Charles Arnoldi has been described as an artist who “draws in space” to create his unique assemblage works of art. Throughout his long career he has been fascinated with shape and pattern as they apply to advance formal concerns, from his 1970’s paintings made entirely of natural forms, to his current work, of which architect Frank Gehry has said, “the maturing Arnoldi has a secure color sense and the ability to work at large scale as well as to produce tiny, exquisite watercolors.” Gehry also cites Arnoldi as an influence in his own work, and says, “this is an artist whose best is yet to come, who is still experimenting and still willing to risk”.

Arnoldi has been making art for over forty years, first achieving major acclaim in the 1970’s. A decade later he ha established himself as one of the most prominent painters in southern California. Arnoldi’s work resides in numerous collections and museums throughout the United States, including the Museum of Modern Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain. 

 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2012

Charles Arnoldi: Case Study, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM

Charles Arnoldi, Modernism, San Francisco, CA

2011

Charles Arnoldi: Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Charles Arnoldi: New Paintings, Modernism, San Francisco, CA

Charles Arnoldi: Artworks from the 1970′s in conjunction with Pacific Standard Time, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

2010

Charles Arnoldi: Wood/Early Works, Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA

New Paintings by American Master Charles Arnoldi, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Charles Arnoldi, Modernism, San Francisco, CA

Charles Arnoldi / Bodo Korsig: Metal, Greenfield Sacks, Santa Monica, CA

Arnoldi 1998-2001, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico

2009

American Classic: Colours of Change, Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

Charles Arnoldi, Gregory Amenoff, Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, Idaho

Charles Arnoldi: Window Paintings, Imago Gallery, Palm Desert, CA

Charles Arnoldi / Don Gummer, Eckert Fine Art, Kent, CT

2008

Charles Arnoldi: Wood, The Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA (catalogue)
Charles Arnoldi: New Works, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, NV

2007

Charles Arnoldi: New Works, Bentley Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ
Charles Arnoldi: Recent Works, Modernism, San Francisco, CA
Charles Arnoldi: The Arc Paintings, Charlotte Jackson Fine Art and The Charlotte Jackson Project Space, Santa Fe, NM
Charles Arnoldi: The Arc Paintings, Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2006

Museum of Design, Art and Architecture, Culver City, CA
Charles Arnoldi: Cut Metal Pieces, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

2005

Modernism, San Francisco, CA
Charles Arnoldi: New Paintings, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2004

Charles Arnoldi Paintings, Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, NM
Charles Arnoldi 2004 Paintings and Gouaches, Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Charles Arnoldi: New Paintings, RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Charles Arnoldi Recent Paintings, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA

2003

Charles Arnoldi, Works on Paper: A Thirty-Year Survey, 1972-2002, Bobbie Greenfield Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Charles Arnoldi, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Charles Arnoldi: New Works, Modernism, San Francisco, CA

2002

Charles Arnoldi, Harmony of Line and Color, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, Korea (catalogue)

2001

Charles Arnoldi: Paintings, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Charles Arnoldi: Paintings, Modernism, San Francisco, CA

2000

Charles Arnoldi: Paintings, Ochi Fine Art, Ketchum, ID
Charles Arnoldi: New Paintings, Skidmore Contemporary Art, Malibu, CA

1999

Charles Arnoldi: New Works, Chac-Mool Contemporary Fine Art, West Hollywood, CA
Charles Arnoldi: Painting and Sculpture, Ochi Fine Art, Ketchum, ID
Charles Arnoldi: Recent Works, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

1998

New Works: Charles Arnoldi, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, TX

1997

Charles Arnoldi Monotypes: A Survey 1987–1996, Flanders Graphics, Minneapolis, MN
Charles Arnoldi: New Paintings, Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Charles Arnoldi: New Work, Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN

1996

Works on Paper: Gouaches and Monotypes, Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Charles Arnoldi: New Work, Imago Galleries, Palm Desert, CA
Charles Arnoldi, A Mid-Career Survey: 1970–1996, Fred Hoffman Fine Art,Santa Monica, CA (catalogue)
Charles Arnoldi: New Monotypes, Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

1995

Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA

1994

Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, IDKlein Art Works, Chicago, IL

Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)

1993

Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID
Hampton, Venice, CA
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA

1992

Charles Arnoldi: Paintings, Sculpture and Works on Paper, Klein Art Works, Chicago, IL
The Works Gallery South, Costa Mesa, CA

1991

Gallery Kuranuki, Osaka, Japan (catalogue)
Charles Arnoldi: Oil Paintings on Canvas, Cast Bronze Sculptures, Fred Hoffman Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Ochi Gallery, Ketchum, ID

1990

Flanders Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, MN
Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans, LA
Michael Dunev Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Malmgran Gallery, Göteborg, Sweden
Sena Galleries West, Santa Fe, NM

1989

James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Charles Arnoldi: Recent Monotypes from the Garner Tullis Workshop, Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, New York, NY (catalogue)
Ochi Gallery, Sun Valley, ID

1988

Klein Gallery, Chicago, IL
Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Charles Arnoldi: Painting and Sculpture, 1971-1988, MuseoItaloAmericano, San Francisco, CA (catalogue)
Sena Galleries West, Santa Fe, NM

1987

Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
James Corcoran Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
Ochi Gallery, Boise, ID
Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
Arnoldi: Just Bronze, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA (catalogue)
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY

1986

New City Editions, Venice, CA
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
Pamela Auchincloss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Janie Beggs Gallery, Aspen, CO
Arnoldi: Recent Paintings, University of Missouri-Kansas City Gallery of Art, Kansas City, MO (catalogue)
Charles Arnoldi, A Survey: 1971-1986, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL (catalogue)

1985

Fuller Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Thomas Babeor Gallery, La Jolla, CA
Charles Cowles Gallery, New York, NY
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1984

Charles Arnoldi: Unique Prints, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (catalogue)
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1983

Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1982

James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1981

Hansen-Fuller-Goldeen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1980

James Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1979

Texas Gallery, Houston, TX
Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Dobrick Gallery, Chicago, IL
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, NY

1978

Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Robert Elkon Gallery, New York, NY

1977

Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Texas Gallery, Houston, TX

1976

Seattle Museum of Art, Seattle, WA

1975

Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1974

Nicholas Wilder Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

1972

Texas Gallery, Houston, TX

1971

Riko Mizuno Gallery, Los Angeles, CA