Charles Ginnever is an American sculptor. He was born in San Mateo, California

San Mateo, California

San Mateo is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of approximately 100,000 , it is one of the larger suburbs on the San Francisco Peninsula, located between Burlingame to the north, Foster City to the east, Belmont to the south,...

, in 1931. In 1957, he received his BA from the San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco Art Institute

San Francisco Art Institute is a school of higher education in contemporary art with the main campus in the Russian Hill district of San Francisco, California. Its graduate center is in the Dogpatch neighborhood. The private, non-profit institution is accredited by WASC and is a member of the...

 and received his MFA from Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

 in 1959. He started working with canvas and steel scraps painted with bright patterns. The movement toward Minimalism

Minimalism

Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts...

 saw the use of color fade and he focused on steel shapes consisting of triangles and trapezoids that cause his work to change shape as the viewer moves around it. He has held numerous teaching positions while continuing to participate in solo and group shows as well receiving awards and honors from his peers.

Ginnever was a founding member of ConStruct, the artist-owned gallery that promoted and organized large-scale sculpture exhibitions throughout the United States. Other founding members include John Raymond Henry

John Raymond Henry

John Raymond Henry is an internationally renowned sculptor. Since 1971, Henry has produced many monumental and large-scaled works of art for museums, cities and public institutions across the United States, Europe and Asia...

, Kenneth Snelson

Kenneth Snelson

Kenneth Snelson is a contemporary sculptor and photographer. His sculptural works are composed of flexible and rigid components arranged according to the idea of 'tensegrity', although Snelson does not use the term....

, Lyman Kipp

Lyman Kipp

Lyman Kipp is a sculptor and painter who creates pieces that are composed of strong vertical and horizontal objects and are often painted in bold primary colors recalling arrangements by De Stijl Constructivists...

 and Mark di Suvero

Mark di Suvero

Marco Polo "Mark" di Suvero is an American abstract expressionist sculptor born Marco Polo Levi in Shanghai, China in 1933 to Italian expatriates. He immigrated to San Francisco, California in 1942 with his family. From 1953 to 1957, he attended the University of California, Berkeley to study...

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Education/Distinctions

1931 Born in San Mateo, California

1949-51 San Mateo Junior College, San Mateo, California, A.A.

1953 Alliance Francaise, Paris, France

1954 Universita per Stranieri, Perugia, Italy

1953-55 Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, Paris, France under Ossip Zadkine

1955 Atelier 17, Paris, France, under Stanley W. Hayter

1955-57 California School of Fine Arts (San Francisco Art Institute), B.A.

1957-59 Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, M.F.A.

United States

California

• Heavy Metal, 1983, Bank of America Technology Center, Concord
• Squared, 1986, Private Collection, Fullerton
• Bop, 1980, Foss Creek Pathway, Healdsburg
• Crazed, 1980, Foss Creek Pathway, Healdsburg
• Untitled (In Homage to My Father), 1985, Hewlett-Packard Corporation, Palo Alto,
• Squared II, 1987, Koll Center, Bernal Corporate Park, Pleasanton
• Rashomon (3 units), 1998, Di Rosa Collection, Napa
• Troika, 1976, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
• San Mateo Bridge, 1978, Meridien Hotel, San Francisco
• Slant Rhyme Series #20, 1992, Paradise Ridge Winery & Sculpture Grove, Santa Rosa
• Hangover II, 1982, Juilliard Park, Santa Rosa
• Chicago Triangles, 1979, Littlefield Center, Stanford
• The Three Graces, 1975–81, Littlefield Center, Stanford
• Luna Moth Walk I, 1982, Meyer Library, Stanford University
• Kitsune, 1990, Runnymede Sculpture Farm, Woodside
• Ibis, 1987, Runnymede Sculpture Farm, Woodside
• Didymous, 1987, Runnymede Sculpture Farm, Woodside
• Python, 1980, Runnymede Sculpture Farm, Woodside
• Zeus II, 1992, Runnymede Sculpture Farm, Woodside

