Education

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN 2006 Masters of Fine Art with emphasis on painting

• Merit scholarship winner, 2005

• Teaching Assistant, Foundation Figure Drawing, fall semester 2005

• Consulted MCAD undergraduate mural project at Carmichael Lynch Advertising, Minneapolis, MN, 2004

• Paintings featured in graduate college’s promotional poster and mailings, 2004-2005

College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN 1995-1999

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Valedictorian Major: Painting

• Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Printmaking, 1999

• Teaching Assistant Volunteer, Drawing I, 1999

• Best painting award, juried student exhibition, 1999

• Paintings included in juried student exhibitions, 1996-1999

• Paintings featured in college’s catalogues, 1998-2002 editions

• Gallery committee, 1998

• First runner-up of the Virginia H. Rahjia scholarship competition, 1998

• Winner of the Virginia H. Rahjia scholarship competition, 1997

Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio 1988-1989

Foundation course work

Solo Exhibitions

2010

Gallery Gray, online exhibition: Unusual Landscape.

2006

Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN: I know, I know, I know.

Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester, MN: Try Fall Try.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009

Gallery Gray, online exhibition: Tilting at Windmills.

College of Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, St. Paul, MN.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design Faculty Exhibition, Minneapolis, MN.

College of Visual Arts Alumni Exhibition, St. Paul

Paradigm Shift: MCAD Alumni and Friends Honor Kinji Akagawa, Minneapolis, MN.

2008

College of Visual Arts Faculty Exhibition, (August 2008), St. Paul, MN.

College of Visual Arts Alumni Exhibition, St. Paul, MN.

Open Studio, St. Paul, MN.

Dunn Bros Minneapolis Central Library, I collaborated with the students of my   

CVA Drawing IV: Non-Traditional Drawing class on a 7’x14’ mixed media drawing. Dunn Bros exhibited the finished work as part of our final critique in May.

2007

Tweed Museum of Art, Duluth, MN: University of Minnesota Duluth Faculty Biennial.

2006

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN: Minnetonka Exchange.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN: Thesis Exhibition.

Soo Visual Art Center, Minneapolis, MN: Thesis Exhibition.

2005

Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester, MN: Faculty Exhibition.

Minnetonka Center for the Arts: Minnetonka, MN: Minnetonka Biennial.

2004

Speedboat Gallery, St. Paul, MN: At It Again.

College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN: Juried Printmaking Exhibition.

2003

Minnetonka Center for the Arts: Minnetonka, MN: Annual Holiday Exhibition.

Gilded Star Gallery, Rochester, MN: Three paintings.

2002

Minnetonka Center for the Arts: Minnetonka, MN: Annual Holiday Exhibition.

Minnetonka Center for the Arts: Minnetonka, MN:

Frank Gehry House Exhibition.

Teaching

The Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.

Adjunct Faculty, Fine Arts Department: Foundation Drawing 1, fall 2009 and spring 2010;

Sophomore Seminar: Contemporary Practice, spring 2010.

The College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN

Adjunct Instructor, Fine Arts Department: Introduction to Fine Arts and Photography Studio Thesis, fall 2009; Drawing IV: Non-Traditional Drawing, spring 2008, 2009, and 2010; Painting I, fall 2008.

International Baccalaureate, St. Paul and Minneapolis, MN.

Assistant Examiner: Visual Arts, spring 2009.

Studio artwork examiner for Harding, Southwest, and Great River High Schools.

University of Minnesota Duluth at Rochester, Rochester, MN.

Assistant Professor, American Art of the 20th Century, Spring 2007.

Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester, MN.

Adjunct Art Department Instructor, fall 2004 - spring 2007.

Beginning Drawing, painting, and photography classes.

Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN.

Teaching assistant for Foundation Figure Drawing with Michael Kareken, Fall 2005.

Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN.

Community education classes, drawing and art history, 2003 – 2005

Minnetonka Center for the Arts: Minnetonka, MN

Summer youth classes:

Giant Puzzle Class: 96 sq.ft.  Coordinated 8 students, 2005.

Self-Portrait Mural: 900 sq.ft. Coordinated 16 students, 2004.

Abstract Painting Class: Collaboration with 16 students, 2003.

