Portals From Everywhere,
The last sculpture of David E. Davis,
the founder of The Sculpture Center.

Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 

Lives and works in Cleveland Ohio, USA

 

Education and Training 

 

Bachelor of Fine Arts; Cleveland Institute of Art

Large Scale Public Sculpture Fabrication; The Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2022 New Growth, Cleveland botanical gardens Cleveland, OH

2022 From: Seed To: Root, Sculpture Center Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2015 The Female Perspective, The Gallery at Lakeland, OH

2014 The Paper Tree, Cleveland Public Theater, Cleveland, OH

2008 A Place To Dwell Sculpture Center, Cleveland, OH

2004 Rising/Bound, Groop Gallery, Cleveland, OH

 

Group Exhibitions

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2025 Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica

          The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

2022 Oh, Gods of Dust and Rainbows Front International, triennial exhibition

          Air, Water and Fire at the Akron Museum of Art

          Reconstruction at Transformer Station, Cleveland Museum of Art

          Choir exhibited at Quaker Square Curated Storefront Akron

2021 Cross Roads, Sculpture Center Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2019 seenUNseen, The Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH

2018 Amendment, CAN Triennial, Cleveland, OH

2015 The Female Perspective, The Gallery at Lakeland, OH

2012 Our Story In Art, The Gallery at Lakeland, Kirtland, OH

2012 EARTH, Seeds of A New Age, Full Circle, Cleveland, OH

2010 Journey, Ingenuity, Festival of Arts and Technology Veterans Memorial Bridge,

         Cleveland, OH

2007 48 Hours of Making Art, BK Smith Gallery, Painesville, OH

2006 AfroFuturism, Spaces Gallery, Cleveland, OH

2005 Women, Community and Culture, Sankof, Cleveland, OH

 

Artist Presentations

 

2024 Artist in the Atrium, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH

2024 Cleveland Society for Contemporary Art, Cleveland OH

2013 Dancer, Artist Presentation Nancy and Dick Bennett Collection, Cleveland, OH

2012 West Side Catholic Center, The Expressive Arts Project, Cleveland, OH

2011 Next, presentation Cleveland Institute of Art Cleveland, OH

2011 Changing Tactics, presentation, PechaKucha Night, The House of Blues,

          Cleveland, OH

2009 Building Bridges, Inc., Cleveland, OH / Tents of Hope’s “Painted Village” Rally and

          Exhibition, in Solidarity with the Refugees of Darfur, Sudan) National Mall,

          Washington, DC

 

Awards

 

2022 FRONT Art Future fellow, FRONT International Cleveland Ohio

2020 and 2022 The Ohio Arts Council ADAP Grant, Columbus, OH

2018 CAN Triennial Exhibition Prize, Collective Arts Network, Lakewood, OH

2014 Annual Artist Tribute Award, Still Point Gallery

2010 Ingenuity Project Award, a program of Ingenuity Fest, of Arts and Technology, Inc.

2009 Creative Workforce Fellowship, Community Partnership for Arts and Culture

2008 Window to Sculpture Award, a program of the Sculpture Center,

 

Corporate Commissions

 

2014 The Cleveland Public Theater

2013 The Gordon Square Arts District, Detroit Shoreway

2012 The Sisters of Charity Foundation of Cleveland, OH

2009 Green City Blue Lake, The Cleveland Museum of Natural History

2008 Let It Bee Garden, Bluestone Circle LLC and The Famicos Foundation

 

Collections

 

Hilton Cleveland Downtown, Anderson / Miller, Ltd Cleveland OH

Putnam, Case Western Reserve, Cleveland OH

Various private art patrons nationally collect Charmaine Spencer’s sculptural works. 

 

Press and Publications

 

Michael Gill “The Fifth Element, Charmaine Spencer at The Sculpture Center. CAN Journal,

a Publication of The Collective Arts Network, Art in Northeast Ohio, Winter 2021-22

 

Carrie Wise https://indepth.ideastream.org/equity-in-art-sculpting-joy/index.html

Equity In Art, “Sculpting Joy And Making Statements” September 2020

 

Dott von Schneider “Playing In The Mud, Charmaine Spencer on Overcoming Artistic

Obstacles and Channeling the Unconventional” Scene Vol. 48 Issue 46

May 17 – 23, 2017, p.30

  

Mark Horning “Best Up-And-Coming Visual Artists In Cleveland” cleveland.cbslocal.com 

April 14, 2014  

 

Mark Keffer, “Charmaine Spencer” Around Kent, vol. 4, 2014, p. 34-45

  

Julie Washington, “Eclectic Perfection” Cleveland Plain Dealer, Sunday,

April 27, 2014, p. C5

  

C.G. Baker, “Art through Dyslexia,” Still Point Gallery, November 2013,

stillpoint-gallery.com/charmaine-spencer/

  

Elizabeth Weinstein, “Sculpting Treasures,” Neighborhood Voice, April 2011, p. 12

  

Marge Perko, “Worth the Weight,” Scene Magazine, April 30-May 6, 2008, p.18