I am an image maker. My father was an artist and I try to carry on the tradition of art as he practiced it. As all artists prior to this century have done, I have looked to reality for my art. I have studied life and my environment with an artists eye and learned to express my thoughts and feelings by producing finely crafted pictures or illusions. Most people learn by reading or listening. The artist learns by drawing. My work reflects a visual vocabulary which I have developed through drawing. It was acquired by many years of study and practice. It is not a verbal expression and yet it deals with a subject. My goal is to bring my subject alive. Just as a sculptor transforms a brittle piece of stone into a figure which seems to breath and move, I attempt to create illusions which seem alive. I want my art to engage and bring a viewer into the work. To achieve this I pamper my subjects by stressing accuracy and detail. The amount of time a work may take is irrelevant for I must go beyond the design or composition, beyond the impression, beyond where I, and I alone, have been before.

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                                                                     LETTERS:
                                                                                      Bachelor of Science in Art Education     University of Wisconsin- 1963 (Milwaukee Campus)
                                                                                      Master of Fine Art   University of Wisconsin 1970 (Madison Campus)
                                                               EMPLOYMENT:
                                                                       PRESENT- 
                                                                    Fine Artist
                                                                    Professor Emeritus- Prince George's Community College
                                                                                                                             301 Largo Road, Largo, Maryland
                                                                                                    Art Professor- from 1972 - 2001  
                                                                               PAST-
                                                                    Commercial Artist 1963-1966
                                                                    Public School Teacher- Oshkosh Public Schools 1966-1968
                                                                    Teaching Assistant- University of Wisconsin 1968-1970
                                                                     Adjunct Faculty- Prince George's Comm. College, Montgomery College, and The University of Maryland- 1970-1972

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                                                  COLLECTIONS

                                                                         United States Pentagon Collection of Art, Washington D.C.

                                        OTHER ART ACTIVITIES

                                                                   Founder and Chairman of the Board Kotobuki Kai Inc.
                                                                                       Japanese Dance Theatrical Company /Not for profit/Tax Exempt
                                                                                        Located in Prince George's County, Md.
                                                                                       Technical Director and Scenic Designer
                                                                                                 Kotobuki Kai Japanese Dance Group since 1980 for over 50 stage productions
                                                                     Owner and Director of: Atelier Royal- A gallery and workshop. since June 1996 

                                                                      Participation in Copyist Program at National Gallery of Art  since 1991

                                                                      Visiting Artist, Wesleyan College, Buckannon, West Virginia 1990

                                                                      Grant Prince George's Arts Council-Grant to Individuals                                

                                       SELECTED EXHIBITIONS-                                                          

                                                                    SOLO EXHIBITIONS:

                                                                                2004     The Friary of The Franciscan Monastery Church “An Artist Visits The Holy Land of America.” Washington, D.C.
                                                                               2002      Admistration Bld. of The MNCPPC “Riverdale Landscapes” Mar1- May 31    2002
                                                                               2001      Marlboro Gallery, “Odyssey of A Painter-30 years at PGCC” Prince George’s Comm. College, Largo, MD.
                                                                         2000     Riverdale Bookshop and Coffee Depot,  Riverdale Park Arts Festival-Art
                                                                               1999     Riverdale Mansion Grounds, “Riverdale Park Day” Riverdale Park, Md
                                                                              1998     Hodson Gallery-Hood College “Millenniums Revisited” Frederick, Md
                                                                             1997      Show Atelier Royal- Riverdale, Md.  "Atelier Holiday-Paintings and Drawings by Gerald King"
                                                                              1997     Atelier Royal-Riverdale, Md.  “Winter Works by Gerald King
                                                                              1997     Atelier Royal- Riverdale, Md.  "Review of Relevance-
                                                                              1997     Paintings and Drawings That Matter" Atelier Royal- Riverdale, Md. "New Works by Gerald King"
                                                                             1996        Atelier Royal- "Original Copies:Titian, Goya, Ingres, Inness, Rembrandt, and Others by artists/copyist GeraldKing                                 
                                                                             1996       Atelier Royal- Riverdale,  Maryland  "Tales Without Words- A collection of figure paintings and drawings by Gerald King" 
                                                                             1996       Atelier Royal-"Out of Doors and The Vedute-Landscapes and copies painted from direct observation." Riverdale, Maryland
                                                                             1995       Greenbelt Library Gallery  "Homage to the Masters" Greenbelt, Maryland
                                                                             1993     Gallery At The Mechanic  "King's Thing-An Exhibition of Collage       Paintings", Baltimore Center For The Performing Arts, Baltimore, Maryland
                                                                            1992        Tokyodo Gallery  "Copy Art"  Ginza Chuoku ,  Tokyo, JAPAN 
                                                                             1992       Artist's Studio  " An Exhibition of Copies of Works in the National Gallery Of Art  Collection"  Riverdale, Maryland 
                                                                             1992     Capital Center Gallery  "Honoring The Masters"   Capital Center, Landover, Maryland
                                                                            1990        East/West Atelier (artist studio)  " Recent Drawings and Paintings", Riverdale, Maryland
                                                                        1988-89     Marlboro Gallery "Paintings by G. King-A Search for Expressive Realism" Prince George's Comm. College, Largo,  Maryland
                                                                           1986         Marlboro Gallery  "Scenes From Kabuki"--, Prince George's  Community College, Largo, Maryland
                                                                            1985        Robinson Gallery" An Artist's Perspective of Japanese Dance", Washington, D.C.  
                                                                            1980         The Olshonsky Gallery  "Painted Ceramic-Ceramic Painting", Washington, D. C.
                                                                            1977      Emerson Gallery-- McLean, Virginia
                                                                            1971        Queen Anne Fine Arts Center “King’s Thing” –Prince George's Comm. College-- Largo, Maryland
                                                                            1970        Concourse Gallery--Wisconsin Center, University of Wisconsin,  Madison, Wisconsin
                                                                             1970      University of Wisconsin-- Marathon Campus Wausau, Wisconsin
                                                                             1969      West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts-- West Bend, Wisconsin
                                                                             1969      Oshkosh Public Museum-- Oshkosh, Wisconsin
                                                                             1966       Ri-More Gallery--  Rockford, Illinois
                                                                             1964      Renieta Galleries-- Appleton, Wisconsin 
                                                                             1963      Worcester Art Center--  Lawrence University -- Appleton, Wisconsin

