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Golden drawing table

EDUCATION 

Bachelor of Fine Arts
Washington University, St. Louis
School of Fine Arts, 1986

Studies in Drawing and Printmaking
Arkansas Arts Center Museum School, 1980

TEACHING 

Instructor in Beginning Drawing
Napa Valley College, Napa, CA, 1987

EXHIBITIONS

5×5
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Little Rock, AR, 2019

Art in the Park
Wildwood Park for the Arts
Little Rock, AR, October 2014

ArtWorks XVIII 
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Little Rock, AR, April 2005

Arkansas Blues Exhibit
celebrating Martin Scorsese presents “The Blues”
Arkansas Educational Television Network
Conway, AR – Sept. 27 – Nov. 30, 2003

“Worth a Thousand Words”
International Theatre Poster Exhibition
Gallery Stratford
Stratford, Ontario, Canada, Summer 2002

ArtWorks XV
Staff’s Choice Award
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Little Rock, AR, May 2002 

First Digital Art Competition
Beecher Center for Technology in the Arts at
The Butler Institute of American Art
Youngstown, Ohio, April – October, 2001

Macworld Expo 2000 Digital Art Gallery
Second Place – Professional Category
Traveling exhibition began New York, NY, in September, 2000, visited numerous cities across US, ended San Francisco, CA, in January, 2001

Gary Wayne Golden and Thom Hall
POMPEII Cafe
Hot Springs, AR, October – December, 1999

Homage to Salvador Dali
Fraser Gallery
Washington, D.C., August, 1999

Digital Art 1999
Best of Show
Nexus Gallery
New York, NY, August, 1999

Gary Wayne Golden: Prints
Gallery 26
Little Rock, AR, June 5 – July 16, 1999

ArtWorks XI
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Little Rock, AR, April 1998

Society of Illustrators 40th Annual Exhibition
Museum of American Illustration
New York, NY, March 1998

ArtWorks X
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Little Rock, AR, April 1997

The Past, Present & Future of Illustration
Art Institute of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ, March 1997

Society of Illustrators Digital Salon
New York, NY, December 1996

ArtWorks IX
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Little Rock, AR, March 1996

Macxibition ’96
NYMUG MacFair
New York, NY, March 1996

AWARDS

Staff’s Choice Award, Artworks XV
Arkansas Repertory Theatre
Little Rock, AR, May 2002

Second Place – Professional Category
Macworld Expo 2000 Digital Art Competition
New York/San Francisco, 2000-2001

Best of Show, Digital Art 1999
Nexus Gallery
New York, NY, August, 1999

Best Still Image, Macxibition ’96
NYMUG MacFair
New York, NY, 1996

Caroline Risque-Janis Sculpture Prize
Washington University, St. Louis, 1983

PUBLICATIONS

Little Rock Soirée
Little Rock, Arkansas
April 2005, (p. 82-85) 

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
March 4, 2005 (p. 4W)

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
October 20, 2002 (p. 4E)

Digital Fine Art Magazine
Summer 2000 (p.40)

Little Rock Free Press
August 18, 1999 (p. 27)

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
August 15, 1999 (p. 6E)

Communication Arts Illustration Annual 39
July, 1998

Illustrators 40
catalogue of the Society of Illustrators Annual Exhibition
1998

Step by Step Electronic Design
February, 1998

Step by Step Electronic Design
January, 1998 (Cover, p. 2-3, 16)

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
December 14, 1997 (p. 5E)

Society of Illustrators Digital Salon catalogue
January, 1997, (p. 18)

Computer Artist Magazine
April/May, 1996 (p. 40)

Mac Street Journal
May, 1996 (Cover, p. 35)

PRIVATE COLLECTIONS

Mr. & Mrs. Barry Burks, Little Rock, AR
Mr. Charles Burks, Los Angeles, CA
Ms. Mary Cockrill, Little Rock, AR
Ms. Cici Davidson, Little Rock, AR
Mr. Don Edwards, Little Rock, AR
Mr. & Mrs. Gary Feist, Austin, TX
Mr. Patrick Flanigan, Dallas, TX
Mr. & Mrs. Richard Freeland, N. Little Rock, AR
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ginnaven, Little Rock, AR
Mr. Michael Goshen, N. Little Rock, AR
Mr. Hunter Gray, Little Rock, AR
Dr. & Mrs. Benjamin Guise, Little Rock, AR
Mr. & Mrs. Odon Hidalgo, Little Rock, AR
Mr. D. Michael Huckabay, Jr., Little Rock, AR
Mr. Joseph Kolb, Little Rock, AR
Ms. Gloria Lawson, Little Rock, AR
Mr. David Massey, Eureka Springs, AR
Mr. Andrew J. McClurg, Memphis, TN
Mr. & Mrs. Roger Mears, Little Rock, AR
Mr. & Mrs. Gregg Petersen, Little Rock, AR
Mr. & Mrs. Bruce Stark, New York, NY
Mr. Grif Stockley, Little Rock, AR
Mr. Paul Remmel, III, Austin, TX
Mr. & Mrs. Randall Sumbles, Little Rock, AR
Ms. Jessica Svoboda, Little Rock, AR
Mr. Jimmy Weisman, Little Rock, AR

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