Born: Harrisburg, PA
Lives and works in NY and New Mexico
National Academician, 1993
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024 Steven Harvey Fine Art Projects, far north distant west, January- March
2022 Alan Avery Art Company, June, Arcadian Interlude, Atlanta GA
The Farmer and The Cook, July, Sedgewick Paintings, Ojai California
2021 Farmer Family Gallery at The Ohio State University at Lima, October 2021, Coming Round,
Catalog and essay by Jennifer Samet, October- December
2018 Telluride Arts District, Gallery 81435, June-July, The Great Rotation or How to Think About The Earth
2016 Peter Makebish, Pop-up in Chelsea, NYC, November
2015 David Richard Gallery, Southern Route into NM, June-July, Santa Fe, New Mexico,
“Stations,” Cathedral of St John the Divine, March, April, NYC, Feb- May
“Painting Along the Road”, Austin Peay University Gallery, Clarksville, Tenn. Feb- Mar
2014 David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, July- August
2013 Alan Avery Art Company, Atlanta, GA
2011 “Stations,” Cathedral of St John the Divine, March, April, NYC
Heidi Cho Gallery, Marilyn Rosenberg, 21 April- 21 May, NYC
2010 Gerald Peters Gallery, Landscape, February, Santa Fe, NM
2009 Turtle Point Press Gallery, NYC
2008 Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe New Mexico, June 2008
2007 Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara CA, November, 2006
2004 Salander-O’Reilly Gallery, Two person Show, September, NYC
2001 Art Resources Transfer, New York City
Western Landscapes, Roswell Museum, Roswell, New Mexico
1997 Paintings from Joshua Tree National Park and the Landscape Institute,
C.C.S., University of California at Santa Barbara, CA
1996 Art Resources Transfer, New York, NY
1993 Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York, NY
Ro Snell Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA
Renée Fotouhi Gallery, East Hampton, NY
University of the Arts (Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery) Philadelphia, PA Villa of the Sun Paintings, (Catalog essay by Carter Ratcliff)
1991 Anne Plumb Gallery, New York, NY
1990 Anne Plumb Gallery (Catalog essay by Harold Bloom), New York, NY
1989 Anne Plumb Gallery (Catalog essay by David Shapiro), New York, NY
1988 Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI
Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA
Anne Plumb Gallery, New York, NY
1987 Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Anne Plumb Gallery, New York, NY
1986 Anne Plumb Gallery, New York, NY
1985 Anne Plumb Gallery, New York, NY
1984 Manhattan Art, New York, NY
Salvatore Ala Gallery, New York, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Center for Figurative Painting, NYC, "Shaping Post-War American Landscape"
Steven Harvey FAP, NYC, Group Show, Solstice, December
2022 Steven Harvey FAP, NYC, Group Show, T (ides), March
Pamela Salisbury Gallery, Summer group, Hudson NY
2020 American Figurative Painting, Center for Figurative Painting, NYC, February
AD&A Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara, Irresistible Delights, Gifts to the Collection, April
2018 David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, EARTHSCAPES, June - August
2017 Telluride Gallery, curated by James Hayward, Objective Painting, Telluride, CO
Painted Landscapes, Heritage Museums and Gardens, Sandwich, MA
2015 David Richard Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Landscape, September
2014 Schema Gallery, Purple Mountains, Amber Waves, September, Brooklyn, NY
James Graham and Sons, Detail Oriented, January, NYC
2013 Brian Morris Gallery, Endless Summer, August, NYC
Come Together, Surviving Sandy, October- December, Brooklyn, NY
2011 Gerald Peters Gallery Landuse Misuse, Santa Fe, Summer Show
2009 Steven Harvey Fine Art, Group Show, Summer, NYC
National Academy, Member’s Annual, May, NYC
Bomb Magazine Benefit, May, NYC
Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota, Ray Graham Collection
2007 The Flag Project, Rubin Museum, NYC
Out West, The Great American Landscape, National Art Museum of China
2005 Painting as Inquiry, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe NM
2005 Summer Landscape Show, Salander O'Reilly Gallery, NYC
Amenoff, Resika, McNeil and Botts, Gerald Peters Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
2004 National Academy of Design, Wolf Kahn selections from the Collection, NYC
2001-02 Anderson Ranch Faculty Show, Snowmass, Colorado200
