GerechoD's Profile

From: Memphis, TN
Joined: February 16, 2009

About golde2:

Gere’cho L. Delaney Memphis TN, 38112 901-210-9764 –sr.golde@gmail.com

Artist Statement:
Art for me is a contradiction in itself, encompassing hypocrisy and integrity. It is a blending of elements that allows me the ability to present my ideas in visual form.
My intent as a painter is to please my eye much the way a chief pleases the palate. I paint because of my encounters with others and the experiences we (people)have. Our life experiences provide me subject matter. Through my filter they become a contorted compilation and recording of day to day life. I aspire to instill hope and joy in the hearts and minds of others while gaining some understanding of life through my work.

The joy of painting and sculpting is my life. My Life’s work is to find the simplest approach to solving a problem. How to create and produce art is the problem that reigns supreme over me. Through my works I am able to articulate within as well as produce an outward manifestation of: my ideas, beliefs, qualms, and loves. Were it not for the experiences and interactions I have with people, I would have no ammunition for my arsenal of brushes, paint, and wood. I must create to sustain myself.


Media: Oil
3-Dimensional work: Mixed Media on Wood

Professional Experience:
Teaching-Art
Kennington Pointe- A Retirement Community
Memphis, TN Apr. 2008 – Present:
Provide each student with personalized individual projects to meet their specific needs.
Talk with students on a personal level to insure a connection.
Develop and reinforce the importance of value and contrast.
Teach the importance of confidence and creativity when creating works of art.

Lewis Center for Senior Citizens
Memphis, TN Jan. 2008 –Jan. 2009:
Held one on one consultations with students to find out their general point of focus, what specifically they wanted to learn, and their strengths and weaknesses.
Demonstrated different painting techniques that may be implemented.
Planned field trips to introduce the students to other artists, giving them more insight and inspiration.

Painter-Mural
Urban Arts Commission
Memphis, TN March-April 2009
Restored a preexisting mural.
Some improvisation and personal interpretation was necessary due to lack of images displaying the original condition or design.

Supporting Artist- Mosaic
The Botanic Gardens
Memphis, TN March-April 2009
Set, cleaned and sealed stones for an in ground mosaic butterfly
Designed by artist Kristi Duckworth


Freelance Framer
January 2007-Present
Take measurements of art work
Build frames for artwork and secure pieces to be hung
Perform in home installations of works that have been framed

Education:
May 2006: Tennessee State University - Nashville, TN
Bachelor of Science Emphasis: Studio Art.
Affiliations: Alpha Gamma Tau, Art Guild, Treasurer 2003 Spring Semester


Awards:
1999 Golden Key Portfolio Award- The Mid South Scholastic Art Awards
1999 Third Place, Painting Division – NAACP ACT-SO Awards
2009 Creativity Honors –The Museum of Science and Industry

Exhibitions:
-Title of Show –
2009 Involving Violence: School 33 Art Center, Baltimore, MD (juried)
2009 Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition: Museum Of Science
And Industry, Chicago, IL
2009 Gallery 10, The WKNO Art & Antiques Auction
2008 The 639 Show – A Group Exhibition
Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN (invitational)
2008 Salon 4- Hosted by NIA, an Artist Collective:
Memphis, TN (invitational)
2008 Merge- A Show of Installations and Conceptual Murals: Marshall Arts Gallery, Memphis, TN (invitational)
2008 Black Creativity Juried Art Exhibition: Museum Of Science
And Industry, Chicago, IL
2007 The Little Things – Infant Mortality Awareness: Memphis, TN (invitational)



Commissions:
2004 Tennessee Board of Regents: 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education Commemorative Poster Designer, and Panel Discussion Member
2004 Centers for Disease Control: Child Obesity Awareness Poster
2004 C & C Auto Detail and Upholstery, Nashville, TN: "Installation" of commissioned Murals