1. Charles Nivens is an American Artist with over 40 years of professional experience. He currently resides in the beautiful
Carrollton Georgia with his wife, Diane. The artist has devoted much of his life to honing his artistic ability and technique. His work
has been featured and exhibited in cities across the U.S. as well as abroad.
“The strength of any artist must ultimately lie in the "soul" of his/her accomplishment; that is the finished form- the final touch.
Few artists can with distinction, infuse intense emotion with lighthearted frivolity in such a manner that rewards the eye and stirs the
senses.
Charles Nivens is such an artist. A brilliant colorist whose ability to sandwich together form, line and stroke in an endless display of
anxious movements conjure up the complexities of deKooning, the passion of Cezanne and the angst of Kirchner while still possessing
and maintaining his own unique signature style.
His works whether luminous or somber, hectic or serene, turbulent or tranquil contain a flurry of rhythmic movements that splendidly
capture moments in time.
An example of this is his extraordinary series of Jazz paintings which seem to create atmospheric chambers designed to echo the
sublime artistry of Ella, Bird, Pops, Lady Day and Duke that still reverberate within the Bistros of our memories.
As a self-taught artist Charles quickly learned that devotion to impulse need not be compromised by discipline but rather enhanced by
it.
Working with paint, palette knife, and brush directly on canvas and eschewing more conventional methods of preparing the canvas by
drawing or outlining his subject, he produces tonal modulations that are evident of a very confident artist; one who has a strong
predilection for the chaotic energy and vivacity spontaneity often produces.”
Irv Fischer
(Author has over 35 years’ experience viewing, studying, curating and collecting Blue Chip works,
African/Oceanic Tribal art and current trends).
Current Galleries
Little Art Gallery Smith Mountain Lake- Monet Virginia
Yajnavalka Publishing Group- Houston Texas
Website: charlesnivens.com
Email: charlesnivensart@yahoo.com

2. Exhibitions
Mecca Fest Carrollton Georgia 2014
April 2012 Newnan-Coweta Historical Society: Newnan Painted Horses: “ Movement of the Soul”
Slotin Folk Art Festival 2013 Atlanta Georgia
Selected Solo Exhibitions
July 1989 “The New Art” Richard Sebring Galleries, Oak Park, Il
October 1989 “Implied Bodies” Galleria Renata, Chicago, Il
April 1990 “Ladies” Stadt Galerie, Duisburg, Germany
April 1991 “Musical Colors and Forms” D.A.S.H Gallery, Cinncinati, OH
January 1994
“Violin Makers & Dealers joint show with featured works by Charles Nivens” William H. Lee & Co., Inc., Chicago,
Il
October 1996 “Assembled” Lake Street Gallery, Miller Beach Indiana
October and November 2008 : Figures, Figures, Figures” , The Mad Hatter, Farmville Virginia.
May/December 2008,2009 ; Group Show, The Little Art Gallery Monet, Virginia
New York Expo- February 2009
Yajnavalka Publishing Representation – Since 2008
September 2010; Group Show, 5800 Gallery, Richmond Virginia
October 2010: Solo Exhibition, Art Pannonia, Blacksburg, Virginia
Selected Group Exhibitions
April 1988 -
“International Impressionist art Exhibit” Landmarks Gallery Milwakee,
WI
Sept 1988 “Figuratively Speaking” Galleria Renata, Chicago, Il
Sept 1988 “Chicago/London Exchange” Clementi House Gallery London England
Sept 1989 “Collaborative Affair” Galleria Renata, Chicago, Il.
April 1990 Group Tour in Holland Stadt Galerie
April 1991 New York Expo Tushita Gallery Editions
Selected Press Releases and Articles and Honors
1. Landscape painting featured in the GulfShore Life. The magazine of Southwest Florida. December 1986
2. Abstract painting featured in the Herald Palladium, Benton Harbor – Saint Joseph Michigan July 1986
3. Press release of show at Oculus Gallery in Evanston, Illinois. June 1987.
4. Press release of participation in the AIDS benefit group painting project at Galleria Renata. Chicago Tribune September 1988.
5. Press release by Lucia Adams River North News for the Figuratively Speaking Group Show at Galleria Renata September 1988.
Chicago, Illinois.
6. Honorable mention in the press release by Lucia Adams in the River North News June 1988, Chicago, Illinois.
7. Press release of joint painting project at Galleria Renata by Gordon Ligocki, The Chicago Sun Times. September 1989.
8. Featured article new gallery opening; by Nathan Kenneth the News Dispatch, Michigan City, Indiana.
9. Painting featured in the November 1989 edition of the Art Now Gallery Guide, Chicago/Midwest Edition.
10. Jazz painting purchased by Liz Deyermond and Paul Zeisler, featured in the Chicago magazine article on the construction of their
new home in Michigan. August 1995 edition.
11. Press release by the Lake Street Gallery in Miller Beach Indiana in the Post Tribune Daily Magazine, October 1996.
12. Three press releases of Nivens’ figurative works’ in the Tushita Galleries in Germany; July 1996.
13. Listed in the Art in America Annual Guide 2003 & 2004 Sourcebook to the U.S. art world; galleries, museums and artist.
14. Concierge magazine, Guide to Antiques, Dining, Shopping and Galleries: Winter landscape scene, full page ad representing
Joseph’s World Art-Antiques-Appraisals; Petosky Michigan. Winter 2003-2004.
15. The Southside Messenger “ Joyous Rambunctious Art” By India Watkins May 30th
2008
16. Central Virginia Arts Artist of the Month, October 2008. Featured in the Cumberland Bullentin.
17. NEW: ArtGalleries & Artists of the South Volume 8, Issue 1 June 2011 ( Pages 61-62)
HONORS
Featured on WGN Television, Heart of Chicago- September 1988
COLLECTORS OF NIVENS ART
Tommy Green, Greenway Medical, Carrollton GA
Bill Esslinger, GreenCOURT, Carrollton GA
Eric Grunden, Greenway Health, Carrollton GA

3. Wendy Lucio, Southwire, Carrollton GA
Stephen Birmingham, author- Cincinnati, Ohio
Michael Childress, Attorney ( Childress & Zdeb, Ltd) Chicago, Illinois
Theodora Koutsougeras ( The Melrose Restaurant ) Chicago, Illinois
Coventry Optical – Saint Joseph Michigan
Renee Ferguson, News Reporter NBC Chicago
Christian Zenz ( Hippopotamus International, Inc) Chicago and Germany
Samuel Magad, Maestro for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Kenneth Warren & Son, Ltd., Violin Makers and Dealers
William H. Lee & Co., Wholesaler of Stringed Instruments
Museum of Contemporary Art- Evansville, Indiana