Artist: Tyrone Geter | Location: Elgin, SC
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Artist: Tyrone Geter | Location: Elgin, SC
Elgin, SC
Geter received his Master’s 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. Their power, displayed through their expression, gesture and adornments, seem often suspended in an otherworldly environment. Equal to the history his figures embody, they also speak of a spiritual world overflowing with compassions and empathy. In this regard his work is uniquely distinctive.
In 1979, Geter relocated to Zaria, Nigeria, a move that proved to be a turning point in his development and growth as an artist. For seven years he lived, drew and painted among the Fulani and local peoples of Northern Nigeria.
His work has been exhibited at the Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC, Florence Museum of Art, Florence, SC, WaterFront Gallery, Charleston, SC, Yaddo Resident, Varner award Winner, ; Hampton Institute College Museum, Hampton, VA; Museum of Fine Art, Boston, MA.
Artist Website
http://tyronegeter.com