The Artist

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

Portrait artist for Raising Cane's Co. (Providing portrait of Elvis for each location), 2017~Present

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

The Best of AmericaExhibit 2017, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, 2017

The Holiday Small Works Show, National Oil and Acrylic Painters Society, 2017

Figure and Portrait National Art Exhibition, Richeson 75, 2017

Western Regional Exhibition of Traditional Oils, Oil Painters of America, 2017

"Best of Anerica", National Oil and Acrylic Painters' Society, 2017

2nd Place, Open Juried Show, Trinity Art Guilds, 2017

2016 National Show, Oil Painters of America, Dallas, 2016

Small Artworks, Richeson 75, Wisconsin, 2016

Small Artworks, Gallery Award, Shirts Factory Gallery, New York, 2016

1st Place, Open Juried Show, Trinity Art Guilds, 2016

Best of Show, Open Juried Show, Trinity Art Guilds, 2015

Invited Artist of the Month, Verizon Co., Headquarter, Irving, Texas, 2005

"Creation", Startbucks, TCU Fort Worth, Texas, 2004

Carmel Art Festival, Carmel, 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 in Painting, "Montalvo Art Competition", Montalvo Art Gallery, Saratoga, California, 1993

2nd Place in Graphics, "49th Annual Santa Clara County Fair Art Exhibition", Santa Clara, California, 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, California, 1992

Scholarships

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, 1994~1996

Kimbo Scholarship Foundation, Los Angeles, California, 1996

Church membership
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