Sarah Charlesworth | |
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Born | March 29, 1947 |
Nationality | American |
Field | Conceptual art |
Training | Barnard College |
Sarah Charlesworth (born 29 March 1947) is a well-known American conceptual artist and photographer. She was born in East Orange, New Jersey. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in 1969 and now lives in New York City. She has received several grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (1976, 1980, 1983) as well as from the New York State Creative Artists Public Service (1977) and the John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship Award for Visual Art (1995). Charlesworth has held various teaching positions at New York University, The School of Visual Arts (NY), Hartford University (CT), and currently teaches Master Critique in the MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Program and The School of Visual Arts.