Charles Malinsky was born in Yorkton, Saskatchewan in 1956 and graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 1978. In the late eighties, Charles took a seven year hiatus and put himself into a self imposed exile in order to concentrate on creating his trademark style of black and white figure painting and the thematic structure which would inspire his work for the next decade. In 1993, he began exhibiting with the Fran Willis Gallery in Victoria, BC, where he received both commercial and critical success. Yvone Owen wrote in Artichoke magazine (Spring 1995), “A sort of craze for the work of Malinsky developed locally, the kind of public response and excitement one usually associates with rock bands”.
In 1998, Charles was invited to exhibit in Germany where he was met with continued success. In fact, the response to his work from the media and the public was so strong that, after 20 years in Calgary, Charles made the decision to move to Spain in order to be closer to the European art world.
Charles Malinsky’s work in large-scale drawings and oil paintings are in a strict black and white palette. Malinsky’s work is theatrical and narrative. In his series, Culture of the Angles, the Black Circus and the Long Journey, Charles portrays characters in the eternal struggle of good and evil and the salvation of the human soul. In his Angel series, Malinsky’s war-like angels are powerful and erotic winged figures that battle it out in a Machiavellian world. In the Black Circus, Malinksy has created incredible and fantastical characters in the sub-culture setting of the circus. In the Fragment series, Malinsky’s palette and subject matter are more subdued and represent the ecstasy and euphoria of the angels and lastly, in his most recent series, the Long Journey, Malinsky portays individual souls on the train to the here after.
Yvonne Owens wrote of Malinsky for the NY ArtsMagazine, “Malinsky has been documenting the thematic undercurrents of this ideological drama, with astonishing prescience and incisive knowledge of its embedded, semiotic imagery, for over a decade. The canonical narrative he challenges is ancient, simple, warrior-like and effective – one in which spiritual terrorism reigns.” (NY ArtsMagazine, November/December 2004, Vol 9, No. 11/12.)
Education:
1989 - High Focus Drawing Workshop, School of Visual Arts
1978 - Illustrator's Workshop, New York
1978 - Diploma, Visual Communication, Alberta College Of Art and Design
Solo Exhibition :
2006 - THE JOURNEY, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2005 - BLACK CIRCUS, Selections, Blackheath Gallery, London, England
2005 - THE FINAL JOURNEY, Selections, Galeria Martinez Glera, Logrono, La Rioja, Spain
2004 - THE FINAL JOURNEY, Selections, Xanon Galeria De Arte, Madrid, Spain
2003 - FRAGMENTS, Art Is Vital Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2003 - NEW WORK, Goerz Gallery of Fine Art, Luxembourg
2002 - PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS 2000 - 2002, Art Is Vital Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2001 - BLACK CIRCUS, Absolute Art Gallery, Knokke, Belgium
2001 - BLACK CIRCUS DRAWINGS, ACCENTO Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
2000 - BLACK CIRCUS: CARNIVAL OF THE NIGHT Part II, The Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, California
1999 - BLACK CIRCUS, Selected Paintings, Enfrente Arte, Ronda, Spain
1999 - RETROSPECTIVE, Art Is Vital Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1999 - BLACK CIRCUS, Opus One, Dorsten, Germany
1998 - BLACK CIRCUS: CARNIVAL OF THE NIGHT, Atelier Hesterkamp, Marl, Germany
1998 - BLACK CIRCUS: CARNIVAL OF THE NIGHT, Atelier Hessbrugge, Dorsten-Wuifen, Germany
1998 - BLACK CIRCUS: CARNIVAL OF THE NIGHT, Art Is Vital Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1998 - ASSASSINS, Art Is Vital Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 - BLACK CIRCUS, Ramsey Design Center, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1997 - CHARLES MALINSKY DRAWINGS, Grand Forks Art Gallery, Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
1996 - DEATHLESS SONG IN THE HOUSE OF THE NIGHT, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1996 - DEATHLESS SONG IN THE HOUSE OF THE NIGHT, A Priori Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1994 - ARCHETYPE OF A CRIME, FIVE ALLEGORIES OF RESCUE, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1993 - NEW WORKS, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1986 - SOLO EXHIBITION, Circle Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2005 - HK Summer 05, Herringer Kiss Gallery, Calgary, AB
2004 - CHRISTMAS GROUP EXHIBITION, Blackheath Gallery, London, England
