Biennale Chianciano VIII Edition | Selected Artist 2024
The 8th edition of the Chianciano Biennale presented 190 artists in one of the most dynamic contemporary art competitions and celebrations in the world.
Good Dog, Oil on Canvas, 40'' x 40''
Chianciano Biennale 2024 | Winners
Special Mention for Abstract Art
CHARLES COMPO AT THE CHIANCIANO BIENNALE 2024
Chianciano Biennale 2024 - The Exhibition
good dog, Clancianum Galleries, chianciano biennale 2024
THE CHIANCIANO BIENNALE 2024
Beyond Measure: The Art of Scale
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI
Compo's painting, "Swan Lake" is in the Permanent Collection of the Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum and is currently being exhibited in the Museum’s newest permanent collection exhibition Beyond Measure: The Art of Scale.
Compo on the story of “Swan Lake”
“The painting depicts a scene from the ballet Swan Lake. The princess has been turned into a swan by the evil sorcerer. During the day, she can take on human form, but at night she must return to her swan body. The only way to break the spell is for a prince to vow his undying love to her. In this scene, the princess has just turned back into a swan after meeting the prince at a party in the town.
The sorcerer has tricked the prince into believing that his own daughter is the real princess. The princess is heartbroken, knowing that she can never be with the prince unless he can see through the sorcerer’s deception.”
American Alliance of Museums Accredited Museum
Swan Lake, Oil on Canvas, 55” x 63”
Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum, Permanent Collection
The Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library
Two Scoundrels Disguised As Nuns Hide A Pot Of Gold In A Fish Bowl, Oil on canvas, 36" x 48"
Visual Gold | Winners
Gold Award
Visual Gold Opening, The Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library
Charles Compo with Jurist Mariya Rivera at The Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library
There’s A Waiter Down At The Hot Pot, Oil on canvas, 12” x 18”
Spring Celebration For The Earth, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center
Compo with his work, WAH Center Celebrate Earth Exhibition
Yuko Nii, Founder, WAH Center, Brooklyn
Running Out Of Time, Oil on Canvas, 40'' x 34''
A Walk in The Park, Oil on Canvas, 48'' x 40''
REALISM VS THE ABSTRACT
Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition
Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition, Main Gallery
Main Gallery, Brooklyn Waterfront Artist’s Coalition
The Ravishes of War, Oil on Canvas, 65'' x 42''
There's One In Every Crowd, Oil on Canvas, 56'' x 40”
There's a Shooter Down at the School, Oil on Canvas, 40'' x 30''
Who Is That Masked Man, Oil on Canvas, 30'' x 24''
A Cardinal Visits The Real People, Oil on Canvas, 52'' x 44''
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
by Harry Smith
Charles Compo, Rani Singh, and Scott Feero, The Whitney Museum
Rani Singh, Scott Feero, and Charles Compo, Harry Smith discussion panel, 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”