1999-14 Site Unseen Benefit Site Santa Fe, James Kelley Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico
1998 Interpreting, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Conversation exhibition with Mary Carlson,
Art Resources Transfer, New York, NY
1997 Auction to Benefit Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, Santa Barbara, CA
1995 Painting in Poetry/Poetry in Painting: Wallace Stevens and Modern Art, Baruch College, NY
1994 The Figure, 1994(Organized by Sandra Gering Gallery),
Deutsche Bank Lobby Gallery, NY
25th Anniversary Art Auction, Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art, OH
White Columns Benefit, White Columns, NY
1992 Painting, St. Peter's Church at Citicorp Building, New York, NY
1991 Lost and Found: The Painterly Image II, New York Studio School Gallery, NY
1990 Terra Incognita: Contemporary Landscape Painting, Museum of Art, RISD, RI
Group Show; Richard Green Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Amnesty International Benefit Exhibition, Germans-Van Eck Gallery, NY
1989 Group Show, Earl McGrath Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
1988 1900 to Now: Modern Art from Rhode Island Collections, Museum of Art. RISD
1987 Gregory Botts and Roy Fowler, Santa Barbara Contemporary Arts Forum, CA
(Catalog essay by Stephen Westfall)
1986 Award Recipients, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
Ten Years of Collecting: Selections from the Downe Collection
Wellesley College Museum, Wellesley, MA
Abstraction Landscape, Robin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, IL
1985 Factura, Schlesinger/ Boisante Gallery, New York, NY
Drawing 1985, Gregory Botts, Christopher Wool. Barbara Toll Fine Arts, NY
To the Astonishing Horizon, Los Angeles Visual Arts Center, L.A.,CA
1982 Four From New York, Richard Hines Gallery, Seattle, WA
Carl Apfelschnitt, Gregory Botts, Keith Haring, David Kapp.
PUBLISHED
2019 Selected Poetry, Gregory Botts, A Painter’s Commentary, Self Published, Kitchen Table Press
1996 Clouds, Leaves, Waves. A Painter's Poem., Published by Turtle Point Press, NY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Barry Schwabsky; The Nation, Alex Katz’s Downtown Dreams
Lauren Della Monica; Painting Landscapes: Contemporary Views
Jennifer Samet; Beer with a Painter, Hyper-allergic online Journal
Bloom, Harold; A Vision of the American Sublime, 2011, reprinted in 2015
Gregory Botts: Stations, Cathedral of St John the Divine
Frank, Peter; Gregory Botts, Painting and its Contents
Online essay for David Richard Gallery
McGee, Louis; Review of Clouds, Leaves, Waves.
LIBRARY JOURNAL, October 1996
Newhall, Edith; Review, ART NEWS, December 1993
Johnson, Ken; Review, ART IN AMERICA, November 1993
Henry, Gerrit; Review, ART IN AMERICA, February 1992
Cyphers, Peggy; Review, ARTS MAGAZINE, Summer, 1991
Bloom, Harold; ARTS MAGAZINE, Summer 1990,
"The American Sublime" (included cover reproduction)
Carrier, David; Review, ART INTERNATIONAL, September 1990
Shapiro, David; PEQUOD, Summer 1990, "Painting and Poetry's Truth,”
Carter Ratcliff; University of the Arts, Villa of the Sun, (Catalog essay by Carter Ratcliff)
Morgan, Robert; Review, ARTS MAGAZINE, Summer 1989
Gardner, Colin; Review, LOS ANGELES TIMES, Dec.11, 1987
Mueller, Cookie; Review, DETAILS, May 1987
Indiana, Gary; VILLAGE VOICE, Feb. 25, 1986"An Opinionated Survey,"
Cameron, Dan; ARTS MAGAZINE, September 1985, "The Submerging Figure,"
Westfall, Steven; Review, ARTS MAGAZINE, Summer 1985
AWARDS & GRANTS
2004 Death Valley National Park Artist in Residence Program
2002 Roaring Forks Club Artist in Residence, Aspen, Colorado
1997 Joshua Tree National Monument Artist In Residence Program
1997 National Academy of Design, Elected Member
1993 Adolph Gottlieb Emergency Grant Recipient
1986 American Academy And Institute of Arts and Letters
Award For Excellence in Painting
1972 Skowhegan School of Painting, Student Scholarship
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
AD&A Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara
Federal Reserve Washington, DC
Mint Museum of Art Charlotte, North Carolina
Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christie, TX
San Antonio Museum of Art, San Antonio, TX
Denver Art Museum
La Jolla Museum of Art
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art, Honolulu, Hi
Honolulu Academy of Art
IBM, New York
Chase Manhattan Bank, NY
Prudential, NY
Progressive Corp, Cleveland, Ohio
Jones, Day, Reavis & PooveWashington D.C.