2004 - CHRISTMAS GROUP EXHIBITION, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2004 - THE LAST PICTURE SHOW, Art Is Vital Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2003 - RAVEN/SHAPESHIFTER, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2003 - TEN, Art Is Vital Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2003 - SUMMER SELECTIONS, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2003 - EROTICA-EXOTICA, The Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, California
2003 - METAPHYSICAL, Art Is Vital Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2002 - AUGUST GALLERY ARTISTS' EXHIBITION, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2001 - 8th ANNUAL REALISM INVITATIONAL SHOW, Van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico
2001 - THE HUMAN PLANE, Group Show, The Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, California
2000 - BLACK CIRCUS EXHIBITION, Group Show, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, BC
2000 - REAL ILLUSTIONS, 7th ANNUAL REALISM INVITATIONAL SHOW, Group Show, Van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico
2000 - WORKS ON PAPER, Group Show, Van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico
1999 - The Glass Garage Fine Art Gallery, West Hollywood, California
1999 - Van de Griff Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico
1997 - ACAD FACULTY SHOW, Group Show, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB.
1996 - TWELVE ARTISTS FOR AIDS, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1996 - APOCRYPHA IV, MYTHIC IMAGES OUTSIDE ORTHODOXY, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1995 - HOWLING IN THE DARKNESS, Seymour Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
1995 - APOCRYPHA III, MYTHIC IMAGES OUTSIDE ORTHODOXY, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1994 - APOCRYPHA II, MYTHIC IMAGES OUTSIDE ORTHODOXY, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1994 - CHRISTMAS GALLERY ARTISTS' EXHIBITION, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1993 - BODY, GENDER AND OTHER ISSUES, Muttart Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
1993 - APOCRYPHA I, MYTHIC IMAGES OUTSIDE ORTHODOXY, Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
1992 - ACAD FACULTY SHOW, Group Show, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB.
1991 - ACAD FACULTY SHOW, Group Show, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB.
1990 - ACAD FACULTY SHOW, Group Show, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB.
1990 - SOHO ART COMPETITION #10 WINNERS EXHIBITION, Ariel Gallery, New York, New York
1988 - CONNOISSEUR SHOW, Toronto Convention Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1988 - ACAD FACULTY SHOW, Group Show, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB.
1988 - GALLERY ARTISTS' EXHIBITION, Karney Daniels Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1987 - ACAD FACULTY SHOW, Group Show, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB.
1986 - ACAD FACULTY SHOW, Group Show, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB.
1985 - GALLERY ARTISTS' EXHIBITION, Circle Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
1985 - ACAD FACULTY SHOW, Group Show, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB.
1984 - ACAD FACULTY SHOW, Group Show, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, AB.
1983 - FOUR ARTISTS, ONE SHOW, Westlands Gallery, Calgary, AB.
Museum Exhibitions:
2004 - HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE MALTWOOD, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
2004 - THE WILLIAMS LEGACY, CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Pendulum Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
2003 - THE WILLIAMS LEGACY, CONTEMPORARY ART OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST, Maltwood Art Museum and Gallery, University of Victoria and Fran Willis Gallery, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
Awards:
MALINSKY has been designated a Cultural Property of Canada
Competition Winner- Soho Art Competition #10, Ariel Gallery, New York
Certificate of Excellence - Soho Art Competition Winter #7, Ariel Gallery, New York
Certificate of Excellence - Soho Art Competition Winter '92, Ariel Gallery, New York
Certificate of Excellence - Art Affiliates 1991 International Art Competition, Ariel Gallery, New York
Collections:
Victoria College of Art, Victoria, BC, Canada
Nickle Arts Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Michael Williams' Collection, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Fundació de les Arts i els Artistes (Foundation of Art and Artists), Barcelona
Local and National and International Collections
