Charles Pompilius

Charles Pompilius is a figurative painter based out of Rochester, MI. His paintings have been shown in exhibitions throughout the United States, including ones shown in New York, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Scottsdale, and Birmingham, MI. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Central Michigan University as well as a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa. In 1984, he attended the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture on scholarship. Pompilius has taught painting at Wayne State University, College for Creative Studies, and Edinboro University. He is the recipient of a Pollack-Krasner Award as well as the Michigan Council for the Arts Creative Artist Grant.

In 2011, he completed the official portrait of former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm, which now hangs in the capitol rotunda in Lansing. In 2013, he painted Allan Gilmour, President Emeritus of Wayne State University. Shortly after in 2016, he completed the portrait of Congressman Fred Upton from Michigan’s sixth district. It currently hangs in the Rayburn Building in Washington, DC.

Today, Pompilius is developing a series of paintings and pastels inspired by the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. In these he seeks to capture the power and enormit...

MFA, University of Iowa
BFA, Central Michigan University

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 After Hours: Intimate Works from the Studio,
David Klein Gallery
2007 Interiors, David Klein Gallery
2001 New Paintings, David Klein Gallery

INVITATIONALS
2016 Button Gallery Group Exhibition, Douglas, MI,
2009 Michigan Masters, Kresge Art Museum, East
2009 Personal Territory, David Klein Gallery
2007 Representation 2007, Jenkins-Johnson Gallery,
New York, NY and San Francisco, CA
2007 An Assessment of Contemporary Figuration,
David Klein Gallery
2001 Personal Space: Twelve Contemporary
Painters, Dorothy Uber Bryan Gallery, Bowling
Green State University