DENIS GASTON
520 S. Keystone Ave.
Clearwater, FL 33756
727 643-0614
[email protected]

Resume

Education
1968  BA Art & Design, University of Florida, Gainesville.

Awards and Honors
2022-23  Creative Pinellas Arts Agency, Mentors Program, mentoring an emerging artist.
2021-22  Creative Pinellas Arts Agency, Mentors Program, mentoring an emerging artist.
2020-21  Creative Pinellas Arts Agency, Mentors Program, mentoring an emerging artist.
2020    Featured Artist, Artsy Shark.com, juried artists portfolio gallery.
2018-19  Creative Pinellas Arts Agency, Mentors Program, mentoring an emerging artist.
2015    Acquisition of three works for permanent collection, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, curator: Lynn Whitelaw.
2013    Elizabeth Morse Genius Award, Florida Artist Group Annual Exhibition, LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts, Tallahassee, juror: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith.
2007    Pinellas County Division of Cultural Affairs, Artist Enhancement Grant.
1998    Art featured in St. Petersburg produced film, Johnny Blue.
1997    Purchase Award:  Florida Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Largo, FL.
1996    Wood Memorial Award: Spring Juried Show, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, Judge: Neil Watson, curator Tampa Museum of Art.
1995    Artists Resource Fund Grant, Pinellas County Arts Council, Clearwater.
1992    Best of Show:  CAS Show, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL, juror: William Shinsky, art consultant, Atlanta.
1990    Mayfaire Art Exhibition Purchase Award: Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland.
1990    Individual Artist Fellowship Award, State of Florida Department of Culture, Tallahassee.
1990    Artists Resource Fund Grant, Pinellas County Arts Council, Clearwater.
1987    Merit Award:  Gulf Coast Biennial, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair,  juror: Jane Kessler, Curator of Contemporary Art, Mint Museum, Charlotte, NC.
1987    Award of Excellence, Gasparilla Art Festival, Tampa, juror: Vivien Raynor, art critic, The New York Times.
1986   Jury Award, Purchase Award:  Summer Sizzler, Ruth Eckerd Hall Gallery, Clearwater, juror:  Bruce Dempsey, Director, Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville.

Select Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions
2024   Denis Gaston: Forty Years Is A Long Time, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin.
2016   Denis Gaston: Poetry of the Eye, Gallery 221 @ Hillsborough Community College,  Dale Mabry Campus, Tampa, FL.
2015   Denis Gaston, Recent Work, Art Way Gallery, St. Petersburg College, Seminole Campus, Seminole, FL.
2014   Denis Gaston, New Work, Five Deuces Galleria, St. Petersburg, FL.  
​2014    Denis Gaston, New Work, Long Center Gallery, Clearwater, FL.
2013    Denis Gaston: YaySayers And NaySayers, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg. 2010    Denis Gaston, New Work, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg.
2007    Denis Gaston, Recent Work, Galleries at Salt Creek, St. Petersburg.
2007    Denis Gaston, New Paintings, City Hall Gallery, Clearwater.
2004    Denis Gaston, Body as a Vessel, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg.         
2001    Denis Gaston, Recent Work, OB Gallery, Ozona Beach, FL.
2000    Denis Gaston, New Work, Fusion Gallery, St. Petersburg.
1999    7 Sisters: Denis Gaston Paintings, TECO Art Gallery, Tampa, FL
1997    Denis Gaston Paintings, Pinellas Center for the Arts, St. Petersburg.
1996    Denis Gaston: Ten Years, Octagon Art Gallery, Clearwater.
1994    Denis Gaston, Recent Work, Donn Roll Art Gallery, Sarasota, FL.
1991    Denis Gaston, Drawings, Scarfone Gallery, University of Tampa, Tampa.
1988    Denis Gaston: Pastels, TECO Art Gallery, Tampa.
1988    The Second Coming: Drawings by Denis Gaston, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair, FL.              

