Charles McGill is currently represented by The Phatory, NYCand Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Va. He isan Adjunct Professor of Painting and Drawing at Norwalk Community College in Norwalk, Ct. and Westchester Community College in Valhalla, NY.
Exhibitions , Awards, Curatorial and Bibliography:
2012
Fellowship recipient – Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency
“Westchester Biennial” Castle Gallery at The College of New Rochelle – Sunday New York Times article, Metro section – May 20th
2011
Visiting critic – Moore College of Art
“A Reading of the Biography of Arthur Negro II – A Performance” as part of the “Black Male Identity: Media, Message and Visual Culture” symposium at The Baltimore Museum of Art.
“Black Male Identity: Speak My Name” Group exhibition at The James E. Lewis Museum at Morgan State University
“Baggage” Group exhibition Narrows Art Center, Fall River, Ma. Curated by Michele L’Heureux
“Re:” Group exhibition Martin Agency Gallery, Richmond, Va. Curated by Heather Russell
“Faculty Exhibition 2011” East Gallery Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT
Visiting Lecturer “African Art and Aesthetics” at the University of Scranton. Guest of Dr. Annie Hounsokou and Dr. Phil Jenkins
Visiting Artist – Keystone College, La Plume, Pa.
“The Black Experience: His and Hers” Group exhibition. Chapman Gallery at Iona College New Rochelle, NY
Visiting artist guest of Dr. Bertram D. Ashe of the University of Richmond – in discussion of The Post-Soul Aesthetic, Literature and Culture at the Royall Collection, Try-Me, Richmond, Va.
2010
“Baggage” Solo exhibition of new work at Russell Projects. Richmond, Va. – Catalog
“Found on facebook – Art from Friends of Friends with Mutual Friends in Common” Curator and exhibiting artist – Group exhibition of 33 artists including RM Fischer, Nina Levy, Wayne Hodge, Paul Villinski, Dana Hoey, Joe Lewis, Julie Trembley, Lina Stergiou among others. Arthur M. Berger Gallery at Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY. – Catalog
2009
“Art Viceroy Miami” Group exhibition of solo installation projects. The Former Black Militant Golf and Country Club Satellite Pro Shop. Dec 2-6th. Art Basel Week – Viceroy Hotel, Miami, Fla. The Former Black Militant Golf and Country Club Satellite Pro Shop is voted a Top Ten Exhibition 2009 by Douglas F. Maxwell for D’Art International Magazine.
“Vessels” Group exhibition in the Solo Projects Series featuring The Former Black Militant Golf and Country Club Satellite Pro Shop. RRC,Newark, NJ. Artists include Joe Lewis, Bernard Williams, Linda Pollack, Victoria Hanks, Ben Jones, Benjamin S. Jones, Christopher Hart Chambers, among others.
“Beyond Appearances“, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY – Group show featuring Kara Walker, Hank Willis Thomas, Nick Cave, Whitfield Lovell, John Ahearn, Kerry James Marshall and Nina Levy, among others.
Photorealism Paintings 2009 – Co-Curator. Exhibition featuring Richard Estes, Tom Blackwell, Charles Bell, Mel Ramos, Guy Johnson and many others. In conjunction with Louis K. Meisel and Bernarducci.Meisel Galleries, NYC. Arthur M. Berger Art Gallery at Manhattanville College. Purchase, NY – Catalog available.
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant – Crafts
African Burial Ground, NYC Panelist Contemporary Art and The African Diaspora
Museum of Arts in Design Artist in Residence, Open Studio Program
“Alberto Giacometti – As Seen Through the Lens of Herbert Matter” Curator, Manhattanville College Gallery of Fine Art, Purchase, NY
“From Africa to America: Visual Reflections on the African Diaspora” Group Show, Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery, Iona College – New Rochelle, NY – Brochure.
