Education Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN 2006. Masters of Fine Art with emphasis on painting. College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN 1999. Bachelor of Fine Arts, Major: Painting. Teaching The Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN. 2009 present. Adjunct Professor, Fine Arts Department. Sophomore Seminar: Contemporary Practice, spring 2010 and fall/spring 2011 15; Figure Drawing, spring 2015; Painting Materials and Techniques, fall 2012; Painting Image & Text, spring 2012; Painting as Object, fall 2011; Foundation Drawing 1, fall 2009, spring 2010, and fall 2013. President MCAD Alumni Association Board of Directors, 2015 present. MCAD Board of Trustees, 2015 present. MCAD Alumni Association Board of Directors, 2012 present. Faculty Senate Adjunct Representative, spring 2014 2015. Carleton College, Northfield, MN. 2015 present. Visiting Instructor of Art, Department of Art and Art History. Field Drawing, spring 2015. The College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN. 2008-13 Adjunct Instructor, Foundation and Fine Arts Departments. Non-Traditional Drawing, spring semesters, 2007 2013; Foundation Drawing I, fall 2011-12; Foundation Drawing 2, spring 2012; Introduction to Fine Arts and Photography Studio Thesis, fall 2009; Painting I, fall 2008. Solo Exhibitions 2012 Gallery 1 at BMW, Minnetonka, MN: Spectrum. 2010 Gallery 1 at Art Lab 111, Minneapolis, MN: Works in Progress. Gallery Gray, Online exhibition: Unusual Landscapes. 2006 Rochester Art Center, Rochester, MN: I know, I know, I know. Rochester Community and Technical College, Rochester, MN: Try Fall Try. Group Exhibitions 2015 Art Inspired Music Project, McNally Smith College of Music, St. Paul, MN. FUSE, Fuse Showroom at International Market Square, Minneapolis, MN.
Group Exhibitions Continued 2015 Barnes & Thornburg + MCAD VIII, Barnes & Thornburg Law Offices, Minneapolis, MN. Reverberations, Traffic Zone Gallery, Minneapolis, MN. 2014 Barnes & Thornburg + MCAD VII, Barnes & Thornburg Law Offices, Minneapolis, MN. Barnes & Thornburg + MCAD VI, Barnes & Thornburg Law Offices, Minneapolis, MN. Phoenix on the River + MCAD II, Phoenix on the River Condominium, Minneapolis, MN. 2013 MCAD @ BI WORLDWIDE, Edina, MN: De-Line-Ation Barnes & Thornburg + MCAD VI, Barnes & Thornburg Law Offices, Minneapolis, MN. Phoenix on the River + MCAD I, Phoenix on the River Condominium, Minneapolis, MN. 2013 Barnes & Thornburg + MCAD V, Barnes & Thornburg Law Offices, Minneapolis, MN. 2012 Art du Nord, St. Paul, MN: Exhibition opening April 27. Barnes & Thornburg + MCAD IV, Barnes & Thornburg Law Offices, Minneapolis, MN. 2011 Barnes & Thornburg + MCAD III, Barnes & Thornburg Law Offices, Minneapolis, MN. 2010 Barnes & Thornburg + MCAD II, Barnes & Thornburg Law Offices, Minneapolis, MN. Barnes & Thornburg + MCAD I, Barnes & Thornburg Law Offices, Minneapolis, MN. Minnetonka Center for the Arts, Minnetonka, MN: Art Educators Juried Exhibition. 2010 Minneapolis Art Institute, Minneapolis, MN: The Foot in the Door Show 4 Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Minneapolis, MN: Water Rights 2009 Gallery Gray, Online exhibition, Tilting at Windmills. College of Visual Arts Alumni Exhibition, St. Paul, MN. Paradigm Shift: MCAD Alumni and Friends Honor Kinji Akagawa, Minneapolis, MN. 2008 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: MFA Thesis Exhibition. Soo Visual Art Center, Minneapolis, MN: MFA Thesis Exhibition.
