Solo Exhibitions
2024 Wolfe Gallery, Maumee Valley Country Day School, Toledo, OH
2022 Dishman Art Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX
2019 ArtSpace, Lima, OH.
2017 Shaheen Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
Manifest Drawing Center, Cincinnati, OH.
2014 Smith College, Oresman Gallery, Northampton, MA.
2011 Southern Vermont Art Center, Manchester, VT.
2010 Shaheen Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
Edinboro University, Edinboro, PA.
2009 Dublin Arts Center, Dublin, OH.
2007 Ellen Miller Gallery, Boston, MA.
2005 raw and co. Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
2001 Miller/Block Gallery, Boston, MA.
Bluffton College, Bluffton OH.
1999 Miller/Block Gallery, Boston, MA.
1998 Antioch College, Yellow Springs, OH.
1997 Miller/Block Gallery, Boston, MA.
1995 Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA.
1994 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT.
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA.
1993 Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA.
1992 Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH.
1991 College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL.
Two Person and Group Exhibitions
2024 Touch: An Exhibition of Contemporary Drawing, River House Arts, Toledo, OH.
2023 On Line: Drawing Our Reality, Yards Projects at Worthington Yards, Cleveland, OH
Black White and Read All Over, Shaheen Gallery, Cleveland, OH
14th International Drawing Discourse Exhibition, University of North Carolina, Asheville, Asheville, NC.
2020 Drawn: 8th Annual International Drawing Exhibition, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
2019 INDA 14 - International Drawing Annual, Exhibition in Print published by Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
Life is a Highway: Art and American Car Culture, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH.
Drawing Discourse: 10th Annual National Drawing Exhibition, Warren Wilson College, Asheville, NC.
2015 Invitational Drawing Exhibition, University of St Francis, Fort Wayne, IN.
Allegorical Place, Ann Arbor Art Center, Ann Arbor, MI.
Eyes of the Suburbs, Indiana University South Bend, South Bend, IN.
2014 Charles Kanwischer and Elaine Wilson, Recent Work. Bowery Gallery, New York City, NY.
INDA 9 - International Drawing Annual, Exhibition in Print published by Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
Northeast Ohio Art Dealers Association (NOADA) Art Fair, Transformer Station, Cleveland, OH.
2013 Expanding the Line: Innovation. Gallery One at Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI.
Locations, Adam Baumgold Gallery, New York City, NY.
Second Nature, Rosemary Duffy Larson Gallery at Broward College, Davie, FL.
2012 Northeast Ohio Art Dealers Art Dealers Association (NOADA) Art Fair, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH.
INDA 7 - Selections from the 7th International Drawing Annual, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
2011 Small Worlds, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH.
Dallas International Contemporary Art Fair, Dallas, TX.
INDA 6 - Selections from the 5th International Drawing Annual, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
2010 The Pencil Show, Foxy Production, New York City, NY.
Aqua Art Miami International Art Fair, Miami, FL.
Eight Views - Contemporary Landscape, Washington Art Association, Washington Depot, CT.
INDA 5 Selections from the 5th International Drawing Annual, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
Charles Kanwischer and Elaine Wilson, Macomb College Art Gallery, Macomb College, Monroe Center, MI.
Burb, An Exhibition Exploring Zones of Living, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati. OH.
Drawing Discourse, A Contemporary Drawing Exhibition. University of North Carolina-Asheville, Asheville, NC.
2009 INDA 4 Selections from the 4th International Drawing Annual, Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
National Juried Exhibition, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ.
National Small Works Exhibition, Harper College Art Gallery, Palatine, IL
2008 Aqua Art Miami International Art Fair, Miami, FL.
Gray Matter, Miller Block Gallery, Boston, MA.
Unfolding Landscape - Elaine Wilson and Charles Kanwischer, Gelbke Fine Arts Center Gallery, Hiram College. Hiram, OH.
Works on Paper, International Art Fair, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York City, NY.
2007 Kent State Drawing Invitational. Kent State University Galleries, Kent. OH.
Cities and Suburbs, Ross Art Museum, Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, OH.
Delineate - An Exhibition of Drawings, Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
Works on Paper, International Art Fair, Seventh Regiment Armory, New York City, NY.
2006 Kanwischer x 2, Edmond Kanwischer and Charles Kanwischer, raw and co. Gallery, Cleveland, OH.
Small Treasures, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
Art Chicago in the Park 2006, Chicago, IL.
Scope Art Fair, New York City, NY.
2005 New Master Drawings, Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH.
Small Monuments II, Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH.
House and Home, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
On/ Of Paper, Center for the Arts, Mobile, AL.
2004 Small Monuments, Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH.
Off the Wall, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN.
Toledo/Toyohashi. Toyohashi Museum of Art, Toyohashi, Japan.
Invitational Drawing Exhibition, Art Store Gallery. Charleston, WV.
Group Exhibition, Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte, NC.
2003 Visions and Revisions, A Survey of Art on Paper Since 1960, Museum of Fine Arts Boston.
Mediated Nature, Oberlin College Gallery and Performance Space at HERE HERE.Cleveland, OH.
280/Parameters, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV.