2008
“Sex and Spirit” Group Show, The Bridge Art Fair/Wynwood /Art Basel in Conjunction with The Barbara Ann Levy Gallery and Fine Art Consultants – Miami, FL
Group exhibition of private collection in conjunction with the debut private screening of Shimon Atties’s “Racing Clocks Run Slow: Archeology of a Racetrack ” video. Exhibiting artists include: David Levinthal, Larry Rivers, Richard Prince, Gib Smith, Mark Lyon among others. The Bridge Country Club, Noyack, NY
“Portraits” Bernarducci-Meisel Gallery, Group Exhibition, NYC
Weschester Biennial, 2008 Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
2007
Art Matters Grant Recipient, “Arthur Negro: From Harlem to Hanoi” Performance-based Photo-documentation piece. Performed at locations in Harlem, NY and Hanoi, Vietnam.
“For the Love of the Game: Race and Sport in African-American Art” Group exhibition curated by Franklin Sirmans. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT. Booklet available.
“For Adults Only” Artist Talk Series. Visiting artist/lecturer. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT
2006
“The Unveiling of Arthur Negro” A solo presentation of a new sculpture. Hosted by collector, Robert Rubin. See NY Times, July 30, 2006. Sunday Style section.
“New Drawings” Solo exhibition. Alfred State University, Alfred, NY
2005
“New Drawings” Solos exhibition of new drawings at Orazio Salati Gallery. Binghamton, NY
“Picture Window” February 12, 2005 until gone, Group site-specific installation around the city of Baltimore, MD.
2004
“re: source performance” Group performance exhibition at Art in General, NYC
2003
“The Envelope, Please!” Performance at New York University for the Graduate School Department of Fine Art.
“Diversity” Group exhibition sponsored by The Barbara Ann Levy Gallery at The Center, NYC
“Club Negro” Solo exhibition, Bronx Community College, The Bronx, NY
2002
“Remnants of Club Negro” Fire Patrol No. Five Gallery, NYC
“Flights of Fantasy” Group invitational exhibition organized by Suzanne Randolph Fine Art, NYC at The Larchmont Yacht Club
“Night of a Thousand Drawings” Artist’s Space, NYC
2001
“Playing Through” Multiple-media performance. Gallery M, NYC
“Black Baggage: Leisure, Class & Race” New works. Gallery M Harlem in association with The Barbara Ann Levy Gallery
“Playing Through” Multiple-media performance piece. Park School, Baltimore, Md.
2000
“Playing Through” Site specific photography/video performance collaboration with LeRoy “King of Art,” at Gallery M Harlem and throughout Harlem for Harlem Week, NYC
Race with The Past; The Work of Palmer Hayden and Michael Ray Charles. Panelist
“Club Negro: Experience The Freedom” Solo Exhibition Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, NYC.
1999
“Contemporary Abstraction” Group Exhibition Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, NYC
1998
“The Red Show” Group Exhibition Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, NYC
1992-1997
Researched and wrote the essay “The Wizard of Oz: A Journey of Practical Spirituality” Hiatus from exhibiting new work.
1992
Group Exhibition Max Fish, NYC
Group Exhibition Lea Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“The Trains” Solo Exhibition Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1991
Group Exhibition Gomez Gallery Baltimore, MD
Artscape Group Exhibition Maryland Institute College of Art and The City of Baltimore, MD
1990
“Artscape” Group Exhibition Maryland Institute College of Art and The City of Baltimore.
