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Charles Fahlen

CHARLES FAHLEN Artist

Vitae

EDUCATION
California State University, San Francisco, California – B.A. 1962
Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California – M.F.A. 1965
Wikipedia: Otis Art Institute
Atelier 17, Paris, France – 1965
Jan Van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, Netherlands – 1966
Wikipedia: Jan Van Eyck Academy
Slade School, University of London, Great Britain – 1967
Professor, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – 1967-2000

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SELECTED INDIVIDUAL EXHIBITIONS
2014
Parallels, Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, California
2012
Charles Fahlen, Quicksilver Mine Co., Forestville, California
2008
Let's Pretend, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, San Francisco, California
2003
Unexplained Mysteries, Locks Gallery Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
2000
Charles Fahlen: Architectural Construction from the 70’s, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1991
Terra Incognita: The Recent Sculpture of Charles Fahlen, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Catalogue)
1989
Charles Fahlen, Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Brochure Essay)
1987
Charles Fahlen, Lawrence Oliver Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Brochure Essay)
1985
Hazlett Memorial Awards Exhibition, Traveled in Pennsylvania to Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto; University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburgh; Philadelphia Art Alliance
1984
Charles Fahlen, Balanced Rocks and Geysers – Proposals for Public Works: New Sculpture and Drawings, Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1982
Charles Fahlen, Monuments, Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1981
Charles Fahlen, Proposals for Sculpture, Frank Kolbert Gallery, New York City, New York
1980
Charles Fahlen, Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1979
Charles Fahlen, Marianne Deson Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
1978
Charles Fahlen, Droll/Kolbert Gallery, New York City, New York
1977
Charles Fahlen, 10 Dyptichs Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1976
Charles Fahlen, J. H. Duffy & Sons Gallery, New York City, New York, (Catalogue)
Charles Fahlen, Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Catalogue)
1975
Charles Fahlen, Stefanotti Gallery, New York City, New York
1974
Charles Fahlen, Henri 2, Washington, D.C.
1973
Charles Fahlen, Peale House Galleries, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Brochure)
1971
Trophies: Examples and a Plastic Animal Collection, Richard Feigen Gallery, New York City, New York
1967
Charles Fahlen, Dejong-Bergers Tentoonstellingen, Maastricht, The Netherlands
1966
Charles Fahlen, Gallery Passepartout, Copenhagen, Denmark

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GRANTS AND AWARDS
1998
Moore College of Art and Design — Grant
1994
Moore College of Art and Design — Grant
1991
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts — Individual Grant
1988
National Endowment for the Arts — Individual Grant
1986
Moore College of Art and Design — Grant
1985
Hazlett Memorial Award for Excellence in the Arts in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts — Individual Grant
1984
Moore College of Art and Design — Grant
1982
Pennsylvania Council on the Arts — Individual Grant
1980
National Endowment for the Arts — Individual Grant
1967
Fulbright-Hays Grant
1965
Elsie De Wolf Traveling Fellowship

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SELECTED PROJECTS
2002
Lunar Portal, commission for portal, 2nd Street Station, New Jersey Transit’s Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System, Hoboken, New Jersey
2000
River Ribbons, commission for walkways, Paterson Station, Paterson, New Jersey
1997
Untitled, commission for the Platform Elevator, Pedestrian Bridge Lighting and Mural at the 34th Street station, New Jersey Transit’s Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System, (Phase 1), Bayonne, New Jersey
1996
Far Fields, commission for an interior site, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Untitled, commission for a beacon (light standard) prototype, New Jersey Transit’s Hudson-Bergen Light Rail Transit System, Hudson and Bergen Counties, New Jersey
1995
Spiral Field, commission for an exterior site with landscape architect Carla Tiberi, Foran Hall, The Center for Agricultural Molecular Biology, Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, New Jersey
Planning Team For Public Art Projects; New Jersey Transit’s Hudson-Bergen Waterfront Light Rail Transit System, 17 Sites; Hudson And Bergen Counties, New Jersey
1994
Diamond Park, commission for an urban park, Philadelphia Redevelopment Authority, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1991
Colter's Hell, commission for a temporary work in conjunction with Charles Fahlen, Terra Incognita, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
1990
Devil’s Tower, multiple object in an edition of 150, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1988
Tidal Park, commission in collaboration with artist Doug Hollis for city of Port Townsend, Washington
1987
For Potter's Field, commission with Poet Stephen Berg for a temporary work for Collaborations Inc.
(We The People — 200),
Washington Square, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
1985
Insites, commission in collaboration with artists Marie Gee and Lynn Denton for temporary work for City of Philadelphia, Municipal Services Plaza, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
1983
Untitled, commission for South Philadelphia Older Adult Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1982
Major, commission for Berger Associates for Postal Workers' House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sculpture/300, commission for temporary work in Rittenhouse Square for Philadelphia Art Alliance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
Rovers, temporary work, Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, New York City, New York
1980
Oppenheimer Memorial, commission for Robert Oppenheimer Memorial Committee (not executed), Los Alamos, New Mexico
Site Works, commission for temporary work Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
1978
General Grant, commission for Mr. and Mrs. D.W. Dietrich II, Chester Springs, Pennsylvania
1977
Untitled, commission for Jack and Annette Friedland, Gladwyne, Pennsylvania
Untitled, commission for Morton Project, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1976
Untitled, commission for a temporary work, Artpark, Lewiston, New York