Two Person Exhibitions
2023    Robbie Acts Up, ARTicles Art Gallery, St. Petersburg. 
2019    Knuckle Sandwich, Denis Gaston & Gabriel Ramos, Leslie Curran Gallery, St. Petersburg.
1997    Denis Gaston and Candace Garrett, Galleries at Salt Creek, St. Petersburg. 
1995    Denis Gaston and Bill Renc, St. Petersburg Little Theatre, St. Petersburg.
1990    Denis Gaston, Joy Brace, New Work, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL. 1989    Bede Clark, Ceramics and Denis Gaston, Drawing, Elliott Gallery, Eckerd College,        St. Petersburg.
1988    Denis Gaston and Jane Jaskevich, Clayton Gallery, Tampa.
1988    Robert Calvo, Sculpture, Denis Gaston, Drawing, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg.

Group Exhibitions
2023    LOL: Funny Papers, Invitational Exhibition, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin.
2020    Mighty Fine, Invitational exhibition, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin.
2020    70th Annual Exhibition, FLAG, Foosaner Art Museum, Melbourne, FL.
2020    Pain, Process & Promise, Invitational exhibition, Alliance For Arts, Ft. Myers, FL 2020    Loading The Virtual Machine, Invitational exhibition, DistanceGallery.com
2019    69th Annual Exhibition, FLAG, Ringling College of Art and Design, Sarasota.
2019    Florida Artist Group, Naples Art Association Gallery, Naples, FL.
2017    100 Years/100 Artists, Invitational exhibition, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg.
2017    Fall Into Greatness: LRMA Celebrates 15 Years, works from the permanent collection,  Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs, FL.
2017    67th Annual Exhibition, Florida Artist Group, Coral Springs Museum of Art, Coral         Springs, FL.
2016    Exquisite Porch,  invitational exhibition, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg.
2015    World on a String: Masters of Puppetry, Florida CraftArt Gallery, St. Petersburg.
2015    Sketchbook: From Conception to Completion, Crossroads Gallery, St. Petersburg            College, Clearwater, FL.
2013    Intergalactic, invitational exhibition, Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin.
2013    63rd Annual Exhibition, Florida Artist Group, LeMoyne Arts Center, Tallahassee, FL. 2012    62nd Annual Exhibition, Florida Artist Group, Ringling School of Art & Design,            Sarasota.
2011    61st Annual Exhibition, Florida Artist Group, Maitland Art & History Museum,              Maitland, FL.
2009    59th Annual Exhibition, Florida Artist Group, Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, FL 2009    58th Annual Exhibition, Florida Artist Group, Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art,           Tarpon Springs, FL.
2008    TEA Exhibition, C. Emerson Fine Art Gallery, St. Petersburg.
2007    At Home with Art, invitational exhibition, Florida Craftsmen Gallery, St. Petersburg. 2006   ’34689’ Exhibition, Blue Moon Gallery, Tarpon Springs.
2005    Unwrapped, invitational exhibition, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin.
2003    Dwellings, invitational exhibition, Dunedin Fine Arts Center, Dunedin.
2003    Making Faces, traveling exhibition, Pinellas County Schools, FL.
2003    Four + Two, Galleries at Salt Creek, St. Petersburg.
1999    Mayfaire Masters, invitational exhibition, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL 1999    Southeast & Florida Artists in the Permanent Collection, Gulf Coast Museum of             Art, Largo, FL.
1998    Florida Biennial III, Gulf Coast Museum of Art, Belleair, juror: Todd DeShields, curator of American Art, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, NC.
1997    Undercurrent/Overview: Recent Work by Tampa Bay Artists, Invitational exhibition, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, curated by Michael Bennett, Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota.
1997    Works in the Permanent Collection, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland.
1995    May Show, Arts-On-The-Park Gallery, Lakeland.
1994    Contemporary Drawing, Elliott Gallery, Eckerd College, St. Petersburg.
1994    Small Works Invitational, Valencia Junior College, Orlando, FL.
1993    Major Florida Artists Show, Foster Harmon Galleries, Sarasota.
1992    Present & Future Tense, Florida Fellowship Artists, The Arts Center, St. Petersburg.  1992    Contemporary Works, Florida Artists in the Permanent Collection, Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland, FL.
1991    Florida, State of the Arts, South Florida Art Center, Miami Beach, FL.
1991    All Florida Exhibition of Contemporary Art, The Boca Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL juror: Dennis Barrie, Director, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH. 1991    Contemporary Print Invitational, Elon College, Elon, NC, juror: William Shinsky, art consultant, Atlanta, GA.
1990    Red Clay Survey, Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL, juror: Dr. Harry Rand, Curator of Painting and Sculptor, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C. 1990    Annual Juried Exhibition, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Juror:  Lisa Phillips, Curator of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
1990    Florida’s Finest: Florida Fellowship Artists, Center of Contemporary Art, N. Miami, and Capitol Gallery, Tallahassee.
1988    Tampa Triennial: A Juried Show of Southeast Artists, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa.    1988    Influences from the Untaught: Contemporary Drawings, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, curated by Benny Andrews. 
1987    Gulf Coast Biennial, Juried exhibition, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair. 1987    Fantasy Landscapes: Landscape Images by Southeast Artists, Tampa Museum West,       Tampa.
1987    Encore Eight, Invitational exhibition, Ruth Eckerd Hall Gallery, Clearwater.
1987    3 from St. Pete: Robert Schott, Denis Gaston, Celeste Simon, Art Expressions Gallery,    Melbourne, FL.
1986    The Artist’s Self: Self Portraits by Southeast Artists, invitational exhibition, Florida Gulf Coast Art Center, Belleair.
1986    Summer Sizzler, Juried exhibition, Ruth Eckerd Hall Gallery, Clearwater.

