CHARLIE
DARLING

CV

CHARLIE CHAYYIM DARLING

1. Born 2000, Oakland, CA

2. Lives and works in Brooklyn, NY

3. charlieshaw013@gmail.com

SOLO EXHIBITIONS (as artist)

1. You Look More Like Me Than Me, Feb 21-25, 2022 at Pratt Photography Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

GROUP EXHIBITIONS (as artist)

1. Exquisite Relations, August 4-September 27, 2025 at Rubelle and Norman Schafler Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2. Creating Social, Cultural, and Political Change, September 23-October 14, 2024 at Pratt Student Union, Brooklyn, NY

3. HotPot FoxTrot, April 25-May 12, 2022 at Pratt Photography Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

EXHIBITIONS (as curator, historian, photographer)

1. Untitled Hysteria Exhibit(forthcoming 2026) at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Oskar Diethelm Library

2. Cocaine's Early Influence on Psychiatryonline at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Oskar Diethelm Library

3. Patient Perspectives and "Anti-Psychiatry": From Sentiments to Movementsonline at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Oskar Diethelm Library

4. The history of abortion through psychiatry publicationsonline at Weill Cornell Medicine’s Oskar Diethelm Library

PUBLICATIONS

1. (zine)IT’S GREAT TO BE ALIVE IN COLMA, second printing. Bound4UrPleasure Press, 2025 in Brooklyn, NY.

2. (zine)The Juniper Tree, 2025, second printing. Bound4UrPleasure Press, 2025 in Brooklyn, NY.

3. (peer-reviewed paper)Bowler, Leanne & Shaw, Charlie “Trends in data literacy, 2018-2023: a review of the literature.” in Information Research: an International Electronic Journal, 29(2), 198–205. 2024.

4. (zine)IT'S GREAT TO BE ALIVE IN COLMA, 2022, self published and printed in Brooklyn, NY

5. (zine)The Juniper Tree, 2022, self published and printed in Brooklyn, NY

6. (zine)Alma Mater, 2019, self published and printed in Brooklyn, NY with readings at Pratt Institute

7. (zine)a catalog of my scars, 2017, self published in Oakland, CA with readings at California College of the Arts and Mrs. Dalloway's Bookstore

PRESENTATIONS

1. Histories and Legacies of Queer Zines: From the 1990s until today, Nov 2025 at Hive Mind Books in Brooklyn, NY

2. Allegory of Misfortune: Transsexuality In Between Identification and Transition, May 2025 at Info Show 2025 in Manhattan, NY

3. Charlie Chayyim Shaw MSLIS: a portfolio, May 2025 at Info Show 2025 in Manhattan, NY

4. Handmade Archival Box for ‘The Juniper Tree’ and ‘It’s Great to be Alive in Colma’, May 2024 at Info Show 2024 in Manhattan, NY

5. IT’S FUN TO BE CLASSIFIED: Lens-based Artwork about Trans Oppression and Misrepresentation in Archives, May 2024 at Info Show 2024 in Manhattan, NY

6. Construction and Destruction of Trans Identity: Using Allan Sekula’s Framework of Reading an Archive, May 2023 at Pratt School of Information in Manhattan, NY

7. “You Look More Like Me Than Me” Artist Talk, Feb 2022 at at Pratt Shows 2022 in Brooklyn, NY

EDUCATION

1. Masters in Library and Information Sciences; Advanced Certificate in Archives Pratt Institute, Manhattan, NY, graduated May 2025
   - graduated with highest honors

2. Workshop in Care and Identification of Photographic and Photomechanical Processes Gewain Weaver Conservation, virtual, completed June 2025

3. BFA in Photography with specialization in Creative Writing, Pratt Institute, Manhattan, NY, 2018-2022
   - graduated with highest honors

4. Artist Apprenticeship in Oil Painting and Woodblock Printing under Serena Cole, Oakland, CA, 2017-2018

WORK EXPERIENCE

1. Lead Archivist; Arts Editor; Head Printer at Tran Magazine NYC, 2025-

2. Archives and Special Collections Library Intern for the History of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medical College at New York Presbyterian Hospital, 2024-2025

3. Subject Expert for Large-Language-Model Research for Filipa Calado, 2024-2025

4. Head of Graphic Design and Photography at NASG Inc., 2019-

5. Lead Make-Up and SFX Artist for assorted independent and student short films, in New York City, 2019-2021

6. Digital Archives and Imaging Intern at the Women's Cancer Resource Center in Berkeley, 2017-2018

7. Bookmaker and Video Editor for Kim Anno, Oakland, 2017