“Art and Architecture” Group Exhibition Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo
Group Exhibition Hobe Sound Gallery Hobe Sound, Fl
1989
“A Wake” Solo Installation School 33 Art Center Baltimore, MD
“The Buildings” Solo Exhibition Midtown Payson Galleries, NY
“Works on Paper” Group Exhibition School 33 Art Center Baltimore, MD
“The Coffins” Solo Exhibition School 33 Art Center Baltimore, MD
1988
“New Work, New Artists” Group Exhibition JB Speed Museum Louisville
“Works on Paper” Group Exhibition JB Speed Museum Louisville, KY
“Smokestacks and Buildings” Solo Exhibition Norfolk Gallery of Art Norfolk, VA
1987
“Three Artist: Bernard Langlais, Abby Shawn and Charles McGill” Midtown Payson Galleries, NYC
“The Figure” Group Exhibition Midtown Payson Galleries, NYC
“The Heads” In conjunction with “The Art of the Harlem Renaissance” Lecture by the artist, Virginia Tech University Blacksburgh, VA
“Recent Paintings” Solo Exhibition 2460 Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibition Harlem Renaissance Gallery, NYC
1986
“Art Against Apartheid” Group Exhibition Limelight, NYC
“The Heads” Solo Exhibition Savacou Gallery, NYC
Bibliography:
The Brooklyn Rail- Review of TRAPPED at THE PHATORY | APRIL 7 – MAY 26, 2012 – Published May 2012 by Dan Tarnowski
WBAI Radio Interview- “Charles McGill with Delphine Blue – Shocking BlueFriday Edition Friday April 20, 2012. Interview begins at 46 minutes”
Zing Magazine – “Interview with Charles McGill” April 2012, by Brandon Johnson
Style Weekly, “Identity Crisis” Interview and review of “Baggage” at Russell Projects – Michael Dullin, March 2010
D’Art International Magazine – “Picking Cherries -Art Miami Top Ten List, 2009″ – Douglas F. Maxwell, Spring/Summer 2010
Journal News/Westchester, “Giacometti exhibit at Manhattanville captures wintry mood” February 17, 2009
New York Times “The Un-tucked Country Club” Sunday Style section. July, 30, 2006
Binghamton Press-Sun Bulletin, Review of new drawings. Thursday June 15, 2005
Binghamton Press-SunBulletin, “ACelebration of Black History Month” Fenruary, 2005 A four-part series of interviews and profiles on Binghamton area events and people. Featured artist.
HZ-Journal, “Notes on Critical Black U.S. Performance Art and Artists”William Pope L., Charles McGill and Wayne Hodge. By Clifford Owens. October 2003. “McGill does not repudiate his blackness as a burden to his representation, he embraces its contradictions and complexities.”
NYBlade Magazine, “DivRsity” Group show at The Center, NYC April, 2003. “Perhaps the most original and compelling work in the entire show is from artist Charles McGill…the work cuts right to the very heart of racial and cultural identity.”
Cross Currents, “Teeing off at Club Negro” by Fran Wilde Fall 2001 Published by Park School Press
The International Review of African American Art, “Blacks on the Greens” by Stacey Williams vol. 17 No. 4 Summer 2001 Published by Hampton University Press “Black Baggage over turns commonly-held myths but not without hilarity.”
Art in America, May 2001 Review section. Joe Lewis, critic “The work discovers new conceptual mass in the well-worn territories of race and representation.”
New York Times, Friday May 26, 2000 p.26 Weekend Fine Arts section. “Club Negro” Ken Johnson, critic “The collision Mr. McGill craftily sets up between incongruous worlds is at once funny and sobering.”
New York Times, Sunday, August 27, 2000 p.11 The City section, photo of “Playing Through” Jeffrey Henson Scales, photographer
City Paper, Feburary 10, 1989 Gallery section, Helen Shortal
The Sun, January 17, 1989 Baltimore, Md. Art section, “Works on Paper” John Dorsey, critic
The Evening Sun, Baltimore, Md. Thursday, January 19, 1989 p.d15 Accent Plus/Art “Works on Paper” Steve Purchase, critic
Book Illustration:
The Six-Spoke Approach to Better Golf By Golf Professional Tom Patri
Illustrator of 30 pencil drawings for reproduction.
Introduction by PGA Tour Player Fred Couples. Forward by television sports analyst Jimmy Roberts. Published by Lyons Press, CT 2005 Release date, June15, 2005
Collections:
Private Collection of Pamela and Bill Royall, Richmond, Va.
Private Collection of Douglas F. Maxwell, NYC
Private Collection of Toni and Carl Randolph, Fishers Island, Miami, Fl
Private Collection of Mr. Robert Rubin NYC
Private Collection of Barbara Karp Schuster, NYC
Private Collection of Lowery Stokes Sims, NYC
Private Collection of Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT
The Bridge Country Club, Bridgehampton, NY
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company
Synchronal Corporation
Private Collection of the late Mr. Silas Rhodes
Private Collection of Mr. Alex Matter
Teaching:
Norwalk Community College
Adjunct Instructor – Drawing I, Spring 2011
16 –week long introduction to observational painting. Emphasis on fundamental techniques involved in ‘building’ a drawing. Value, light and form and other traditional concepts are taught. Intensive work with the figure completes the semester.