Shimuzo Corporation, Atlanta, Georgia
PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Paula and James Crown, Chicago and Aspen
Bridget Goodbody, New York City
Stanley and Evelyn Asrael, Washington, D.C.
Edward Broida, New York
Truman Hines, Bellevue, Washington
Aaron & Phyllis Katz, Boulder, Colorado
Harold Bloom, New York
Edward Downe, Jr., New York
John McEnroe, New York
Penny McCall, New York
James Jensen, Honolulu
Thurston Twig Smith, Honolulu
Ross Bleckner, New York
Lucio Pozzi, New York
Paul Olsen, New York
Henry Scholder, New York
Jon Rabinowitz, New York
Henry Justin, NY
EDUCATION
1970-1972 School of Visual Arts, NYC
1973 Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO
Telluride Summer Landscape Painting, Telluride, CO
2017 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO
2016 National Academy School, NYC, (re) Figuring An Academic Drawing Workshop
2014 Telluride Painting School, Telluride, CO
2011 Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Aspen, CO
2008 NY Studio School, September Drawing Marathon
2006-08 Vermont Studio Center, Visiting Artist, August
College of Creative Studies, UCSB, Landscape Institute
2006 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, CO, September
2005 University of California SB, CCS, Figure Drawing
National Academy School, NYC, Figure Drawing
2004 National Academy of Design, NYC, Figure Drawing
2000-3 Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, Colorado, Painting
2002 National Academy of Design, NYC, Master Class in Figure Drawing
2001 New York Studio School, NYC, Summer Painting Program
New York Studio School, NYC, Drawing Marathon February
Spring Island Painting Workshop, Spring Island, S. Carolina
1999 Landscape Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara,
Painting (Summer Session)
Anderson Ranch, Snowmass Village, Colorado,
Painting (Summer Session)
1998 Landscape Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara,
Painting (Summer Session)
1997 Landscape Institute, University of California, Santa Barbara,
Painting (Summer Session)
1994 Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, California,
Painting (Fall Term)
1981-1991 University of California, Santa Barbara (College of Creative Studies)
Painting, Figure Drawing (Annual Spring Quarters)
1980 University of California At Santa Barbara (College of Creative Studies)
Painting, Figure Drawing(Full Year)
1978-1979 Ridgewood School of Art, Ridgewood, New Jersey,
Beginning Figure Painting and Drawing
Art History Foundation
1972-1976 School of Visual Arts, New York
Figure Drawing Workshop, Organized by Peter Heinemann
LECTURES AND CRITIQUES
2012 Vermont Studio Center, Johnson Vermont
2008 NY Studio School Lecture Series
2004 Juror for Expressions West, Coos Bay Art Museum, Coos Bay, Oregon
1996 New York University, (Slide Lecture)
1991 SUNY, Purchase, (Critique)
1991 Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY., Visiting Artist (Slide Lecture and Critique)
1991 New York Studio School, New York, Visiting Artist (Slide Lecture)
1991 New York Studio School, New York, Visiting Artist (Critique)
1985 Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass., Saltzman Visiting Artist (Slide Lecture)