Regional Drawing Exhibition, Elaine Jacobs Gallery at Wayne State University, Detroit, MI.
22st Biennial Art Exhibition, South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN.
21st Annual National Small Works Exhibition, Schoharie County Arts Council Gallery, Cobleskill, NY.
Rethinking the Contemporary Landscape, Pennsylvania School of Art and Design, Lancaster, PA.
2D by Five, University Gallery at Tiffin University, Tiffin, OH.
2002 2nd Annual American Landscapes National Exhibition, Maryland Federation of Art, Annapolis, MD.
84th Annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH
Watermarks 2002, National Juried Exhibition, Studio 107 Gallery at Southeastern Community College, Whiteville, NC.
25th Annual Art on Paper – A National Juried Exhibition. Maryland Federation of Art Circle Gallery, Annapolis, MD.
Fifteenth Annual McNeese National Works on Paper Exhibition, McNeese State University, Lake Charles, LA.
36th Annual National Drawing and Small Sculpture Show, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX.
23rd Annual Paper in Particular National Exhibition, Art Gallery at Columbia College, Columbia, MO.
American Rivers. A National Juried Competition, Sponsored by the Great River Arts Institute, Walpole, NH.
17th Annual Greater Midwest International Exhibition, Art Center Gallery at Central State University, Warrensburg, MO.
2001 Philadelphia Watercolor Society’s101st Exhibition of Works on Paper, Gregg Gallery at the American College, Bryn Mawr, PA.
Works on Paper, A National Biennial Exhibition, Kirkland Fine Arts Center at Millikin University, Decatur IL.
ANA 30 National Juried Exhibition, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT.
The Lay of the Land – A National Juried Exhibition, Constitution Square Gallery, Danville, KY.
Texas National 2001, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX.
6th Annual International Juried Exhibition, New Jersey Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ.
2000 Edmond Kanwischer and Charles Kanwischer, Two Generations in Art, College of Lake County Gallery of Art, Grayslake, IL.
Paper Routes 2000, Southern Ohio Museum of Art, Portsmouth, OH February 2000.
1999 12th Annual Drawing Exhibition, College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, MD.
IX Annual Valdosta National Works on Paper Exhibition, Valdosta State University, Valdosta, GA.
St. John’s University Fifth Annual National Exhibition, New York, NY.
1998 80th Annual Toledo Area Artists Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH.
Gallery Artists, Miller/Block Gallery, Boston, MA.
48th Annual Spring Exhibition, ArtSpace Lima, Lima, OH.
1997 Object Lessons, Loomis Chafee Art Gallery at the Loomis Chafee School, Wallingford, CT.
Gallery Artists, Miller/Block Gallery, Boston, MA.
Drawings, Hackett/Freedman Gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1996 American Academy Invitational Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY.
1995 Five College Drawing Faculty, Herter Gallery at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
Bromfield Gallery Meets the Providence Art Cell, Attleboro Museum of Art, Attleboro, MA.
1994 Five Artists at Amherst College, Studio Art Faculty Exhibition, Amherst College Amherst, MA.
20th Anniversary Show, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA.
1993 Searching for the Oxbow, Northampton Center for the Arts, Northampton, MA.
1992 6th Annual Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
1991 12th Annual Boston Drawing Show, Boston Center for the Arts, Boston, MA.
1990 Drawing 1990, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT.
Halpert Biennial, Appalachian State University, Charlotte, NC.
1988 Gabor Peterdi and his Students, J.B. Speed Museum of Art, Louisville, KY.
Grants, Fellowships and Awards
2021 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award
2017 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award.
2013 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award.
2012 First Prize, International Drawing Annual 7 (INDA 7). International Exhibition in Print. Published by Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
2010 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award.
2008 Fellowship, Bowling Green State University Institute for the Study of Culture and Society.
2007 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award.
2006 Finalist, Celebration of Creativity, Twenty-Five Years of Ohio Arts Council Award Winners.
2004 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award.
2001 Nominated for a Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial Grant.
2001 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award.
1999 Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award.
1987 Phelps Berdan Award for Excellence in Painting/Printmaking, Yale University School of Art.
Publications
Jolie A. Sheffer, Lisa K. Hanasono, Charles Kanwischer, W. John Koolage, Mary-Jon Ludy, Laura Landry Meyer, Ekaterina I. Noyes, M. Elise Radina, and Jerry Schnepp “Pieces of the Puzzle: The Importance of Shared Governance,” Co-authored article in Liberal Education, published by the American Association of Colleges and Universities. Winter 2022 issue.
Charles Kanwischer and Katerina Ruedi Ray, “Out-of-Phase: Studio Art, Time and Professionalization in the Academy – a Conversation…” Essay published in Reversing the Cult of Speed in Higher Education: The Slow Movement in the Arts and Humanities. Stephanie Gearhart and Jonathon Chambers (eds.) New York, Routledge. Fall 2019.
Bibliography
Exhibition Review, “Life is a Highway and Everything is Rhythm @ Toledo Museum of Art,” Jonathon Rinck, Detroit Art Review.com, July 19, 2019.
Exhibition Review, “Ongoingness: Charles Kanwischer is Marking Time at Shaheen Gallery,” Joseph Clark, Collective Arts Network Journal, May 2017.
Feature Article, “Charles Kanwischer – Recording Change.” Naomi Ekperigin, author. Drawing Magazine, Fall 2012.
Exhibition Catalog, Manifest International Drawing Annual 5, Essays by Ann Calandro, Helen Barff, Marcia Milnes-Brage, and Marlene Kwee. Published by Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. 2010.
Exhibition Review, “Artist Charles Kanwischer Makes a Statement About Suburban Sprawl,” Steven Litt, Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 18, 2010.
Exhibition Review, ”Exemplary Images, Charles Kanwischer at Shaheen Contemporary and Modern, ”Douglas Max Utter, Giraffe Trap Magazine (online) August 2010.
Visual Delights, Best Exhibits of 2009. Columbus Dispatch, December 27, 2009
Exhibition Catalog, Manifest International Drawing Annual 4, Essays by Marilyn McGregor, A.C. Frabetti, and Craig Marshall Smith. Published by Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. 2010.
Exhibition Review, “Drawings Cast Housing in New Light,” Kaizaad Kotwal, Columbus Dispatch, January 11, 2009.
Exhibition Review, “Trompe l’oeil Realism to Absurdist Imagery,” Steven Litt, Cleveland Plain-Dealer, January 20, 2008.
Exhibition Review, “Recognize It? Think Again.” Cate McQuaid, Boston Globe, April 5, 2007.
Exhibition Review, “Things Counter, Spare, and Strange,” Douglas Max Utter, Cleveland Free-Times, June 21, 2006.
Exhibition Review, “Kanwischer x 2,” Zachary Lewis, Cleveland Scene, June 12, 2006.
Feature Article, “Raw Details. Tremont Gallery Strips Away Clutter to Reveal Exceptional Work,” Dan Tranberg, Cleveland Plain-Dealer, April 8, 2005.
Exhibition Catalog, New Master Drawings. Text by Katherine Watt, Published by the Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH.
Exhibition Review, “New View,” MOCA Delivers a Tasty Menu of ‘Small Monuments,’ Amy Bracken Sparks, Critic. Cleveland Plain Dealer, April 2, 2004.
Exhibition Catalogue, Mediated Nature, Oberlin College Art Gallery and Performance Space. Cleveland OH.
Exhibition Catalogue, The American River, A National Exhibition. Essay by Robert Hass. Published by the Great River Arts Institute, Walpole, NH. 2002.
Exhibition Review, “Paper Offers Broad Variety,” Columbus Dispatch , Jacqueline Hall, critic. August 26, 2001.
Article, “Two Generations of Kanwischer,” Chicago Reader, Deanna Isaacs, author. September 22, 2000.
Exhibition Catalogue, Edmond Kanwischer and Charles Kanwischer, Two Generations of Art, at the College of Lake County Art Gallery, Steve Jones, author.
Exhibition Review, “Paper Routes 2000,” Dialogue Magazine, Cate O’Hara, critic, May/June 2000.
CD-ROM Catalog, The State of the Arts Report. Published and distributed by the Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH. 2000.
Exhibition Catalogue, Paper Routes 2000. Kay Koeninger, author. Published jointly by the Southern Ohio Museum and the Ohio Arts Council. 2000.
Exhibition Review, Boston Globe, Cate McQaid, critic. April 4, 1999.
Exhibition Essay, Christopher Benfey, author. March 1999.
Exhibition Review, Dialogue Magazine, “Aspects of Realism,” Molly Youngkin, critic. May/June 1998.
Exhibition Review, Boston Globe, Cate McQaid, critic, June 18, 1997.
Exhibition Essay, "Five Artists at Amherst College" Natasha Staller, author, November 1994.
Exhibition Review, "Ten Look with New Eyes..." Daily Hampshire Gazette, Patricia Wright, critic, May 6, 1993.
Article, Pioneer Press Newspapers, "Best and Brightest of 1991, Michael Bonesteel, critic, January 8, 1992.
Exhibition Review, "A Strong Show of Drawings" Boston Phoenix, Rebecca Nemser, critic, September 20, 1991.
Exhibition Review, Boston Globe, Christine Temin, critic, September 6, 1991.
Exhibition Review, "Lines to Live By" South End News, Cate McQuaid, critic, September 19, 1991.
Exhibition Review, Pioneer Press Newspapers, Cook and Lake Counties, IL, Michael Bonesteel, critic, January 24, 1991.
Article, "Now You See It..." Chicago Tribune, Neal Justin, author, January 20, 1991.
Public Collections
Museum of Fine Arts. Boston, MA.
Smith College Museum of Art. Northampton, MA.
Akron Museum of Art, Akron, OH.
South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, IN.
Dublin Arts Center, Dublin, OH.
Fidelity Investments. Boston, MA.
Progressive Insurance Corporation, Cleveland, OH.
Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH.
Education
MFA Painting/Printmaking, Yale University School of Art 1987
BFA Printmaking, University of Iowa 1985
Gallery Affiliation
Shaheen Contemporary, Cleveland, OH
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