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artist-GA Gardner

Artist Name: 
GA Gardner
Artist Gender: 
Male
Artist Country: 
United States
Artist Description: 

Mixed media artist

Biography: 

 

Biography 

 

GA Gardner, Ph.D., artist
GA Gardner began his professional art career in New York, USA creating and exhibiting large format 3D computer fine art in 1996. His work has been displayed in various museums and galleries worldwide including the following venues: Paterson Museum, New Jersey; Nanjing College of Art, China; Corridor Gallery, New York; Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, St Croix, USVI, Bergen Museum, New Jersey. 

A native of Trinidad and Tobago, Gardner migrated to the US in 1988. He studied fine art at San Francisco State University where he received both his Bachelor’s of Arts and Master’s of Art degrees. In 1993 he did onsite research at Pixar Animation Studio in California, Industrial Light and Magic, and Pacific Data Image (now PDI/Dreamworks). Gardner crafted mixed media art and animation at The Ohio State University where he earned a Ph.D. in Art Education in 1995.  He served as professor of art at George Mason University, University of the District of Columbia, and William Paterson University in New Jersey.

In 2008 Gardner created "Elements of Hope", a collage piece on Barack Obama. His art has been seen on CNN's Larry King Live, in the New York Times, featured on Universal Records pop culture album covers such as Rakim: The 18th Letter, 1997, and in numerous international publications. His 2010 "Haiti: Hope for the Children," was created to raise funds for the country following the earthquake. 

 

Selected Exhibitions: 

 

  • "Interconnections" Athenaeum, Alexandria VA, January 26 -March 11, 2012. (Solo)
  • "BMI Speak My Name" James E. Lewis Museum of Art at Morgan State University, November 10-January 4, 2012.
  • Nine Gallery @ Hillyer Art Space, Washington, DC, September, 2011.
  • Horizon Gallery, Trinidad and Tobago, June 7-18, 2011. (3-person) 
  • "In the Spirit" Inter-Development Bank, Washington, DC, June, 2011 (catalog)
  • "6x6x2011 Global" Rochester Contemporary Art Center, Rochester, NY, June 4-July 10, 2011.
  • "About Face" Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Dowell, MD, April 15-September 25, 2011.
  • "Small Works II" Southwest Arts Center, Atlanta, GA, February 18-March 25, 2011.
  • "Urban Situation" Ernest Rubenstein Gallery, New York, NY, February 3-24, 2011 (catalog)
  • "Identity" U Space Gallery, Atlanta GA, January 26-February 26, 2011. (Solo)
  • "Cross Section" Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts, St. Croix, USVI, January 19-February 26, 2011. (Solo)
  • Mason Murer Fine Art. Atlanta, GA, August 20-October 9, 2010.
  • "Pieces of a Puzzle" Soft Box Art Gallery. Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies, June 2010. (Solo) (catalog) 
  • "Color Content," Martin Luther King Memorial Library, Washington, DC, October 15-November 20, 2009. (Solo) (documentary)
  • Ninth Street Gallery, Washington DC, December 2007-January 2008.
  • Wired to The Elements, Roxanne's Gallery, Washington, DC, May-June 2007.
  • Shock & Awe: Artists look at War, Warehouse Gallery, Washington, DC, November 2006.
  • Phish Tea Art Gallery, Washington DC, September 2004.
  • William Paterson University, Benn Shahn Gallery, Wayne, New Jersey, September 1998.
  • Midland Gallery, Montclair, New Jersey, June 1998. (Solo)
  • Passaic Community College, New Jersey, May 1998. (Solo)
  • Paterson Museum, Paterson, New Jersey, April 1998. (Solo)
  • Unitarian Society of Ridgewood, Ridgewood, New Jersey, January 1998. (Solo)
  • Corridor Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, November 1997. (Solo)
  • William Paterson University, Art Faculty Show, Ben Shahn Gallery, Wayne, New Jersey, November 1997.
  • Nanjing College of Art, Nanjing China, October-November 1997.
  • Universal Record Launching for Rakim: The 18th Letter, New York, October 23, 1997.
  • Bergen Museum, Paramus, New Jersey, June 1997. (Solo)
  • Nathan's Art Gallery, West Paterson, New Jersey, January 10 -February 20, 1997.
  • William Paterson University, Ben Shahn Gallery, Wayne, New Jersey, November 1996.
  • Atlantic Gallery, SoHo, New York, NY, October 1996. (Solo)
  • Gallery Untitled #130, Wayne, New Jersey, August 1996.
  • The Ohio State University, Frank W. Hale, Jr. Black Cultural Center, Columbus, Ohio, February 1996. (Solo)
  • William Paterson University, Celebration, Wayne, New Jersey, February 1996. (Solo)
  • William Paterson University, Ben Shahn Gallery, Wayne, New Jersey, November 1995.

 

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