Charles Manion
Cincinnati, Ohio

Charlie Manion is a Midwestern artist and a McNeil Fellow at the Winterthur Program in American Material Culture, where he researches the way accidents make objects meaningful. He has worked as a scientific glassblower, touring musician, and is the scenic designer for CAROL Performance Group, an experimental theater company in New York. 

His artwork, interactive sculpture-systems made from concrete, blown glass, and modified electronics, has been exhibited at Westbeth Gallery, the Design Museum of Chicago, and Millennium Park.

He was the public glass studio manager at Firebird Community Arts, a trauma-recovery nonprofit for Chicagoans injured by gun violence, before pursuing an MFA at the NY State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He now lives and works in Philadelphia