Group Exhibitions Continued 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 (with Jeremy Szopinski). College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN: Juried Printmaking Exhibition. Selected Commissioned Murals and Large-Scale Installations Thomas Liquors, St. Paul, MN 2014 Collaborated with interns from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and Jeremy Szopinski on a 3,000 sq.ft exterior mural Pedro Park Urban Flower Field: Golden Spiral Mural, St. Paul, MN 2014 Public Arts St. Paul. Collaborated with Jeremy Szopinski on a 9,000 sq.ft exterior mural Minneapolis College of Art and Design Cafeteria, Minneapolis, MN 2013 Collaborated with interns from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design students to paint an interior mural within the college cafeteria. Approximately 500 sq.ft. Henderson Mural Project, Rochester, MN 2012. Collaborated with interns from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design students to create a 3100 sq.ft. exterior mural using fluorescent acrylic paint on steel siding. Fat Lorenzo s Italian Restaurant, Bloomington, MN 2012. Collaborated with interns from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design students to create a 1400 sq.ft. interior mural within the dining room of the restaurant. Medtronic Corporation, Fridley, MN 2011. Collaborated with Minneapolis College of Art and Design interns to create a 20 x 17 mixedmedia canvas painting installation for a 2-story atrium space within Medtronic s laboratory facilities. Fat Lorenzo s Italian Restaurant, Minneapolis, MN 1996 2010. Since 1996, I have painted nearly the entire inside and outside of the restaurant with more than 5800 sq.ft. of murals. Tractor Works Building, Minneapolis, MN 2010/11 Permanent large-scale installations of 2 paintings from the Unusual Landscape series. Dixie s Restaurant, St. Paul, MN 2006. Canvas murals permanently located in dining area of restaurant featuring Southern United States imagery as well as restaurant branding.
Selected Commissioned Murals and Large-Scale Installations Allina Hospital, St. Cloud, MN 2001 Interior mural on the ceiling of an MRI suite. College of Visual Arts, St. Paul, MN: 1998 1190 sq.ft. mural featuring an abstraction of the famous Leonardo da Vinci drawing, The Vitruvian Man. Visiting Guest Artist Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Public Art / Art in Public Places, instructor: Brad Jirka, 15 April 2013. University of Wisconsin-Stout, Senior Seminar, instructor: Tom Hollenback, 15 November 2010. Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Graduate Teaching Practicum, instructor: Lynda Monic- Isenberg, 1 November 2010. Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Multi-Media Painting, instructor: Elizabeth Erickson, 28 September, 12 and 19 October 2010. Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Graduate Teaching Practicum, instructor: Karen Wirth, 27 October 2009. Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Painting Image and Text, instructor: Elizabeth Erickson, 10 September, 15 and 22 October 2009. University of Minnesota, Life Drawing, instructor: Meg Bussey, 7 April 2009. Publications Minneapolis College of Art and Design Alumni Association Newsletter, online newsletter, On Teaching, Art, and Legacy, 3 October 2012: http://mcadalumni.tumblr.com/post/32807380283/ed-charbonneau-06-on-teaching-art-andlegacy Minneapolis College of Art and Design, On Teaching, Art, and Legacy, MCAD Zine, spring edition 2013, No. 1, Bolger, Inc., Minneapolis, MN. Quodlibetica, online arts journal, What Is In A Name?, 1 April 2010: http://www.quodlibetica.com/what-is-in-a-name/
Publications Continued Quodlibetica, online arts journal, If These Walls Could Talk, 1 December 2010: http://www.quodlibetica.com/if-these-walls-could-talk/ Quodlibetica, online arts journal, Living the Dream, 1 April 2010: http://www.quodlibetica.com/living-the-dream/ Donated Artworks Minneapolis College of Art and Design, The Auction at MCAD, Minneapolis, MN: 3 paintings sold to benefit student scholarships, 2015. Minneapolis College of Art and Design, The Auction at MCAD, Minneapolis, MN: 1 painting sold to benefit student scholarships, 2014. Minneapolis College of Art and Design, The Auction at MCAD, Minneapolis, MN: 1 painting sold to benefit student scholarships, 2013. Minneapolis College of Art and Design, Student Scholarship Fund, Minneapolis, MN: 13 paintings sold at MCAD Art Sale to benefit student scholarships, 2011. Park Nicollet Foundation, Minneapolis, MN: 1 painting, 2009. Page Education Foundation, Minneapolis, MN: 1 painting, 2009. Park Nicollet Foundation, Minneapolis, MN: 1 painting, 2008. Hennepin County Mental Health Center, Minneapolis, MN: 7 paintings, 2004. Minnesota Medical Foundation: Women s Cancer Center, St. Paul, MN: 1 painting, 2003.