Harding High School:  St. Paul, MN

Directed students to transform large areas within Harding’s institutional architecture into more vibrant and stimulating school environments.

City of the World Mural: 1260 sq.ft. Coordinated 150 students, 2003.

Globe Mural: 640 sq.ft. Coordinated 60 students, 2003.

Math Hallway Mural: 100 sq.ft. Coordinated 60 students, 2003.

Forest Mural: 550 sq.ft. Coordinated 90 students, 2000.

Rochester Neighborhood Resource Center: Rochester, MN.

Directed the painting of a Ford Taurus to resemble the Earth. The car was then used at public

events to raise awareness of racial relations within the city of Rochester, 2003.

Target Market Youth Anti-Tobacco Project: St. Paul, MN (Various projects, 2001-02)

Directed youth members in many large-scale painting projects.  Projects involving over 1000 participants produced large-scale artworks that were used locally, nationally, and internationally to demonstrate against tobacco companies’ use of youth directed advertising.

Public and Private Collections

Allina Hospitals, St. Paul, MN

Carl and Lisa Aaro, Stillwater, MN

Geoffrey and Leise Annison, Canberra, AUS

Sharon Berven, St. Paul, MN

Tom and Patty Burns, Burnsville, MN

Mandy and Bill Carlson, Minneapolis, MN

The College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN

Tom de Rosier, Los Angels, CA

Kris and Kristi Douglas, Rochester, MN

Don and Bev Forsman, Minneapolis, MN

Abbey Geisler, Egan, MN

Koppy and Daryl Hansen, Minneapolis, MN

Hennepin County

Hennepin County Mental Health Center

Bill Hood, Minneapolis, MN

Jeff Jones, St. Paul, MN

Tim and Laura Laughlin, Minneapolis, MN

Charlie and Becky Lyon, Minneapolis, MN

Jessie and Liz Martin, Minneapolis, MN

John and Linda Meneely, Minneapolis, MN

Dick and Nancy Nicholson, St. Paul, MN

Brian and Colleen Nicol, Omaha, NE

Dan Roth, St. Paul, MN

Jim Rubin, Minneapolis, MN

Scott and Laura Siegel, Eagan, MN

Michael Sullivan, St. Paul, MN

Molly and Brad Winkles, Lake Elmo, MN

Karen Wirth, Minneapolis, MN

Edward R. Charbonneau

Selected Commissioned Murals

Fat Lorenzo’s Italian Restaurant, Minneapolis, MN. 1996-2010.

Since 1996, I have painted almost the entire inside and outside of the building with more than 5800 sq.ft. of murals. This next spring, I will be completing new exterior murals that were begun in the spring of 2008.

The Onion Newspaper, Minneapolis, MN: 176 sq.ft. collage mural, 2006.

Dixie’s Restaurant, St. Paul, MN: 200 sq.ft. mural, 2006.

Claridge Condominiums, Minneapolis, MN: Five 77sq.ft. murals, 2005.

Carmichael Lynch Advertising, Minneapolis, MN: Two 80 sq.ft. murals, 2005.

St. Paul Saints Baseball, St. Paul, MN: Homerun Mural: 390 sq.ft. 2002.

Leaning Tower of Pizza, Minneapolis, MN: Florence Mural, 112 sq.ft. 2002.

Northwest Liquors, Rochester, MN: Italy Murals, 340 sq.ft. 2001.

Allina Hospital, St. Cloud, MN: MRI Suite Cloud Mural, 150 sq.ft. 2001.

Italian Pie Shop, St. Paul, MN: Looking Back, Mural, 1250 sq.ft. 2001.

Barlow Plaza, Rochester, MN: Our River of Growth, Mural 5280 sq.ft. 2000.

Recognized by the Committee for Urban Development for enriching the Rochester community.

Minnesota Brewing Company, St. Paul, MN: Rathskeller Restoration, 80 sq.ft. 2000.

Ace Hardware, St. Paul, MN: One Replaces the Other, Mural, 580 sq.ft. 1999.

College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN: Interpretation of a Body, Mural, 1190 sq.ft. 1998.

Thomas Liquors, St. Paul, MN: Vineyard Mural, 1400 sq. ft. 1997.

Ed Charbonneau's Curriculum Vitae