Dec. 9, 5 pm
On Mahagonny: A Presentation by Rani Singh
In honor of the current Harry Smith exhibit at The Whitney, Fragments of a Faith Forgotten: The Art of Harry Smith, Charles has been invited to speak on a panel with Rani Singh to discuss Harry's Film, Mahagonny at the Whitney Museum on December 9th at 5pm.
Charles and Harry at The Breslin Hotel, 1980
Photograph by Scott Feero
The Roadmap to Mahagonny, A presentation by Rani Singh, The Whitney Museum
Charles Compo, Rani Singh, and Soctt Feero, The Whitney Museum
Rani Singh, Scott Feero, and Charles Compo discussing the work of Harry Smith at The Whitney Museum
Red Light, Green Light
The Mouse King Contemplates A Really Big Nut, Oil on Canvas, 61” x 58”
Compo with his work at the London Biennale.
Peter Gagliardi and Charles Compo at The London Biennale.
The Gagliardi Gallery
A Bird Teaches A Man How To Sing, Oil on Canvas, 56 x 75 in
Alone Together, Oil on Canvas, 24” x 30”
I Wonder Where That Guy Is Going?, Oil on Canvas, 20” x 30”
Seagull Hangs At The Base Of A Volcano, Oil on Canvas, 48” x 50”
Who Is That Masked Man?, Oil on Canvas, 24” x 30”
There’s One In Every Crowd, Oil on Canvas, 39” x 56”
Charles Compo’s solo show Psychodramatic Landscapes exhibited at Tulsa Artists Coalition from January 6 – 28, 2023.
Bad Birdie, Oil on Canvas, 50’’ x 57’’
Birds in Art 2022 Artist Talk with Charles Compo
The painting is now a part of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum’s permanent collection.
Swan Lake, Oil on Canvas, 55” x 63”, Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Permanent Collection
“If you think about the precision, elegance and eloquence of what Swan Lake may conjure for you, there are actually dark passages to that. If you take that narrative source at its root, there is something crazy and something wild about it too, as a story. There’s a dark, certain kind of psychological complexity of it that I think the artist is getting at, certainly.”
– Brinda Kumar, Associate Curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, speaking of Swan Lake by Charles Compo
Compo next to his work Swan Lake, at Greenwich Art Society
Crossing The Bridge When You Come To It, Oil on Canvas, 48” x 55”
Down At The Rally, Oil on Canvas, 30” x 30”
Paulina Pobocha, Associate curator of painting/sculpture at MOMA, awarding Compo’s “Down At The Rally” a special prize at the WAH Center during juried show “America The Beautiful: The Real and Imagined”. The painting is now acquired by The Yuko Nii Foundation’s Permanent Collection.
The Mouse King Contemplates A Really Big Nut , Oil on Canvas, 61” x 59”
Compo’s I’ve Got The World On A String (Oil on Canvas, 60 x 60 in) represented the United States at the 2021 London Biennale, at Chelsea Old Town Hall in London, UK. Juried by Gagliardi Gallery
I’ve Got The World On A String, Oil on Canvas, 60” x 60″
Charles Compo and Michael Reiss, founder and publisher of Arts Management Magazine
The Second To The Last Supper, Oil on Canvas, 56 x 140”
The Second To The Last Supper, Oil on Canvas, 56” x 140”
“With a paintbrush as his instrument—and a personalized iconography of loose forms and dreamy cool colors as his catalog of musical notes—Compo creates visual art that utilizes the same improvisational intuition, technical expertise, and audience interaction skills he learned as a professional musician.”
– Emily Snow, Art Historian and contributing writer of The Collector
Solo Show at Pictor Gallery,Landmark Arts Building in Chelsea NYC, November 2021
Imprisoned In The Valley Of The Totems, Oil on Canvas, 40” x 40”
Seagull Hangs At The Base Of A Volcano, Oil on Canvas, 49” x 50”
Charles Compo and Yuko Nii
“The longer I looked at it, the more the work started talking to me. It was silly of me to expect to see the similar colors and the concepts on different canvases.”
– Yuko Nii, Founder of The Williamsburg Art & Historical Society, about “Seagull Hangs At The Base Of A Volcano”
An Orca Dunks It’s Trainer At Disney World, Oil on Canvas, 33” x 72”
*Third Prize Winner*
Swan Lake, Oil on Canvas, 55” x 63”
Compo next to The Mouse King Contemplates A Really Big Nut (Oil on Canvas, 61” x 59”) at Six Summit Gallery in Port Authority Bus Terminal, NYC
Catching The A Train, Oil on Canvas, 58 x 51
MADE IN NY 2021 Artist Talk with Charles Compo
Charles Compo with Michelle Y. Loh, curator of PAINT 2021 at Silvermine Galleries and Director of Boers-Li Gallery
Artist Talk with Charles Compo at Silvermine Galleries
Seagull Hangs At The Base Of A Volcano, Oil on Canvas, 49” x 50”
“Seagull Hangs At The Base of A Volcano” received the FIRST PLACE Edward Bannister Award at Providence Art Club. Selected by Dr. Claire C. Whitner, Director of Curatorial Affairs and Curator of European Art at the Worcester Art Museum
If I Only Had A Heart, Oil on Canvas, 36” x 48”
Eve Contemplates The Apple, Oil on Canvas, 56” x 36”
Cup A Joe, Oil on Canvas, 24” x 36”
The Followers, Oil on Canvas, 30” x 40”
Two Scoundrels Disguised As Nuns Hide A Pot Of Gold In A Fishbowl, Oil on Canvas, 36” x 48”