BIOGRAPHY
Gerry Stecca grew up in a curious and science oriented home. Regardless, the artist gene runs strong in the family, eventually trumping his earlier academic interests.
In 1982, the family moved to beautiful San Diego (CA) were Biology and Art studies mingled. Art training began at San Diego Mesa College 1983-86 (CA) eventually leading to a BA in Visual Arts with a minor is Sciences from the University of California, San Diego in 1987.
A plethora of art experiences followed until May of 2015 when earned a Master in Fine Arts in painting from the Savannah College of Art & Design where he now teaches full time in the Foundations Department. Most of Stecca's works since the early 2000s has been influenced by his admiration for design found in nature. The immediate surrounding of the current studio in Savannah provide inspiration and natural materials which continue to drive the direction of his work.
Throughout his career, he has collaborated as a freelancer with the creative side of various industries, mainly retail and hospitality, working closely with designers and architects in the United States, the Caribbean, Canada and Spain. Such projects include a mural for Starbucks (Savannah, GA) and two murals for a Budweiser theme bar in the Bahamas commissioned by Holland America/Carnival Cruise Line. Stecca has exhibited with Jacob Karpio and Silvana Facchini Gallery, Diana Lowenstein Gallery, Hollywood Art Center, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale and FIU's Frost Museum of Art among others. Stecca has also exhibited at Art Basel (Switzerland), Miami International Art Fair, Arts for a Better World and Overture Art Fairs. His work can be found in private, corporate and public permanent collections such as the Courtauld East Wing (London, UK), University of Maine Museum of Art (Zillman) in Bangor (MA), Fort Smith Museum of Art (AR), Port Angeles Fine Arts Center (WA), Everett Community College (WA), Savannah College of Art and Design (GA), The Ballast Hotel (NC), The James Royal Hotel (Miami Beach) and Related Group (Trump Tower III in Sunny Isles, FL), etc.
Stecca resides and works in Savannah, GA.
ONGOING/RECENT
- Artfields 2026 in Lake City, South Carolina.
- Artifields 2024
- CORALIA 2023 at MOORE FARMS BOTANICAL GARDEN in Lake City, South Carolina.
- Zillman Museum of Art in Bangor, Maine. See my work in the lobby.
- SCAD 45 CORALIA in ATLANTA. The latest version of CORALIA can now be seen here as part of permanent works that celebrate SCAD's 45 year anniversary. "The complex, houses SCADshow and its two new theater spaces — a 700-seat main stage and an intimate 150-seat black box theater equipped with industry leading projection and sound production technology."
- 4- New neighborhood mural (in progress)lat Silk Hope Presbyterian in Garden City, GA (by appointment)
- 5- TREE WRAP VI Fort Smith Regional Art Museum, Arkansas. Permanent Installation. I believe this work was eventually removed due to weather and squirrels. Yes, squirrels!.
- 6- SCAD: Savannah College of Art & Design Permanent Installations at The Hive and Kiah Hall.
- 7- PORT ANGELES FINE ARTS CENTER 2024: The 2009 installations was removed and re-created (on site) emerging as a new version of the original. Titled Rare Bloom.
- 8- CAPTAIN MORGAN AND BUDWEISER Murals and stained glass designs commissioned by Holland America-Carnival Cruises in HALF MOON CAY (formerly Little San Salvador), Bahamas.