Selected Exhibitions

LAMEROL GATEWOOD, Webster University, STL, MO, 1983

The Fifth Annual Atlanta Life National Art Competition and Exhibition, Atlanta Life Insurance Co, GA, 1985

LAMEROL GATEWOOD, Southern Illinois University, IL, 1986

Group show '86: influences/sources, Vaughn Cultural Center, STL, MO, 1986

Current Thinking, Kenkeleba House, New York, NY, 1987

The Tenth Annual Atlanta Life National Art Competition and Exhibition, Atlanta Life Insurance Co, GA, 1990

LAMEROL GATEWOOD, Spiral Gallery, New York, NY, 1991

LAMEROL GATEWOOD: A World of Shapes in Dreams, Tarble Arts Center, Eastern Illinois University, IL, 1993

LAMEROL GATEWOOD, Spiral Gallery, New York, NY, 1994

LAMEROL GATEWOOD: Small Works on Paper and Canvas, 4th Street Photo Gallery, New York, NY, 1998

The Abstract Energy of Sound: Lamerol Gatewood, Kenkeleba House, New York, NY, 2021

New to the Museum: Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, St. Louis Art Museum, 2023

Lamerol Gatewood is a multidisciplinary artist celebrated for his vibrant abstract collages and paintings, where music and spirituality converge. Born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, Gatewood developed an early interest in ceramics and went on to receive an MFA from both Lindenwood University, St. Louis, and Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL.

He worked at aerospace corporation and defense contractor, McDonnell Douglas where he developed detailed, technical illustrations for their F/A-18 Hornet combat jet.  He also taught for the University City (MO) school district, Southern Illinois University, and, when he moved to Brooklyn, for the New York City Board of Education.

Spirituality and music are central to Gatewood’s art.  He describes his artistic process as a “spiritual journey” guided by jazz, blues, gospel, reggae, and world music. He sees his work as a conduit for divine energy, intended to raise human consciousness and empower viewers with “an experience that enlightens the mind, body, and soul.”

Gatewood’s collages, paintings, and prints can be found in the collections of the James Lewis Museum at Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD; New Jersey State Museum, Trenton; and Howard University Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.

His 2002 work Untitled No. 02-038, an oil drawing characterized by rhythmic curving lines and expressive energy, is part of the St. Louis Art Museum’s “Prints, Drawings, and Photographs” collection, gifted through the Thelma and Bert Ollie Memorial Collection.