Biografie von Gerry PLETCHER (XX)

Birth place: State College, PA

Addresses: Nashville, TN

Profession: Painter, printmaker

Studied: Edinboro State Col. (B.S.Art Educ.); Pa. State Univ. (M.A.); also with Montenegro, Carol Summers, Harold Altman, Nelson Sandgren & Shobaken.

Exhibited: 31st Southeastern Competition & Exhib., Gal. Contemp. Art, Winston-Salem, NC, 1969; Cent. South. Art Exhib., Nashville, 1969-71; Graphics USA 1970, Nat. Art Exhib., Dubuque, Iowa, 1970; Ark. Nat. Art Exhib., Ark. State Univ., 1970; NAD 145th Ann., NYC 1970; The Gal. Upstairs, Inc, Nashville, TN, 1970s; Gal. Artist-Centre, Switz., 1970s. Awards: first prize purchase award in graphics, 9th Ann. Tenn. All-State Artists Exhib., Nashville, 1969; graphics purchase award, 22nd Ann. Mid-States Art Exhib., Evansville Mus. Arts & Sci., 1969; 7 purchase prizes, Tenn Arts Comn., 1972

Member: Tenn. A. League.

Work: Evansville Mus. Arts & Sci., Ind.; Fisk Univ., Nashville, Tenn.; Jacksonville State Univ., Ala; Watkins Art Inst., Nashville; Tenn. Arts Comn., Nashville.

Comments: Preferred media: etchings, woodcuts, acrylics, oils. Teaching: instr. printmaking, Univ. Tenn., Nashville, 1968-.

Sources: WW73; Gerry Pletcher," La Rev. Mod. (Feb., 1971); "Zweimal drei," Aufbau (March, 1971)"