Charles Karadimos

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1980 - First showing of kaleidoscopes at Arts and Craft Show ... Gaithersburg, Maryland. 
1985 - First Kaleidoscope Exhibit at Strathmore Hall Arts Center ... Display Coordinator ... Rockville, MD
1985 - Kaleidoscope Exhibit at Kentucky Center for the Arts ... Louisville, Kentucky.
1985 - Award for Excellence, Ohio Designer Craftsman, Winterfair ... Columbus, Ohio.
1986 - Alternatives in Glass : Sandusky Cultural Arts Center ... Sandusky, Ohio.
1986 - Kaleidoscope Exhibit ... Louisville, KY.
1987 - “Kaleidoscope National Invitational” at Vespermann Glass Studio ... Atlanta, Georgia.
1987 - Kaleidoscope Exhibit at Kaleido ... Los Angeles, California.
1987 - “Scope It Out” at Craft Company No. 6 ... Rochester, New York.
1987 - “Dance of Light” at Bergen Museum of Art and Science ... Paramus, New Jersey.
1987 - Annual Scope Show at Glass Growers Gallery ... Erie, Pennsylvania.
1988 - “Contemporary Kaleidoscopes ‘88” at Eileen Kremen Gallery ... Fullerton, California.
1988 - “Scope It Out” at American Details ... Coconut Grove, Florida.
1988 - “Kaleidoscopes for Connoisseurs III” at Kentucky Center for the Arts ... Louisville, KY.
1988 - “Kaleidoscope Tasting” at the Hand of the Craftsman ... Nyack, New York.
1988 - Brewster Society Meeting ... Nyack, New York.
1988 - Mykonos Gallery .... Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
1988 - Annual Scope Show at Glass Growers Gallery ... Erie, Pennsylvania.
1989 - “Contemporary Kaleidoscopes ‘89” at Eileen Kremen Gallery ... Fullerton, California.
1989 - “Kaleidoscopes for Connoisseurs IV” at Kentucky Center for the Arts ... Louisville, KY.
1989 - “Wearable and Mini Scopes” at Mykonos ... Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
1989 - “Kaleidoscope Invitational 89” at Strathmore Hall Arts Center ... Display Coordinator ... Rockville, MD
1989 - 4th Annual Scope Show at Glass Growers Gallery ... Erie, Pennsylvania.
1990 - “Kaleidoscope Festival ‘90” at Appalachianna, Artist of the Month ... Washington D.C.
1990 - “Contemporary Kaleidoscopes ‘90” at Eileen Kremen Gallery ... Fullerton, California.
1990 - “Kaleidoscopes for Connoisseurs V” at Kentucky Center for the Arts ... Louisville, KY.
1990 - “Scopes & Wearables” at Mykonos ... Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
1990 - 5th Annual Scope Show at Glass Growers Gallery ... Erie, Pennsylvania.
1991 - “Contemporary Kaleidoscopes ‘91” at Eileen Kremen Gallery ... Fullerton, California.
1991 - “Kaleidoscopes for Connoisseurs VI” at Kentucky Center for the Arts ... Louisville, KY.
1991 - Kaleidoscope Exhibit at Washington County Museum of Fine Arts ... Hagerstown, MD.
1991 - “Kaleidoscope Tasting” at the Hand of the Craftsman ... Nyack, New York.
1991 - “Scopes & Wearables” at Mykonos ... Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
1991 - 6th Annual Scope Show at Glass Growers Gallery ... Erie, Pennsylvania.
1992 - “Contemporary Kaleidoscopes ‘92” at Eileen Kremen Gallery ... Fullerton, California.
1992 - “State of the Scope Expo” at the Strathmore Hall Arts Center ... Display Coordinator ... Rockville, MD
1992 - Brewster Society Convention IV ... Rockville, Maryland.
1992 - “1992 National Kaleidoscope Exhibit” at Davlin's ... Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1992 - “Kaleidofete 92” at Basic Blue ... Sugar Loaf, New York.
1993 - Kaleidoscope Exhibition ... Aukland, New Zealand.
1993 - “Kaleidoscopes for Connoisseurs VII” at Kentucky Center for the Arts ... Louisville, KY.
