“These pieces are created as part of my ongoing Prayers and Weaves series, with each nail hammered as a positive and tactile wish. I have been long interested in islands as physical and metaphorical entities… and how they reflect unique shifts in evolution due to their physical boundaries, relative isolation and fluctuating degrees and types of connection. In these works the wishes and positive visualizations are each condensed to the hammering of one nail.. and then repeated many times each… so that when I sit to work I can also include many thoughts and hopes that have arisen during the time of the piece. It is my aim that the works convey beyond specific words (I wish to have an inclusiveness that connects our humanity when often our association to words and names can divide even when the heart is the same). It is the process of renewing hope, determination and faith in the accumulation of multitudes of small actions that I hope we all can all relate to and be inspired by.”
Portrait by Philippe Cheng.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 SYMBIOSOME SCHOOLHOUSE
In collaboration with the Parrish Art Museum and the Oysterponds Historical Society, Old Point Schoolhouse, Orient, NY
2021 EVOLVING PERCEPTIONS
Gallery North; Long Island, NY
2018 FUTURE NURTURE
Praxis International Art; New York, NY
2014 COHABITAT
McCarthy Gallery of St. Michael’s College; Colchester, VT
2014 VISIONMAP: THE STORY THUS FAR
Tremaine Gallery at Hotchkiss; Lakeville, CT
2011 ISLANDS OF MEMORY
Solar; East Hampton, NY
2011 SELF ASSEMBLING MEMORYPALACE
Christina Ray Gallery; New York, NY
2007 GAMELAND
Morgan Lehman Gallery; New York, NY
2004 SPARKLEWORLD
SCOPE Miami; Townhouse hotel; Miami Beach, FL
2003 EVERYWHERE
Room 305 Gallery; Bloomington, IL
2001 BEYOND WORDS
Arlene Bujese Gallery; East Hampton, NY
1999 THE WRITING RITUAL
Arlene Bujese Gallery; East Hampton, NY
1995 WALL CONSTRUCTIONS
Art Advisory Council of Port Washington ; Port Washington, NY
1994 DARLENE CHARNECO
Arlene Bujese Gallery; East Hampton, NY
1993 THE HEAVY PAGE
Long Island University; Robert Avram Gallery; Southampton, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS / LECTURES
2018 REIMAGINING CONSTRUCTS; Steinberg Museum of Art; Brookville, NY
REFRESH VIII; Longview Gallery; Washington, DC
STRUCTURING OUR HABITAT; Omni Gallery Public Art Space; Uniondale, NY
2017 ART, COMMUNITY, & COLLABORATION; Parrish Art Museum; Southampton, NY
THE STRUCTURE OF THINGS; Islip Art Museum; Islip, NY
2016 GET WITH THE PROGRAM; Roman Fine Art; Easthampton, NY
REFRESH VI; Longview Gallery; Washington, DC
2015 EAST END COLLECTED; Southampton Arts Center; Southampton, NY
ART SOUTHAMPTON; Nova’s Ark Project; Watermill, NY
2014 DO YOU SEE THE PICTURE?; Praxis International Art; New York, NY
BUJESE SELECTIONS At Kathryn Markell Gallery; Bridgehampton, NY
2013 NEW YORK BOUND: International Book Art biennial; Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
SENSORIA; Art Sites: Architecture + Art; Riverhead, NY
2012 URBAN / SUBURBAN; Islip Art Museum; Islip, NY
THE DECEMBER SHOW; Kesting / Ray; New York, NY
2011 FRAME OF REFERENCE; Ann Street Gallery; Newburgh, NY
PINTA FAIR; Earl’s Court – Brompton Hall; London, England
CHROMESTHESIA; Tribeca Project Space; New York, NY
SUPERCLUSTER; Praxis International Art; Miami, FL
2010 AROUND THE WAY; El Museo Del Barrio; Macy’s Herald Square; New York, NY
COLLECTION; Christina Ray Gallery; New York, NY
