Charles Harden is a full-time artist with a studio and gallery in Barnstable, Cape Cod, Massachusetts. He has studied art since early childhood with the guidance and instruction of his parents (both designers from Parsons School of Design, NY, NY) and grandmother, Cape Cod artist Eleanor S. Kelly. Charles’ formal art education began at the age of 9 with drawing class at the Cape Cod Conservatory of Art. From then until college he was the recipient of numerous first place awards at the Barnstable County Fair. Charles studied art at Providence College and then at the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston where he received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Printmaking and Graphic Design. He has also had additional training at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and interned with well-known etcher Carol Travers Lummus. Charles is an artist member of the Cape Cod Art Association and the Provincetown Art Association. He is active as a wildlife artist for the Cape Cod Chapter of Ducks Unlimited conservation group and works in his studio overlooking Barnstable Harbor where he does all his own printing, painting, matting, framing, and carving. His works are included in private collections in MA., NH., VT., NY., NJ., MI., RI., Wash. D.C., W. VA., PA., FL., GA., CA., CO., AZ., TX, WA., London, England, Sydney, Australia, Berlin, Germany, Belgium and Japan and are currently being shown at Harden Studios located on Route 6A in Barnstable Village, MA., the Old Print Barn Gallery in Meredith, NH., and The Sandpiper Gallery in Wellfleet, MA.
Recent Exhibitions and Shows
** August 2003 Artwork Featured in Cape Arts Review Magazine
July 2000-2003 Participated in the annual Barnstable Land Trust Benefit Auction, Barnstable, MA
February, 2003 Participated in a multi-national Print Show at Francesca Anderson Fine Art, Lexington, MA
October, 2000 Interview published in Cape Cod Life Magazine
January, 2000 Work accepted in the Provincetown Art Association’s Member’s Juried Watercolor Show, Provincetown, MA
October, 1999 Artwork published in Cape Cod Life Magazine, accompanying an article on Hermit Crabs.
Sept., 1999 Work shown in the member’s show at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA.
July, 1999 Work accepted for the Cape Cod Art Association’s “Cape Impressions” Juried Art Show
June, 1999 Work accepted in the Provincetown Art Association’s Member’s Juried Show, Provincetown, MA
June, 1999 Two-Man Show with printmaker Jeff Weber at Harden Studios, Barnstable,MA
March, 1999 Work acepted in the Boston Printmakers 1999 North American Print Biennial, received awards
Aug, Sept, 1998 Work shown in the member’s show at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
July, 1998 Work accepted in an open juried show at the Provincetown Art Association and Museum, Provincetown, MA
April, 1998 Work included in the annual Flycasters of Boston auction in Cambridge, MA
October, 1997 Participated in the Cape Cod Art Association Members show, received award
June, 1997 Work shown on the annual WGBH Channel Two Auction, Boston, MA
May, 1997 Work included in the Cape Cod Community College Art Auction to benefit the CCCC Higgins Art Gallery
April, 1997, ‘99 Participated in the Wildlife Art Auction to benefit Wild Care, a wildlife rehabilitation organization, Orleans, MA
April, 1997 Participated in the Cape Cod Art Association Members show, received award
Dec, 1993-’98 Exhibited at the Annual Christmas Art Show at the Old Colonial Courthouse, Barnstable, MA
Dec, 1995-’98 Work exhibited at the Trayser Museum Christmas Show
Nov, 1996 Work chosen for the cover of the Barnstable County Annual Report
March, 1996 Invited to participate in “The Art of the Fish” show at the Mass. Audubon Society, Marshfield, MA
February, 1996 Work accepted for the Cape Cod Art Association’s “February Open Juried Show”
October, 1995 Work included in the auction for the American Museum of Fly Fishing, Boston, MA
August, 1994 Invited to participate in “The Art of the Fish” show at the Mass. Audubon Society, Marshfield, MA
August, 1994 Commissioned to do an acrylic painting for a trophy given annually at the Barnstable Yacht Club,Barnstable, MA.
June, 1994 “Friends of Albert Bush-Brown” Group exhibition at the Old Colonial Courthouse, Barnstable, MA
April, 1994 Work included in the Fly Casters Auction, Cambridge, MA
January, 1994 Participated in the 2nd Juried Wildlife Exposition at the Mass. Audubon Society, Marshfield, MA., two awards.
1994 Participated in numerous Members Shows at the Cape Cod Art Association.
1993-’99 Work included in the annual Ducks Unlimited Auction, Cape Cod Chapter
August, 1993 Two-man show with birdcarver Charles LaMarca at the Old Selectman’s Building Gallery, W. Barnstable, MA
June, 1993 Participated in the 38th South Shore Art Center “Festival of the Arts” juried exhibition in Cohasset, MA., award
May, 1993 Participated in the Juried Art and Sculpture Exhibition at the North River Arts Society, Marshfield, MA
January, 1993 Participated in the First Juried Wildlife Exposition held at the Mass. Audubon Society, Marshfield, MA., 2 awards.
Awards
June, 1999 Work receives positive review in The Boston Sunday Globe, June 6, 1999
March, 1999 Work receives positive review in The Boston Globe, March 25, 1999, selected out of over 150 works in the Boston Printmaker's North American Biennial Show.
February, 1999 Materials Award and Purchase Award at the Boston Printmakers 1999 North American Print Biennial
October, 1997 First Prize at the Cape Cod Art Association Members show
April, 1997 Honorable Mention at the Cape Cod Art Association Members show
Nov, 1996 Work chosen for the cover of the 1996 Barnstable County Annual Report
June, 1994 Honorable Mention at the Cape Cod Art Association Members Show.
January, 1994 Third Prize and an Hon. Mention at the 2nd Juried Wildlife Expo at the Mass. Audubon Society, Marshfield, MA.
June, 1993 Third Prize at the 38th “Festival of the Arts” juried exhibition, Cohasset, MA.
January, 1993 Second Prize and an Honorable Mention at the First Juried Wildlife Exposition for the Mass. Audubon Society.
