th National Juried Show, Rocky Mount Imperial Center for the Arts, Rocky Mount, NC
2022 12th Annual Art & Earth Juried Art Exhibit, Berkeley Arts Council, Martinsburg, WV
2022 The Art of Inner Voices, Blue Door Art Center, Yonkers, NY
2022 5th Biennale Wings and Water, River Arts, Inc. Prairie Du Sac, WI
2021 The Works Acquired in the Yuko Nii Foundation’s Permanent Collection, WAH Center, Brooklyn, NY
2021 The London Art Biennale, Chelsea Old Town Hall, London, UK
2021 Pure Paint, Juried Show, Arts Benicia, Benicia, CA
2021 Title to be Determined, Juried Show, Starta Arta, New York, NY
2021 National Juried Exhibition, Oxford Arts Alliance, Oxford, PA, Second Prize Winner
2021 Big City vs. Small Town Juried show, MVA Gallery, Bethlehem, PA
2021 CCAN Juried show, Center for Contemporary Arts, Albeine, TX
2021 Mystery, Magic, Macabre Juried Show, Deines Cultural Center, Russel, KS
2021 AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL Juried Show, Williamsburg Art & Historical Center, Brooklyn NY
2021 October Group Juried Show, Jones Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2021 “ICON” International Juried Show, Boomer Gallery, Tower Bridge, London, UK
2021 “Bold Expressions” Juried Show, Northern California Arts, Inc, Carmichael, CA
2021 “Made In New York” Juried Show, Schweinfurth Center For The Arts, Auburn, NY
2021 “Desperately Seeking Normal” Premier Members Show, Pictor Gallery, New York, NY
2021 “Unprecedented” Juried Show, Healdsburg Center for the Arts, Healdsburg, CA
2021 “Call of The Wild” Virtual Show, San Fernando Valley Arts & Cultural Center, Encino, CA
2021 “PAINT” Juried Show, Silvermine Gallery, New Canaan, CT
2021 “What is Art II?” International Group Show, Boomer Gallery, London, UK
2021 “Colors” Online Group Exhibition, Art Room Gallery Online
2021 Virtual Solo Exhibition, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
2021 “Looking Forward, Looking Back” Group Exhibition, A Tree Falls Gallery, New York, NY
2019 “Beauties and Beasts” group show, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
2019 Annual Invitational, group show, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY
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