Charles Matson Lume

Discipline: Visual Arts

Based In: St. Paul, MN

Year at Millay: 2007

Awards/Honors: Grant Recipient, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, New York, NY (2023); Grant Recipient, Individual Support Grant, Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation, Inc., New York, NY (2022); Grant Recipient, Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board, St. Paul, MN (2020, 2018, 2016, 2014, 2012, 2009, 2004); Artist-in-Residence, Anderson Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, Red Wing, MN (2019); Artist-in-Residence, Hinge Arts, Fergus Falls, MN (2017); Grant Recipient, Professional Development Grant, University of Wisconsin-Stout, Menomonie, WI (2017, 2015, 2012, 2009, 2006); Finalist, Visual Artist Fellowship, McKnight Foundation, Minneapolis, MN (2017, 2015, 2014, 2010, 2009, 2005, 2004); Artist-in-Residence, Grand Marais Artist Colony, Grand Marais, MN (2016); Artist-in-Residence, RUD AIR, Laxarby, Sweden (2016); Artist-in-Residence, Kemijärvi Artist Residence, Kemijärvi Sculpture and Culture Foundation, Kemijärvi, Finland (2015); Artist-in-Residence, New York Mills Regional Cultural Center, New York Mills, MN (2015, 2014); Artist-in-Residence, NES Artist Residency, Skagästrond, Iceland (2012); Artist-in-Residence, Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder, Trondheim, Norway (2009); Artist-in-Residence, Science Museum of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN (2005); Artist-in-Residence, Artists’ Work Programme, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (2003); Fellow, MCAD–Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Early Career Artist, Jerome Foundation, St. Paul, MN (2002–2003); Fellow, Bush Fellowship Program, Bush Foundation, St. Paul, MN (2002); Artist-in-Residence, Blacklock Nature Sanctuary, Moose Lake, MN (2002).

Website: https://registry.whitecolumns.org/view_artist.php?artist=11863

Installation by Charles Matson Lume

Charles Matson Lume is a visual artist who believes art is a verb, not a noun. He has been awarded artist fellowships and grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, Gottlieb Foundation, Bush Foundation, Jerome Foundation, and the Minnesota State Arts Board. Since 1997, he has had nearly 50 solo exhibitions and participated in over 50 group exhibitions both internationally and nationally at institutions such as: Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland; The Cello Factory, London, England, Akureyri Art Center, Akureyri, Iceland; Babel Kunst, Trondheim, Norway; Kemijävi Art Gallery, Kemijävi, Finland; and Hunter College, New York, New York. He has participated in artist residencies in Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Iceland, Finland, and the US. Charles’s art has been featured in: The Irish Times, Beautiful/Decay, Hyperallergic, ART PAPERS, International Art Magazine, and National Public Radio. His art has been curated into artist registries at White Columns, The Drawing Center, and ISE Cultural Foundation, all located in New York, New York. He lives with his wife and daughters in St. Paul, Minnesota.