1993 - Winner of the Brewster Award for Creative Ingenuity for “Tessera”
1993 - “1993 National Kaleidoscope Exhibit” at Davlin’s ... Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1993 - Northeast Regional Brewster Society Meeting ... New York.
1993 - “Kaleidoscope Renaissance” at the Strathmore Hall Arts Center ... Display Coordinator ... Rockville, MD
1994 - Northwest Regional Brewster Society Meeting ... Seattle, Washington.
1994 - “Kaleidoscopes from the Cozy Baker Collection” at San Francisco Int’l Airport Museum.
1994 - Brewster Society Convention VI at the Exploratorium ... San Francisco, California.
1994 - Winner of the People’s Choice Award for “The Sphere” ... Brewster Society Convention
1994 - “1994 National Kaleidoscope Exhibit” at Davlin’s ... Minneapolis, Minnesota.
1994 - “Magic at Mykonos” Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania.
1994 - 1995 - “Engaging Optics” at The Gallery at Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
1995 - Northwest Regional Brewster Society Meeting ... Seattle, Washington.
1995 - Southeast Regional Brewster Society Meeting ... Orlando, Florida.
1995 - “A Touch of Glass” National Geographic Society, Explorer’s Hall ... Washington, DC
1995 - “The Crate Show”... Adler Gallery ... Baltimore, Maryland.
1995 - Brewster Society Convention VII ... Chicago, Illinois.
1995 - Third Interdisciplinary Symmetry Congress and Exhibition ... Symmetry: Natural and Artificial , World Festival of Kaleidoscopes ... Washington DC.
1995 - First Festive Open House at Dexterity ... Montclair, New Jersey.
1995 - “Twenty Years of Brilliant Images” at Hand of the Craftsman ... Nyack, New York.
1996 - Southwest Regional Meeting ... San Antonio, Texas.
1996 - New York City Regional Meeting ... New York, New York.
1996 – Kaleidomagic ... Brewster Convention ... Corning, New York.
1996 – Kaleidofest ... Glass Magic ... Branson, Missouri.
1997 - World of Color ... Brewster Convention ... Seattle, Washington.
1997 - Arts Afire ... Alexandria, Virginia.
1998 - KaleidoGalaxy ... Brewster Convention ... Orlando, Florida.
1998 - 1998 National Kaleidoscope Exhibit” at Davlin’s ... Edina, Minnesota.
1998 - “ Kaleidoscope Celebration, Winter ‘98” at Eileen Kremen Gallery ... Fullerton, CA.
1999 - “ Kaleidoscope and Quilts” at Museum of American Quilters Society ... Padukah KY
1999 - Brewster Regional Meeting at Kaatskill Korners.
1999 - Opening of Kaleidoscope Art Museum in Sendai Japan.
1999 - 1999 National Kaleidoscope Exhibit” at Davlin’s ... Maple Grove, Minnesota.
1999 - Waves of Color ... Brewster Convention ... Kennebunkport, Maine.
2000 - MidWest Kaleidofest ... Brewster Convention ... Davenport. Iowa
2001 - Kaleidoscope Jubilee ... Brewster Convention ... San Diego, California
2001 - Northeast Regional Scope-about ... Washington DC 2001 - Glass Gallery ... Bethesda, Maryland
2002 - Kaleidoscope Karnival ... Brewster Convention ... New Orleans, Louisiana
2002 - International Quilt Festival ... Houston, Texas
2003 - Juror/Creative Crafts Council 24th Biennial ... Strathmore Hall Arts Center ... Rockville MD 
2003 - Brewster Blue Ridge Reunion ... Brewster Convention ... Asheville, NC.
2003 - "Glass Art and Kaleidoscope Celebration" Eileen Kremen Gallery ... Fullerton, CA.
2003 - Vermont Kaleidofest at Stowe Craft Design Center ... Stowe VT
2003 - 12th Annual National Kaleidoscope Exhibit” at Davlin’s ... Edina, Minnesota.
