[1] Mayton mimics the digital aesthetics of off-register printing, computer-aided design, and social media graphics by hand.
[3] Mayton "quotes" the motifs, palettes, and titles of canonical painters such as Belgian surrealist René Magritte.
[4] His first solo show, The Difficult Crossing, held at Balice Hertling & Lewis in 2011, was titled after an eponymous painting by Magritte, depicting an artist’s studio.
[4] Mayton’s show recreated the mise-en-scène of Magritte’s painting with several large-scale paintings; a coat rack; citrus fruits scattered across the gallery floor, referring to the surrealists’ obsession with fruit; and a doormat printed with the title of the show.
[3] Charles Mayton has held solo exhibitions at David Lewis, New York (2016);[5] American Academy in Rome, Italy,[6] and Thomas Duncan Gallery, Los Angeles (both 2015);[7] Campoli Presti, Paris (2014);[8] The Power Station, Dallas (2013);[9] Balice Hertling, Paris (2012);[10] and Balice Hertling & Lewis, New York (2011),[11] among others.