BIO OF TYRONE GETER
Tyrone Geter
312 Deer Run Road
Elgin, SC. 29045
E-mail: tgeter@hikima.com
803-865-6384
Born in Anniston, Alabama. Received Masters of Fine Art from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. Majored in Painting. Taught at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria, University of Akron's School of Art and currently teaches at the Benedict College, Columbia, SC.
Selected Exhibitions include:
Threshold Traveling exhibition sponsored by South Carolina Arts Commission; Triennial 2001, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC; Moia Festival original Art exhibition, Charlston, SC; Sumpter Arts Center, Sumpter, SC; Columbia, SC; Kirchoff/Wohlberg, New York, NY; Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH; National Society of Illustrators, New York, NY; Taft Museum, Cincinnati, OH; Museum for the National Center for Afro-American Artists, Boston, MA; American Cultural Center, Kano, Nigeria; Hampton Institute, College Museum, Hampton, VA; The National Gallery of Modern Art, Lagos, Nigeria; Graftery Gallery, Hartford, CT; Atrium Gallery, New York, NY; Isobel Neal Gallery, Chicago, IL; Heffers Gallery, Cambridge, UK; Japan tour sponsored by the Museum for the National Center for Afro-American Artist; Chilford Hall Gallery, Linton, Cambridge, UK; The University of Akron Faculty Traveling China Exhibition, Xian Fine Art Institute, Shaanxi Province, Central China; "Always There, African-Amerioan Presence in American Quilts", Louisville, Kentucky - traveling exhibition; National Gallery of Art, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa.
Selected Awards Include:
Mural Commission "The Big Apple", at the Columbia, SC Convention Center; Mural commission for the new Freedom Center in Cincinnati OH; 2001 Tanne Awards, individual artist award, Tanne Foundation First Place; Moja Festival, Charleston, SC 2001; Moja Festival, Charleston, SC 2000 First Place and Best of Show; Akron Art Museum; Individual Artist Grant, Ohio Arts Council, Columbus, OH; The University of Akron Research Award; The 53rd National Midyear Exhibition, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH, First Place in painting; The Robert Duncanson Award at the Taft Museum, Cincinnati OH; The fifth Annual Atlanta Life National Art Competition and Exhibition, Atlanta, GA; Artist Fellowship Grant, Foundation for the Arts and Humanities, Boston, MA; American Book Sellers Pick of the List - 1996 Illustrated Book.
Tyrone Geter has illustrated 10 children's books. His most recent A Change of Plans. His works are in private and public collections in Europe, Africa, Middle East, United States and the Caribbean. His work can be seen on the World Wide Web at http://www.hikima.com
Selected List of Books
A Change of Plans; Irene and the Big Fine Nickel; Sunday Week (Collection of Benedict College Gift); Willie Gerome (Collection of the Children Defense Fund Gift); Can't Scare Me; White Socks Only; Dawn's Friends; Caribbean Rhythm; Dawn and the Round To-it; Little Tree Growing In The Shade (Collection of the Columbia, SC Main Library Gift); Bugle Boy; Jose and the Paint Box