CHARLENE WILL / CURRICULUM VITAE:

b. 1959, Toledo, OH, Lives and works in Oakland, CA.

EDUCATION

2008 – Milton Glaser Summer Intensive, School of Visual Arts, New York City

1982 – Ringling School of Art & Design, Sarasota, Florida. BFA, Graphic Design, Minor, Fine Art

1980 – Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio. Major, Fine Art

AWARDS

2025 – The Pence Gallery Emerging Artist Grant & Award, The Pence Gallery, Davis, California. Solo exhibition, January/February 2026.

SOLO & SMALL GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 January/February – The Pence Gallery, Davis, California. Here for Awhile

2025 January/March – Resurrect, Oakland, California. Far West Landscapes & Familiar Places

2024 February/May – Panorama Framing & Gallery, Oakland, California. Charlene Will & Karen Stanton

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2026 – East Bay Open Studios, The Grand Gallery, Oakland, California

2026 – East Bay Open Studios Opening Reception & Show, Orchard Gallery, Oakland, California

2026 – Art of a Community, Arts Benicia, Benicia, California

2026 – Spectrum, Gallerium’s 2nd Annual Juried Exhibition, Online + Publication

2026 – Big Names Small Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California

2026 – Women’s 10 X TEN, Faultline Gallery, Oakland, California

2025 – Big Names Small Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California

2025 – Annual Lottery for the Arts, Blueline Arts Gallery, Roseville, California

2024 – Big Names Small Art Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California

2024 – California Mind, Marin Society of Artists, Marin, California

PRESS & PUBLICATIONS

2026 – Publication: The Dirt Online, Davis, California 2026

2026 – Announcement: Visit Davis, California. Online, 2026

2026 – Artist Talk Announcement: Visit Yolo, Online, 2026

2026 – Create! Collective Magazine: Charlene Will, Emerging California Landscape Painter

Let's be friends on instagram
River Sunrise, a new 8x10 painting, has found a lovely new home, and I couldn't be happier that it's with @victoriaremlerphotography! I'll be soon sending it off to her place in NYC, go Knicks! Victoria is the amazing photographer who took the phot
East Bay Open Studios begins tomorrow, June 6, all weekend, 11am - 5pm! I'm a guest artist @thegrandgalleryoakland this year, along with @studios11oakland, 560 Second Street. In front of the Saturday Vintage Market, across from Cost Plus, and a bloc
“Shift” is showing this weekend, through Monday, at the Orchard Gallery on 25th St, Oakland. It’s part of the grand opening show for East Bay Open Studios, starting today!