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Stephen Gardner

Chair emeritus, foundation studies

Education

  • M.F.A., painting, Parsons School of Design
  • B.F.A., illustration, Rhode Island School of Design

Credentials

  • Chair, foundations studies, 2024–present
    Associate chair, foundations studies, 2017–2023
    Develop departmental curriculum and budget. Manage and oversee faculty and staff evaluations, quarterly promotional events, and building management.
    Drawing coordinator/director of the drawing minor, 2003–2016
    Design coordinator, 2002–2003
    Director of the drawing minor, 1998–2002
    Director of the drawing/design center, 2000–2003
    Director of foundation studies scholarship, 1999–2002
    Professor, foundation studies, 1993–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Assistant to Enrique Vegas, 1991–1992, Metal Art, Apex, NC
  • Assistant to Duane Hanson, 1988

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Presidential Fellowship, drawing the region of Mezzogiorno, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2013

Organizations

  • Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC), chair, 2011
  • Landings Art Association, 2016

Publications and presentations

Solo exhibitions and collections

  • Drawing botanical gardens of England, video demonstrations, Savannah College of Art and Design Sabbatical, 2015
  • Georgia Kitchen Restaurant, exhibition, Burlington, N.C., 2002
  • SCAD Editions, collaborative printmaking project, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2002
  • Bergen Gallery 2, solo exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, 1996
  • Bay Street Bar, solo exhibition, Savannah, Ga., 1993

Group Exhibitions and Conferences

  • Foundations in Art, Theory and Education. Presented at FATE, 2013 and 2017
  • Artist's exhibition, J. Costello Gallery, Hilton Head, S.C., 2016–2017
  • Artist lecture. Presented at Landings Art Association, 2016
  • Nature Nurture, Savannah, Ga., 2016
  • Juried exhibition, Richeson75 Online Still Life and Floral, 2013
  • Drawing Muchness, The University of North Florida, 2012
  • Session chair, Drawing Muchness. Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC), 2011
  • Gallery on 49th, Savannah, Ga., 2008
  • Pei Ling Chan Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2003-2004
  • Savannah Gallery, Atlanta, Ga., 2003
  • Red Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 2003
  • Juried exhibition, Mona Bismarck Foundation, Pour l'Amour des Chiens, Paris, 2003
  • Savannah College of Art and Design

    • Annual Faculty Drawing Exhibition, 2006–present
    • Small Works, 2017, 2000
    • The Art of Drawing, 2000
    • Faculty Show, 1993–2001, 2011–2012
    • Color Exhibition, 1998
    • Low Country Exhibition, 1997
  • Juried exhibition, The Mighty Eighth Air Force Heritage Museum, Pooler, Ga., 1999
  • The Ritz Salon and Gallery, Savannah, Ga., 1996
  • Annual Juried Art Exhibition, Arts on the River, Savannah, Ga., 1994
  • First Impressions Gallery, Boston, 1994
  • Juried alumni show, RISD in Connecticut, New Haven, Conn., 1992
  • Statewide juried exhibition, Shoreline Alliance for the Arts, Guilford, Conn., 1992
  • Juried M.F.A. painting exhibition, Parsons School of Design, New York, 1992
  • Jerrels Art Gallery, Cary, N.C., 1990

Speaking and judging engagements

  • "Before You Paint." Guest speaker at The Hoboken Creative Alliance, Hoboken, N.J., 1992

Publications

  • Gateways to Drawing, Thames & Hudson, Dec. 2018
  • The Artist's Traveling Sketchbook, 2006

Illustrations in publications

  • Cover garden illustrations, Garden, Deck & Landscaping Magazine, 2008–2010
  • Cover and chapter illustrations, Hope for Parents Who Have Lost Children, 2009
  • Cover illustration, Toxicology of the Lung, Taylor and Francis, 2006
  • Monthly color garden illustrations, Better Homes and Gardens Magazine, 2005–2008
  • Nine garden illustrations, Small Gardens of Savannah and Thereabouts, Pelican Publishing, 2003

Private collections

  • Jack Richeson private collection, Kimberly, Wisc., 2007

Commissions

  • Portrait for Dr. and Mrs. Bill Durham, Raleigh, N.C., 2003
  • Painting for Making Our Mark exhibition, Red Gallery, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2003
  • Portrait for Mrs. Betsy Hooper, Burlington, N.C., 2001
  • Portrait for Ever Present and in Motion exhibition, SCAD Atlanta and SCAD Savannah Galleries, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2009