November 2010

“Light, Shangri La, China 2007″ one of the most popular and iconic image from the ongoing series WOK THE DOG has been selected for ArtBridge, a first-of-its-kind Chelsea based non-profit public arts organization that beautifies neighborhoods and communities by transforming overhead construction scaffolding into larger-than-life canvas for the work of local emerging artists.

ArtBridge 2010: In Plain Site is the organization’s second collaboration with historic Chelsea building, London Terrace Gardens. Curated by a team of some of the most important voices in contemporary art, architecture and design, the show opens on November 11, 2010 and features the work of 25 emerging to mid-career artists working in a variety of mediums.

Opening Reception:
Nov 11, 2010, 6-8pm
London TerraceGarden Concierge Area

June 2010

“Once Were, San Gil, Colombia, 2010″ has been honored with awards of merit at the Central Pennsylvan Festival of the Arts, Images 2010 Exhibit.

Central Pennsylvanian Festival of the Arts began in 1967 sponsored by Penn State’s College of Arts and Architecture. The work in Images 2010 was chosen by Dan Mills, Director of the the Samek Art Gallery, Bucknell University. The reception is sponsored by Nittany Bank.

Image 2010 Exhibit is open and on view at the Robeson Gallery at University Park Campus of Penn State through July 11. 2010.

September 2009

The Vermont Studio Center has awarded Charlie Grosso with a fellowship for a month long artist residency program at the Studio Center in Johnson Vermont. Founded by artists in 1984, the Vermont Studio Center is the largest international artists’ and writers’ Residency Program in the United States, hosting 50 visual artists and writers each month from across the country and around the world.

During her month long residency, Charlie Grosso edited, scanned and cataloged over 1000 new images from her recent trip for “Wok the Dog” in Mexico and Central America. Stayed tuned as CharlieGrosso.com will be updated with new images from Latin America by the end of the year. She also was able to research her next major projects and start working on a children’s book idea that she has been marinating on for a couple of years now.

“WOK THE DOG” WINS PX3 PUBLIC CHOICE AWARD

A selection of images from “Wok the Dog” has been awarded: Px3 2008 Public Choice Awards for Documentary Photography for her series “Wok the Dog.”

The “Prix de la Photographie, Paris” (Px3), strives to promote the appreciation of photography, to discover emerging talent, and introduce photographers from around the world to the artistic community of Paris. Winning photographs from the competition were exhibited in Paris and published in the Px3 Annual Book.

Download a PDF of the press release here:
www.charliestudio.com/charliegrosso/PRESS/CGrosso_Px3_PressRelease.pdf

January 2008

Charlie Grosso was named one of the Semi-Finalist for the prestigious The Hasselblad Masters Award. The Hasselblad Masters is one of the most distinguished honors in the photographic industry. Previous Masters awardees include Mary Ellen Mark, Albert Watsn and Nigel Parry. ” I am just so proud to have been chosen out of over 2000 accomplished photographers to be named a semi-finalist.” – Charlie Grosso

July 2007, Charlie Grosso’s “Raising Child on top of a Chicken Cage” was officially selected for the Texas Photographic Society’s National exhibit. Judge Michelle Dunn March of Aperture Magazine selected 58 images to be included in the touring group show. The show will tour across four cities in the US through the summer 2008.

Los Angeles, California, – April 10, 2006 – Charlie Grosso has been selected to be as a finalist for LA County Transit Authority’s 2006 Metro Art Neighborhood Posters.

She was one of the 9 finalists out of hundreds of local artists. Grosso was assigned the East Village of Long Beach and tasked with the challenge of creating a piece of art that would represent the spirit of the East Village Community.

“I went down to East Village, Long Beach and spent sometime there on several different occasions to get a grasp of the place. What strike me the most on all the visits is the there is no one unifying voice for this community.
The East Village is unique because it is so diverse, both in its residents and in its architectures. I wanted to create a poster that would exemplify that.”

Los Angeles, California, – September 1, 2005 – Earlier this week, photographer Charlie Grosso was notified that photos she shot for the Variety Inc. publication, New York 411, were selected as finalists for the CEBA Awards.  The collection of photographs, created for the advertising campaign entitled “New York Street Scenes’”, is one of three finalists in the category of “Best Advertising Campaign with a budget of under $100,000.”

The campaign consists of several uniquely New York settings, buildings and locations as a focal point. Secondary in the images are posters, graffiti, building sponsorship and even a patch on a punk-rocker’s jacket all subtly branded with the “New York 411” identity.

Ms. Grosso shot the images on location in New York in February of this year.

“It was very tiring, but rewarding,” Grosso commented. “We spent 5 days, 18 hours a day, scouting and shooting simultaneously. Looking for just the right framing to capture images that would work as advertising, but have a very classical look.”