Adjunct Instructor – Painting I, Fall 2010
16 –week long introduction to observational painting. Oil and acrylic painting approaches are covered with an emphasis on fundamental techniques involved in ‘building’ a painting. Value, light and form, intro to color theory and other traditional concepts are taught. Intensive work with the figure completes the semester.
Fashion Institute of Technology Fall 2009
Adjunct Instructor – Life Drawing I
15 week-long introduction to drawing the figure, students study line, proportion, gesture, and composition using pencil and charcoal. Study of anatomy is introduced.
Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Instructor of Fundamental Drawing
Teach in the capacity of foundation year drawings fundamentals. Survey the entire catalogue of drawing concepts and approaches. Implemented departmental goals combined with personal drawing philosophy centered around the notion of observational drawing and basic fundamentals as tools for longevity as an accomplished artist. Provided syllabus for twice-weekly, 14-week drawing course. Drawing from observation, emphasis on basic shapes, light and form, the figure and intense study in the area of self-portraiture.
School of Visual Arts, New York City 1992–1998
AdjunctInstructor of Painting and Drawing
Taught in the capacity of Instructor of Painting, Drawing, Figure drawing and painting, Cartooning and Portfolio Preparation in the Department of Continuing Education. Gave constructive criticism and guidance to students’ drawings, paintings and portfolios. Held intensive summer workshops and provided an atmosphere for independent exploration of expression and aesthetics.
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1990-1992
Instructor of Painting and Drawing
Responsible for developing syllabi for departmental approval; carried out the instruction of fundamentals of drawing and painting including intensive work in design, color theory, value/tone, composition. Also placed importance on the craft and preparation of surfaces/grounds, stretching of canvas, preparation of board and other surfaces. Lead and encouraged intensive critiques of student work. Conducted field trips to galleries and museums to examine and appreciate live, accomplished work.
Also lead an intensive one-day summer workshop, “Portraiture: Away of Seeing”. I loved this class!
Other part-time appointments include Bank Street College of Education and City in a School.
1996
New School for Social Research, NYC
Instructor of The Wizard of Oz: A Journey of Practical Spirituality
Developed and taught a course in the area of spirituality using the film The Wizard of Oz as a background for practical spiritual principles. Created the syllabus, a reading list and a final exam based on the subject.
Book illustration:
The Six-Spoke Approach to Better Golf By Golf Professional Tom Patri
Introduction by PGA Tour Player Fred Couples.
Forward by television sports analyst Jimmy Roberts.
Illustrator of 30 pencil drawings for reproduction.
Published by Lyons Press, CT 2005. Release date April 15, 2005
Visiting Artist:
2007
Wadsworth Museum, Artist Talk Series
Campus Hanoi – Hanoi, Vietnam – Visiting Artist
2004
NYU Graduate Department of Fine Arts. Guest lecturer/performer
2003
Bronx Community College
Exhibition, critique and reading.
2001
Panelist
Race with The Past; The Work of Palmer Hayden and Michael Ray Charles.
Other panelist: Joyce Scott, David Diao and Michael Ray Charles. Park School. Baltimore, MD
Keynote Speaker for Black Awareness Day
Park School, Baltimore, MD.
1996
College Art Association Conference, Boston
Panelist – Cultural Diversity in Education
The City College of New York, NYC
1995
Keystone College, La Plume, PA.
Keystone Junior College, La Plume, Pa.
Keynote Speaker “The Wizard of Oz: A Journey in Practical Spirituality“ 1992
Boston Globe Scholastic Art Competition – Guest Juror 1990
Fredericksburg Community College, Fredericksburg, MD. 1990
Virginia Tech University, Blacksburgh,VA. 1988
Education:
Maryland Institute College of Art – Baltimore, MD. MFA, 1989
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture – Summer 1987, Skowhegan, Maine
Exhibition and Teaching
Charles McGill is currently represented by The Phatory, NYC and Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, Va. He is an Adjunct Professor of Painting and Drawing at Norwalk Community College in Norwalk, Ct. and Westchester Community College in Valhalla, NY.
