Steve S. Ko, internationally known portrait artist and a teacher

Education

    Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
    Masters in Divinity
    Fort Worth, Texas, 2003~2006
   
    Art Center College of Design
    Honors, B.F.A. in Illustration
    Pasadena, California, 1993~1996

Galleries

    The Victorian Gallery, Dallas, Texas, 2003~2008
    Generation Art Gallery, Napa Valley, California, 2002~2003
    Americana, Carmel, California, 2002~2003
    New Master's, Carmel, California, 2002~2003
    Fairmont Art Gallery, Sonoma, California, 2002~2003

Published Book

    "The Wherewolf?", children's book, 2002
    All About Kids Publishing Co.
    ISBN: 0-615-11427-X

Major Experience

    Private Art Instructor, California and Texas, Over 160  Steve's students have gone to top ten private art colleges
    1990~Present
    Graphic Designer, Interprise, Dallas, Texas
    2007~2008
    Marketing Director, All About Kids Publishing Co., San Jose, California
    2001~2002
    Marketing Director, American Portwell Technologies, INC., Fremont, California
    2000~2001
    Instructor, Pacific Grove Art Center, Pacific Grove, California
    2002~2003
    Instructor, Pacific Coast Christian Academy, Salinas, California
    2002~2003
    Instructor, West Valley College, Portrait Painting, Saratoga, California
    1999
 

Exhibitions

    Invited Artist of the Month, Verizon Co., Headquarter, Irving, Texas
    June 2005
    Carmel Art Festival, Carmel, California
    2002
    "Creation", Starbucks, near TCU Fort Worth, Texas
    2004
    "First Fruit", Buena Park, California
    1996
    "Testimony of;", Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
    1996
    1st Place, "T-Shirt Design Contest", Radio Korea, Los Angeles, California
    1995
    1st Place, "Korean Art Competition", Korean United Methodist Church, Santa Clara, CA
    1993
    2nd Place in Painting, "Montalvo Art Competition", Montalvo Art Gallery, Saratoga, CA
    1992  
    2nd Place in Graphics, "49th Annual Santa Clara County Fair Art Exhibition", Santa Clara, CA
    1993
    "Life Drawing Exhibition", West Valley College Art Gallery, Saratoga, California
    1992
    "Political Art Exhibition", West Valley College Art Gallery, Saratoga, California
    1992
    3rd Place in Graphics, "48th Annual Santa Clara County Fair Art Exhibition", Santa Clara, CA
    1992

Scholarships

    Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, 1994~1996
    Kimbo Scholarship Foundation, Los Angeles, California, 1996

Church membership
    First Baptist Dallas