GARY GODBEE


Education

1974              BFA Painting, Boston University, School of Fine Arts

1992              Graduate Painting, Brooklyn College

1993              Graduate Painting, Montclair State University


Teaching

1993-Current     Montclair Art Museum / Yard School of Art, Montclair, NJ:

                              Painting, Figure Drawing

2001-Current     Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ: Painting

2007-2008        Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ

                              Jersey Central Art Studios, Cranford, NJ

1995                   Academy of Realist Art, Sante Fe, NM: Landscape Workshop

1994                   Academy of Realist Art, Sante Fe, NM: Portrait Workshop

1992-93             Art Student's League, NY, NY: Guest Instructor, Figure Drawing

1993                   Du Cret School of the Arts, Plainfield, NJ: Lecture:

                              Contemporary Landscape Painting


Selected Recent Exhibitions


Solo Exhibitions

2014                Gary Godbee, Studio 7 Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ

2009                Clarity of Form, Edward Williams Gallery, Fairleigh Dickenson University, NJ

2008                Found Horizons: Gary Godbee Paintings, Studio 7 Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ

2007                Gary Godbee, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

2006                Gary Godbee,  J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

1995                Landscapes in Transition, Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ

1992                Cudahy's Gallery, New York, NY

                           Urban Views, Cudahy's, Richmond, VA

1991                New Works, Cudahy's Gallery, New York, NY

1987                First Street Gallery, New York, NY

1986                Gallery North, Stony Brook, NY

1984                First Street Gallery, New York, NY

1983                Central Falls Gallery, New York, NY

1981                First Street Gallery, New York, NY


Two Person Exhibitions

2003                Jersey Bound: Gary Godbee and Tim Daly, Tomasulo Gallery,

                          Union County College, NJ

                          Hidden in Plain Sight, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ


Juried, Invitational and Group Exhibitions

2014                   Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

2013                   New Jersey Impressions, Drumthwacket Foundation, Princeton, NJ

                            Gallery Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

                            The Raritan River: Our Landscape, Our Legacy, Studio 7 Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ

                            ACOPAL Contemporary American Realism, Beijing World Art Museum, China

                            Living Large, Studio 7 Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ

2012                   ACOPAL Contemporary American Realism, Butler Institute, Illinois

                            Faculty Exhibit, Center for Contemporary Art, Bedminster, NJ

                            Winter Group Show, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

2011                   Inspired Perspectives, Studio 7 Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ

                            ACOPAL Exhibition of Contemporary Realism, National Arts Club, New York, NY

                            Appetite: Foods, Gardens & People, Gallery Henoch, New York, NY

2010                  NJ Arts Annual: Reality & Artifice, NJ State Museum, Trenton NJ

                           The Urban Landscape, Studio 7 Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ

                           The Human Form, Studio 7 Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ

                           Preserve/Protect: NJ Land Conservancy Exhibition, Studio 7 Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ

2009                 Super Real: Different Angles of Photorealism, The Citadelle Art Foundation,

                           Canadian, TX

                           Evolution20@10, Arts Guild of NJ, Rahway, NJ

2008                 Sprawl:The Overbuilding of NJ, Arts Guild of NJ, Rahway, NJ

                           The 22nd Annual International, Visual Arts Center of NJ, Summit, NJ                   

2007                 Faculty Exhibition, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ

2006                 NJSCA 2003-4 Visual Arts Fellowship Exhibition, NJ State Museum, Trenton,NJ

                           Group Show, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

                           Small Treasures, Johnson Gallery, Bedminster, NJ

2005                 NJ Arts Annual: Place of Mind,  Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ

                           Gallery Summer Show,  J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

                           Gallery Group Show,  J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

2004                 Masters and Mavericks, Seraphin Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                           Down the Shore, J. Cacciola Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ

                           New work, J. Cacciola Gallery, New York, NY

                           Art in Fashion, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ

                           Face in the Mirror, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ

2003                 Gatherings, J. Cacciola Gallery, Bernardsville, NJ

                           Summer Selections, Tatistcheff Gallery, New York, NY

                           Painter to Painter, Johnson Gallery, Bedminster, NJ

2002                 21st Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

                           Urban Crossings, Johnson Gallery, Bedminster, NJ

                           Celebrating Excellence: Merck 2002, Arts Guild of Rahway, Rahway, NJ

2001                 15E: Contemporary Art and the NJ Turnpike, Robeson Gallery, Rutgers

                            University, Newark, NJ

                            20th Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

2000-01            New Jersey Mural Proposals, NJ State Gallery, Trenton, NJ

1996                  NJSCA Fellowship Exhibition, The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ

                            15th Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

                            National Portrait Competition, The Portrait Institute, New York, NY

                            15th Anniversary Show, Cudahy's, Richmond VA

1995                  14th Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

1994                  Group Show, Foster-Goldstrom, New York, NY

                             Four Realists, Cudahy's Richmond, VA

                             13th Annual Metro Show, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ

1990                   Art of the Northeast USA, Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT

1988                  The Landscape, Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven, CT


Grants, Fellowships, Projects

2004                  Painting Fellowship, New Jersey State Council on the Arts

2000                  Mural Project, Arcorp, Weehawken, NJ

1998-2000      Mural Project, Department of Labor, The State of New Jersey

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