Exhibitions , Awards, Curatorial and Bibliography:
2012
Fellowship recipient – Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency
Visiting artist – Moore College of Art
TRAPPED: A Solo exhibition of work from the SKINNED series. The Phatory, NYC Artist Page Review Zing Magazine
“Westchester Biennial” Castle Gallery at The College of New Rochelle – Sunday New York Times article, Metro section – May 20th
2011
Visiting critic – Moore College of Art
“A Reading of the Biography of Arthur Negro II – A Performance” as part of the “Black Male Identity: Media, Message and Visual Culture” symposium at The Baltimore Museum of Art.
“Black Male Identity: Speak My Name” Group exhibition at The James E. Lewis Museum at Morgan State University
“Head and Whole I” Group exhibition Abbey Walk Gallery, London, Eng. – Curated by Linda Ingham Article – Culture 24 -By Ben Miller, August 2011
“Baggage” Group exhibition Narrows Art Center, Fall River, Ma. Curated by Michele L’Heureux
“Re:” Group exhibition Martin Agency Gallery, Richmond, Va. Curated by Heather Russell
“Faculty Exhibition 2011” East Gallery Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT
Visiting Lecturer “African Art and Aesthetics” at the University of Scranton. Guest of Dr. Annie Hounsokou and Dr. Phil Jenkins
Visiting Artist – Keystone College, La Plume, Pa.
“The Black Experience: His and Hers” Group exhibition. Chapman Gallery at Iona College New Rochelle, NY
Visiting artist guest of Dr. Bertram D. Ashe of the University of Richmond – in discussion of The Post-Soul Aesthetic, Literature and Culture at the Royall Collection, Try-Me, Richmond, Va.
2010
“Baggage” Solo exhibition of new work at Russell Projects. Richmond, Va. – Catalog
Style Weekly – “Identity Crisis” Michael Dullin
Russell Projects Event Page – Press release
“Found on facebook – Art from Friends of Friends with Mutual Friends in Common” Curator and exhibiting artist – Group exhibition of 33 artists including RM Fischer, Nina Levy, Wayne Hodge, Paul Villinski, Dana Hoey, Joe Lewis, Julie Trembley, Lina Stergiou among others. Arthur M. Berger Gallery at Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY. – Catalog
2009
“Art Viceroy Miami” Group exhibition of solo installation projects. The Former Black Militant Golf and Country Club Satellite Pro Shop. Dec 2-6th. Art Basel Week – Viceroy Hotel, Miami, Fla. The Former Black Militant Golf and Country Club Satellite Pro Shop is voted a Top Ten Exhibition 2009 by Douglas F. Maxwell for D’Art International Magazine.
“Vessels” Group exhibition in the Solo Projects Series featuring The Former Black Militant Golf and Country Club Satellite Pro Shop. RRC, Newark, NJ. Artists include Joe Lewis, Bernard Williams, Linda Pollack, Victoria Hanks, Ben Jones, Benjamin S. Jones, Christopher Hart Chambers, among others.
“Beyond Appearances“, Lehman College Art Gallery, Bronx, NY – Group show featuring Kara Walker, Hank Willis Thomas, Nick Cave, Whitfield Lovell, John Ahearn, Kerry James Marshall and Nina Levy, among others.
Photorealism Paintings 2009 – Co-Curator. Exhibition featuring Richard Estes, Tom Blackwell, Charles Bell, Mel Ramos, Guy Johnson and many others. In conjunction with Louis K. Meisel and Bernarducci.Meisel Galleries, NYC. Arthur M. Berger Art Gallery at Manhattanville College. Purchase, NY – Catalog available.
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Grant – Crafts
African Burial Ground, NYC Panelist Contemporary Art and The African Diaspora
Museum of Arts in Design Artist in Residence, Open Studio Program
“Alberto Giacometti – As Seen Through the Lens of Herbert Matter” Curator, Manhattanville College Gallery of Fine Art, Purchase, NY
“From Africa to America: Visual Reflections on the African Diaspora” Group Show, Brother Kenneth Chapman Gallery, Iona College – New Rochelle, NY – Brochure.
