Solo Exhibitions

2011

An Orgy of Form, Cross Mackenzie Gallery, Washington DC 

2010

Common Purpose, EO Art Lab, Chester, CT

2009

Concepts and Processes, Silvermine Art Gallery, New Canaan, CT

2008

Sculpting the Self: Myths & Archetypes, Hoyt Institute of Fine Art, New Castle, PA

Illusions, Gallery 621, Tallahassee, FL

Myth, Memory & Imagination, Madelon Powers Art Gallery, E. Stroudsburg,PA

2007

Transformations, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS

 2006

Reclaiming Lost Rituals, Casa Nova Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Group Exhibitions

2011 Snow White, Cross MacKenzie Ceramic Arts, Washington DC
Small Works & Dimensions, Upstream Gallery, Dobbs Ferry, NY
Palm Beach 4 International Fine Art Exposition, Palm Beach, FL

2010 Two by Two, HPGRP Gallery, New York, NY
Naked, Houston Art Center, Houston, TX
Kunstkammer, Walter Randel Gallery, New York, NY
Sky Was Yellow, Sun Was Blue, Russell/Projects, Richmond, VA
Works of Art from Antiquity through Today, Walter Randel Gallery, New York, NY
Palm Beach3 International Fine Art Exposition, Palm Beach, FL
Common Purpose, EO Art Lab, Chester, CT
San Francisco Art Exposition, San Francisco, CA
3rd Annual Art Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY 
SOFA New York, New York, NY
SOFA Chicago, Chicago, IL
Affordable Art Fair, New York, NY

2009

Old School, Jack the Pelican Presents Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Wonder, Cazenovia Art Gallery, Cazenovia NY 
Alchemy, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, New York, NY 

2nd Annual Art Hamptons, Bridgehampton, NY 

60th Annual Art of the Northeast, Silvermine Art Gallery, New Canaan, CT 

Palm Beach 2 International Fine Art Exposition, Palm Beach, FL

SOFA New York, New York, NY

2008

Transformations, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS

Small Works, Lana Santorelli Gallery, New York, NY

Ceramics Expressions, Blue Door Art Association, Yonkers, NY

Ceramics at Work, Gloria Kennedy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Made In Clay, Greenwich House Pottery, New York, NY

Palm Beach  International Fine Art Exposition, Palm Beach, FL

SOFA New York, New York, NY

 2007

5th International Ceramic Biennial, Kapfenberg Cultural Center, Austria

38th National Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs Art Museum, CA (First Place)

2-3-d-6 Competition, Energy Gallery, Toronto, Canada

10th Annual National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

Competition 2007, Plaza Art Gallery, Garden City, NY (Award of Excellence)

Biennial Exhibition, Guildford Art Center, Guildford, CT

SOFA New York, New York, NY

National Invitational Cup Show, Isadore Gallery, Lancaster, PA

 2006

Annual Collector’s Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

57th Annual Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Art Gallery, New Canaan, CT

7th National Prize Show, Ceres Gallery, Chelsea, NY

16th National Ceramic Competition, San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, TX

Ceramics Biennial, New Hampshire Institute of Art, Manchester, NH

Patterns in Clay, Art League of Long Island, Dix Hills, NY (First Place)

SOFA New York, New York, NY

International Cup Competition, Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT

Feats of Clay Merit Award, Lincoln Arts Center, Lincoln, CA

 2005

Annual Collector’s Show, Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, AR

9th Annual National Prize Show, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA

CraftForms 2005, Wayne Arts Center, Wayne, PA  

International Cup Competition, Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT

Awards

2008

Honorable Mention, 8th International Ceramics Festival, Mino, Japan

Selected Collections & Commissions

  

Ceramics Park, Mino, Japan

Kapfenberg Cultural Center, Austria

Longhouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY

Kansas City Art Institute’s Ken Ferguson Gallery, MO

Everson Museum, Syracuse, NY

Edward Orton Jr. Ceramic Foundation

Clay Studio of Missoula, Missoula, MT

Jack Lenor Larsen, New York, NY

Natalie Fitz-Gerald, Santa Fe, NM

Ronald Kuchta, New York, NY

Thomas Piché Jr., Sedalia, MO

Hilda Longinotti, New York, NY

Luanne Wells, Beverly Hills, CA

Lewis Wexler, Philadelphia, PA

Larry and Rita Sibrack, Naples, FL

Gallery Representation

A Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH
Cross Mackenzie Ceramic Arts, Washington DC
Loveed Fine Arts, New York, NY
William Havu Gallery, Denver, CO

Selected Bibliography

Robert C. Morgan, Charles Birnbaum: The Precision of Art

Suzanne Ramljak, An Orgy of Form: Charles Birnbaum’s Ceramic Sculpture

 Education

BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, M

Graduate work (ABD), Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

 

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