Charles Sommer
Brooklyn, NY
CharlesSommer.art@gmail.com
Education
2016 MFA Studio Art, CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2012 BFA Studio Art, Drawing, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Selected Exhibitions
2022 Beam Me Up, 5-50 Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2021 Future Perfect, 5-50 Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2020 Austerity in Excess, 5-50 Gallery, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, NY
A Message to Space, Supercollider, Los Angeles, CA
Open Confessional, 198 Allen, New York, NY
Winter 2020 Exhibition, Urban Studio Unbound, Yonkers, NY
2020 Flat File Show, Ortega y Gassett, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Flat File Show, Tiger Strikes Astroids, Brooklyn, NY
2019 Space Art DNA Time Capsule, Matsudo International Science Art Festival, Tokyo, Japan
(SOLO) Navigating, Spaceworks, Brooklyn, NY
Lost in Space, Statellite Art Fair x Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
(SOLO) FLAP, Anna Lowers Gallery, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, CA
Drawing as a Moveable Feast, Proto Gomez, NY, NY
Material, Object, Space, Action, SOIL Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018 Change of State, Maxon Mill, Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY
Midnight, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, NY
Video Screen, Van Every Smith Galleries at Davidson College, Davidson, NC
Site Menagerie, 86 Main St, Yonkers NY
A Dot Between The Line, Tjaden Gallery, Cornell University, Ithica, NY
Introductions, Curated by Enrico Gomez, Trestle Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Satellite, Pleat Gallery, Web
2017 Hysterical Body, No Place Gallery, Columbus, OH
Layers of Artifice, Robert Bar, Brooklyn, NY
Untitled 1, John Doe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Rover, Starr Space Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Yonkers Art Weekend, Curated by Ruff Studios, 86 Main St, Yonkers, NY
Mediating Illusion: Landscape, curated by Jessica Cone, Albany Public Library, Albany, NY
2016 Beauty Palace, Beauty Palace, Brooklyn, NY
Experimental Film and Video Exhibition, CICA Museum, Czong Institute for Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
Brooklyn College MFA Thesis Exhibition, curated by Ambre Kelly and Andrew Gori, Moynihan Station, New York, NY
(SOLO) Objects and Atmosphere, Hewn Gallery, Jersey City, NJ
2015 When You Got it ,You Got it, Gallery House, Brooklyn, NY
2nd Year MFA Showcase, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Lineal Investigations, Loft Artists Association, Stamford, CT
Big Small Works, curated by Aisha Tadwiwe Bell, Thomas Hunter Projects, NY, NY
May Poll, Friday Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Grand Salon Show, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2014 Brooklyn College 1st Year MFA Showcase, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Small Works, Greenpoint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Atmosphere, Frolic Exchange, Seminole Heights, FL
Portal, Epoxy Space, Tampa, FL
Infectious, curated by Chad Mize, Blue Lucy, St Petersburg, FL
2013 Dia De Los Muertos, Cafe Hey, Tampa, FL
Pride, Graphico Gallery, St Petersburg, FL
2012 The Vault, University of South Florida BFA Exhibition, Exchange National Bank, Tampa, FL
Crash and Burn, William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL
2011 Environmental Assault, William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL
Drawing Recourse, Gallery 102, Tampa, FL
35th Annual Student Art Exhibition, Juror Ryan Berg, Gallery 102, Tampa, FL
2010 Bacchanalia III, William and Nancy Oliver Gallery, Tampa, FL
Intermittent Dreams, West Tampa Center for the Arts, Tampa, FL
Residencies
2019 Wassaic Projects, Wassaic, NY
2018 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
Awards
2017 Merit Grant, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2016 Cerf Award, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Spring 2016 Tuition Waver, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2015 Morris Dorsky Memorial Art Award, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Norma Roth Award, 35th Annual Student Art Exhibition, Juror Ryan Burg, Tampa, FL
University of South Florida School and Art and Art History Undergraduate Scholarship
Publications/Press
2018 Interview in Remix and Drawing: Sources, Influences, Styles. Book by Ellen Mueller,
Studio Visit Interview, https://pleatgallery.com/blog/
2016 Neon and Narrative: Bushwick Open Studios 2016,
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2016/10/neon-narrative-bushwick-open-studios-2016.html
Debbi Keynote, Two Coats of Paint.
M.F.A. Art Students Display Dazzling ‘Thru-Line’ at New York’s Moynihan Station
http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/web/news/bcnews/bcnews_160519.php#sthash.r80J7bnB.dpuf
Sharon Butler, Two Coats of Paint
http://www.twocoatsofpaint.com/2016/05/images-student-work.html
Raul Garcia, Sculpting in Movement: Charles Sommer and the Grid, NJCU First Class. njcuimapfirstclass.wordpress.com/2016/02/20/sculpting-in-movement
2015 Drawing Currents, Contemporary Drawing, Artist Feature
drawingcurrents.blogspot.com/2015/07/charles-sommer.html
Charles Sommer: Art With an Otherworldly Appeal, Interview.
www.renegadedigitalsolutions.com
2014 Corner Magazine, Artist Feature, thecornermagazine.com/charles-sommer
Artist Spotlight: Charles Sommer, Frolic Exchange,
frolicexchange.wordpress.com/2014/07/08/artist-spotlight-charles-sommer/
Teaching, Lecture and Visiting Artist
2019 Visiting Artist, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
2017- Portfolio Prep, Figure Drawings Ashcan School of Art, New York, NY
2015 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Patricia Cronin, Figure Drawing, CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Ted Mineo, Drawing, CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY