BIO

Gabriel Lovejoy (born, 1975) is an artist, educator, and designer. The open narrative that is present in his paintings pushes the concept of ambiguity while being visually grounded with a sound sense of design. He juxtaposes contrasting elements and styles to enhance a complex view of the union between the real and perceived. Gabriel received an MFA in painting in 2015 and he currently lives in Savannah, Georgia with his wife and two children where he works at the Savannah College of Art and Design as a Professor and Associate Chair of Foundation Studies.

  

   

ARTIST STATEMENT

The “truths” embedded in us through heritage are collapsing. These paintings express the uncertainty found in today’s spasmodic atmosphere. A new reality has been brought forth through our media driven culture as multiple viewpoints have the option to take center stage simultaneously. The structure of connected symbols and combinations not of opposites, but of oppositions, exists to defy universal interpretation. Because of this opposition, the space that connects the two is energized like a magnetic field between positive and negative poles. The area within oscillation, between consciousness and unconsciousness, between yes and no, contains an exorbitant amount of extraneous visual information.

 

This is the space that I record.

 

 

EXHIBITIONS

2022  European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, Geneva, Switzerland

2022  ARTFIELDS, Lake City, SC

2022  IN BLOOM, The Vendue, Charleston, SC

2021  SCAD Open Studios, Savannah, GA

2020  Quarantine, Amelia Center Gallery, Panama City, FL
2020  SCAD Open Studios, Savannah, GA
2020  Animals, Artrepreneur.com
2019  GLOW, The Vendue, Charleston, SC

2019  15th Anniversary Exhibit, Robert Lange Studios, Charleston, SC

2019  Animal Farm, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA

2018  Friends of the Rail Park, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2017  Cats vs. Dogs, The Vendue, Charleston, SC
2017  State of the Art/Art of the State, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
2017  Faculty Exhibit, Wilma Daniels Gallery-Cape Fear Community College, Wilmington, NC
2017  Cameron Art Museum School Instructors, Wilmington International Airport Gallery, Wilmington, NC
2017  Lineage, Gallery Edit, Richmond, VA
2017  Controlled Chaos, Leland Town Hall, Leland, NC
2017  Controlled Chaos, Leland Cultural Arts Center, Leland, NC
2017  SOLO SHOW - RITUALHABITUAL, Gallery Edit, Richmond, VA
2017  SOLO SHOW - POSITIONAL AMBIVALENCE, Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC
2017  Menagerie, GCSC, Amelia Center Gallery, Panama City, FL
2017  UNCW Alumni Invitational Exhibition, Wilmington, NC
2016  Small Works, Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA
2016  SOLO SHOW - RANSACKED: RETRIEVAL, Aces Gallery, Wilmington, NC
2016  SOLO SHOW - RANSACKED, Gallery Edit, Richmond, VA
2015  Summer Rest Art Show, A Benefit for The Cameron Art Museum School, Wilmington, NC
2015  SOLO SHOW - OSCILLATION, Studio K, Charlotte, NC
2015  Carolina’s Got Art, The Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2015  Open, Colors of Humanity Gallery, online
2014  State of the Art/Art of the State, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
2013  SOLO SHOW - Animalia, Figments Gallery, Wilmington, NC
2013  Carolina’s Got Art, The Elder Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2012  SOLO SHOW - Feathers and Wings, Caffe Phoenix, Wilmington, NC
2011  State of the Art/Art of the State, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC
2009  Grape and Ale, Southport, NC
2008  The Blue Diamond Gallery, Greensboro, NC
2006  The Betty H. Cameron Women and Children’s Hospital Gala, Wilmington, NC
2004  Spectrum Gallery, Wilmington, NC
2003  Design Gallery, Burnsville, NC
2003  Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC
2003  SOLO SHOW - The Composition of Fruits and Vegetables, Artworks Gallery, Wilmington, NC
2002  Portfolio Art Gallery, Columbia, SC
2002  Budding Artists Gallery, Atlantic Beach, NC
2001  Dimensions, Winston Salem, NC
2000  SOLO SHOW - Mad Animals, Caffe Phoenix, Wilmington, NC
1999  Blue Moon Gallery, Wilmington, NC