2008
“Sex and Spirit” Group Show, The Bridge Art Fair/Wynwood /Art Basel in Conjunction with The Barbara Ann Levy Gallery and Fine Art Consultants – Miami, FL
Group exhibition of private collection in conjunction with the debut private screening of Shimon Atties’s “Racing Clocks Run Slow: Archeology of a Racetrack ” video. Exhibiting artists include: David Levinthal, Larry Rivers, Richard Prince, Gib Smith, Mark Lyon among others. The Bridge Country Club, Noyack, NY
“Portraits” Bernarducci-Meisel Gallery, Group Exhibition, NYC
Weschester Biennial, 2008 Castle Gallery, College of New Rochelle, New Rochelle, NY
2007
Art Matters Grant Recipient, “Arthur Negro: From Harlem to Hanoi” Performance-based Photo-documentation piece. Performed at locations in Harlem, NY and Hanoi, Vietnam.
“For the Love of the Game: Race and Sport in African-American Art” Group exhibition curated by Franklin Sirmans. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT. Booklet available.
“For Adults Only” Artist Talk Series. Visiting artist/lecturer. Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, CT
2006
“The Unveiling of Arthur Negro” A solo presentation of a new sculpture. Hosted by collector, Robert Rubin. See NY Times, July 30, 2006. Sunday Style section.
“New Drawings” Solo exhibition. Alfred State University, Alfred, NY
2005
“New Drawings” Solos exhibition of new drawings at Orazio Salati Gallery. Binghamton, NY
“Picture Window” February 12, 2005 until gone, Group site-specific installation around the city of Baltimore, MD.
2004
“re: source performance” Group performance exhibition at Art in General, NYC
2003
“The Envelope, Please!” Performance at New York University for the Graduate School Department of Fine Art.
“Diversity” Group exhibition sponsored by The Barbara Ann Levy Gallery at The Center, NYC
“Club Negro” Solo exhibition, Bronx Community College, The Bronx, NY
2002
“Remnants of Club Negro” Fire Patrol No. Five Gallery, NYC
“Flights of Fantasy” Group invitational exhibition organized by Suzanne Randolph Fine Art, NYC at The Larchmont Yacht Club
“Night of a Thousand Drawings” Artist’s Space, NYC
2001
“Playing Through” Multiple-media performance. Gallery M, NYC
“Black Baggage: Leisure, Class & Race” New works. Gallery M Harlem in association with The Barbara Ann Levy Gallery
“Playing Through” Multiple-media performance piece. Park School, Baltimore, Md.
2000
“Playing Through” Site specific photography/video performance collaboration with LeRoy “King of Art,” at Gallery M Harlem and throughout Harlem for Harlem Week, NYC
Race with The Past; The Work of Palmer Hayden and Michael Ray Charles. Panelist
“Club Negro: Experience The Freedom” Solo Exhibition Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, NYC.
1999
“Contemporary Abstraction” Group Exhibition Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, NYC
1998
“The Red Show” Group Exhibition Barbara Ann Levy Gallery, NYC
1992-1997
Researched and wrote the essay “The Wizard of Oz: A Journey of Practical Spirituality” Hiatus from exhibiting new work.
1992
Group Exhibition Max Fish, NYC
Group Exhibition Lea Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
“The Trains” Solo Exhibition Gomez Gallery, Baltimore, MD
1991
Group Exhibition Gomez Gallery Baltimore, MD
Artscape Group Exhibition Maryland Institute College of Art and The City of Baltimore, MD
1990
“Artscape” Group Exhibition Maryland Institute College of Art and The City of Baltimore.