2003 - 6th Annual Kaleidoscope Show at Arts Afire ... Alexandria VA
2003 - International Quilt Festival ... Houston, Texas
2003 - Manager/member/Co-director of the Brewster Kaleidoscope Society
2004 - Highlands Rendezvous ... Brewster Convention ... Portland, OR.
2004 - 7th Annual Kaleidoscope Show at Arts Afire ... Alexandria VA
2004 - “Infinite Reflections: Kaleidoscope Magic and Wonder”, Eclectic Gallery ... Ponte Vedre Beach, FL.
2005 - Presentation at Opening of Earth Tower at Nagoya Expo, ... Nagoya, JAPAN
2005 - “Charles Karadimos Kaleidoscope Show”, Galerie Vivant ... Tokyo JAPAN
2005 - Convergence 2005 ... 17th Annual Brewster Convention ... Nashville, TN.
2005 - “A Kaleidoscopic Summer” at Vespermann Glass Gallery ... Atlanta GA
2005 - 8th Annual Kaleidoscope Show at Arts Afire ... Alexandria VA
2005 - Kaleidoscope Reflections: 20th Anniversary Exhibit at Strathmore Mansion, (Curator) ... Rockville MD
2005 - Second Place at Kaleidoscope Reflections: 20th Anniversary Exhibit ... Rockville MD
2005 - Juror for International Three Senses Kaleidoscope Competition at Sendai Kaleidoscope Art Museum ... Sendai JAPAN
2006 - Fiesta of Color ... 18th Annual Brewster Convention ... Albuquerque NM
2007 - 26th Biennial Juried Exhibition at the Mansion at Strathmore ... Creative Crafts Council ... North Bethesda MD
2007 - Lightwaves ... 19th Annual Brewster Convention ... Charleston SC
2007 - 10th Annual Kaleidoscope Show at Arts Afire ... Alexandria VA
2008 - "Kaleidoscopes Incarnate" at Reflections Kaleidoscope ... Mendocino CA
2008 - 11th Annual Kaleidoscope Show at Arts Afire ... Alexandria VA
2009 - "Kaleidoscope Quilts: The Art of Paula Nadelestern" at the American Folk Art Museum ... NY City NY
2009 - "Kaleidoscope Odyssey" 2nd Annual Invitational at Reflections Kaleidoscope ... Honorable Mention ... Mendocino CA
2009 - "Creative Crafts Council 27th Biennial Juried Exhibition" at the Mansion at Strathmore ... North Bethesda MD
2009 - "Stowe Craft Gallery 8th Annual Kaleidoscope Festival" ... voted best interior image for "Odyssey" ... Stowe VT
2009 - Featured segment on CBS Sunday Morning Magazine
2009 - BKS Regional meeting ... Bethesda MD
2009 - 12th Annual Kaleidoscope Show at Arts Afire ... Alexandria VA.
2009 - Honorable Mention in Sculptural for "Dichro ll" in the 2009 Dichroic by Design Contest ... http://www.cbs-dichroic.com/contests.asp
2010 - "Life's Reflections" 3rd Annual Invitational at Reflections Kaleidoscope ... Mendocino CA
2010 - Kaleidoscope Reflections ... 20th Annual Brewster Convention ... Santa Clara CA
2010 - Twentieth Anniversary Artists Recognition Award ... Award for Classic and Enduring Design
2010 - Twentieth Anniversary Artists Recognition Award ... Award for Favorite Artist
2010 - "Stowe Craft Gallery 9th Annual Kaleidoscope Festival" ... Stowe VT
2010 - 13th Annual Kaleidoscope Show at Arts Afire ... Alexandria VA
2011 - "Kaleidoscopes: What's Old is New Again" 4th Annual Invitational at Reflections Kaleidoscope ... Mendocino CA
2011 - "Kaleidoscopes of the 21st Century" ... Carnegie Visual and Performing Art Center ... Covington KY
2011 - People's Choice Award ... Carnegie Visual and Performing Art Center ... Covington KY
2011 - "Happy Colors" ... 21st Annual Brewster Convention ... Covington KY
