Art & Working Studio – NorthLight Studios        
357 Depot Street, Asheville, NC 28801
Selected art on display - 3402 Art Gallery, 3402 Gough Street, Baltimore, Maryland
b. 1947 Bird City, Kansas
Lives and works in Asheville, North Carolina

EDUCATION

1985 MFA, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
1979 MA, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas
1969 BS, Education Kansas State Teachers College, Emporia, Kansas
1996-2014, Drawing and Painting Classes (Life Member) Art Student’s League of New York, NYC, NY
I teach limited watercolor classes and private lessons in Asheville, NC and Santa Fe, NM

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023-2024 Worlds of Watercolor, Wedge Brewery, Grove Arcade, Asheville, NC
2023-2024 Trains and Trade That Made America, Wedge Brewery, Foundy Street, Asheville, NC
2022 Artist-in-Residence and watercolor display, Transportation Museum of Pennsylvania, Strasburg, PA (SARA)
2022 Baltimore and More, 32 watercolor painting exhibition, 3402Art Gallery, Highlandtown, Baltimore, Maryland
2022 Trains That Make America:  The Railroad Art of Nadine Charlsen, NC Transportation Museum, Spencer, NC
2020 Scenes from the RAD, Summit Coffee, Asheville, NC
2019 Watercolors at MAHEC, MAHEC education center, Asheville, NC
2019 Atypical Dimensions: VoLUMINOUS watercolors, 310 Art, Asheville, NC
2018 Oh The Ways We Travel, Berlitz Art Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
2014 Vertical New York City, Berlitz Art Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
2014 Mediterranean, Middle East and More, Berlitz Art Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
2013 New York: Works on Paper, Berlitz Art Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
2013 Works on Paper: Coast to Coast, Main Street Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2013 Works on Paper: International Studies, Nancy Dryfoos Gallery, Union, NJ
2013-14 In and Around Manhattan, Argo Art 1792 Broadway, New York, NY
2013 Works on Paper : New York City, Berlitz Art Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
2012 Seven Countries, Seven Paintings, Producer's Club, New York, NY
2011 European Watercolors- England and Italy, Berlitz Art Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
2010 The Artists Travelogue No. 2, Berlitz Art Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
2010 Back at the Berlitz: The European Watercolors of Nadine Charlsen, Berlitz Art Gallery, Rockefeller Center, NY
2009 America - No. 1, Berlitz Language Art Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York , NY
2009 The Artists Travelogue No. 1, Berlitz Art Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Light of Day, Salmagundi Club, NYC
2023 Second Biennial Exhibition, International Watercolor Society Florida, ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton FL
2023 I AM , Revelation Gallery of St. John's in the Village, NYC, NY Women’s History Month
2021-2022 Stony Hill Bistro, Asheville, NC
2020 Sotheby’s Real Estate Offices, Asheville, NC
2020-22 Mountain Air Country Club, Burnsville, NC
2019 Cafe 64, Downtown Asheville, NC
2018-2019, Eyes, Food, Music, Nostalgia, Industry. (5 exhibits) Posana Restaurant, Adler Gallery, Asheville, NC
2018 The Languages of Visual Arts, Berlitz Language Art Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
2016 Instagram Framed: Photo to Painting, Berlitz Language Art Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
2016 An Artful Life (co-curator and exhibitor) Council on Aging, Asheville Area Arts Council, Asheville, NC 2015 Watercolor Society of North Carolina, Charlotte, NC
2015 Trains, Main Street Gallery, Kansas City, MO
2015 Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2015 Ebb and Flow (310ARTists), Asheville Area Arts Council, Grove Arcade, Asheville, NC
2015 310 Art Gallery, RAD, Asheville, NC
2012 Israel Framed: Photograph to Painting, Berlitz Language Art Gallery, Rockefeller Center, New York, NY
2012 International Women Artists' Salon, Producer's Club, New York, NY
2010-11 Atelier 24 Lexington Gallery, Asheville, NC
2011 Art Student’s League, Shelly's La Tradizonale, New York, NY
2009-14 Hell’s Kitchen Art Studio Tour, Spring exhibition, New York, NY
2009-14 Art Student League Monitor’s Show, New York, NY
2006-14 Art Student League Concours Show, Paul Ching-Bor curator, New York NY
2005-10 Pen and Brush, One Painting/One Night, New York, NY

JURIED COMPETITIONS
2023 Face of Industry - Domino Sugars, 156 International Juried American Watercolor Society Show, NYC, NY
2021 86th Annual National Art Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association Galleries, Cooperstown, NY
2021 154th Annual Juried Exhibition, American Watercolor Society, New York, NY
2020 American Watercolor Society, 153rd Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
2020 National Association of Women Artists, Cold II, New York, NY
2018 American Watercolor Society, 151 Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
2018 Salmagundi Club, 134 Annual Exhibition, New York, NY
2015 DiverseWorks, YMI Cultural Center, Inc., Asheville, NC
2014 N.A.W.A 125 Annual Show, Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, NY  
2014 Hudson Valley Art Association, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY   
2014 World Watercolor Competition, Juried through stages 1 & 2, Narbonne, France
2013 N.A.W.A Member Show, National Association of Women’s Art Gallery, New York, NY
2013 117 Annual Exhibit, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, National Arts Club, New York, NY
2013 N.A.W.A 124 Annual Show, Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, NY
2013 The Women of N.A.W.A Exposed, Goggleworks Center for the Arts, Reading, PA
2013 Hudson Valley Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
2012 Allied Artists of America, National Arts Club
2012 Ossining Arts Council, Ossining, New York
2012 Hudson Valley Art Association, Old Lyme, CT
2012 Salmagundi Club Non-Member Exhibit, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2009 Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club, 114 Annual Exhibit, National Arts Club, New York, NY
2008 Art as Baseball, Cumberland County Arts Council, Shelby, NC

