Charles Merritt Houghton an artist and industrial designer living and working in New York City. He studied Architecture, Philosophy and French at the University of Colorado at Boulder graduating with a Bachelors of Environmental Design (B.ENVD). After working at a retail Architectural Firm in Los Angeles, California, He moved to New York City to work as an Industrial Designer and an Artist.  

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He conceived and constructed a site specific environment at the The Gershwin Hotel, for which he shared a 2009 Bessie Award with Yanira Castro and her collaborators for dance theater piece entitled Dark Horse/Black Forest.