Charles Wilkin (b. 1969)

Charles Wilkin was born in Buffalo, New York and began making collages in 1989. He received a BFA in 1992 from CCAD in Columbus, Ohio where he started his studio practice. He moved to Brooklyn, New York in 2001 and recently relocated to the Catskills.

His work has been featured in many contemporary fine art and street art magazines, including: Juxtapoz, Rojo and Metropolis magazine. He has also exhibited regularly across the U.S., participated in group shows globally and co-curate several collage exhibitions for the Barcelona based International Weird Collage Show.

In 2003 German publisher Gestalten released his first monograph Index-A which has become a much-referenced source of inspiration for contemporary collage artists. In 2018, he self publish Monuments and Dust as a follow up to Index-A which featured a selection of collages from 2010-2018. His work is part of the permanent collections at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg Germany and The Library of Congress in Washington, DC.

Submitted by Trigonal