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. His work has been shown throughout the United States and is found in collections in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. Recent exhibitions include one-person shows at The Center for Contemporary Art in Bedminster, NJ, and the Studio 7 Art Gallery in Bernardsville, NJ. He participated in the show ACOPAL: Exhibition of Contemporary American Realism at the Beijing World Art Museum and other major art centers in China, as well as the Butler Institute in Youngstown, Ohio, and at the National Arts Club in NYC.
Most recently he was selected as a finalist for the Arts Renewal Center’s 15th Annual International Salon in 2021. His work was also featured in the 2017 N.J. Arts Annual: Special Edition at the N.J. State Museum in Trenton, the 2010 N.J. Arts Annual: Reality & Artifice at the N.J. State Museum, and the 2005 N.J. Arts Annual: Place of Mind 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. In 2000, he completed two twenty-foot wide murals commissioned through the NJ State Council on the Arts that are now permanently installed in the Department of Labor Building in Trenton. He is currently represented by Studio 7 Fine Arts Gallery in Bernardsville which will be hosting his show, Travelogue, Oil paintings by Gary Godbee, from October 1 through November 30, 2022, with an Artist’s Reception on October 7, Friday 6-9 pm. Contact Director Kathleen Palmer for more information at pskjplamer@verizon.net or (908) 963-0365. www.studio7fineartgallery.com And follow them on Instagram and Facebook.
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