LIVING RIVER; Art Sites: Architecture + Art; Riverhead, NY
MEDIUMS; Solar; East Hampton, NY
2009 HOME; Art Sites: Architecture + Art; Riverhead, NY
THINK SMALL; Pentimenti Gallery; Philadelphia, PA
SIX DIRECTIONS; Spanierman Gallery; East Hampton, NY
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2008 THE HOUSE THAT SPRAWL BUILT; Hunterdon Museum Of Art; Clinton, NJ
LOCATE/NAVIGATE: EXERCISES IN MAPPING; Urban Culture Project; Kansas City, MO
BRAVE NEW WORLD; Solar; East Hampton, NY
2007 AQUA ART MIAMI; Morgan lejman Gallery; Miami Beach, FL
SCOPE HAMPTONS; East Hampton Studios; Wainscott, NY
NINA BOVASSO ▪ DARLENE CHARNECO ▪ BEN JONES; Ada Gallery, Richmond, VA
VIRTUAL MIGRATION; Pentimenti Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2006 I LOVE THE BURBS; Katonah Museum Of Art, Katonah, NY
ART L.A.; Santa Monica Civic Auditorium; Los Angeles, CA
ART CHICAGO; 222 MM Plaza; Chicago, IL
2005 THE NATURE OF THINGS; Islip Art Museum, Islip, NY
EXCAVATING REALITIES – CHARNECO & NATROP; Maas Projects; Houston, TX
ABSTRACTION; Gallery North; Setauket, NY
2004 MAPPED; Margaret Thatcher Projects; Chelsea, NY
TOPOLOGIES; Galeria Galou; Brooklyn, NY
CURRENTS; Art Miami; Miami Beach Convention Center, FL
2003 ELEMENTS; Morgan Lehman Gallery; Lakeville, CT
METHODS AND MATERIALS; Arlene Bujese Gallery; East Hampton, NY
LATIN AMERICAN ARTISTS; Guild Hall Museum; East Hampton, NY
2002 DEALER’S CHOICE; Arlene Bujese Gallery; East Hampton, NY
URBAN ORGANIC; Morgan Lehman Gallery; Lakeville, CT
2001 37th JURIED EXHIBITION; Parrish Art Museum; Southampton, NY
ABSTRACTION: 6 PERSPECTIVES; center gallery; adelphi university; Garden City, NY
60 YEARS/ 60 ARTISTS: ABSTRACTION; Arlene Bujese Gallery; East hampton, NY
2000 VISUAL VERNACULAR; Arlene Bujese Gallery; East hampton, NY
ABSTRACTION; Gallery North; Setauket, NY
1999 ROBERT MUNFORD ALUMNI INVITATIONAL; The Avram Gallery; Southampton, NY
CONCEPT, COMPLEX, COHERENCE; Arlene Bujese Gallery; East hampton, NY
1998 43RD ANNUAL LONG ISLAND ARTISTS’ EXHIBIT; Hecksher Museum; Huntington, NY
SUB/URBAN; Huntington Station Arts; Huntington, NY
POINT & PLANE: DRAWING & SCULPTURE; Arlene Bujese Gallery; East hampton, NY
1997 ON THE EDGE; Arlene Bujese Gallery; East hampton, NY
1996 MIXED MEDIA; City of Slidell Cultural Center; Slidell, LA
1995 THE FINE ART OF SALVAGE; Gallery North; Setauket, NY
40TH ANNUAL LONG ISLAND ARTISTS’ EXHIBITION; Hecksher Museum
THE MATTER OF SYNTHESIS; Arlene Bujese Gallery; East hampton, NY
1994 WINNER’S 94; Smithtown Township Arts Council ; St. James, NY
REDISCOVERING THE LATIN ARTIST; East End Arts Council; Riverhead, NY
39TH ANNUAL LONG ISLAND ARTISTS’ EXHIBITION; Hecksher Museum
SELECTED PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
‘The Map As Art; Princeton Architectural Press; Katherine Harmon
‘How Architecture Learned To Speculate’; University Stuttgart; Mihall & Serbest
‘Communities & Connections In Art: Darlene Charneco’; LI Pulse; Pat Rogers
‘Darlene Charneco : Hard Nails & Mysticism’ ; The East Hampton Star; Robert Long
‘Abstraction’; The New York Times; Helen A. Harrison
‘The Writing Ritual’; The East Hampton Star; Rose C.S. Slivka
‘Affirming Vibrant Freedom of Method’; The New York Times; Phyllis Braff
‘Connie Fox/ Darlene Charneco’ ; The New York Times; Phyllis Braff
EDUCATION & awards
2017 pollack – krasner foundation grantee
MFA Studies, Full Fellowship Scholar
State University of New York at Stony Brook
BFA, Magna Cum Laude, University Scholar