District of Columbia

• Untitled, 1968, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
• Untitled (Squares), 1968, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
• Maquette for Protagoras, 1976, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington
• Untitled, 1968, National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington

Florida

• Hangover, 1982, Martin Z. Margulies Sculpture Park, Florida International University, Miami

Illinois

• Icarus, 1975, Nathan Manilow Sculpture Park, Governor's State University, University Park

Louisiana

• The Bird (for Charlie Parker), 1979, K & B Corporation, New Orleans

Massachusetts

• Texas Triangles, 1983, DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln

Michigan

• Daedalus, 1975, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor

Minnesota

• Rubenstein, 1984, James Ford Bell Research Center, General Mills, Inc., Minneapolis
• Protagoras, 1976, General Services Administration, U.S. Courthouse, St. Paul
• Nautilus, 1976, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
• Model for Nautilus, 1976, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
• Wakanhdi, 1975, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis

Missouri

• Crete, 1978, Laumeier International Sculpture Park, St. Louis

Nebraska

• Shift, 1985, Sheldon Memorial Art Museum and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln

New Jersey

• Scorpio, 1990, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton

New York

• Knossos, 1990, Leonard Riggio, Bridgehampton
• 3+1, 1967, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
• Koronas, 1978, SUNY Plaza, Albany
• Atlantis, 1981, State University of New York, Buffalo
• 1971, 1971, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
• Fayette: For Charles and Medgar Evers, 1971, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville
• Prospect Mountain Project (For David Smith), 1979, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville

Ohio

• Dansa, 1981, Cleveland Lakefront State Park, Cleveland
• Movin' on for Jesse Owens, 1980, Dave Hall Plaza, Dayton
• Split II, 1973, Hobart Brothers Company Sculpture Park, Trade Square East, Troy

Pennsylvania

• Stretch, 1980–81, Hartwood Acres Park, Allegheny County

Texas

• Pisa, 1984, Spring Valley Center Management, SVC Leasing & Management, Dallas, Texas
• Pueblo Bonito, 1974–77, Knox Triangle, Houston
• Troika, 1978, Science and Research Building 2, University of Houston, Houston

Vermont

• 4 the 5th (of Beethoven), 1972, Southern Vermont Arts Center, Manchester

Washington

• Troika, 1976–77, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington

West Virginia

• Charleston Arch, 1980, U.S. Post Office, Charleston

Wisconsin

• Olympus, 1976, Lynden Sculpture Garden, Milwaukee

International

Australia

• Green Mountain Blue II, 1978, Australian National Gallery, Canberra

Philippines

• Nike, 1996, APEC Sculpture Garden, PICC, Manila

Other Work

• Apollo, 1984
• Blue and Black, 1979
• Calligraphic Sculpture, 1958
• Cobra, 1984
• Crab, 1982
• Dante's Rig, 1964, lost in studio fire 2003
• Dementia, 1997
• Détente, 1974
• Dovecotes, 1972
• Gallop-A-Pace, 1979
• Ghost of Isenheim, 1961
• Godard’s Dream, 1982
• Gothic Series #1, 1965
• Gyro I, 1982
• Ithaca, 1959
• Koronos II, 1978
• Lavade (for Linda), 1974
• Les Funambules, 1988
• Luna Moth Walk II, 1982.
• Luna Moth Walk III, 1982.
• M.P. #2, 2005
• M.P. #3, 2005
• Mobius #1, 2005
• Moonwalker I, 1989
• Moonwalker IV, 1991
• Moonwalker V, 1991
• Moonwalker VI, 1991
• No Place to Hide, 1986.
• Pas de Deux, 1991
• Satellite (for Ronald Bladen), 1987
• Stack, 1985
• Tandem II, 1980
• Three Steel Plates, 1977
• Torque, 1990
• Untitled, 1966
• Untitled, 1971
• Untitled (A/P), 1986
• Untitled, Herculoy, 1986
• Zeus, 1975