Wednesday, June 30, 2021

#1 8 Elements - Artist Information


 Title: Texture Composition 
 photo, graphite, paper  
framed 22" x 26" 
2020-21 
$1200


Chuck Scalin is a Professor Emeritus and former Assistant Chair of the Department of Communication Art + Design at Virginia Commonwealth University. His works have been exhibited and received honors in over 250 exhibitions in both the U.S. and abroad. He obtained his BFA degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MFA degree from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York. 

After 35 years, Chuck retired from teaching at VCU but continued to teach for another 15 years in the Studio School at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. His work is included in the permanent collections of many institutions, including VMFA, VCU, Pratt Institute, the Bayley Museum, the Muscarelle Museum, Reynolds Community College, and Capital One, as well as numerous private collections worldwide. He received seven residencies at the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris, where he was honored with a solo exhibition of his urban street photography, “Unsung Views of Paris.”

Chuck Scalin lives and works in Richmond, Virginia. 


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