Charles Schindler (1952-2024) - USA

My Father had taught me to be practical and showed me how to construct things that would be of good use in the years to come. My mother inspired that practicality and enhanced it by encouraging creativity.

In school, I was an average student academically but I seemed to excel in shop classes, woodworking, metal even sewing.

After high school, I attended Queensborough Community College where I discovered theater and became a part of the technical crew building sets and props. After two years I transferred to Queens College where not only did I pursue my theater degree but I found my passion in Fine Art. I fell in love with ceramics and every chance I got I worked in the ceramic studio.

While looking for bases for some of my ceramic sculptures I discovered a local stone yard. On a whim, I bought a stone and I set out to try my skills and creativity and began my first stone sculpture. I had a few tools lying around and after months of working on this piece, I knew this was the direction I wanted to go.

I studied at the New School in NYC with the stone sculptor Phillip Pavia. Over the next few years, I would learn about working in marble and more importantly I would discover a whole new world of materials and tools.

In 1975, I set up my little studio in a basement space in Greenwich Village. I work in several different mediums but stone and wood are my passions. My works have been exhibited in numerous galleries and can be found in private collections.