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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2011
Close at Hand, The Fabric Workshop & Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2010
Four Decades, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008
Cave Paintings for a Modern Aesthetic, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2005
Works on Paper, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2001
Chuck Fahlen, Ray Johnson, and Ree Morton: Works from the Seventies, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2000
Treasure Island Late 20th-Century Works by Eight Philadelphia Artists, Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1998
Pop/Abstraction, Museum of American Art of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Biennial '98 at the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
1996
Biennial '96 at the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington, Delaware
1995
Options: Selections from the Contemporary Collection Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
1992
Artists Who Interpret the Earth and Its Systems, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sculpture Explorations, Gallery At The Gershman Y, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Hard Choices, Just Rewards, traveled in Pennsylvania to Blair Art Museum, Hollidaysburg; Johnstown Art Museum, Johnstown; University Art Gallery, University of Pittsburg, Pittsburgh; Everhart Museum, Scranton; Bruce Gallery, Einkorn University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; Westminster College, New  Wilmington; The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1991
Artists Choose Artists, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,  (Catalogue)
Visions/Revisions: Selections from the Contemporary Collection, Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
The Next Show, Gallery at the State Theater Center for the Arts, Easton, Pennsylvania
1990
Contemporary Philadelphia Artists: a Juried Exhibition, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,(Catalogue)
1989
Martha Diamond, Charles Fahlen, Lois Lane, Tavelli Gallery, Aspen, Colorado
1987
New Attitudes, Recent Pennsylvania Abstraction, Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pennsylvania (Catalogue)
1986
Perspectives from Pennsylvania, Carnegie-Mellon University Art Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
Perspectives on the '60s And '70s: Selections From the Permanent Collection, Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York
Philadelphia Collects: European and American Art Since 1940, Philadelphia Museum of Art (Catalogue)
Sculpture from the Permanent Collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (Catalogue)
1985
The Challenge of Collaboration, Cleveland Center for the Arts, Cleveland, Ohio, (Catalogue)
Small Monuments, Tyler Gallery, Temple University Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1984
A Growing American Treasure: Recent Acquisitions and Highlights from the Permanent Collection, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
Naturlich, Matthews Hamilton Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Selected Recent Acquisitions, Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro (Catalogue)
Art on Paper, Weatherspoon Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro
1983
Horses, Robert Freidus Gallery, New York City, New York
Works on Paper, Matthew Hamilton Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1981
Possibly Overlooked Publications, Landfall Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (Catalogue)
1980
Material Pleasures: The Fabric Workshop, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, (Catalogue)
1979
American Sculpture 1970-1980, Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, New Jersey
Eight Sculptors, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, (Catalogue)
Contemporary Sculpture: Selection From The Collection of the Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York, (Catalogue)
Masks, Tents, Vessels and Talismans, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
Contemporary Pennsylvania Sculpture, William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
1978
Indoor/Outdoor Sculpture, Institute of Art and Urban Resources, P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York
Contemporary Drawings: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and the Philadelphia  Museum of Fine Art, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
Constructs, Organization of Independent Artists,The Bleecker Renaissance, New York City, New York
1977
Spectrum '77, Charlotte Crosby Kemper Gallery, Kansas City Art Institute, Missouri, (Catalogue)
Collection in Progress; Selections from the Collection of Milton Brutten and Helen Herrick, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
1976
Philadelphia: Three Centuries of American Art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
Philadelphia/Houston Exchange, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
Philadelphia in Washington, Pyramid Gallery, Washington, D.C.
Sculptor's Drawings, The Fine Arts Building, New York City, New York
Artist's Sketchbooks, Philadelphia College of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Artpark Art 2, Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York
PMA at MCA, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
Summer Exhibition: Outdoor Sculpture, Merriewold West, Far Hills, New Jersey, (Catalogue)
1974
Seventy-First American Exhibition, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, (Catalogue)
Made In Philadelphia 2, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
Recent Acquisitions, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1973
Biennial of Contemporary American Painting and Sculpture, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, New York, (Catalogue)
Charles Fahlen, Grappler/Ray Johnson, Fingernails, Marian Locks Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sneaker Show, Kornblee Galllery, New York City, New York
Books by Artists, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
New Generation, Richard Feigen, New York City, New York
Print Exhibition, Richard Feigen Graphics, New York City, New York
1972
Grids, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
Portfolios and Series, Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
Henri 2 Gallery, Washington, D.C.
1970
Ray Johnson's Correspondence School, Whitney Museum, New York City, New York
1969
Sculpture, Painting, Etc., Richard Feigen Gallery, New York City, New York
Drawing, Paula Cooper Gallery, New York City, New York
1968
Beyond Literalism, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Catalogue)
American Drawing 1968, Moore College of Art and Design, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Catalogue)
Philadelphia Now, The Vanderlip Stable, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
50th Anniversary Exhibition, Otis Art Institute, Los Angeles, California

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SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Aronson & Folger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Artco Ltd. Towers, Perrin, Forester & Crosby, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
AT&T, Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Berman Museum of Art, Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Dechert, Price & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado
Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Frances and Sidney Lewis, Richmond, Virginia
Museum of Modern Art, New York City, New York
Neuberger Museum, State University of New York, Purchase, New York
New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, New Jersey
The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Prudential Life Insurance, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer, Inc., Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Weatherspoon Art Gallery, University of North Carolina, Greensboro, North Carolina
Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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