SCOTT CLARK
ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS
SCOTT CLARK
My creativity revolves around three items: painting, photography and music. I typically focus all of my efforts on one of them at a time, but I have been involved with each of these mediums in different ways the past twenty plus years. When I am not painting, I can be found with my camera snapping photos. If I don't have my camera or a paintbrush in my hands, I'm probably holding my bass and playing music. You know what they say about idle hands.
I'm a former elementary art teacher turned elementary school principal and I absolutely love my profession. The young students that surround me on a daily basis provide me with the energy and focus to stay active and creative. My wife, Julie, provides me with the encouragement, inspiration and support (even when she has to wait patiently for me to set up my camera for the perfect shot) to continue my passion for creating.
SCOTT R. CLARK
b. 1977, Belleville, IL
Lives and works in Columbia, IL
EDUCATION
2013 Maryville University, Ed.D, Educational Leadership
2007 Lindenwood University, M.A., Education
2006 Lindenwood University, M.A., Education Administration
2000 Webster University, B.A., Studio Art with certification to teach K-12 Art
EXHIBITIONS
2019 Group Exhibition, Green Door Gallery, Webster Groves, MO
2016-19 Group Exhibition, Webster Arts Fair, Webster Groves, MO
2017-19 Group Exhibition, Art on the Square, Belleville, IL
2014-16 Group Exhibition, Taste of St. Louis, Chesterfield, MO
2015 Solo Exhibition, The Spaces In Between, Mad Art Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2012 Solo Exhibition, Senses, 33 Wine Bar, St. Louis, MO
2011 Group Exhibition, Soulard Art Market and Contemporary Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2011 Group Exhibition, Vino Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2004 Group Exhibition, Mapping Memory, Art Saint Louis, St. Louis, MO
2003 Group Exhibition, Under Cover: Book Arts, St. Louis Artist Guild, St. Louis, MO
2003 Solo Exhibition, Unscene, Ritz Lounge, St. Louis, MO
AWARDS AND REVIEWS
2018 Ed and Helen Karasek Purchase Award, Art on the Square
2017 Best of Show, Driven to Abstraction II, Soulard Art Gallery
2016 3rd Place, Taste of St. Louis, Art Walk
2016 Best Local Artist, Webster Arts Fair
2015 3rd Place, Taste of St. Louis, Art Walk
2014 Best of Show, Taste of St. Louis, Art and Wine Walk
2014 Work selected in I.O. Metro’s “local artist feature” for nationwide distribution in retail stores
REVIEWS
Belleville News Democrat, May 2017
Zapf, Rudy: “You are Here”, Playback Magazine, February 2004, p. 25
St. Louis Post Dispatch, One for the Books, October 16th, 2003