EDUCATION
1992-95 Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY
-History of Art & Architecture, Screen Printing, Entrepreneurial Business
ABOUT
1967 Born January 29th in La Crosse, Wisconsin to artist parents
1972 Started painting, age 5, at the Kindergarten easel
1976 Drawings published in Art Teacher’s Instruction Manual, age 9
1985 Onalaska High School
-Selected for Gifted & Talented Artists program
-Recipient: Senior Art Award & Art Scholarship
1986 Relocated to Minneapolis, MN
-Painted Punk Rock portraits of friends
1987 Relocated to New York, NY
-Painted self-portraits and various studies
1988-90 Joined Art Department of the notorious Unique Clothing Warehouse
-Mentored by artist Tracy Lee Stum: Mural painting, window displays, signage and props
1990-91 Art Director at Unique Clothing Warehouse
1991-95 Production Manager (jewelry industry) at Jillery by Jill Fagin
-Sculpture of aluminum wire
1992-95 Fashion Institute of Technology
-Art History, Screen Printing & Entrepreneurial Business
1995-96 Assistant to the Designer (jewelry industry) at Fahrenheit NY
-Pewter and Sterling Silver, Polishing & Finishing
1996 First group art exhibit at Max Fish Gallery, NYC
1996 Began painting series of pop art “Pin-Up Girls”
1996-99 Staff Artist at mural painting studio, Modeworks, Inc.
-Under the direction of Norvel Hermanovski
-Mentored by artists: Paul Kuhrman, Matthew Quayle
Selected projects: Planet Hollywood, Godiva Chocolatier, Mohegan Sun Casino, Foxwoods Casino
1997 First solo art exhibit at Flamingo East Lounge, NYC
-Press: Time Out NY Magazine
1999 Competed at Centro Italiano Madonnari Street Painting Festival - Mantova Italy
-Recipient: Bronze Medalist with Tracy Lee Stum
1999 Painted trompe l’oeil murals for Venetian Casino, Las Vegas
-Under the direction of Tracy Lee Stum
2000-08 Lead Artist / Designer / Crew Foreman at mural painting studio, Silver Hill Atelier LLC
-Under the direction of Norvel Hermanovski
-Mentored by artists: Pedro Celin, Alfredo Arcia, Paul Kuhrman, Gordon Meier
Selected projects: Disney Tokyo Sea Resort, Hong Kong Disneyland, Cheesecake Factory, Canyon Ranch Miami Beach, Mesa Grill Las Vegas, Rodeph Shalom Temple
2001 Designed City of Onalaska Sesquicentennial Mural in Wisconsin, painted with High School students
2003 Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel street painting reproduction with Tracy Lee Stum + 30 artists
2007 Painted “Jazz Babies” series in New Orleans
2008 Restored paintings damaged by Hurricane Katrina at New Orleans Conservation Guild
2008 Self Employed: The Art of Charlene Lanzel
-Started “Dreams & Visions” painting series and “Idol Worship” painting series
2010 Allstate Olympic Hall of Fame - Vancouver, performance art chalk mural with Tracy Lee Stum
2010 Began creating Sand Animations and performing live worldwide
2020 Created “Dreaming Consciousness” series of Collages during pandemic
2021 Relocated to Hollywood, CA.
COLLECTIONS
Maxine Taupin, E. R. Butler, Randolph Pratt, Laura Plybon
PRESS
Time Out NY, About.com, La Crosse Tribune, Gazetta Di Mantova, Sex-Kitten.net, Las Vegas Sun, Animal New York
FESTIVALS
2002 Bella Via Italian Street Painting Festival - Valencia, CA
2000 Youth in Arts Italian Street Painting Festival - San Rafael, CA
2000 Santa Barbara I Madonnari Street Painting Festival - Santa Barbara, CA
1999 International Centro Italiano Madonnari Street Painting Festival - Mantova, Italy
AWARDS
2006 Sepp Leaf Pride of Place Award
-First Place Religious Gilding / Rodeph Shalom Temple for Silver Hill Atelier
1999 International Centro Italiano Madonnari Street Painting Festival - Mantova, Italy
-Bronze Medalist with Tracy Lee Stum
1985 Onalaska High School
-Senior Art Award & Art Scholarship