Zoe Crosher

Zoe Crosher
Born1975 (age 49–50)
Santa Rosa, California
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
California Institute of the Arts
WebsiteOfficial 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]

Biography

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]

Early career

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]

Mid-career to present

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c "New Photography 2012 | Zoe Crosher". MoMA. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  2. ^ Wilson, Michael (September 21, 2007). "An Affair to Remember". Artforum. Retrieved September 14, 2011.
  3. ^ "Zoe Crosher - Artist". MacDowell. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  4. ^ "Zoe Crosher". International Center of Photography. March 2, 2016. Retrieved July 9, 2024.
  5. ^ Slenske, Michael (November 17, 2018). "Wildfires and Dead Palm Trees Haunt the L.A. Dream in Zoe Crosher's New Show". Vulture. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  6. ^ Nelson, Steffie (December 29, 2005). "Rooms With a View". LA Weekly. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
  7. ^ Nelson, Steffie (May 21, 2006). "The Remix; Window Display". The New York Times. Retrieved April 21, 2010.
  8. ^ Lovett, Ian (April 22, 2016). "Los Angeles Art Dealer Is Arrested on Embezzlement Charges". The New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
  9. ^ a b c d "Artists: Zoe Crosher (Residence)". Mayeur Projects. April 1, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  10. ^ Druckman, Charlotte (November 5, 2014). "A Los Angeles Ladies-Only Dinner Club Migrates to New York". The New York Times. Retrieved August 21, 2017 – via NYTimes.com.
  11. ^ "Zoe Crosher". The Art and Olfaction Awards. Retrieved June 12, 2021.
  12. ^ Google Books NTNTNT. Books.google.com.
  13. ^ Diverse Works Archived April 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Diverse Works.
  14. ^ Zoe Crosher Named LACMA Art Here and Now Artist Archived April 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Aperture.org (July 19, 2011).
  15. ^ "UCR ARTS". artsblock.ucr.edu. Retrieved April 17, 2020.
  16. ^ Aperture Foundation Archived April 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Aperture.org.
  17. ^ a b "Cross-continent highway billboard project is Manifest Destiny". April 4, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2017 – via LA Times.
  18. ^ "Robert Rauschenberg Foundation announces 2013 Grants - Art Agenda". www.art-agenda.com. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  19. ^ "LA-LIKE: Transgressing the Pacific". Retrieved August 21, 2017.
  20. ^ "2015 American Ingenuity Award Winners". Smithsonian. Retrieved October 15, 2018.
  21. ^ "Zoe Crosher: Prospecting Palm Fronds". Aspen Art Museum. Retrieved April 17, 2020.