Charles Schweigert is primarily a painter and sculptor but enjoys delving into other mediums, as he does in this show of fabric and ceramic pieces celebrating the strange world of birds.

Originally from Michigan, he is now a resident of Cleveland Heights, having spent many years working and exhibiting in other parts of the country.

He has worked in a number of professions, primarily teaching and urban planning while continuing to develop skills in painting and sculpture. With a degree in art from Kalamazoo College and graduate work at the Center for Creative Studies in Detroit, he worked as an intern at the Art Institute of Chicago in the late 60’s where he was exposed to the work of Willem deKooning, whose paintings form a significant influence on his work. Other influences include the work of Joan Mitchell and Susan Rothenberg. He also draws inspiration from contemporary crafts, principally wood-fired ceramics and contemporary Japanese textiles and basketry.

He has exhibited widely in the Southwest, Northwest, and Northeast since the early1990’s and has had one-person shows in Santa Fe, Portland, Denver, Seattle, and Astoria, Oregon. His work is in private and corporate collections of contemporary art in the United States, Europe, Japan, and the Caribbean.