Charlotte Cain
lives and works in Sebastopol, CA
Educational Experience
B.S., Painting and Education, Rhode Island School of Design, 1963Professional Experience
Visiting Artist, Art Institute of Chicago, 1979Painted with master miniaturists, Bannu Sharma, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India and Vijay
Sharma, Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, India, 1996-1997
Solo Exhibitions
Room for Painting, Room for Paper, San Francisco, 2010Widener Gallery, Trinity College, Hartord, Connecticut, 2009
Icon, Fairfield, Iowa 2009, 2006, 2006, 2004
The Attic, New Delhi, India 2008
Kriti Gallery, Varanasi, India, 2007-8
Des Moines Art Center, 2007
Visible/Invisible, Sinclair Gallery, Coe College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2006
Experimental Arts Gallery, Habitat Centre, New Delhi, India, 2006
Sherry Leedy, Kansas City, 2006
Mills Gallery, Central College, Pella, Iowa, 2006
Octagon Center, Ames Iowa, 2005
Unity Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa, 2005
Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa, 2004
Mythos, Iowa City, 2004
Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, Iowa, 2004
Gallery 51, Fairfield, Iowa, 2003
Retrospective, Unity Gallery, Iowa, 2003
Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, 1992
Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, 1982
Roger Litz Gallery, New York, 1982
Selected Group Exhibitions
Everywhere and Nowhere, Siri Fort Auditorium, New Delhi, 2009
Large Works, Icon, Fairfield, Iowa 2008-9
Sophie’s Attic, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 2008
Icon, Fairfield, Iowa 2008
Teeple Hansen Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa, 2008
Midnight Full of Stars, Visual Arts Center of New Jersey, Summit, New Jersey, 2008
Icon Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa 2007
Sherry Leedy Gallery, Kansas City, 2005, 2007
Marsala, The William Benton Museum, Storrs, Connecticut, 2004
World Artworks Exhibition, Highpoint, North Carolina, 2004
Icon 2 Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa 2004
Karolyn Sherwood Gallery, Des Moines 2003
Faculty Show, Unity Gallery, Fairfield, Iowa annually 1981-2007
Gallery 51, Fairfield, Iowa, 2002
Iowa Artists 2000, Des Moines Art Center, 2000
Iowa Artists 1998, Des Moines Art Center, 1998
Community, Heartland Gallery, Des Moines Iowa, 1993
Field Effects: Gallery of Art, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls
Nancy Lurie, Chicago, annually 1980-1982, 1988-1991
Stella Polaris, Los Angeles, annually 1983-1986
Oranges & Sardines Gallery, Los Angeles, 1981
Providence Art Club, Providence, Rhode Island, 1965
Aspen Art Gallery, Aspen, Colorado, 1964
University of Rhode Island Gallery, 1963
D'Attoro-Tarnoff Gallery, Providence, Rhode Island, 1962
One-Person Shows of Knitted Hangings:
Institute for Creative Arts, Fairfield, Iowa, 1987
Olsen/Larson Gallery, Des Moines, annually 1981-1983
Stella Polaris Gallery, Los Angeles, 1982
Unity Gallery, MIU, Fairfield, Iowa, 1981
McNeider Museum, Mason City, Iowa, 1980
Nancy Lurie Gallery, Chicago, 1979
Lenore Gray Gallery, Providence, 1979
Second Story Gallery, Los Angeles, 1979
Hadler Rodriquez, New York, 1979
Celebrations Gallery, San Diego, 1979
Jan’s Gallery, Des Moines 1979
Burlington Art Guild, Burlington, Iowa, 1978
Selected Private Collections
Agnes Martin, Taos, New MexicoSuresh Neotia, New Delhi and Varanasi, India
Jeff Fleming, Des Moines, Iowa
Kapil Jariwala, London
Kathryn Myers, Storrs, Connecticut
Steve and Karen Rubin, Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Paul and Dayssi Olarte de Kanavos, New York City
Patrick Clancy and Gwen Widmer, Kansas City, Missouri
Serge and Gisela Tcherepnin, Paris, France
Andrew Swan, Chicago, Illinois
Mike Lyon, Kansas City, Missouri
Jack K Balcombe,, Lorimor, Iowa
Navneet Raman, Varanasi, India
Aruna Raman, Varansi, India
David Kaplan, Boone, North Carolina
Kyle and Chandra Cleveland, Boone, North Carolina
Michael and Mara Laughrin, Cleveland, Ohio
David Dunlap, Iowa City
Fred Smith, Iowa City
Susan Lefkowitz, Oakland , California
Jonathan Racherbaumer, Santa Rosa, California
Peter Erskine, Venice, California
Sharon Desmond, Santa Rosa, California
Ali and Sibyl Rubottom, San Diego, California
Helena Meyers, Boulder, Colorado
Chuck and Esther Modliszewski, San Antonio, Texas
Rachele and Jeff Williams, Houston, Texas
Michael and Rachel Festa, Hanover, Massachusetts
Jim and Cathy Shrosbree, Fairfield, Iowa
Bill and Jenny Witherspoon, Fairfield, Iowa
Gillian Brown and Ralph Bunker, Fairfield, Iowa
Mark and Claudia Petrick, Fairfield, Iowa
Pam and Jonathan Lipman, Fairfield, Iowa
Betsy Dockworth, Iowa City, Iowa
Bitsey Olsen, Boone, North Carolina
Work in Public Collections
Museum of Jnana-Pravaha, Varanasi, IndiaWilliam Benton Museum, University of Connecticut
Rockefeller Collection, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York
Prudential Insurance Corporation of America, Washington, D.C.
Major Commissions
Iowa State University, Music Building, Ames, IowaGould Corporation, Chicago
Articles and Reviews
"Abstract Attracts," Meera Vohra, Times of India, December 27, 2007Charlotte Cain, Jeff Fleming, Des Moines Art Center, 2007
Visible/Invisible by William Teeple, Sinclair Gallery, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, 2006
"The Inspiration of India in Current American Art: Contemporary Responses and
Hybrid Forms" by Kathryn Myers, Span, September-October, 2005
"Charlotte Cain, Miniature Paintings" by Jayne Bullock, The Tribune, Ames, Iowa,
August 11, 2004
"Glimpse the Soul of India" and "Indian Art and Artists Come to America" by
Amanda Pierre, Des Moines Register, Aug 1, 2004
Iowa Source, September, 2003
Des Moines Register, September 23, 1982
Los Angeles Times by Robert L. Pincus, May 21, 1982
The Fiberarts Design Book, Hastings House Publishing/American Crafts Magazine,
"N.E.A. Winners", September-October, 1980
"Patterns of Infinity" by Gretchen Erskine Woelfle, Fiberarts, July-August, 1979
"Charlotte Cain" by John Clarke, Arts, June, 1979