Chuck ScalinI'm a gleaner and a collector. I search and gather both found materials and visual information from the cities I visit and incorporate them into my work...I find, recycle, reuse, reclaim and I make. Throughout my artistic career the urban landscape hs been and continues to be a source of inspiration for me. This unending offering of found detritus, surface textures, color and architectural detail have all become part of my visual vocabulary. Through this process I have leaned to appreciate the inherent beauty found in the ordinary and the ephemeral. As a visual artist my interest extends beyond any single medium, driving me to experiment and explore various options in my photography, collage, mixed-media assemblage, kiln-fired glass and clay works and sometimes even discovering new techniques to incorporate into these mediums. I've enjoyed the challenge to push the inherent limitations for each of these mediums, allowing myself to move from medium to medium and bringing the information acquired from one into the next and then back again. I've received a BFA degree from the School of the Art Institute in Chicago and an MFA honors degree from Pratt Institute in New York City. I was fortunate to have studied with 3 gifted instructors: Roland Ginzel, Kenneth Josephson Robert Nickle. All were practicing artists and trained at the New Bauhaus at IIT in Chicago. This profound educational experience played a crucial role in my development as a professional artist and even after over 55 years, these instructors voices still resonate through my work. I'm currently a Professor Emeritus from School of the Arts, Virginia Commonwealth University, where I taught for 35 years. For the past 15 years, I also taught at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts Studio School in Richmond, Virginia My career as a professional artist has continued for over half a century. Works have been exhibited in 28 solo exhibitions and in over 250 juried and invitational exhibitions both in the US and abroad and work is include in many public and private collections. I've also been awarded seven residencies to pursue my photographic work at the Cité International des Arts in Paris, France and have also had a solo exhibition there of my photographic series titled, Unsung Views of Paris. I also created and produced 2 limited edition Artists Coloring Books, Volumes 1 & 2, (2014 & 2016). Each volume contained original artwork by 30 of the cites most admired artists. I'm honored to have also been invited to exhibit several projects for Micro Galleries that included festivals in: Jakarta, Indonesia; Cape Town, South Africa; Norwa, Australia; Kathmandu, Nepal; and Denpasar, Bali. Read More Read Less