Contact me:
cbrouwer@swva.net
268 Akers Rd. NW
Willis VA 24380
540.763.2703 or 540.250.2966

1946 - born in Holland, Michigan and spent his first 20 years living in the same house on Maple and 15th St. and attended Holland Christian Schools and Maple Ave. Christian Reformed Church.

1966 -  married (and is still married to) Glenda DeKam.

1969 - moved to Portland Oregon where Charlie fulfilled his military obligations as a Conscientious Objector by working at the University of Oregon Medical School.He also attended Art classes at Portland State University and daughter Jennifer was born in 1970.

1974 - moved to Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia to teach Art at Fig Tree High Public School and daughter Emily was born in 1975.

1976 - moved to Portage, Michigan to teach Art at Kalamazoo Christian High School and attended Western Michigan University where he completed an MA in Painting and an MFA in Sculpture.

1987 - moved to Radford, Virginia to teach Art at Radford University. He plans to retire from teaching in December 2008 in order to give his full attention to making and exhibiting art.

Now - Charlie and Glenda live in Floyd County in the Blue Ridge Mountains of rural SW Virginia in a 100 year old farmhouse they have renovated.  9 acres of open fields and woods, with 20 outdoor sculptures placed along a 1/2 mile walking trail, surround the house and studio. Charlie calls their place "Out There" because of its remote location at the end of  1 & 1/2 miles of gravel roads but, also because he believes that art can point us towards thoughts, feelings, and meanings beyond our immediate experience. 

EXHIBITION RECORD SUMMARY:

A total of 191 exhibitions since 1975 – 38 solo exhibitions or installations, 132 juried  or group and 21 two or three person exhibitions.  Work has been exhibited in the U.S. in Arkansas, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Maryland, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, New York, and Wisconsin and internationally in Australia, Hungary, and Poland.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008

“Projects 08”, Islip Art Museum – Carriage House, Islip, NY. Installation.
“Brock Commons Outdoor Sculpture Program”, Longwood University, Longwood VA, Invitational group exhibition.
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. Solo exhibition & installation.
“Rise Up Piedmont”. Piedmont Arts, Martinsville, VA.  Installation.
City of Roanoke, Roanoke, VA. Juried exhibition of outdoor sculptures.

2007

“New Hope Outdoor and Indoor Sculpture Exhibitions”, New Hope Arts Inc., New Hope, PA. Juried exhibitions.
“Sculpture Now 2007” Washington Square, Washington, DC. Installation. Juried exhibition.
“Pay Attention”, American Association for the Advancement of Science Gallery, Washington, DC, Two-Person exhibition with Jennifer L. Collins.
“From these Hills: Contemporary Art in the Southern Appalachian Highlands”, William King Art Center, Abingdon, VA. Juried exhibition.
“Rise Up”, Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA, Installation for lobby and outdoors at the Squires Student Center in Cooperation with Perspective Gallery.

2006

“Two Worlds”, Flossie Martin Gallery, Radford University, Radford, VA, Solo exhibition of sculptures, drawings, installations and outdoor sculptures.
“Birke Fine Art Symposium Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition”, Marshall University, Huntington, WV, Invitational group exhibition.
“Florida Outdoor Sculpture Competition”, Polk Museum of Art & City of Winter Haven, Florida, Juried competition and exhibition.
“Site St. Albans: Art In Place”, Fairlawn, VA, Group exhibition of installations.
"Art In Place: Public Art Competition", Charlottesville, VA. Juried exhibition.

2004

“Are We Not All...?”, DeGraaf Forsythe Galleries, Saugatuck, MI. Solo exhibition.
“Capitol Hill Sculpture Project”, Washington, DC. Juried group exhibition of outdoor sculpture in the Capitol Hill neighborhood.
“Rise Up Together Floyd County”, Jacksonville Center for the Arts, Floyd, VA. Solo exhibition Installation.

2003

“Homebodies and Homeland”, DeGraaf Forsythe Galleries, Saugatuck, MI, Solo exhibition.
“Snowshoe Institute”, Snowshoe, WV. Sponsored by West Virginia and Marshall Universities, Invitational group exhibition of outdoor sculptures and installations.

2002

“Rise Up”, Holland Area Arts Council, Holland, MI, Solo exhibition and installation.
“Up to the Mountain / Down to the River”, Wildcat Creek Gallery, Meadows of Dan, VA, Two-person exhibition with Jennifer L. Collins.
“Something Beautiful Calls and We Rise”, Radford University Sculpture Courtyard, Radford, VA,  Installation with 100 ladders borrowed from Levering Orchards, Orchard Gap NC.

2001

“Object Word Truth Beauty”, Chelsea Gallery, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. Solo retrospective exhibition.
“Microcosm/Macrocosm”, Altared Space Gallery, Floyd, VA. Two person exhibition with Jennifer L. Collins.
“Sculpture Now 2001”, Washington Square, Washington DC, Juried group indoor sculpture exhibition.
“Sculpture Now 2001”, Mellon Park, Pittsburgh Art Center, Pittsburgh, PA, Juried group outdoor sculpture exhibition.

