Steven F. Gately
Coordinator of Visual Arts Programs
Associate Professor of Visual Arts
C.B. & Marlene Askins Professor of Art
Francis Marion University
Amanita Verna II, 2000
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| Born
in West Palm
Beach, Florida, Gately received his MFA degree from
Florida State
University. His work is represented in the collections
of the Gibbes
Arts Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina; The Columbia
Museum of Art,
Columbia, South Carolina; the Fine Arts
Museum of the South, Mobile, Alabama; the State Art
Collection of South
Carolina;
and various other public and private collections in ten
states.
Speaking of his recent work: "These abstract paintings are meant to convey a physically expressive, tactile surface through brush and knife textures. They are meant at the same time to convey something less literal; the feeling of a luminous, spacious environment achieved through color. Although this space is imaginary and no recognizable features were intended, the spontaneous brush strokes and hues could refer to landscape; yellow could allude to sunlight, for example, and blue areas could be perceived as sky or sea. But it is primarily through the relationship of their formal properties that I hope these works succeed as balanced compositions in the modern tradition." |
 Steven F. Gately, 1976 |
EDUCATION:
NATIONAL COMPETITIONS
1968 30th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings. Society of the Four
Arts, Palm Beach, Florida.
1970 National Photography Competition. Beaux Arts Gallery, St. Petersburg, Florida.
1971 Images on Paper '71. Municipal Art Gallery, Jackson, Mississippi.
1972 7th Annual Juried Art Exhibition. The Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile,
Alabama. $500 Top Purchase Prize.
1984 16th W & J National Painting Show. Washington and Jefferson College, Washington,
Pennsylvania.
1984 Mid America Biennial National Juried Competition. Owensboro, Kentucky, Museum
of Fine Art. $350 Purchase Award.
1986 Pensacola National Landscape Competition. Pensacola, Florida, Junior College. $250
Purchase Award.
1997 Untitled: Non-Objective Art. Associated Artists of Winston-Salem. Sawtooth
Building Galleries. Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
REGIONAL COMPETITIONS
1972 Fine Arts Festival IX. Callaway Gardens, Georgia. Honorable Mention.
1976 15th Hunter Annual Painting Competition. Hunter Museum of Art, Chattanooga,
Tennessee.
1976 44th Semi-Annual Southeastern Graphics Competition. Southeastern Center for
Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. $100 Purchase Award.
1977 Biennial Exhibition of Piedmont Painting and Sculpture. Mint Museum of Art,
Charlotte, North Carolina.
1979 Biennial Exhibition of Piedmont Painting and Sculpture. Mint Museum of Art,
Charlotte, North Carolina.
1979 47th Southeastern Painting and Sculpture Competition. Southeastern Center for
Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Honorable Mention.
1984 Southeastern Small Works. Cecelia Coker Bell Gallery, Coker College, Hartsville,
South Carolina.
STATE COMPETITIONS
1968 10th Hortt Memorial Exhibition. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Museum of the Arts.
1970 12th Hortt Memorial Exhibition. Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Museum of the Arts.
1972 Festival of States Art Show. St. Petersburg, Florida. Honorable Mention.
1972 All-Florida Annual Exhibition of Art. Lehigh Acres, Florida. 1st Prize: Painting.
1972 7th Annual Florida Gulf Coast Juried Show. Clearwater, Florida.
1972 Best of Florida Annual Exhibition. Pensacola, Florida, Art Center.
1974 South Carolina Drawing Exhibition. University of South Carolina at Aiken. $200
Top Purchase Award.
1975 South Carolina Arts Commission Annual Exhibition. Lee Hall Gallery, Clemson
University, Clemson, South Carolina.
1976 Guild of South Carolina Artists 26th Annual Exhibit. Greenville County Museum of
Art, Greenville, South Carolina.
1977 South Carolina Arts Commission Annual Exhibition. McKissick Museums,
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina. $400 Purchase Award.
1977 $2500 Artist's Fellowship. South Carolina Arts Commission.
1977 Guild of South Carolina Artists 27th Annual Exhibit. Columbia Museum of Art,
Columbia, South Carolina. $1000 Museums Purchase Award.
1978 Guild of South Carolina Artists 28th Annual Exhibit. Florence Museum, Florence,
South Carolina. $200 Award.
1980 Guild of South Carolina Artists 30th Annual Exhibit. Gibbes Gallery, Charleston,
South Carolina. $100 Award.
1981 South Carolina Arts Commission Annual Exhibition. Gibbes Gallery, Charleston,
South Carolina.
1983 South Carolina State Fair Fine Arts Juried Show. Columbia, South Carolina.
Honorable Mention.
1983 2nd Annual Art Competition for Spoleto. Marble Arch Gallery, Charleston, South
Carolina.
1984 6th Annual C & S Bank Exhibition. Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina.
