Past Exhibitions
Exhibitions
September 15 - September 16, 2010
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Tyrone Geter: Purgatory Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues
This exhibition featured Geter’s extensive series of assemblages, paintings, drawings, and mixed media works, highlighting themes of spiritual struggle, societal chaos, and hope. Geter, from Alabama, holds an MFA from Ohio University and teaches at Benedict College in South Carolina. His art…
September 15 - September 16, 2010
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Leo Twiggs: Explorations and Improvisations
The Sumter County Gallery of Art showcased new work by Leo Twiggs, including a large-scale 3-D installation and pieces from recent series. Twiggs, born in South Carolina, is a renowned artist known for his innovative Batik technique, blending traditional methods with contemporary themes such as…
September 4 - November 1, 2008
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Benny Andrews: The John Lewis Series
Benny Andrews (1930-2006) was an artist and activist whose work reflects his experiences growing up in the segregated South and addresses themes of justice and African American history. He created series of works inspired by his childhood, civil rights, and other social issues. His final series,…
September 4 - November 1, 2008
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Romare Bearden: Prints
Romare Bearden (1911-1988) was a celebrated artist known for his textured collages depicting African American life, jazz musicians, urban scenes, and biblical themes. He was also a humanist and supporter of emerging artists, contributing to institutions like The Studio Museum in Harlem. His work is…
Exhibition Archive
Details about the exhibitions listed here are available upon request. Please email: Curator@SumterGallery.com.
- Sumter Artists; Guild Winner's Exhibition & Pathfinders Art Show 2025
- Roni Henderson - Solace & Bob Warner - Out Of This World
- Esther Bynum Sharp - For The Birds & Amanda Yoder - At Home: Reflections on Time & Material
- Sumter Artists' Guild Show 2024
- Jerry Siegel – Rooted In Place: Images From The Black Belt
- Pathfinders Art Show 2024 & Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Show 2024
- Charles Basham – Bathed in Light & Mildred and Elizabeth
- Christopher Lane – “Circle of Life” & the Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Exhibition
- In Kyoung Chun – Glass Houses & Emma Knight – Twisted Eden
- Sumter Artists’ Guild Exhibition 2023
- Clarence Heyward – About a Dream & Gabrielle Torres – the Paradox
- Wilfred Spoon – Quiet Ground & Micah Green – Hands On, The South
- Jordan Sheridan – Spellbound & Thomas The Younger – “Be One Traveler”
- Dogon Krigga – Omphalos: The Converging Of Antique Futures & Jeremy R Brooks – Looking Back/Being Forward
- Diane Kilgore Condon – “Wild Kingdom” & Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Exhibition
- Ecos – Resonances Of Sc Latino Stories & Susan Harbage Page – Between The River And The Wall
- Beverly Y. Smith – Ancestral Threads & Darien Arikoski-johnson – Fractured Fictions
- Susan Lenz – Last Words & Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Exhibition
- The Supper Table & Maria Britton – Dream Bodies
- Craig Crawford – “In The Wake” & Chotsani Elaine Dean – “Trading Post: Huys De Hope” & Antonio Modesto Milian – “Indestructible”
- Stephen Chesley – Field, Trees, Sky
- Carolita Cantrell – Spirited Vision
- Andrew Blanchard – Saturday Night, Sunday Morning & Cedric Umoja – That Old Black Gospel & Dogon Krigga – Afroglyph
- Shanequa Gay – I Come As Us & Lorna Ruth Galloway – Halftone Half-Lives
- Saba Taj – Muslims Are Awesome! & William Paul Thomas – Loved Ones
- Deane Ackerman – Radiant Expressions & Terrell Clark – Eyes Of Havana
- Gil Ngolé – The Midnight Walks & Sheena Rose – This Strange Land
- Michelle Van Parys/john Hathaway/joshua Flint
- Willie Cole & Michaela Pilar Brown
- Sumter Artists’ Guild Show
- Esteban Del Valle & Antoine Williams
- Uncommon Folk – Selections From The Sc State Museum
- The Sc Watermedia Society & Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Show & Carl Bell
- Michael Lavine: Precious 023 & Mary Bentz Gilkerson: Minervaville & Clay Burnette Aldwyth
- Sumter Artists’ Guild Show
- Tarleton Blackwell
- The Paternal Suit: Heirlooms From The F. Scott Hess Family Foundation
- The Sc Watermedia Society & Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Show
- Christopher Sims & Lori Larusso
- Question Bridge: Black Males & Stacy Lynn Waddell
- Sumter Artists’ Guild Show
- Jim Arendt: Selvage & Elizabeth Brim
- Sumter Collects Ii
- The Sc Watermedia Society & Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Show
- Aldwyth – Ebb And Flow
- Diana Farfán – The Dream Life Of Broken Toys & Jody Servon And Lorene Delany-Ullman – Saved
- Candice Ivy – Black Tide & Linda Fantuzzo – The Space Between
- André Leon Gray – “…until Victory Is Won” & Sheila Pree Bright – Young Americans
- Benny Andrews – The John Lewis Series
- Sarah Hobbs – Modern Angst
- Shaun Cassidy & Tom Stanley – Collaboration Of Fragments
- Phillip Millen - 1994-2008
- Ronald Gonzalez: Objects as Figures, Figures as Objects & David Voros: The Myth in the Mirror
- Susan Harbage Page: Postcards From Home
- Sumter Artist’s Guild Show
- Chris Clamp: Back to the Future & Brian Rust: Rock, Paper, Scissors
- Force of Nature: Site Installations by Ten Japanese Artists
- Eileen Blyth: Reimagining Purpose
- Bruce Chandler: Lush Life
- NBSC Oil Painter's Open Invitational & Cara-Lin Getty: Explorations
- The South Carolina Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibit & the Sumter Artist’s Guild Winners Show
- Selections from the South Carolina Arts Commission Collection
- NBSC Oil Painter’s Open Invitational & The Art of Minnie Deschamps
- The South Carolina Watercolor Society Traveling Exhibit & the Sumter Artists’ Guild Winners Show
- “Juan Logan: Close Inspection”
- The Sumter Artists Guild Show
- “Full Circle: A Retrospective” The Art of Zernie Smith & “Outlook: Charleston” Photographs by Laura Moses