Artists Biography
Charles Winstead
P.O. Box 1108
Bolinas, CA 94924
puntalejos @ sbcglobal.net
(415) 868-9490
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
Art
My paintings use an existential-phenomenological approach to visually interpreting the theories and concepts of quantum mechanics and chaos theory.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2009 Vinyl on Aluminum, 2nd International Parapsychology Conference, Harbiye Museum, Istanbul, Turkey
2009 New Paintings, Wells Fargo Bank, Pt. Reyes, CA
2007 Remaining Mysteries of Easter Island, International Association for the Scientific Study of Shamanism, San Rafael, CA
2006 Intelligent Design: Physics & Reality, Gallery Route One, Pt. Reyes, CA
2005 Alta Bates Invitational: New Paintings, Alta Bates Hospital, Berkeley, CA
Group Exhibitions
2008 Transmodern Ocean, Meyer Fine Art, Norfolk, VA
2008 Art and Science, A Different Day Gallery, Albany, CA
2008 Adventures in Mysticism, Athens Institute for Contemporary Art, Athens, GA
2007 Organic Crystalline, Bolinas Gallery, Bolinas, CA
2006 Arts on Fire X, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
2004 Bay Area Fine Craft, Art Works Downtown, San Rafael, CA
Selected Writings
Artistic Documentation of Science and Mysticism throughout the Ages into the Present Day, 2nd Istanbul Parapsychology Conference. Istanbul, Turkey, 2009
The Remaining Mysteries of Easter Island, Dream Network, Vol. 26, #3, 2007, pg. 19–25, 44-45, Charles Winstead & Stanley Krippner
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
Tessaract, selected as logo for all 2008 Athens Institute for Contemporary Arts Adventures in Mysticism show promotional materials.
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.