
Charissa B. Brock
Education
- 2000 MFA , Fibers, Tyler School of Art Temple University Elkins Park, PA
- 1994 BFA Center for Creative Studies/College of Art and Design, Detroit, MI
Permanent Collections
- Arizona State University Museum
- PNCA (formerly Museum of Contemporary Craft)
- Johnson Wax Co.
- River Place Hotel in Portland Oregon
- Hyatt Regency Maui
- Ritz-Carlton Yacht collection
Awards
- 2018 Artist in Residence, Donkey Mill Art Center, Hawaii
- 2017 “Who wants to go to Japan” traveling award, includes being featured on September 14th tv show.
- 2017 Regional Arts Cultural Council Technical Assistance Grant, Portland, OR
- 2003 Regional Arts Cultural Council Project Grant, Portland, OR
- 2003 Regional Arts Cultural Council Technical Assistance Grant, Portland, OR
- 2002 American Bamboo Society Award
- 2000 Ethel Skeans Clifford Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
- 2000 Project Completion Grant, Tyler School For the Arts, Elkins Park, PA
- 1999 Rome Art and Culture Tuition Scholarship, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
- 1999 Tuition Scholarship. Patrick Dougherty’ Workshop Anderson Ranch, Snowy Mass Village, CO
- 1998/99 Fiber Department Technical Assistantship, Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, PA
- 1996 Ethel Skeans Clifford Scholarship, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
- 1990 Four Year Scholarship, Center for Creative Studies/College of Art and Design, Detroit, MI
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions
2021 Current Works by Charissa Brock, Guardino Gallery Portland OR
“Volantem Colorum” Solo exhibition, Riversea Gallery, Astoria OR
2017 OutFound Series Festival, Large Scale Temporary outdoor instillation, Hood River, OR
- 2016 “Aqueous” Solo Exhibition, Riversea Gallery, Astoria, OR
- 2014 “Of Earth and Sky”, Bullseye Glass Gallery, Portland OR
- 2007 “Bamboo Sculpture” Cervini Haas, Scottsdale, AZ
- 2007 “A Story without Words”, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2006 North Window Project, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, Portland, OR
- 2005 “Meditations From the Grove”, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe NM
- 2003 “Passages”, Museum of Contemporary Crafts, Portland, OR
- 2003 “Implements of Recollection”, Gallery Zen, Portland, OR
- 2001 Recent Works by Charissa Brock, AVA Gallery, Astoria, OR
- 2000 MFA Thesis Exhibition, Temple Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- 2000 Recent Works by Charissa Brock, Noeware Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- 1995 Recent Works by Charissa Brock, Mask Gallery, Hamtramck, MI
Selected Exhibitions
2021Crafting America, a new exhibition developed by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville, AR Curated by Jen Padgett and Glenn Adamson,
2020 Northwest Designer Craftsman show, Museo Gallery, Langley WA
2020 “Currents 2020” NWDC exhibition, The Schack, Seattle WA
- 2019 “Pattern & Structure” Allen Family Focus Gallery, Anacortes Arts Festival, WA
- 2018 Sitka Invitational, Portland, OR
- 2018 Northwest Designer Craftsman show, Washington Convention Center, Seattle WA
- 2018 “Bamboo” Viewpoints Gallery, Maui, HI
- 2017 Teapots 11, Morgan Contemporary Glass, Pittsburg, PA
- 2016 – 2020, “Rooted, Revived, Reinvented: Basketry in America”, sponsored by the National Basketry Organization
- 2017 Viewpoints Gallery Summer Exhibition, Makawao, Maui
- 2017 National Basketry Organization Conference Faculty Exhibition, American Art Co., Tacoma WA Selected Exhibitions continued
- 2016 Bending Nature: Four Bamboo Artists in the Garden Portland’s Japanese Garden, OR
- 2016 Interconnections:The Language of Basketry, Curated by Carol Eckart, Hunterdon Art Museum, Compton NJ
- 2014 ’Living With Craft’, Wayne Art Center, Wayne PA
- 2014 Sitka Annual Art invitational, Portland, OR
- 2014 Considering the Kylix: Contemporary Interpretations of a Classical Form, Peters Valley’s Sally D Francisco Gallery
- 2014 Sculpture Encounters Horticulture, Blithwold Mansion and Gardens, Bristol, RI
- 2014 9th international Fiber Biennial, Snyderman/The Works, Philadelphia, PA
- 2013 Sitka Annual Art invitational, Portland, OR
- 2013 “East and West: Asian Influences on Contemporary American Craft,”, Ohio Craft Museum
- 2013 Art in Nature, Wayne Art Center, Philadelphia PA
- 2012 “Bamboo Art, Meditation and Transformation” 3 person exhibition Portland’s Japanese Garden, Portland, OR
- 2012 The Metro show, NYC, represented by Cavin Morris Gallery
- 2011 “Process and Presence: Selections from the Museum of Contemporary Craft”, Maryhill Museum, Goldendale, WA
- 2010 “Contained Excitement”, Cavin-Morris Gallery, New York, NY
- 2010 “Resilire”, Anka Gallery, Portland, OR
- 2009 “The Sarah and David Lieberman Collection”, Bellevue Art Museum, WA
- 2008 “Bamboo By Design”, Fountainhead Gallery, Seattle, WA
- 2007 “Interwoven, Contemporary Baskets”, Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, OH
- 2007 “Mystery Contained”, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
- 2007 “Traditions and Innovations IV”, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
