Gary Godbee received a B.F.A. degree in painting from Boston University in 1974, and studied graduate painting at Brooklyn College and Montclair State University. He currently teaches painting courses at the Montclair Art Museum School/Yard School of Art, and the Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster.
Gary is best known for his realist landscape paintings. Recent exhibitions include one-person shows at J. Cacciola Gallery in NYC, the Edward Williams Gallery at Fairleigh Dickenson University, and Studio 7 Gallery in Bernardsville, NJ.
He most recently participated in the show ACOPAL: Exhibition of Contemporary American Realism at the Beijing World Art Museum that is currently traveling through major art centers in different cities in China through the end of 2013. This exhibition was also shown in 2012 at the Butler Institute in Youngstown, Ohio, and at the National Arts Club in NYC. His paintings have been included in group shows at Gallery Henoch in NYC, Super Real: Different Angles of Photorealism at the Citadelle Art Foundation in Canadian, Texas, and The Human Form, a show of figure paintings and drawings at Studio7 Gallery in Bernardsville, NJ.
His work was also featured in the 2010 N.J. Arts Annual at the NJ State Museum in Trenton and in 2005 at the Montclair Art Museum. He received Fellowships in 2004 and 1994 from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, exceptional merit awards from the City Without Walls Gallery in Newark in 2002 and 1995, and a merit award from the Portrait Institute in New York in 1996.
Gary is represented by Gallery Henoch in NYC and by Studio 7 Art Gallery in Bernardsville, NJ.