Artists Biography
Charles Winstead
P.O. Box 1108
Bolinas, CA 94924
puntalejos @ sbcglobal.net
(415)868-8967
Born
Norfolk, VA, 1968
Education
California Institute of Integral Studies
Ph.D. East-West Psychology, 1996
Dissertation Title: An Existential-Phenomenological Approach to The Experience of Merging with Nature While Rock Climbing. (Presented ‘96 Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, Los Angeles)
University of West Georgia
M.A. Humanistic Psychology, 1991
Thesis Title: In Search of The Nature of Reality: Psychological Implications of Quantum Mechanics.
Emory University
B.A. Psychology, 1989
One-Person Exhibitions
2007 International Association for the Scientific Study of Shamanism, Remaining Mysteries of Easter Island, San Rafael, CA
2006 Gallery Route One, Intelligent Design: Physics & Reality, Pt. Reyes, CA
2005 Alta Bates Hospital, Alta Bates Invitational: New Paintings, Berkeley, CA
2003 Doyle Street Café, Abstract Geometrics, Emeryville, CA
Bisco’s, Cube, Emeryville, CA
2002 Far Leaves, East Bay Introductions, Berkeley, CA
Group Exhibitions
2008 Meyer Fine Art, Transmodern Ocean, Norfolk, VA
2008 A Different Day Gallery, Art and Science, Albany, CA
2008 Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Adventures in Mysticism, Athens, GA
2007 Bolinas Gallery, Organic Crystalline, Bolinas, CA
2006 Sanchez Art Center, Arts on Fire X, Pacifica, CA
2005 Bolinas Artists Open Studios, Bolinas, CA
2004 Art Works Downtown, Bay Area Fine Craft, San Rafael, CA
2003 East Bay ProArts Open Studios, Oakland, CA
Julia Morgan School, Benefit & Gallery Show, Oakland, CA
Selected Writings
Phenomenological Analyses of First-person Reports of “Healers” and “Healees” in Unexpected Recoveries, Exceptional Human, 17, 64-80. Krippner, S., Winstead, C., & White, R.A., 2002
The Ramtha Phenomenon: Psychological, Phenomenological, and Geomagnetic Data, Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research, 92(1), (pp 1-24), Krippner, Wickramasekera, Winstead, 1998
Santo Daime: Psychedelic Catholicism from the Rainforest, The Resonance Project, Winstead, C. and Miller, S., Summer 1999
Individualized Self and Collective Self: Implications for Phenemonological Research, Charles Winstead, Society for the Anthropology of Consciousness, March 1997 Berkeley, CA
The Sin of Dream Interpretation: Historical Perspectives, Stanley Krippner & Charles Winstead, American Society of Dreams, July 1996
On the Dream Experiences of Big Wall Climbers, Charles Winstead, 1995
Publications
Winstead's Abstract Paintings, Point Reyes Light, Sam Spiewak, July 6, 2006
Horizon, selected as cover art for all 2003 ProArts Open Studios promotional materials.
Collections
Private Collections