Resume

Steve Gerhartz

West Bend, WI Phone:262.707.3431

`EXPERIENCE:`
`- 2011`	Guest artist Maynard Dixon Country, MT. Carmel, UT
`- 2011`	John Stobart Fellowship Reunion Exhibition, New London, CT
`- 2011`	Richeson 75 Landscape Exhibition, First in Oils, Kimberly, WI
`- 2010`	Insight Gallery “Miniature Exhibition”, Fredericksburg, TX
`- 2007`	Door County Plein Air Festival, Fish Creek, WI
`2002- 2012`	G.C. Lucas Gallery solo and group artist shows, Indianapolis, IN
`- 2006`	Award of Excellence, OPA National Exhibition, Missoula, MT
`- 2004`	G.C. Lucas Gallery, 10-year anniversary show, Indianapolis, IN
`- 2004`	O.P.A. Eastern Regional Exhibition, Kewaunee, WI
`- 2004`	Edgewood Orchard Gallery , Door County, WI
`2002- 2003`	Great American Artist Exhibition, Cincinnati, OH
`- 2002`	White Oak Gallery, solo artist show., Minneapolis, MN
`- 2002`	Trailside Galleries “Miniature Exhibition”, Scottsdale, AZ
`- 2002`	Nicholas Fine Art “Miniature Exhibition”, Billings, MT
`- 2002`	Beloit College “Farm Stories”, Beloit, WI
`- 2002`	Museum of Wisconsin Art “Farm Stories”, West Bend, WI
`2001- 2002`	Settlers West “Miniature Exhibition”, Tucson, AZ
`- 2001`	Rahr-West Art Museum “Farm Stories”, Manitowoc, WI
`- 1992`	John Stobart Outdoor Painting Fellowship,
`1990- 2005`	30 one man shows with 20 to 40 paintings per show,
`EDUCATION:`
`9/1990 - 5/1992`	Lyme Academy of Fine Art , Old Lyme, CT
`SUMMARY:`	Steve Gerhartz (b. 1971) is currently residing in West Bend, Wisconsin. He has been painting en plein air for over twenty years. The Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, Connecticut, is where he received his formal training in landscape, portrait, figurative painting, and sculpture. In 1992, Gerhartz was the recipient of the Stobart Outdoor Painting Fellowship. After attending the Lyme Academy of Fine Art, Steve moved back to Wisconsin to begin a full-time career as an artist. “Painting outside on my own as a professional artist has been a great experience, I am constantly learning from nature and understanding what happens in certain lighting conditions. I paint on location in all sizes; even very large paintings are started outside. There is nothing quite as emotional for me as working on a large painting outdoors, trying to capture all that form and space into a painting.” Steve works on landscapes, still-lifes, and portraits for gallery shows in a number of midwestern galleries.
`Commissions:`	2009 Landscape commission for private family. 2004 Portrait commission for private family. 2004 Three Landscape commissions for private families. 2003 Two Private family portrait commissions. 2002 Sculpted Baptismal Font for Sacred Heart Church, Oshkosh, WI. 2001 Landscape painting for private family. 2002 Bronze relief for private family. 2002 Landscape painting for private family. 1997 Sculpture of Dachshund for private family. 1997 Bronze War Memorial for Washington County, WI. 1996 Bronze portrait for private family.
`Teaching Experience:`	1996-2010 Painting and Sculpture Classes, Museum of Wisconsin Art, West Bend, WI. 2006 Still-life painting, Rahr-West Art Museum. 2004 Landscape Painting, Turning Leaf Lodge, Long Beach, MS. 2001-2005 Outdoor Landscape Snow Painting, Painting Water, Still Life, Peninsula Art School, Fish Creek WI. 2002 Outdoor Landscape Painting, Minnesota River School of Fine Art, Burnsville, MN.
`Corporate Collections:`	Acuity Insurance Company, Sheboygan, WI. West Bend Mutual Insurance, West Bend, WI