Collections
Leepa-Rattner Museum of Art, Tarpon Springs.
Polk Museum of Art, Lakeland.
St. Petersburg College, St. Petersburg.
Raymond James Financial Corporation, St. Petersburg.
Holland & Knight Associates law firm, Tampa.
West & Company Advertising, Tampa.
State of Florida Public Art Collection, Regional Service Center, Largo.
Pinellas County Center for the Arts, St. Petersburg.
Pinellas County Public Art Collection, Clearwater.
Stetson University College of Law, Gulfport.
Eckerd College, St. Petersburg.

Accomplishments
1992   “Studio Waltz”, founder of annual North Pinellas County tour of artists’ studios.
1988   “Professional Association of Visual Artists (PAVA), co-founder of state wide artist guild. 1988   “Cool Art Show”, founder of annual artist run indoor art exhibition.

Teaching Experience
2014   PARC, St. Petersburg, FL, taught art to developmentally challenged students.
1992   Dunedin Fine Art Center, Dunedin, FL, taught classes based on book “No More Sec-      ond-Hand Art.”
1992-2002    Taught workshops based on the book “No More Second-Hand Art.”

Select Bibliography
2020    “Art Corner, Denis Gaston,” Dunedin TV, Seth Walker, November 6.
2020    “Art Scape, Meet Denis Gaston”, Tampa Bay Business For Culture & The Arts, Susana Weymouth, Tampa Bay Times, November.
2015    "Saw Palm Literature and Art Magazine", University of South Florida, Tampa.
2007    “Art Smart,” St. Petersburg Times, Bill Coats, November 16.
2007    “A Stroke of Inspiration,” Flair Magazine, Tampa, FL, Jenny Carey, October.
2003    “Denis Gaston, Artist,” Imago Magazine, Dunedin, FL, Alan Mock, May.
1998    "Art Lovers Guide To Florida,” Pineapple Press, Sarasota, FL, Anne Jeffrey.
1996    “An Artist True To Himself,” St. Petersburg Times, Mary Ann Marger, July 5.
1994    "Dunedin Artist Steps Out of The Shadows,” St. Pete Times, Mary Ann Marger, Feb. 11 1991    "Denis Gaston's Artistic Vision," St. Petersburg Times, Mary Ann Marger, Oct. 25.
1991    "A Warm Welcome for Some Cool Art," St. Pete Times, Mary Ann Marger, July 19. 1990    "Brilliant Colors of Faith," Seikyo Times, Terry Ellis, Los Angeles, CA, October.
1989    "Raising Eyebrows," Lakeland Ledger, Lakeland, FL, Paul Rybinski, May 18.
1988    "An Artist Struggles Free," St. Petersburg Times, Mary Ann Marger, July 8.
1987    "Encore 8 Exhibition Is A Heady Mix," St. Petersburg Times, Charles Benbow, June 5 1987    "Denis Gaston: Pastel Artist," Suncoast Arts Review, Clearwater, FL, S. Haas, June.
1986     “Summer Sizzler Shines,” St. Petersburg Independent, Jeanette Crane, July 4.              ​

 

 


 


 


 

 
  
  
 

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