2011 - People's Choice Award (Tribute to Cozy) ... Covington KY
2011 - "Kaleidoscope Quilts: The Art of Paula Nadelestern" at the Akron Art Museum ... Akron OH
2012 - "Kaleidoscope Quilts: The Art of Paula Nadelestern" at Endicott College Center for the Arts ... Beverly MA
2012 - "I'd like to buy the World a Scope" ... 22nd Annual BKS Convention ... Atlanta GA
2012 - People's Choice Award ... 22nd Annual BKS Convention ... Atlanta GA
2012 - "Kaleidoscopes: A World of Happy Colors" 5th Annual Invitational at Reflections Kaleidoscope ... Mendocino CA
2012 - "Kaleidoscope!" ... Hannibal Arts Council ... Hannibal MO
2012 - Opening of Japan Kaleidoscope Museum ... by Shinichi Okhuma ... near Tokyo, JAPAN
2012 - 2013 - "Colors at Play: Quilts and Kaleidoscopes" ... Sandy Spring Museum ... Sandy Spring MD
2013 - "Mathematically Inclined" ... Group show at The Galleries at the Takoma Park Community Center ... Takoma Park MD
2013 - "Metamorphosis - the Changing Kaleidoscope" 6th Annual Invitational at Reflections Kaleidoscope ... Mendocino CA
2013 - "Kaleidoscopes: Reflections in History" ... 23nd Annual BKS Convention ... Freeport ME
2014 - "Color Me - Wow!“ 7th Annual Invitational at Reflections Kaleidoscope ... Mendocino CA
2014 - "Konstruction Junction" ... 24th Annual BKS Convention ... Sacramento CA
2014 - Judge and special guest for ”The Kaleidoscope for Hope“ contest at Sendai Kaleidoscopes Art Museum ... Sendai JAPAN
2014 - ”C.Karadimos and Glass Kaleidoscope Artists“ ... Galerie Vivant ... Tokyo JAPAN
2015 - “Snow Crystals” ... Prism Gallery ... Nagoya, JAPAN
2015 - “Doll's Festival” ... Sendai Kaleidoscope Art Museum ... Sendai JAPAN
2015 - "The Art of Kaleidoscopes" ... 25th Annual BKS Convention ... Covington KY
2015 - American Glass Guild conference ... Washington DC
2016 - “Symmetries in Light” 200 Year Anniversary of the Kaleidoscope ... University of Edinburgh ... Edinburgh SCOTLAND
2016 - Opening of Karadimos Home Museum 2016 - “Kaleidoscopes: 200 Years” ... The Mansion at Strathmore ... Rockville MD
2016 - “Kaleidoscopes: 200 Years and Beyond” ... 26th Annual BKS Convention ... Rockville MD
2016 - Awarded Cozette Award from the Brewster Kaleidoscope Society
2016 - Exhibit and Workshop at Sendai Kaleidoscope Museum ... Sendai JAPAN
2017 - Kaleidoscope Festival ... Galerie Vivant ... Tokyo JAPAN
2017 - “Harmony” ... 27th Annual BKS Convention ... Kyoto JAPAN
2017 - “Sendai Summer Exhibition: Fishes and Insects“ ... Sendai JAPAN
2017 - “Night at the Museum” Kaleidoscope weekend at Nellie Bly ... Jerome AZ
2018 - “Visions over Time” ... 28th Annual BKS Convention ... Memphis TN
2019 - ”Kaleidoscope: Spectrum“ ... The Mansion at Strathmore ... Rockville MD ... Juror Award for Classic GOLD
2019 - “Arizona Roundup” ... 29th Annual BKS Convention International EXPO ... Scottsdale AZ
2020 - BKS Virtual Unveiling
2021 - BKS Virtual Expo
2022 - "Gateway to Kaleidoscopes" ... 30th Annual BKS Convention ... St. Louis MO ... People's Choice Award (2)
2022 - "Kaleidoscopes: The Art Form" ... The Foundry Art Centre ... Saint Charles MO
2023 - "Flights of Imagination"... 31st Annual BKS EXPO ... Raleigh NC
2024 - "Kaleidoscopes and Quilts: State of the Art" ... Kerr Arts and Cultural Center ... Kerrville, TX
2024 - "Desert Colors" ... 32nd Annual BKS EXPO ... Scottsdale, AZ ... People's Choice Award