“Art and Architecture” Group Exhibition Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo
Group Exhibition Hobe Sound Gallery Hobe Sound, Fl
1989
“A Wake” Solo Installation School 33 Art Center Baltimore, MD
“The Buildings” Solo Exhibition Midtown Payson Galleries, NY
“Works on Paper” Group Exhibition School 33 Art Center Baltimore, MD
“The Coffins” Solo Exhibition School 33 Art Center Baltimore, MD
1988
“New Work, New Artists” Group Exhibition JB Speed Museum Louisville
“Works on Paper” Group Exhibition JB Speed Museum Louisville, KY
“Smokestacks and Buildings” Solo Exhibition Norfolk Gallery of Art Norfolk, VA
1987
“Three Artist: Bernard Langlais, Abby Shawn and Charles McGill” Midtown Payson Galleries, NYC
“The Figure” Group Exhibition Midtown Payson Galleries, NYC
“The Heads” In conjunction with “The Art of the Harlem Renaissance” Lecture by the artist, Virginia Tech University Blacksburgh, VA
“Recent Paintings” Solo Exhibition 2460 Gallery, NYC
Group Exhibition Harlem Renaissance Gallery, NYC
1986
“Art Against Apartheid” Group Exhibition Limelight, NYC
“The Heads” Solo Exhibition Savacou Gallery, NYC
Bibliography:
The Brooklyn Rail - Review of TRAPPED at THE PHATORY | APRIL 7 – MAY 26, 2012 – Published May 2012 by Dan Tarnowski
WBAI Radio Interview- “Charles McGill with Delphine Blue – Shocking Blue Friday Edition Friday April 20, 2012. Interview begins at 46 minutes”
Zing Magazine – “Interview with Charles McGill” April 2012, by Brandon Johnson
Style Weekly, “Identity Crisis” Interview and review of “Baggage” at Russell Projects – Michael Dullin, March 2010
D’Art International Magazine – “Picking Cherries -Art Miami Top Ten List, 2009″ – Douglas F. Maxwell, Spring/Summer 2010
Journal News/Westchester, “Giacometti exhibit at Manhattanville captures wintry mood” February 17, 2009
New York Times “The Un-tucked Country Club” Sunday Style section. July, 30, 2006
Binghamton Press-Sun Bulletin, Review of new drawings. Thursday June 15, 2005
Binghamton Press-SunBulletin, “ACelebration of Black History Month” Fenruary, 2005 A four-part series of interviews and profiles on Binghamton area events and people. Featured artist.
HZ-Journal, “Notes on Critical Black U.S. Performance Art and Artists”William Pope L., Charles McGill and Wayne Hodge. By Clifford Owens. October 2003. “McGill does not repudiate his blackness as a burden to his representation, he embraces its contradictions and complexities.”
NYBlade Magazine, “DivRsity” Group show at The Center, NYC April, 2003. “Perhaps the most original and compelling work in the entire show is from artist Charles McGill…the work cuts right to the very heart of racial and cultural identity.”
Cross Currents, “Teeing off at Club Negro” by Fran Wilde Fall 2001 Published by Park School Press
The International Review of African American Art, “Blacks on the Greens” by Stacey Williams vol. 17 No. 4 Summer 2001 Published by Hampton University Press “Black Baggage over turns commonly-held myths but not without hilarity.”
Art in America, May 2001 Review section. Joe Lewis, critic “The work discovers new conceptual mass in the well-worn territories of race and representation.”
New York Times, Friday May 26, 2000 p.26 Weekend Fine Arts section. “Club Negro” Ken Johnson, critic “The collision Mr. McGill craftily sets up between incongruous worlds is at once funny and sobering.”
New York Times, Sunday, August 27, 2000 p.11 The City section, photo of “Playing Through” Jeffrey Henson Scales, photographer
City Paper, Feburary 10, 1989 Gallery section, Helen Shortal
The Sun, January 17, 1989 Baltimore, Md. Art section, “Works on Paper” John Dorsey, critic
The Evening Sun, Baltimore, Md. Thursday, January 19, 1989 p.d15 Accent Plus/Art “Works on Paper” Steve Purchase, critic
Book Illustration:
The Six-Spoke Approach to Better Golf By Golf Professional Tom Patri
Illustrator of 30 pencil drawings for reproduction.
Introduction by PGA Tour Player Fred Couples. Forward by television sports analyst Jimmy Roberts. Published by Lyons Press, CT 2005 Release date, June15, 2005
Collections:
Private Collection of Pamela and Bill Royall, Richmond, Va.
Private Collection of Douglas F. Maxwell, NYC
Private Collection of Toni and Carl Randolph, Fishers Island, Miami, Fl
Private Collection of Mr. Robert Rubin NYC
Private Collection of Barbara Karp Schuster, NYC
Private Collection of Lowery Stokes Sims, NYC
Private Collection of Gary Davis, Greenwich, CT
The Bridge Country Club, Bridgehampton, NY
Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company
Synchronal Corporation
Private Collection of the late Mr. Silas Rhodes
Private Collection of Mr. Alex Matter
Teaching:
Norwalk Community College
Adjunct Instructor – Drawing I, Spring 2011
16 –week long introduction to observational painting. Emphasis on fundamental techniques involved in ‘building’ a drawing. Value, light and form and other traditional concepts are taught. Intensive work with the figure completes the semester.
