About Charles
1934 - 2024
Charles Zlatkoff was a plein air impressionist painter. His work has been exhibited in dozens of museums and galleries across the United States, England and Europe and was was included for exhibition in AmericaNow, a Look at the 70's by the United States International Communications Agency. This exhibition traveled through the Eastern Bloc countries for two years. Two solo exhibitions at the Zaplin-Lampert Gallery were followed by acquisitions of his work for the permanent collections of the Art Institute of Chicago - Architecture, The Santa Fe Museum of Art, The New Mexico Capital Art Foundation, the Crocker Museum, and the Skirball Museum in Los Angeles. Charles lectured in art and design at UCLA, the Santa Barbara Art Institute and with the Sierra Club. He received a BA degree from the University of Illinois.
"DIXON DERELICT" 1995 WATERCOLOR
CHARLES ZLATKOFF (b. 1935)
SANTA FE
GIFT OF THE ARTIST
CAPITOL ART COLLECTION, CAPITOL ART FOUNDATION
Zlatkoff grew up in Chicago and studied fine art at the University of Illinois, the Art Institute of Chicago and the Royal College of Art in London. He taught design at the University of California at Los Angeles from 1967 to 1990, and today devotes all of his time to painting. Since establishing his New Mexico studio, Zlatkoff has been amazed with the similarities of the New Mexico landscape and terrain with that of Israel. In 1985 and 1987, Zlatkoff spent time in Israel completing a body of work that includes scenes from Jerusalem, the City of David, Masada and the Dead Sea. His work reflects his emotional response to ancient land, cultures and histories. Remnants of past civilizations, their culture, architecture and geological environments have formed his vision. Zlatkoff explains: "The figure and landscape found in my work are drawn from the inspiration of my surroundings. I do not imitate nature. I realize that I cannot possess, capture or explain nature; I can only respond to it... that is the core of my paintings.".
Zlatkoff's paintings have been exhibited in galleries and museums in California, London, Hamburg, Yugoslavia, Hungary and Romania.
It continues to be the goal of the Capitol Art Foundation to build a permanent collection of masterworks that reflects New Mexico's rich and diverse cultural and artistic traditions.