BIBLIOGRAPHY

2023, Seizing the Soul of Urban Landscapes, Rapid River Magazine, March 2023, p 36-37.
2023 Collector’s Showcase, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, Mar/Apr. p53
2022 Out Of The Box; Poems and short stories by James Leach, Kindle Direct Publishing, p. 214, 325
2022 Artist Interview: Using Mood For Color and Atmosphere, Rapid River Magazine, July 2022 p. 36-37
2022 Conversation with Farrin, National Association of Women Artists,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfCd_h4GQ5M&ab_channel=TheNationalAssociationofWomenArtists
2022 Learn Drawing, Watercolor with Nadine Charlsen, The Laurel of Asheville, Natasha Anderson, March 2022, p. 21
2021 Nadine Charlsen Adds New Works to Her Crossing the Tracks Series, The Laurel of Asheville, Gina Malone, December 2021, Asheville NC. p 32-33
2021 Painter Refuses to See the Limits of Watercolor, Asheville Made, February 2021, p 44-47
2020 The Laurel of Asheville Cover artist, December 2020, Asheville, NC
2020 Danger Lies Ahead, Prepare for the Unexpected, Illustration of my Canadian Pacific train, poem and stories by James Leach, January 2020
2020 On The Menu, Beer Art Anyone?, Railfan and Railroad Magazine, James D. Porterfield, June 2020, p 74
2020 New To Me:Getting to Know the Artists, Railfan and Railroad Magazine, James D Porterfield, January 2020 p 68. 74
2019 Staff Reporter, Artist Focus:Nadine Charlsen, American Art Collector Magazine, November 2019 pp 160
2019 Staff Reporter, The Art Lovers Guide to Collecting Fine Art in North Carolina; River Arts District, Asheville, NC, American Art Collector, p 130
2019 Staff Reporter, Art Blooms at Second Saturday in RAD, The Laurel of Asheville, May 2019, P 85
2018 Staff Reports, (Cover & Article) Trains: past and Present through the paintings of Nadine Charlsen, Rapid River Magazine January 2019 p 2,27
2017 John O’Hern, Iconic Forms, American Art Collector Magazine, October 2017 p 66-70
2017 Nadine Charlsen, Trains: Painting the Past and Present, Rapid River Magazine, November 2017 p 10-11
2016 Rachel Rubin Wolf, ed., Inspiring Images, Splash 17,  Fall 2016
2015 Rachel Rubin Wolf, ed., Exploring Texture, Splash 16, Fall 2015 p75
2015 Rochelle Belsito, River Arts District, Asheville, North Carolina, American Art Collector, November 2015 pp 99-101
2015 RADA, Poster image Artists Stroll, River Arts District, Asheville, NC October, November 2015
2015 Leah Shapiro, The Laurel of Asheville, 310ART Presents "Openings" starting October 10, October p 112
2015 Leah Shapiro, The Laurel of Asheville, Arts Adventure in the Studios of Riverview Station, June p 100
2015 Leah Shapiro, The Laurel of Asheville, 310ART Offers a Spring Show, April p 81
2014 Janine Gallizia, Jim McFarlane, Tony Hunt, Eidan Chen, Nicholas Simmons, jurors, Concours mondial de l’aquarelle - Le Catalogue, 2014 p 48
2013-14 Mike Felber, ed., At The Edge, NYC Arts and Culture Magazine 2013, 2014 pp128
2014 Russell. Heidi, Heidi Russell Presents Nadine Charlsen, The New York Optimisit September 12, 2014
2012 Jeffery Aldrich,  Art Takes Times Square, See Me Group Inc. p 163

AWARDS

2018 John N. Hunt Memorial Award, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
2014 Eve Lerman Memorial Award for Works on Paper, National Association of Women Artists
2013 Honorable Mention, Art Students League, Concours Show
2012 Loring W. Coleman Watercolor Award, Allied Artists of America
2009 New Jersey Watercolor Award, Catherine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club

AFFILIATIONS

Signature Member, American Watercolor Society, New York, NY (Submissions Co-Chair, Board of Directors -2020)
Lifetime Member, Art Students League, New York, NY
Member, National Association of Women Artists, New York, NY
Member, Salmagundi Club, New York, NY
Member, International Women's Artist Salon, New York, NY
Past President, River Arts District Artists, Asheville, NC 2018-2020

EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES IN WATERCOLOR
2022 Bold Strokes, Artisan, Santa Fe, NM
2022 Absolute Beginner Experimental Watercolor Techniques, River’s Edge Studios at 310 ART, Asheville, NC
2018, 2019, 2021 Create Powerful Watercolors, Artisan, Santa Fe, NM
2018-2019 Dramatic Light on Watercolor Landscapes, River’s Edge Studios at 310 ART, Asheville, NC
2017-2022 Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark, River’s Edge Studios at 310 ART, Asheville, NC
2017 No Fear Watercolor Workshop, Florence Thomas Art School, West Jefferson, NC (3 days)
2015-2018 Taking the Fear Out of Watercolor, River’s Edge Studios at 310 ART, Asheville, NC
2015-2021 Large Scale Experimental Watercolor, River’s Edge Studios at 310 ART, Asheville, NC
2016-2022 Marvelous Monday’s Open Studio Instruction, River’s Edge Studios at 310 ART, Asheville, NC
2016 Demystifying Watercolor for Theatre Designers, USITT Conference, Salt Lake City, UT
2015 Large Scale Experimental Watercolor, North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
2012 Special watercolor class instruction for art students, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
2008-2014 Teaching Assistant and Monitor, Watermedia Painting, Works on Paper, Paul Ching-Bor, Art Students League, New York, New York