St.Louis, MO + Louisville, KY

charlieboscostudio@gmail.com

@charlbosco

Bio

Charlie Bosco is a St. Louis based artist who primarily works with textile and paper to interpret found images of the American landscape. He enjoys tying knots, collecting wisps, and pulling stakes out of the ground. 

Education

Washington University in St. Louis

Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts

BFA in Studio Art, 2021

Group Exhibitions

2024

Considering St. Louis, The Luminary, St. Louis, MO

Heartland, Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH

2023

40 Quiet Moments, Dream Clinic Project Space, Columbus, OH

Mississippi Earthtones Festival, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, IL

Taken as Read, 82 Parris, Portland, ME

Fantastic Fibers, Yeiser Art Center, Paducah, KY

Blue Hour, Intersect Arts Center, St. Louis, MO

Beyond Belief, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO

2022

Going Postal, Gone Tomorrow Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Tell Me a Story, St. Louis Artists’ Guild, St. Louis, MO

2021

Cake Walk, The Punish Babies, St. Louis, MO

Skin: 2021 BFA Thesis Exhibition, Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO

Awards + Grants

2023

RAC Artist Support Grant: Enunciation, Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis, MO

Mississippi Earthtones Festival Material Grant, Sierra Club- Three Rivers Project, Alton, IL

2021

Jeffrey Frank Wacks Scholarship, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, St. Louis, MO

Eda L. and Clarence C. Cushing Memorial Prize in Painting, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts, St. Louis, MO

Publications

2024

Duplicator Mag, MelonPress, issue #1, St. Louis, MO, https://www.melonpressstl.com/gr3770-1/duplicator-magazine

2023

counter/cartographies, you are here: the journal of creative geography, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, https://geography.arizona.edu/youarehere

electric scabs, Dead Peasant Journal, issue #4, Kansas City, MO, Purchase Electric Scabs

The Other Shoe, The Punish Babies, Chicago, IL, https://www.thepunishbabies.com/shoe

Teaching Experience

2018-2020

Teaching Assistant, Human-Centered Design Summer Intensive, College Prep Program, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO