Born

1954St. Louis, Missouri

Education

1987Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois M.F.A
1977Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri, B.F.A.

Areas of Specialization

Painting, Lithography and Drawing

Teaching

1986-2012New York City Board of Education, Brooklyn, New York
1985-86University City School District, University City, Missouri
1983-84Teaching Assistant, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, Photography
1983University City School District, University City, Missouri

Guest Lecturer

2004Carriage House Gallery at The Emlen Physick Estates, Cape May, NJ
1996Painted Bride Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1995MAATSCCHAPPIJ ARTIE ET AMICIATEAE, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1993Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
1985University City School District, St. Louis, Missouri
1984St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri
Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri
The Vaughn Cultural Center, St. Louis, Missouri
1983The Vaughn Cultural Center, St. Louis, Missouri
University City School District, St. Louis, Missouri
Creative Arts and Expression Laboratory, St. Louis, Missouri
Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri
1982The Vaughn Cultural Center, St. Louis, Missouri

Workshops / Printmaking

2004Center for Community Arts, Inc., Master Class in Mono prints & Youth Arts
Learn to draw the Human Head in Proportion, Cape May, New Jersey.
1985Webster University, Lithography
St. Louis School District, Northwest and Soldan High Schools, Mono-type

Solo Exhibitions

June 2018Art Yuppies Presents Lamerol Gatewood’s, The Energy Series, Wendell Wilson, Curator, Manhattan, NY
March 2017BFA Gallery, The Energy Series, Brooklyn, New York, Aaron Simms Curator
April 2007Jackie Jones, Lamerol A. Gatewood, works on Paper, and Canvas, Washington, DC
November 1999William and Corinne Douglas, Lamerol A. Gatewood, Small works on Paper and Canvas, Nov.1998, Christiane Nienaber Gallery, New York, New York.
4th Street Photo Gallery, Small Works on Paper and Canvas, New York, NY.
April 1994Spiral Gallery/Lockhart & Pettus, New York, New York
January 1993Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, Illinois
June 1992Watermark/Cargo Gallery, Kingston, New York
December 1991The Vaughn Cultural Center, St. Louis, Missouri
April 1991Spiral Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
July 1990“MPPR, INC.”, Margaret & Quincy Troupe, New York
March 1987The Vaughn Cultural Center, St. Louis, Missouri
May 1986Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Illinois
December 1983Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri
April 1983Creative Arts and Expression Laboratory, St. Louis, Missouri
February 1983Lindenwood University, St. Charles, Missouri
September 1982The Vaughn Cultural Center, St. Louis, Missouri

Group Exhibitions

Sept. 2019Saint Louis Art Museum -Presents- The Shape of Abstraction: Selections from the Ronald and Monique Ollie Collection, September 17, 2019-March 8, 2020, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri.
Sept. 2019The 10th Street Gallery -Presents- Abstract Connections, Near and Afar. A collection of contemporary abstract art, created by artists with a St. Louis connection. September 14 - November 4, 2019, Patricia Smith Thurman, Curator, St. Louis, Missouri.
Sept. 2019BMVA & Walton Gallery -Presents- “Sundry Souls, Group Exhibition, Eric
Walton, Curator, September 14- December 21, 2019, Black History Museum and Cultural Center, Richmond, Virginia.
April 2019“I KAN DO THAT” Group Exhibition at Upper Darby Gallery, April 6 -May, 2019,
Danny Simmons, and Noah Smalls, Co-Curators, Upper Darby, PA.
March 2019“I KAN DO THAT” Group Exhibition at Rush Art Philly, March 30 -May, 2019,
Danny Simmons, and Noah Smalls, Co-Curators, Philadelplhia, PA.
Feb. 2019Capital One Exhibition, Walton Gallery, Inc., Eric Walton, Curator, Capital
One Head Quarters, February-April 2019, McLean, Virginia.
Jan. 2019Brooklyn Vanguard, Hudson Guild Gallery, Danny Simmons, Curator, January 17 - February 27, 2019, New York, New York.
Oct. 2018SUPERFINE! Dock 5/ Union Market District NE, Walton Gallery, Eric Walton,
Curator, October 31 - November 4, 2k018, Washington, D.C.
August 2018East Hawai’i Culture Center, Presents Lamerol Gatewood, The Energy Series and Clayton Amemiya, Wood Fired Ceramics, Michael Marshall, Curator
February 2018East Hawai’i Culture Center, The Global Metaphysics of Abstract Painters / Performers, Lamerol Gatewood, and Michael Marshall, Curators
January 2018 BAF Gallery, Mixed Media Group Show Vol.ll, Brooklyn, NY Aaron Simms, Curator
January 2018New Orleans Tricentennial African American Art Exhibition, ASHE’ Powerhouse, Charlie Johnson, Curator
November 2017Exhibition: OPEN (C) ALL: TRUTH Location: BRIC, 647 Fullton St., Brooklyn, NY 11217
March 2017Walton Gallery Inc. 5th Anniversary “Celebration”, St. Petersburg, VA
Eric Walton, Curator
April 2017Alabama State University’s Sesquicentennial: 150 Years Of Perseverance, Progress and Promise: Sponsored by The National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African-American Culture at Alabama State University, Montgomery, Alabama
February 2016The Chapel + Cultural Center at Rensselaer (RPI), The Reunion Show:
Perceptions, Mary Udell, Curator
Februrary 2016Pepco Edison Place Gallery, “Carnaval Celebration of the African Diaspora”, Washington, DC, Carolyn Goodrich, Curator
September 2015The Dorsey Art Gallery, The Thank You Show Vll, Brooklyn, NY
April 2015The Dorsey Art Gallery, Coming Together, Brooklyn, NY
February 2015 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Art And Soul Abstractions,The Shelnutt Gallery, Troy, New York, Curator Mary Udell
June 2014Walton Gallery – Presents “Abstract Visions”, Petersburg, VA
Eric Walton, and Ronald Walton Curators
April 2014Great South Bay Gallery, Roots And Rhythms 11 Traveling Group Show,
Curated by Mary Udell and presented by The Great South Bay Gallery at Stateworks Hudson
February 2014Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Roots And Rhythms 2014,The Shelnutt Gallery, Troy, New York, Curator Mary Udell

"2-5-Oh! Surprise, Sadness and Struggle in the Mound City", Salon 53
St. Louis, Missouri, Freida Wheaton, Curator
June – July 2013Walton Gallery – Presents “ReBirth”, Capital One Bank, James River Town Center, Chester, VA, Eric Walton, Curator
April – May 2011Walton Gallery – Presents “New Life”, Petersburg, VA, Ronald Walton, Curator
February 2010Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The Shelnutt Gallery, Troy, New York
The Brooklyn Beat, Mary Udell, Curator
April 2008Sharon Simmons Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
February 2006Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The Shelnutt Gallery, Troy, New York
The Brooklyn Beat, Mary Udell, Curator
January 2004Carriage House Gallery at the Physick Estate, “Glimpses of America”, Curator, Lawrence Hilton, Cape May, New Jersey
November 2003Mercer County Community College, The Gallery, “Glimpses of America”, Curator, Lawrence Hilton, West Windsor, New Jersey
February 2002Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, The Shelnutt Gallery, Troy, New York
March 2000The Bronx Museum of the Arts, “Good Business Is the Best Art” Bronx, NY
February 2000Stamford Center for the Arts Rich Forum, The Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Gallery, “REVERBERATIONS”, Mary Udell, Curator
June 1999Sande Webster Gallery, “Wall-To-Wall Nudes”, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
April 1999The St. Louis Artists’ Guild, “Contemporary African-American Artworks”, St. Louis, Missouri
March 1999The Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, “Homage”, Webster University, St. Louis Missouri
September 1998Christiane Nienaber Gallery, New York, New York
March 1998Lynx Production of NY Inc., Splashes of Color ll, New York
October 1997Real Art Ways (RAW), Hartford, Connecticut, “OTHER BLOODS”
May 1996Porter Troupe Gallery, San Diego, California
January 1996The Painted Bride Art Center, “OTHER BLOODS” Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
July 1996Watermark / Cargo Gallery, Kingston, New York
February 1995MAATSCCHAPPIJ ARTI ET AMICIATAE, “OTHER BLOODS”, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Fort Smith Art Center “African American Invitational Exhibition”, Fort Smith, Arkansas
St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, Missouri
December 1992ALJIRA, Center for Contemporary Art, Newark, New Jersey
October 1992Galerie RKP, “Modern Masters”, New York
September 1992Pertinent Dissimilarities: ”The Figure”, The Cecille R. Hunt Gallery, Webster University, St. Louis, Missouri
January 1992St. Louis Artist Guild, “Beyond The Innocence St. Louis, Missouri”
June 1990The Bronx Museum, “A Decade of the Market Place”, Bronx, New York
June 1989The Bronx Museum, “Artist in the Market Place, Bronx, New York
May 1989Aaron Davis Hall at City College/CUNY, “All Harlem Art Exhibition”, Manhattan, New York
February 1989Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit, Michigan
October 1988Fontbonne College, St. Louis, Missouri
September 1988The Gallery, University City Library, University City, Missouri
March 1987Kenkeleba Gallery, “Current Thinking”, New York, New York
June 1986The Vaughn Cultural Center, “Group Show ’86 Influences/Sources”
May 1986Annual International Exhibit, Brazil, South America
March 1986Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Illinois
February 1986Museum of Science and Industry West Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois
January 1986Margaret Harwell Art Museum, Popular Bluff, Missouri
September 1985Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
March 1985Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Missouri
January 1985St. Louis Community College at Forest Park, St. Louis, Missouri
Museum of Science and Industry, West Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois
October 1984The Gallery, University City Library, University City, Missouri
September 1984The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
The Vaughn Cultural Center, St. Louis, Missouri
April 1984Stein & Associates, St. Louis, Missouri
March 1984Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Illinois
February 1984Alton Museum of History and Art, Alton, Illinois
December 1983The Museum of African-American Life and Culture, Bishop College, Dallas, Texas
January 1983Fontbonne College, St. Louis, Missouri
December 1982Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Atlanta, Georgia
May 1982Visual Catalogue 2 by Women’s Caucus for Art, St. Louis, Missouri
March 1982St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, Missouri
January 1982Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana
September 1981First Annual Fountain Park Festival, St. Louis, Missouri
October 1980First Annual Pride and Beautification, St. Louis, Missouri
June 1979The Gallery, University City Library, University City, Missouri
June 1977The Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas

Awards

1995The Joan Mitchell Foundation, Inc. New York, New York
1989Aaron Davis Hall at City College/CUNY, “All Harlem Art Exhibition”, Best of Show
1984Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, Honor Society
1982Atlanta Life Insurance Company, Atlanta, Georgia
19761976 St. Charles Artist Guild, St. Charles, Missouri

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