Zoe Crosher
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Template wrapper".Script error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters". Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". 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.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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]
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