The Artist
Steve S. Ko internationally known portrait artist and a teacher
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
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
"The Wherewolf?", children's book, 2002
All About Kids Publishing Co.
ISBN: 0-615-11427-X
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
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
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California, 1994~1996
Kimbo Scholarship Foundation, Los Angeles, California, 1996