- 2007 “Connected: Annual Basketry Invitational”, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
- 2006 “Natural Cycles: A Celebration of Art in the Forest”, Tryon Creek State Park, Portland, OR
- 2006 “Craftforms 2006 Award Winners Exhibition”, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA
- 2006 “Beyond Structure”, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2006 “Defining the Bamboo Aesthetic”Museum of Contemporary Crafts, Portland, OR
- 2006 Fiber Survey 2006”, Snyderman/The Works, Philadelphia, PA
- 2001 – 2006 “No Boundaries: Contemporary Baskets”, Milton Hershey School Art Museum; Hershey, Pennsylvania, The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum; Colorado Springs, CO, Noyes Museum of Art; Oceanville, NJ, Southeastern Oklahoma State University; Durant, OA, West Bend Art Museum, West Bend, Wisconsin, Union College, Schenectady, New York, Del Rio Council for the Arts. Del Rio, Texas, Copia: American Center for Wine, Food, and the Arts. Napa, CA, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
- 2005 Annual Basketry Invitational, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale AZ
- 2005 “Intertwined: Contemporary Baskets from the Sara and David Lieberman Collection” Arizona State University Museum, Tempe AZ
- 2005 “Bamboo: The Elegant Grass”, Fiber Arts Center, Amherst, MA
- 2005 “Northwest Artists”, Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
- 2005 “All Things Considered III”, North Tahoe Arts Center, Tahoe City, CA
- 2005 “Particle Theories:International Pate De Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulation”, Wheaton Village Museum of Glass, NJ
- 2005 “Material Content: Basketry Sculpture in the 21st Century” Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
- 2004 “Survey of Contemporary Baskets”, Snyderman/The works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
- 2004 “Asian Fusion”, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2003 “2nd Contemporary Basket Invitational”, The American Art Company, Tacoma, WA
- 2003 The Art of Basketry, Jane Sauer Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
- 2002 “Fiber Survey 2002″ , Snyderman/The Works, Philadelphia, PA
- 2001 “Contemporary Baskets, No Boundaries”, The Society of Arts and Crafts, Boston, MA
- 2000 “The Woven Figure”, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
- 2000 “Voyages”, Mariposa Gallery, Albuquerque, NM
- 1999 “Art and Nature”, Paint Creek Center for the Arts, Rochester Hills, MI
- 1998 “9th Annual Basketry Invitational”. Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
- 1997 “8th Annual Basketry Invitational”, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
- 1996 “7th Annual Basketry Invitational”, Sybaris Gallery, Royal Oak, MI
- 1995 “Currents ’95”, Lil Street Gallery, Chicago, IL
Publications and Media
- 2017 Making Good: An Inspirational Guide to Being an Artist Craftsman by Jacklyn Scott, Kristin Muller, Tommy Simpson, and Stuart Kestenbaum
- 2016 Glass Art: 112 Contemporary Artists 1st Edition, by Barbara Purchia and E. Ashley Rooney
- 2013 Journal of Wealth Development, cover
- 2009 American Style Magazine, Winter 2009-2010 Issue
- 2008 American Style Magazine, April Issue
- 2006 Lake Oswego Review, September 14th Page A1
- 2006 Bamboo, The Magazine of the American Bamboo Society, July
- 2006 Selvedge, Issue 11
- 2006 Selvedge, Issue 10
- 2006 Crafts Report, June 2006
- 2005 Shuttle, Spindle, and Dyepot Spring 2005
- 2005 “Particle Theories:International Pate De Verre and Other Cast Glass Granulation” Catalog
- 2005 Glass Art, The magazine for the Art Glass Industry. May/June 2005
- 2004 “Good Day Life Styles” Artist Profile, September 4, 2004, KPTV Fox 12 Oregon
- 2003 “Charissa Brock” Maker Profiles, Odyssey Video, Suffolk, England.
- 2004 “No Boundaries: Contemporary Baskets” Exhibits USA Catalog
- 2003 Bamboo, The Magazine of the American Bamboo Society, January 2003
- 2002 Bamboo Style, by Gayle Goldberg, Gibbs Smith Publisher
- 2001 Nouvel Objet 6, Design House Publications, Seoul, Korea 2001
- 2001 Bamboo, The Magazine of the American Bamboo Society, June 2001 (Cover)
- 2001 Bamboo, The Magazine of the American Bamboo Society, April 2001
- 2000 American Craft, Oct/Nov 2000
- 2000 FiberArts, Nov/Dec 2000 and Sept/Oct 2000
Public Lectures
- 2017 “Story talk with Charissa Brock”, Hui No’eau Visual Art Center, Maui, Hawaii
- 2014 Bamboo Art, in conjunction with “Modern Twist” Ruth Funk Center for Textiles, Melborn FL
- 2013 Bullseye Glass resource Center
- 2010 American Bamboo Society
- 2010 convention, Savannah, GA
- 2009 American Bamboo Society
- 2009 convention, Tacoma WA
- 2009 Nation Basketry Org Tenth Anniversary Conference, Portland OR
- 2009 Columbia Basin Basketry Guild, Portland OR
- 2007 Tryon Creek State Park
- 2006 Oregon College of Arts and Crafts
- 2006 Contemporary Crafts Gallery and Museum Portland, OR
- 2005 Creative Glass, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2003 Creative Glass, Zurich, Switzerland
- 2003 Contemporary Crafts Gallery and Museum Portland, OR
- 2003 Gallery Zen, Portland, OR
- 2000 Sculptural Objects, Functional Art, Chicago, Illinois
- 2000 Center for Creative Studies, College of Art and Design, Detroit, MI
