KENT, OH– Landscape artist Charles Basham exhibits "Continuum: The Painting of Charles Basham" August 20 through October 11, 2024, at Kent State University.
Local legend Charles Basham has been creating art for over fifty years– with forty of those also teaching at Kent State University. This August, Basham returns to Kent State for his exhibit with the School of Art Collection and Galleries “Continuum: The Painting of Charles Basham.”
“Continuum: The Painting of Charles Basham” features 14 oil paintings and pastels, an exclusive video interview with the artist and a full color catalog that will be available for purchase. This exhibit will also include the work of eight former students and five of the artists Basham feels were most influential in his career as a painter.
“Continuum” runs Aug. 20 – Oct. 11, 2024, in the CVA/Payto and Crawford Galleries located in the Center for the Visual Arts (325 Terrace Drive, Kent, Ohio). There will be a free reception on Friday, Aug. 30 from 5-7 p.m. that is open to the public.
ABOUT CHARLES BASHAM
Charles Basham received his B.F.A. in 1975 and M.F.A. in 1979 from Kent State University in his native state of Ohio.
Basham’s landscapes have been aptly called “visually stimulating and emotionally charged.” His unique mark and ability to capture the captivating moments of morning and evening light in the northeast Ohio landscape set his work apart.
“Throughout his career, Charles Basham has become more and more attuned to the subtle changes in weather and atmosphere. In his pastels and oil paintings, the energy and impact of light is realized in harmonized color whose saturation and temperature have been pushed and raised beyond previous limits,” states the Jerald Melberg Gallery (Charlotte, NC).
Basham’s pastels and paintings have been widely exhibited for decades and his work is in numerous permanent collections.
Purchase the catalog here.
Former Students included in exhibit:
Nick Lee, Hilary Gent, Eileen Dorsey, Jack Tozzi, Kade Marsili, Josh Bentley, Maddie O’Keefe, Michelle Doll and Maria McDonald
Influences included in exhibit:
Ben Bassham, Bill Quinn, Doug Unger, Robert Morrow and Craig Lucas
This exhibit is free and open to the public and has been brought to you with support from the Ohio Arts Council.
ABOUT THE SCHOOL OF ART COLLECTION AND GALLERIES
The School of Art Collection and Galleries consists of six exhibition spaces located on the Kent State University campus and downtown Kent, Ohio. Other upcoming exhibitions include:
- "Aggregate II: Revenge of the Rock" on display Oct. 18-Dec. 7 at the Downtown Gallery
- “Traveling Stanzas, presented in celebration of 40 years of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University, curated by Annie Cyrus” on display July 2024-2025 at the KSU Hotel and Conference Center
Header image: Charles Basham, “GARDEN LOST (AM),” 2014. Pastel on Paper, 11 x 13 ½.“ Credit: Courtesy of Jerald Melberg Gallery, Charlotte, NC.