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Scott Upton

Education

University of North Carolina at Asheville
1980-1984 Fine Arts
McDowell Technical College
1977-1979 Commercial Graphics
Art Institute of Atlanta
1976-1977 Visual Communications
Upton staged his own first solo exhibition in his senior year at the University of North Carolina, Asheville. The exhibition sold out, and four galleries offered him spots on their roster.


Abbreviated Gallery & Exhibitions History

Blue Spiral 1, Asheville NC 1990-2011
Thomas Deans Fine Art, Atlanta GA 2009-2011
Summit One Gallery, Highlands NC 2004-2010
Flanders Art Gallery, Raleigh NC 2007-2011
The Gallery at Laws, Knoxville TN 2010
Studio E Gallery, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 2010-2011
Tripolo Gallery, Covington, LA 2010-2011
Broadhurst Gallery, Pinehurst, NC 2008-2010
Center of the Earth Gallery, Charlotte NC 2003-2010
New Morning Gallery, NC 2008-2010
Lyons View Gallery, Knoxville TN 2007-2009
The Umstead Hotel and Spa, Cary, NC 2008-2009
Gallery NU, Covington, LA 2008-2009
Gallery NU, Sandestin, FL 2008-2009
The Lowe Gallery, Atlanta GA 2006-2008
The Lowe Gallery, Santa Monica CA 2007-2008
Carol Saunders Gallery, Columbia SC 1998-2008
Bickett Gallery at Hudson, Raleigh NC 2007
The Upstairs Art Space, Tryon NC 2007
Gallery Sklo, Atlanta GA 2004-2006
Art to Market, Atlanta GA 2003-2004
Space, Atlanta GA 2002-2004
Momus, Atlanta GA 2003
Beverly Libby Gallery, Atlanta GA 1998-2002
The Wells Gallery, Charleston SC 1994-2001
Windsor Gallery, FL 1994-1996
Hanson Art Source, TN 1992-1995
Southern Exposure, Atlanta GA 1990
New Morning Gallery, NC 1984-1996
Somerhill Gallery, Chapel Hill NC 1989
Somerhill Gallery, Durham NC 1984-1989
Designer House, Denver CO 1984
Henley Southern Spectrum, NC 1981-1988
Henley Travel Show, NC 1987
First Bank of Asheville, NC 1983
The Studio Café, NC 1983
Shelby Art League, NC 1982-1983
Asheville Art Museum, NC 1983
State Senator James McClure Clark, Asheville, NC 1982
Art on the Plaza, NC 1982
Artist Endeavors, NC 1982
The Portfolio, City of Biltmore, NC 1982
University of North Carolina at Asheville, NC 1983
Art Institute of Atlanta, GA 1977

Upton’s work has entered countless collections throughout the United States and abroad.
Selected Collections
The Ritz Carlton, Atlanta
Blackberry Farms, Walland, TN
T-Pain, Singer-Song Writer- Producer, Atlanta, GA
The Umstead Hotel and Spa, Cary, NC
O’Hare Hilton, Chicago, IL
Amelia Island Plantation, FL
The Breakers, Palm Beach FL
Eastman, Kingsport, TN
Lit Bow Wow, Atlanta GA
Arthur Blank Foundation, Atlanta GA
Crescent Capital Investments, Four Seasons Hotel, Atlanta GA
Armada Investment Group, Atlanta GA
Progress Energy, Corporate Collection, Durham NC
Source One Marketing, Atlanta GA
Northside Hospital, Atlanta GA
Mission Hospital, Asheville, NC
The Georgia Dome, Atlanta GA
John Bishop Collection, London
Etc.


Workshops

North Carolina Artist Tucker Cooke
North Carolina Artist Herb Jackson
New York Artist Dorothy Gillespie
New Horizons Computer Art
Encaustic, The Art School in Sandy Springs

Awards

Award of Excellence Paper Sources International
Award of Excellence Simpson Paper Company
Award of Excellence Zander Paper Company
Southeastern Abstract Artist Tour

Benefits
STAR - Shangri-La Therapeutic Academy of Ride 2008, 2010
EnAble of Georgia, Inc. enable.org 2009-2010
Art with Heart 2008-2009
Highland Cashiers Humane Society of NC 2004 -2007, 2010
The Carolina Mountain Land Conservancy CMLC 2007
McNair Foundation 2006-2007
American Cancer Society 2005-2008
Hunter Museum of American Art 2007
Birmingham Museum of Art 2006
Knoxville Museum of Art 2005- 2008
Atlanta Opera 2003 - 2006
DIFFA, Design Industries Foundation Fighting Aids 2003 - 2005
Project Open Hands 2000-2003
Alzheimer’s Association 1989-1993
The Charleston Low Country Aids Foundation 1994
Western North Carolina Aids Auction 1988-1994
Asheville Art Museum 1983-1988