2000

“Biennial Juried Exhibition”, Olin Gallery, Roanoke College, Salem, VA.
“Genetically Speaking”, DeGraaf Forsythe Galleries, Saugatuck, MI. Two person exhibition with Jennifer L. Collins.
“Luminous Things”, Perspective Gallery at Virginia Tech University, Blacksburg, VA & Altared Space Gallery, Floyd, VA, Two person exhibition with Jennifer L. Collins
“Outdoor Sculpture Competition”, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC, Juried exhibition.

1999

“A Visual Dialogue Through the Americas”, Hickory Museum of Art, Hickory, NC. Group exhibition organized by The Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC.
“Functional Follies”, Savannah, GA. Group exhibition of sculptures commissioned for installation throughout the city by The Savannah College of Art and Design.

1998

“Old Wood/New Wood”, DeGraaf Consortium Fine Art, Ltd., West Palm Beach, FL. Solo exhibition.
“Sculptors’ Plans - Drawings and Maquettes”, projectspace, Washington, DC. Juried exhibition.

1997

“Landscapes”, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, Juried exhibition.
“Memory/Beyond Memory”, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, VA. Solo             exhibition/installation.
“Corridor Invitational”, William King Arts Center, Abingdon, VA. Group exhibition & installation.

1996

“With Wings”, State Gallery of Art, Sopot/Gdansk, Poland. Solo exhibition.     
“Hands”, DeGraaf Forsythe Galleries, Saugatuck, MI. Solo exhibition.
“Biennial Juried Exhibition”, Olin Gallery, Roanoke College, Salem, VA.
“NOTORO Symposium Exhibition”. Fine Art Academy of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland.  Group exhibition sponsored by the NOTORO Foundation.

1995

DeGraaf Forsythe Galleries, Saugatuck, MI. Solo exhibition.
“NOTORO Symposium Exhibition, The Castle, Gniew, Poland. Group exhibition sponsored by the NOTORO Foundation.
“On-Site: Sculpture Project”, Bluemont Park, Arlington, VA. Juried group exhibit of outdoor installations.
“From These Hills”, William King Art Center, Abingdon, VA. Juried group exhibition.
“Dimensions”, Indiana University in Pennsylvania, Indiana, PA. Group exhibition.
Outdoor Sculpture Competition, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC. Juried group exhibition.
“Rosen Outdoor Sculpture Competition and Exhibition”, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. Juried group exhibition.
“Re-Constructing”, Catherine Smith Gallery, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC.  Solo installation and exhibition.

1994

“Across Borders/Sin Fronteras”, Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC. Juried exhibition.
“Convergence”, Outdoor Sculptures in Roger Williams Park, Providence, RI. Juried exhibit.

1993

“Fallen”  Radford University, Radford, VA.  Temporary outdoor site specific installation.
“100 Ladders”, DeGraaf Fine Art Inc., Chicago, IL. Solo exhibition.
“Exhibition 280” - Works Off Walls, Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, WV. Juried exhibition.
“New Blood”, Eagle Gallery - Murry State University, Murry, KY. Juried exhibition.
“Sculptures in the Park”, Mayfair Festival, Allentown, PA. Juried exhibition.
“Sculpture Tour”, Walters State Community College, Morristown, TN. Invitational group exhibition.
“Western Michigan University Sculpture Tour”, Kalamazoo, MI. Juried group exhibition.

1991

"Traveling", DeGraaf Fine Art Inc., Chicago. Solo exhibition.
“The Artist and the American Yard”, Wustum Museum, Racine, WI. Juried exhibition.
“The Rosen Prize Sculpture Competition and Exhibition”, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. First Place Award.*
NOTORO Symposium Exhibition, Polish Sculpture Center, Oronsko, Poland. Traveled to Warsaw. Group exhibition.
“Arts Festival of Atlanta” - Site Works, Atlanta, GA. Juried exhibition.
“Faith” Dupont Gallery, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA. Solo exhibition/installation.

1990

“Sculpture in the Park”, Mayfair Festival, Allentown, PA. Juried group exhibition.
“Prints and Drawings Show”, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA. Juried exhibition.
“Sculpture: Inside-Outside, 33 works by 11 American Artists”, DeGraaf Fine Art Inc., Chicago, IL. Group exhibition.
NOTORO Symposium Exhibition, Polish Sculpture Center, Oronsko, Poland. Traveled to Warsaw, Group exhibition.
“Tri-State Sculpture Guild Conference and Exhibition”, Radford University, Radford, VA.  Group exhibition.

1989

“Rising”, DeGraaf Fine Art Inc., Chicago, IL. Solo exhibition and installation.
“Going Places”, Arlington Arts Center, Arlington, VA. Solo installation.
International Outdoor Wood Sculpture Park, Nagyatad, Hungary. Exhibition of sculptures completed by guest artists of the 1989 International Wood Sculpture Symposium.

1987

Battle Creek Art Center, Battle Creek, MI.  Solo exhibition.

1983

“Domestic Scenes and Dwelling Places,” Dalton Center, Western Michigan University, MFA solo graduation exhibition.

1981

Michigan Artists 80/81, Grand Rapids Art Museum, sponsored by the Detroit Institute of Arts. Juried exhibition.

1976

Ronlyn Gallery, Wollongong, Australia. Solo exhibition.