Artist: Tyrone Geter | Location: Elgin, SC
Blackball, Blackmail, Blackcat, Black Man
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Tyrone Geter
Elgin, SC
In a career that spreads across two continents, Tyrone Geter has built an international reputation as a world-class artist and teacher. He is presently an Associate Professor of Art at Benedict College.
Geter received his Masters of Fine Arts from Ohio University in 1978, with an emphasis on painting and drawing. An exceptional draftsman, his portraits are sensitive, timeless and masterfully executed.
In 1979, Tyrone Geter relocated to Zaria, Nigeria. For seven years he lived, drew and painted among the Fulani and local peoples of Northern Nigeria.
He returned to the United States in 1987 and a teaching position at the University of Akron.
His work has been exhibited at the Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC; Florence Museum of Art, Florence, SC; Waterfront Gallery, Charleston, SC; Center for Afro-American Artists, Boston, MA; Butler Institute for American Art, Youngstown, OH; Hampton Institute College Museum, Hampton, VA; Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA, to name a few.
He has illustrated ten books for young readers. His latest is on the life of James Earl Jones. The list includes “Irene and the Big,” “Fine Nickel,” “White Socks Only,” and “Sunday Week.”