BIO
Gerald K. Stone is a visual artist who resides in Palm Beach County, Florida. A native of Montreal, he earned his B.A. and Master of Library Science degrees, respectively, from Concordia and McGill universities. During his undergraduate years he studied with artists Charles Gagnon and Günter Nolte. Gerald retired in 2009 after a lengthy career at Canada's national archives and library, including positions in the National Photography Collection and Documentary Art and Photography Division. His assemblages pay homage to the renowned artist Louise Nevelson. Gerald incorporates wooden toy blocks, boxes, and trays; fragments of discarded furniture and scrap lumber; as well as other found objects into coherent works of art. The work provides an opportunity to reincarnate detritus as objects of contemplation and to create an iota of order and balance in a world of chaos and disarray.
Gerald K. Stone is a visual artist who resides in Palm Beach County, Florida. A native of Montreal, he earned his B.A. and Master of Library Science degrees, respectively, from Concordia and McGill universities. During his undergraduate years he studied with artists Charles Gagnon and Günter Nolte. Gerald retired in 2009 after a lengthy career at Canada's national archives and library, including positions in the National Photography Collection and Documentary Art and Photography Division. His assemblages pay homage to the renowned artist Louise Nevelson. Gerald incorporates wooden toy blocks, boxes, and trays; fragments of discarded furniture and scrap lumber; as well as other found objects into coherent works of art. The work provides an opportunity to reincarnate detritus as objects of contemplation and to create an iota of order and balance in a world of chaos and disarray.
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (juried group exhibitions unless otherwise noted)
2024 New Members Exhibition, Artists of Palm Beach County, Lake Park Library, Lake Park, Florida, Sep. 14-Nov. 15, 2024
2024 Absolutely Abstract, Artists of Palm Beach County, Hatch 1121 Gallery, Lake Worth Beach, Florida
2024 38th Annual All Florida Exhibition, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, Florida
2024 Waste to Wonder, Resource Depot GalleRE, West Palm Beach, Florida
2023 Open House, Kol Tikvah Hadassah, Lake Worth, Florida (charitable organization fundraiser)
2023 AESBGLM, Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Lake Worth, Florida (Solo exhibition)
2019 Think Inside the Box, ARTspace, Chatham, Ontario (Solo exhibition)
2018 Eye for Art Show, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario (Award of Excellence for Composition with B and Yellow)
2018 Breaking Barriers Art Show, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario (unjuried exhibition)
2017 Hello Yellow, Naples Art Association, Naples, Florida
2016 Putting It Together: The Art of Assembling, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri
2016 Add Some/Take Some: An Abstractions Show, Armory Arts Annex, Lake Worth, Florida
2024 New Members Exhibition, Artists of Palm Beach County, Lake Park Library, Lake Park, Florida, Sep. 14-Nov. 15, 2024
2024 Absolutely Abstract, Artists of Palm Beach County, Hatch 1121 Gallery, Lake Worth Beach, Florida
2024 38th Annual All Florida Exhibition, Alliance for the Arts, Fort Myers, Florida
2024 Waste to Wonder, Resource Depot GalleRE, West Palm Beach, Florida
2023 Open House, Kol Tikvah Hadassah, Lake Worth, Florida (charitable organization fundraiser)
2023 AESBGLM, Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Lake Worth, Florida (Solo exhibition)
2019 Think Inside the Box, ARTspace, Chatham, Ontario (Solo exhibition)
2018 Eye for Art Show, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario (Award of Excellence for Composition with B and Yellow)
2018 Breaking Barriers Art Show, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario (unjuried exhibition)
2017 Hello Yellow, Naples Art Association, Naples, Florida
2016 Putting It Together: The Art of Assembling, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, Missouri
2016 Add Some/Take Some: An Abstractions Show, Armory Arts Annex, Lake Worth, Florida
COLLECTIONS
Gerald K. Stone's artwork is held in private collections in the U.S.A. and Canada.
PUBLICATIONS
- Kelley Marcellus, with photos by Jerry Rabinowitz. "Creating Places : Lost and Found," in Art & Culture (Palm Beach, FL), Spring/Summer 2023, front cover and pp. 30-31.
This article provides a glimpse into the artistry of Gerald Stone, one of the artists who participated in the Palm Beach County Open Studios event on May 20, 2023.
- Gerald K. Stone. Think Inside the Box: Assemblages. 2nd ed. Lake Worth, Fla., 2023. 23 p.
An illustrated catalog of the artist's assemblages, first issued in 2019 and reissued in a revised and enlarged second edition in 2023.
REVIEWS
"Gerald K. Stone's work is both an homage to Nevelson and a meticulous inquiry of his life experience through the media of assemblage. Each of Stone's works tell a story and often have deep personal meaning. Visually, they are magical puzzles of shapes connected by his unerring eye for precision and a touch of whimsy."
Jessica Ransom, Director of Artist Services, Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Lake Worth Beach, Florida, 2023.
"There is something immensely personal about the work of Gerald Stone, a quality only heightened by the coolness of its presentation and the care which goes into the composition of each work. As the titles themselves suggest, there is a sense of trauma, implicit or overt, laying just beneath their surfaces, a fragility thoughtfully approached and organized so as to amplify what is poetic and beautiful."
Phil Vanderwall, Curator, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario, 2016
MEMBER
Artists of Palm Beach County
International Council of Museums
Gerald K. Stone's artwork is held in private collections in the U.S.A. and Canada.
PUBLICATIONS
- Kelley Marcellus, with photos by Jerry Rabinowitz. "Creating Places : Lost and Found," in Art & Culture (Palm Beach, FL), Spring/Summer 2023, front cover and pp. 30-31.
This article provides a glimpse into the artistry of Gerald Stone, one of the artists who participated in the Palm Beach County Open Studios event on May 20, 2023.
- Gerald K. Stone. Think Inside the Box: Assemblages. 2nd ed. Lake Worth, Fla., 2023. 23 p.
An illustrated catalog of the artist's assemblages, first issued in 2019 and reissued in a revised and enlarged second edition in 2023.
REVIEWS
"Gerald K. Stone's work is both an homage to Nevelson and a meticulous inquiry of his life experience through the media of assemblage. Each of Stone's works tell a story and often have deep personal meaning. Visually, they are magical puzzles of shapes connected by his unerring eye for precision and a touch of whimsy."
Jessica Ransom, Director of Artist Services, Cultural Council for Palm Beach County, Lake Worth Beach, Florida, 2023.
"There is something immensely personal about the work of Gerald Stone, a quality only heightened by the coolness of its presentation and the care which goes into the composition of each work. As the titles themselves suggest, there is a sense of trauma, implicit or overt, laying just beneath their surfaces, a fragility thoughtfully approached and organized so as to amplify what is poetic and beautiful."
Phil Vanderwall, Curator, Thames Art Gallery, Chatham, Ontario, 2016
MEMBER
Artists of Palm Beach County
International Council of Museums
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