Charlie Schmidt Art

Welcome to charlieschmidt.com
artist • inventor • keyboard cat • video test pilot • author • go viral
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Saturday, October 20, Garland Theater!!!

8-1-18
110 volt art
8 pedal activated pieces
Charlie schmidt

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7-24-18
SUITE JESUS • recent paintings • charlie schmidt
all pieces 48x48", oil on board

When I was little two of the things that got in the deepest were
Jesus (getting to Heaven) and
nuclear war (weekly dress rehearsals for incoming nukes in the school basement., Sputnik, astronauts, jets, UFO's, fear).

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STARBURST CANDY!

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We love Miley Cyrus and Wrecking Ball, so I made this Keyboard Cat version of it. Miley dug it and was inspired by it to make her VMA Awards video. See Hollywood Life article.

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TV dinner I wanted to have a painting like this for a long time and now I do. Just finished. 1-26-16
36x48", acrylic on canvas, deep canvas painted edges.

Turkey TV Dinner acrylic on canvas 36x48"

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Art school Tokyo, 1972

SEE JAPANESE NOSE COMMERCIALS

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KEYBOARD CATTM
In 1984 I put my cat in a tiny blue shirt and made this video to entertain myself.
There was no internet or customer or money.
Many years later, the internet and YouTube came along,
and I uploaded it in 2007.
In 2009 it popped into making Keyboard Cat History.
Also see KeyboardCat.com now over 50 million views.
See Keyboard Cat Wiki
I never stop being surprised.

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Recent Keyboard Cat project!
Bento, our family cat, and I in just released ads for
Shelter Pet Project
Creative by J. Walter Thompson,
New York and the Ad Council ADWEEK article 2-2-16

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Self Portrait
Before Pshop
I designed and built this set in my garage.
No photoshop. All physical. Coolest haircut I ever had.
Client: Pinnacle Productions.
J Craig Sweat photo.

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9-29-17 KEYBOARD CAT Makes Your Day! -NEW VIDEO-

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Using art as a CRUTCH. Using a crutch as ART.

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Dancing Nose
In 1984 I made this Dancing Nose Clip with a friend to ease the boredom and to keep his wife happy because he just bought a bunch of video gear. They eventually got divorced.
There was no internet, or YouTube, or customer. A friend and I entered it in a "Funny Video Contest" on local station KXLY. We won first place and got to be on the Noon Show, plus they sent the video to a "Hollywood Producer". Somehow, that landed me in over 20 countries, doing TV Shows and commercials and shows like this Late Night Legend, and international commercials like Duskin Air , in Tokyo.   Many years later I found out that we were the only entry at KXLY!
This clip is in the permanent collection at Centre Georges Pompideau Centre in Paris.
Traffic Safety PSA for the Government of Belgium, shot in Brussels.
        You can't do this on purpose.