Awards

2008

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

Solo Exhibitions

2008

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

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

2009

2nd Annual ArtHamptons, Bridgehampton, NY 

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

Palm Beach3 International Fine Art Exposition, Palm Beach, FL

2008

Transformations, Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS

Small Works, Lana Santorelli Gallery, New York, NY

Ceramics Expressions, Blue Door Art Association, Yonkers, NY

Palm Beach  International Fine Art Exposition, Palm Beach, FL

Ceramics at Work, Gloria Kennedy Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

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

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

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

Branch Gallery, Washington, DC

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

Elie and Grace Goldberg, Rye, NY

Gallery Representation

A Muse Gallery, Columbus, OH
Ingalls & Associates, Miami, FL
Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY
Kenise Barnes Gallery, Larchmont, NY
Loveed Fine Arts, New York, NY
Russell / Projects, Richmond, VA
Strecker-Nelson Gallery, Manhattan, KS
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 (almost completed), Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

 

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