Gerardo (Gerry) Stecca
Education
- M.F.A., painting, Savannah College of Art and Design
- B.A., visual arts, University of California, San Diego
Credentials
• Foundations studies professor, August 2018–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
• Fine artist, 1985–present, Miami/Fort Lauderdale, FL
• Adjunct art professor, January 2016–July 2018, Miami Dade College, Miami, FL
• Exhibitions coordinator, 2015–present, Deering Estate, Miami, FL
• Exhibition curator, 2010–present, Black Police and Courthouse Museum
• Freelance consultant, assistant curator, curator, Silvana Facchini Gallery, 2001–present
Awards, recognitions, and honors
• Second place winner, Jordan Winds 4on4 Competition, 2012
• Volunteer artist of the year, Hands on Miami, 2011
Publications and presentations
Artist residency
• Deering Estate at Cutler Artist in Residency, 2013–15
Curatorial
• Two exhibitions, Fort Myers, Fla., 2019
• Sculpture judge, 50th Coconut Grove Arts Festivals, 2013
• Consultant, curator, and display manager, history museum, Overtown, Fla., 2012–2013
Public art
• Terminal E Installation, Miami International Airport, 2012 and 2014
• Sculpture Loan Program, Everett Community College, Everett, Wash., 2009–present
• Sculpted green, City of Bellevue City Hall, 2008
• Art in the Streets 2013, Lafayette, Colo., 2013–2014
Museum exhibitions and permanent collections
• Aesthetics & Values program exhibition, Frost Museum of Art, Florida International University, Miami, Fla., 2018
• Murals and paintings, CANVAS Miami, 2018
• Mural, Starbucks, Savannah, Ga., 2016
• Related group, Pembroke Pines Apartments, 2016
• The Hive and Kiah Hall, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2012
• Frost Museum of Art, Aesthetics & Values program exhibition, Florida International University, Miami, Fla., 2010
Art fairs and festivals
• Overture Art Fair with Sensory Evolution Gallery, Art Basel Miami week, 2012
• Design Fairchild, Fairchild Tropical Gardens, 2011
• Solo booth and main entrance installation, Arts for a Better World Art Fair, Art Basel Miami Beach, Fla., 2010
• Miami International Art Fair, Jacob Karpio Gallery booth and Bakehouse Art Complex, Miami, Fla., 2010
Exhibitions
• Specious Morphology III, Miami Dade College Gallery, Homestead, Fla., 2015–16
• Sculptures and paintings, Palmetto Bay Municipal Building II, 2015–16
• Knock on Wood, group exhibition, Mano Fine Arts, Miami, Fla., 2016
• Specious Morphology II, 121 Coosa St. Pop Up Gallery, Montgomery, Ala., 2015
• Specious Morphology I, Silvana Facchini Gallery, Miami, Fla., 2015
• Faculty and student exhibition, deFINE ART, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga., 2014 and 2015
Murals
• Mural, United Way, JFK High School, North Miami, Fla., 2018
• Mural, United Way, ARC of South Fla., Project Thrive, 2018
• Mural, United Way and Carnival Cruise Lines, St. John Bosco, Leadership Learning Center, 2017
• Mural, Howard McMillan Middle School-Cherry Beraeck, 2017
Media
• “Around Town,” Arts & Culture, 2015.
• “Dead Files,” Travel Channel, 2014.
• “Art LoFort,” WPBT2, 2014.
• Annual publication, Irreversible Magazine, 2013.
• Article, Sun Sentinel, 2012.
• The Miami Herald, 2011.
Commissioned projects
• All outdoor murals and restoration, NSU Fort Lauderdale Art Museum
• The Tank, El Doral, Fla., 2016–17
• Lincoln’s Beard Brewery, 2016
• Freddo, Miami Beach, 2014; Brickell 2015; El Doral, Fla., 2017
• Starbucks, Savannah, Ga., 2015
• Display Works, Miami, Fla., 1990–present
Other projects
• Art handler, Museum of Art and Design, Miami Dade College at the Freedom Tower, 2014–15
• Art installations, Ultra Music Festival, Miami, Fla., 2008 and 2009
• Art handler/installer, Bass Museum and Fort Lauderdale Museum, 2008–09
• Art handler/installer, Art Basel Miami Beach, Convention Center, Lincoln Road Theatre, Video Lounge, 2002