Artist Statement

Chuck Fischer’s abstract Tableaux Reliefs break the plane of two-dimensional art, and often incorporate traditional trompe l’oeil painting. He creates textured and dimensional work that has been intricately hand cut and assembled from wood, aluminum, and copper to bring the surface of the work into conversation with its maze-like depth. Visual mystery is created by hiding sections of the work behind painted fabric which creates a lively interplay between perception and deception. This visual complexity runs throughout his work. He does not sketch before starting a new piece, but trusts his intuition, life experiences, and the materials at hand to create works of spacial balance and harmony.

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Biography  

Chuck Fischer’s work is in numerous corporate and private collections and was recently featured in the fine art magazines, Artists Magazine, and Woven Tale Press. Earlier in his career, Fischer created 9 pop-up books including Great American Houses and Gardens (Rizzoli/Universe) and Christmas in New York (Little, Brown & Co.). His designs are in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian's Cooper Hewitt Museum and Museum of American History, and in the Artist Book section of the Library of Congress.  Fischer is represented by Atlantic Gallery, New York City, Manolis Projects Gallery, Miami, FL, Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH and ADC Fine Art, Cincinnati, OH.

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Education  

Art Students League, New York City - Bruce Dorfman (2018, 2019, 2020)  

Attingham Trust Scholar (Great Britain – 2013)

American Academy in Rome – Visiting Artist (2007, 2010, 2020)    

B.F.A. - University of Kansas (1978)

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts – Residency (2024)

Chautauqua Institute School of Art – Summer Residency – 2025

Museum and Gallery Exhibitions  

2025
Form + Function, Ferleman Gallery, Cumberland, MD

2024
Breaking the Plane, Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

Phillips Mill 95^th Juried Exhibition, New Hope, PA

Art of the State, Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

Unfolding Dreams, Watergate Gallery, Washington, DC

Works in Wood 2024, New Hope Arts, New Hope, PA

2023 - 2024
Manolis Projects Gallery, Miami Art Week, Miami, FL

2023
Solo Exhibition, AOY Fine Arts, Solo Exhibition, Yardley, PA

Phillips Mill 94^th Juried Exhibition, New Hope, PA

Art of the State, Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA

Solo Exhibition, Atlantic Gallery, New York, New York

MIAMI: Paste Paradise, Manolis Projects, Miami, FL

2022
Equity Gallery, New York, New York

Stamford Art Association, SAA Award, Stamford, CT

Works in Wood 2022, New Hope Arts , New Hope, PA

215/610 Contemporary Gallery, Media, PA

Camelback Gallery, Best in Show, Scottsdale, AZ

14^th Annual Juried Exhibition 2022, Prince Street Gallery, New York, NY

86^th National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art

Sculpture 2022, Juror’s Award, New Hope Arts, New Hope, PA

Solo Exhibition, River House at Odette’s, New Hope, PA

Woven Tale Press – Literary and Fine Art magazine - Featured Article (2022)

2021
85^th National Midyear Exhibition, Butler Institute of American Art, 2^nd Prize

Converge, Artist Archives of the Western Reserve, Cleveland, OH

ACA Juried Exhibition, ADC Fine Arts Cincinnati, OH

2020
Sculpture 2020, New Hope Arts, New Hope, PA

83rd National Midyear Exhibition

2019
Butler Institute of American Art

By the Light of the Silvery Moon, Evansville Museum of Art

Geometrics, Site: Brooklyn

39th Juried Exhibition, Gertrude Herbert Institute of Art

2019 Summer Group Show, Isabella Garrucho Fine Art

Keep Contemporary - Santa Fe - 3rd Annual Abstract Art Invitational (2018-2019)  

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Gallery Representation

HEDGE Gallery, Cleveland, OH

Ferleman Gallery, Cumberland, MD

Manolis Projects, Miami, FL

ADC Fine Arts, Cincinnati, OH  

Bonfoey Gallery, Cleveland, OH