Charles Ginnever

Charles Ginnever is an American sculptor. He was born in San Mateo, California, in 1931. In 1957, he received his BA from the San Francisco Art Institute and received his MFA from Cornell University in 1959. He started working with canvas and steel scraps painted with bright patterns. The movement toward Minimalism saw the use of color fade and he focused on steel shapes consisting of triangles and trapezoids that cause his work to change shape as the viewer moves around it.[1] He has held numerous teaching positions while continuing to participate in solo and group shows as well receiving awards and honors from his peers.

Ginnever was a founding member of ConStruct, the artist-owned gallery that promoted and organized large-scale sculpture exhibitions throughout the United States. Other founding members include John Raymond Henry, Kenneth Snelson, Lyman Kipp and Mark di Suvero.

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Education/Distinctions

1931 Born in San Mateo, California
1949-51 San Mateo Junior College, San Mateo, California, A.A.
1953 Alliance Francaise, Paris, France
1954 Universita per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy
1953-55 Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris, France under Ossip Zadkine
1955 Atelier 17, Paris, France, under Stanley W. Hayter
1955-57 California School of Fine Arts (San Francisco Art Institute), B.A.
1957-59 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, M.F.A.

Monumental Sculptures and Public Works

United States

California

District of Columbia

Florida

Illinois

Louisiana

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Nebraska

New Jersey

New York

Ohio

Pennsylvania

Texas

Vermont

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

International

Australia

Philippines

Other Work

References

  1. ^ Boettger, Suzaan (2004). Earthworks: Art and the Landscape of the Sixties. University of California Press. pp. 4–5. ISBN 9780520241169.