                                                            GROUP EXHIBITIONS           

                                                                                                       2008      Montpelier Arts Center "Laurel Art Guild's 39th Annual Juried Exhibion" Laurel, MD
                                                             2008      Montpelier Arts Center "Patuxent Art League 17th Annual Juried Art Exhibition" Laurel, MD
                                                                             2007      Washington Theological Consortium- "Body of Christ" A Juried Exhibition, Washington Theological
                                                                                                                                             Union and Virginia Theological Seminary
                                                                                                     2006      Montpelier Art Center, “All Hung Show” Laurel, MD.
                                                                            2006      Parker Gallery, “Standard Issue-a group show”Washington, D.C.
                                                                            2005      Saint Catherine of Sienna “Sacred/Liturgical Art Show and Sale” Great   Falls, Virginia
                                                                            2005      Ice House in Berkley Springs, “The Old Guard Rides Again”  Berkley Springs, WV
                                                                            2005      Main Gallery- Montpelier Art Center, “Prince George’s Comm. College Art Faculty and Faculty Emeritus” Laurel,  MD.
                                                                           2005       Marlboro Gallery “The Old Guard Rides Again” Prince George’s Comm. College-Largo, Md.
                                                                            2003       Lowe House Office Bldg., Prince George’s Art Council “2003 Annapolis Landscape Exhibit” Anapolis, MD 
                                                                           2003       Montpelier Art Center, “All Hung Show” Laurel, MD.
                                                                           2003       Montpelier Art Center, “Laurel Art Guild 34^rd Annual Juried Exhibition” Laurel,  MD.
                                                                           2002       Montpelier Art Center, “Laurel Art Guild 33^rd Annual Juried Exhibition” Laurel,  MD.
                                                                           2002       Parker Gallery,  “Summer at Mickelson’s” Washington, D.C.
                                                                           2000       Riversdale Mansion, “The Artists of Riverdale Park at Riversdale” Riverdale Park, MD.
                                                                           1999       Marlboro Gallery “Forty-First Annual Art Faculty Exhibition” Prince George’s Comm. College-Largo, Md.
                                                                           1998       Marlboro Gallery  " Faculty Show"  Prince George's Comm. College, Largo, Md.
                                                                           1997       Huntington Community Center, Bowie, Md.  "Life Lessons-Prince George's Comm. College Art Faculty Works"
                                                                           1997       Atelier Royal- Riverdale, Md.  "Self Portraits
                                                                          1997          Atelier Royal- Riverdale, Md."Victorian Renaissance: Changing Shows of Paintings and Drawings by Gerald King  and the Modern ReVisionists"
                                                                          1996       Atelier Royal- Riverdale, Md.   "Personal Selections- Group Show of Paintings and Drawings"
                                                                          1996       Atelier Royal-- "ReVisionists Revisted- Exhibition of Recent Works by the Re-Visionist Artists" Riverdale, Maryland
                                                                          1996       Marlboro Gallery-- "The Art Faculty Show"
                                                                          1993       Marlboro Gallery-- "Copying The Masters-The Tradition" (Copyists from the National Gallery of Art)  Prince George's Comm. College-Largo, MD
                                                                           1993      East/West Atelier--"A Renaissance of Images-New Works by Modern Revisionists" Riverdale, Maryland
                                                                           1987      Studio Gallery-- "Group Exhibition"--  Washington, D. C.
                                                                           1984      Robinson Gallery-- "Prince George's Comm. College Art Faculty"  Washington, D. C.
                                                                           1979      Marlboro Gallery-- "3 Points of View" -- Prince George's Comm. College--Largo, Maryland
                                                                           1977      Emerson Gallery--  "Anniversary Exhibition"  McLean, Virginia
                                                                           1974      The Sculpture House Art Gallery--"The Create-In III" Kensington, Marylan
                                                                           1974      Corcoran Gallery of Art-- "Seven Washington Figurative Painters"  Washington, D. C.
                                                                           1973      The Art Barn- "Group Show"-Washington D. C.
                                                                           1971      Henri Gallery  "Group Show" - Washington, D. C.
                                                                           1968      Neville Public Museum " Northeastern Wisconsin Art Annual" Green Bay, WisconsiN
                                                                           1961      University of Wisconsin,  "Madison Salon of Art"-- Madison, Wisconsin
                                                                           1960      U. S. Pentagon "All Army Art Exhibition"-- ,  Washington, D. C.

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