Zoe Crosher | |
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| Born | 1975 (age 48–49) |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of California, Santa Cruz California Institute of the Arts |
| Website | Official artist website |
Zoe Crosher (born July, 1975) [1] is an American artist and enthusiast [2] whose work has been exhibited widely at institutions such as the Aspen Art Museum, LACMA, MoMA, and the California Museum of Photography. [3] Crosher lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. [4]
Crosher was born in Santa Rosa, CA. [5] The daughter of a diplomat and airline stewardess, Crosher grew up mostly as an expatriate. [6] [7] She attended the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts). [1]
Named a “prominent Los Angeles artist” by the New York Times, Crosher's work is included in various international, private and museum collections including The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, [8] The Museum of Modern Art, [9] The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, [9] and The Palm Springs Museum. [9] She is the founder and president of the Los Angeles branch of The Fainting Club [10] and a fellow at the Royal Society of the Arts in London. [11] She has taught at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA. [9]
Crosher edited NTNTNT (2004), [12] a collaborative project that investigated the short-lived history of net.art, and later served as Associate Editor of Afterall Magazine.[ citation needed ] In 2006, she was the recipient of the Penny McCall Foundation Publishing Award (New York, NY) and the Pillowfight Grant (Seattle, WA). [13] She is also a 2007 recipient of the Materials & Applications residency in Los Angeles, CA.[ citation needed ]
In 2011 Crosher received the Los Angeles County Museum of Art AHAN Award (Art Here and Now) [14] The same year, Aperture published the first of a series of a limited edition, four volume set of books that offers Crosher's re-interpretation of Michelle duBois' (a frequent protagonist in Crosher's work) archive of self-portraits titled "The Reconsidered Archive of Michelle duBois." [15] [16] In 2012, Crosher's work was included in MoMA's 2012 New Photography exhibition. [1]
In collaboration with Los Angeles Nomadic Division, Crosher initiated and co-curated The Manifest Destiny Billboard Project, [17] a public art exhibition taking place on billboards along the I-10 freeway. Crosher's work closed the show, appearing in 2015 on the westernmost segment of the project. [17] Together with LAND, she is a 2013 co-recipient of the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation “Artistic Innovation and Collaboration Award” and the 2015 Smithsonian Ingenuity of the Year Award with Shamim M. Momim. [18]
Numerous books have been published on her work, including one recently released in February 2016 (and sold out) by Hesse Press. [19]
In 2015, Crosher was the recipient of Smithsonian Magazine's American Ingenuity Award for Visual Arts. [20]
In 2018, Crosher's ongoing series "LA Like: Prospecting Palm Fronds" was exhibited at the Aspen Art Museum. [21]
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