Charlie Bloede

Charlie Bloede received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with a Concentration in Printmaking from Kansas State University in 2023. During her time at Kansas State, she was awarded the Mark A. Chapman and Cheryl Mellenthin Fine Arts Scholarship and two Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Inquiry Undergraduate Research Scholarships.

She has exhibited work in the Mark A. Chapman and Cheryl Mellenthin Fine Arts Scholarship Exhibition, the Kansas City Artists Coalition’s 2023 Undergraduate College Student Exhibition, the Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art’s Undergraduate Juried Exhibition, the Miami International Fine Arts Centers 2024 Juried Myths and Legends of the World International Printmaking Exhibition, the Bradbury Art Museums 2024 Juried Delta National Small Print Exhibition, The Art Center’s 2024 Juried International Printmaking Exhibition and the Center for Contemporary Printmaking’s 9TH International Biennial Footprint Competition. She has given an artist talk at the San Juan Islands Museum of Art. Charlie worked as the Lead Youth Arts Instructor at the Manhattan Arts Center during college.

After graduating, she completed an Artist Residency at Alchemy Art Center on San Juan Island in Washington. At the beginning of 2024, she completed a Winter Residency at Penland School of Craft. At the end of 2024 she completed the Artist-In-Education Workspace Residency at the Women’s Studio Workshop in Rosendale NY. She is currently in pursuit of a Masters in Arts Management and Cultural Policy from Colorado State University.