1984 South Carolina State Fair Fine Arts Juried Show. Columbia, South Carolina. $500
State Record Merit Award. $100 Third Place Award.
1985 Guild of South Carolina Artists 35th Annual Exhibit. Gibbes Gallery, Charleston,
South Carolina.
1985 7th Annual C & S Bank Exhibition. Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina.
1986 8th Annual C & S Bank Exhibition. Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina.
1989 11th Annual C & S Bank Exhibition. Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina.
1989 South Carolina State Fair Fine Arts Juried Show. Columbia, South Carolina. $100
Third Place Award.
1989 Guild of South Carolina Artists 39th Annual Exhibit. Florence, Museum, Florence,
South Carolina. $500 Second Place Award.
1990 12th Annual C & S Bank Exhibition. Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina.
Honorable Mention.
1991 13th Annual C & S Bank Exhibition. Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina.
Honorable Mention.
1991 South Carolina State Fair Fine Arts Juried Show. Columbia, South Carolina.
Experimental Painting Merit Award.
1992 South Carolina State Fair Fine Arts Juried Show. Columbia, South Carolina.
1993 South Carolina State Fair Fine Arts Juried Show. Columbia, South Carolina.
TWO AND THREE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
1972 New Realists. Banks Haley Gallery, Albany, Georgia.
1979 Three South Carolina Painters. Lee Hall Gallery, Clemson University, Clemson,
South Carolina.
1980 Steven Gately and Kim Chalmers. Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina.
1982 Steven Gately and Lawrence Jordan. McKissick Museums, University of South
Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina.
1984 Steven Gately and Lawrence Jordan. Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina.
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
1973 Photo Phantasists. Florida State University Art Gallery, Tallahassee, Florida.
1978 Artists' Resource Forum Exhibition. Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South
Carolina.
1981 Dulin Art Gallery Benefit Exhibition of Southern Artists. Knoxville, Tennessee.
1985 Carolina Eight. Florence Museum, Florence, South Carolina.
1986 Landscape Invitational Exhibition. Catherine J. Smith Gallery, Appalachian State
University, Boone, North Carolina.
1989 Retrospective: South Carolina State Art Collection. South Carolina State Museum,
Columbia, South Carolina.
1990 Visual Arts and Crafts Fellows Retrospective 1976-1990. South Carolina State
Museum, Columbia, South Carolina.
1990 Guild of South Carolina Artists 40th Anniversary Retrospective of Top Award
Winners. South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, South Carolina.
1991 South Carolina: Contemporary Images. Kentucky Arts Council and Owensboro
Museum of Fine Art, Owensboro, Kentucky.
1993 FAU Alumni Exhibition. Ritter Gallery, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton,
Florida.
TRAVELING EXHIBITIONS
1969-70 11th Annual Sears Contemporary Southern Art Traveling Exhibition.
1973 Florida Creates.
1975-76 Art of the Carolinas. 17th Annual Springs Mills Traveling Show.
1978-79 Art of the Carolinas. 20th Annual Springs Mills Traveling Show.
1979 47th Southeastern Painting and Sculpture Competition.
1986 Guild of South Carolina Artists Traveling Show.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1974 Coker College. Hartsville, South Carolina.
1975 Francis Marion College. Florence, South Carolina.
1976 Florence Museum. Florence, South Carolina.
1976 Francis Marion College. Florence, South Carolina.
1978 Francis Marion College. Florence, South Carolina.
1981 Francis Marion College. Florence, South Carolina.
1981 Coker College. Hartsville, South Carolina.
1984 Francis Marion College. Florence, South Carolina.
1985 Francis Marion College. Florence, South Carolina.
1985 Coker College. Hartsville, South Carolina.
1987 Francis Marion College. Florence, South Carolina.
1988 Francis Marion College. Florence, South Carolina.
1990 Francis Marion College. Florence, South Carolina.
1992 Francis Marion College. Florence, South Carolina.
1993 Florence Museum. Florence, South Carolina.
1994 Francis Marion University. Florence, South Carolina.
1997 Francis Marion University. Florence, South Carolina.
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
The Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
The Fine Arts Museum of the South, Mobile, Alabama.
The Columbia Museums of Art and Science, Columbia, South Carolina.
The Gibbes Gallery, Charleston, South Carolina.
The Art Collection of the State of South Carolina.
The University of South Carolina at Aiken.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
Pensacola Junior College, Pensacola, Florida.
Richland Memorial Hospital, Columbia, South Carolina.
| Mr.
Steven F. Gately Coordinator of Visual Arts Program Associate Professor of Visual Arts - Painting/Drawing C.B. & Marlene Askins Professor of Art M.F.A., Florida State University (843) 661-1534 sgately@fmarion.edu |
 Rue Ravignan, 1997 |