Charlie Milgrim

Intro

I am a multimedia artist from New York City and moved to the Bay Area in my 20’s to attend the California College of the Arts, and later received my MFA from U.C. Berkeley. I have since participated in the Bay Area arts community through exhibition and curation and have been a member of the Mercury 20 Gallery for the past 9 years.

My work examines the ties and lies between history, science, and culture, whether considering environmental degradation, cultural detritus, or the relationship between money and militarism. I work with a wide range of materials, from photography to tar paper made three dimensional, to precariously arranged found objects, such as bowling balls.

My studio is in Berkeley, CA, next to the railroad tracks.

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CHARLIE MILGRIM

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

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NESTS, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2021

WATER IN MOTION, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2020

STREET CODE, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2019

Accretion / Erosion, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2018

Hallucinatory Participation: See Art, Be Art, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2017

Bethlehem (in ruins), Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2015

BETHLEHEM, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2014

Utility Access, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2013

Secret Fields, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2012

Dark Alliances, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA

2011

Stealth Reverie, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
On the Precipice, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2010

Spiral Jetsam, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA
Creatures of Culture, Rhythmix Cultural Center, Alameda, CA

2009

Vexing History, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2008

Ascensions, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
Homeland, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA

2007

The Gallery of Urban Art, Oakland, CA

1999

Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA

1997

Gallery 16, San Francisco, CA

1996

OK Harris, New York City, NY

1993

Introductions, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

EXHIBITIONS (selected other)

2024

· Absence / Presence, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

· Mine the Gap, Mercury 20 Gallery, Oakland, CA

2010

Strange Nature, Mercury 20, Oakland Ca

2010

The Seduction of Duchamp, Bay Area Artists’ Response, Artzone 461, San Francisco, CA and Art Museum of Los Gatos

2009

The Seduction of Duchamp, Slaughterhouse Space, Healdsburg CA

2008

Politique Poetique, Skyline College, CA

2008

Guerrilla Installation: Park(ing) Day, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA

2008

Featured Artist: Art and Soul, Oakland, CA

2007

hyper ordinary, Y2Y Gallery (curated by Francesca Pastine), San Francisco, CA

2007

The Big Bang, Mercury 20, Oakland, CA

2007

The Art of Food, K Gallery, Alameda, CA

2006

Virology, Lobot Gallery, Oakland, CA

2004

Union Street Studios, Oakland, CA

2002

Being There: 45 Oakland Artists, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA

2001

Gravity, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA

1999

Soker Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Sculpture Exhibition Number 5, The Object, Oakland Museum, Oakland
Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA

1998

Di Rosa Preserve, Napa, CA

1997

Toys in Contemporary Art, d.p. Fong Galleries San Jose, CA

1996

Cooking the World, Falkirk Cultural Center, San Rafael, CA

1994

On Shaky Ground, Gallery 494, New York City, NY
Measuring Up, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Mirror, Mirror, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose CA

1993

MFA/ UCB, University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA

1992

San Francisco Art Institute Annual: Nine Bay Area Women, San Francisco

1991

Site: Western Union, Haines Gallery, San Francisco, CA

EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts, University of California Berkeley
Bachelor of Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, Oakland CA

AWARDS
Murphy Graduate Fellowship, San Francisco Foundation
Simpson Graduate Fellowship Award, U.C Berkeley
Artists in the Schools Residency Grant, California Arts Council

REVIEWS/ ARTICLES
Art Fairs SF, Stretcher.org, Tuesday, June 26th, 2012
Kenneth Baker, Bay Area arts picks, June 14, SFGate (PDF)
Lea Feinstein, Focus: Oakland, Oakland’s Gallery Scene Boasts a Growing Murmur, Art LTD, Bay Area Special Supplement, May 2012. Pg 28-29
THESE ARE THE PEOPLE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD Sixteen Years of Gallery 16, published by Gallery 16, January 2011
DeWitt Chang, “Co-Options at Mercury 20,” East Bay Express, Oct 19, 2011
DeWitt Chang,”Going the Distance” East Bay Express, May 18, 2011
Dave Newhouse, Oakland Tribune, 2009
Mary Eisenhart “Don’t Miss” SF chronicle, March, 2009
DeWitt Cheng, EB express, March, 2009
Jori Finkel,  East Bay Express, Visual Arts Over There, April 25, 1997
Mark Van Proyen, Artweek, May 1997
Harry Roche,  San Francisco Bay Guardian, April 2, 1997
Kevin Connely,  The New Yorker Magazine, spotlight review of OK Harris exhibition Dec 23-30, 1996 an d January 4, 1997
Jamie Brunson, “San Francisco Fax,” Art Issues, September/ October 1993
Kenneth Baker, “Welcome Introductions”, San Francisco Chronicle, July 18, 1993
David Bonetti, “Still Life, New Life at ‘Introductions’, San Francisco Examiner, July 16, 1993
Ramsey Bell Breslin, “The Aesethic s of Loss” East Bay Express May 28, 1993
Harry Roche, “Critics Choice”, San Francisco Bay Guardian. May 12 1993
Jamie Brunson and Mark Levy, “On the Scene: SAN FRANCISCO,” Artspace December 1992
Kenneth Baker, “Art Institutes Topical Turn” San Francisco Chronicle, September 9, 1992
Terri Cohn, “Advanced Placements” Visions, Summer 1992
Mark Van Proyen, “Miniature Show” Artweek, Jan. 16 1992