Adjunct Instructor – Painting I, Fall 2010
16 –week long introduction to observational painting. Oil and acrylic painting approaches are covered with an emphasis on fundamental techniques involved in ‘building’ a painting. Value, light and form, intro to color theory and other traditional concepts are taught. Intensive work with the figure completes the semester.
Fashion Institute of Technology Fall 2009
Adjunct Instructor – Life Drawing I
15 week-long introduction to drawing the figure, students study line, proportion, gesture, and composition using pencil and charcoal. Study of anatomy is introduced.
Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY
Instructor of Fundamental Drawing
Teach in the capacity of foundation year drawings fundamentals. Survey the entire catalogue of drawing concepts and approaches. Implemented departmental goals combined with personal drawing philosophy centered around the notion of observational drawing and basic fundamentals as tools for longevity as an accomplished artist. Provided syllabus for twice-weekly, 14-week drawing course. Drawing from observation, emphasis on basic shapes, light and form, the figure and intense study in the area of self-portraiture.
School of Visual Arts, New York City 1992–1998
Adjunct Instructor of Painting and Drawing
Taught in the capacity of Instructor of Painting, Drawing, Figure drawing and painting, Cartooning and Portfolio Preparation in the Department of Continuing Education. Gave constructive criticism and guidance to students’ drawings, paintings and portfolios. Held intensive summer workshops and provided an atmosphere for independent exploration of expression and aesthetics.
Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore, MD 1990-1992
Instructor of Painting and Drawing
Responsible for developing syllabi for departmental approval; carried out the instruction of fundamentals of drawing and painting including intensive work in design, color theory, value/tone, composition. Also placed importance on the craft and preparation of surfaces/grounds, stretching of canvas, preparation of board and other surfaces. Lead and encouraged intensive critiques of student work. Conducted field trips to galleries and museums to examine and appreciate live, accomplished work.
Also lead an intensive one-day summer workshop, “Portraiture: Away of Seeing”. I loved this class!
Other part-time appointments include Bank Street College of Education and City in a School.
1996
New School for Social Research, NYC
Instructor of The Wizard of Oz: A Journey of Practical Spirituality
Developed and taught a course in the area of spirituality using the film The Wizard of Oz as a background for practical spiritual principles. Created the syllabus, a reading list and a final exam based on the subject.
Book illustration:
The Six-Spoke Approach to Better Golf By Golf Professional Tom Patri
Introduction by PGA Tour Player Fred Couples.
Forward by television sports analyst Jimmy Roberts.
Illustrator of 30 pencil drawings for reproduction.
Published by Lyons Press, CT 2005. Release date April 15, 2005
Visiting Artist:
2007
Wadsworth Museum, Artist Talk Series
Campus Hanoi – Hanoi, Vietnam – Visiting Artist
2004
NYU Graduate Department of Fine Arts. Guest lecturer/performer
2003
Bronx Community College
Exhibition, critique and reading.
2001
Panelist
Race with The Past; The Work of Palmer Hayden and Michael Ray Charles.
Other panelist: Joyce Scott, David Diao and Michael Ray Charles. Park School. Baltimore, MD
Keynote Speaker for Black Awareness Day
Park School, Baltimore, MD.
1996
College Art Association Conference, Boston
Panelist – Cultural Diversity in Education
The City College of New York, NYC
1995
Keystone College, La Plume, PA.
Keystone Junior College, La Plume, Pa.
Keynote Speaker “The Wizard of Oz: A Journey in Practical Spirituality“ 1992
Boston Globe Scholastic Art Competition – Guest Juror 1990
Fredericksburg Community College, Fredericksburg, MD. 1990
Virginia Tech University, Blacksburgh,VA. 1988
Education:
Maryland Institute College of Art – Baltimore, MD. MFA, 1989
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture – Summer 1987, Skowhegan, Maine
School of Visual Arts – NYC. BFA, 1986
Keystone Junior College – La Plume, PA. AFA, 1984