Craig Ford

Craig Ford studied art at Young Harris College before transferring to the University of Georgia in Athens, where he majored in graphic design and illustration. He later worked as a designer/illustrator and art director for several agencies before starting his own graphic design business, “Design by Ford,” in 1999. It wasn’t until 2005 that Ford returned to painting. Additionally, he teaches design and fine art classes at Young Harris College and art classes at the Roswell Visual Arts Center.

Ford's work has been regularly exhibited at the Atlanta Artist Center, the Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art and was selected as one of Atlanta's emerging artists by Anne Irwin Fine Art.

He sees himself as a visual storyteller, taking ordinary objects and putting them into different contexts and discovering completely different meanings and ideas in their combinations. Nostalgic icons or everyday items find a place in his compositions; big vividly colored pieces.

Craig paints in a realistic, representational style. His artistic references range from David Hockney, Wayne Thiebaud, Fairfield Porter, Richard Diebenkorn, and Jennifer Bartlett to David Lynch and Bridget Riley to name a few. His work usually contains a concept of some sort but is ...

1984 University of Georgia, BFA
1981 Young Harris College, AFA

2021 GALA Art Auction at The Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA
2021 Art+Design Dept Faculty Exhibition Young Harris College, Young Harris, GA
2020 Rhapsody exhibit for March at North Park Gallery, Marietta, GA
2020 Beach Front Properties exhibit at Camellia Art Gallery in Bluffton, SC
2020 GALA Art Juried Auction at The Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA
2020 The 2020 Trinity School Exhibit in Atlanta, GA
2019 Solo exhibit “Food & Shiny Objects” at The Quinlan, Gainesville, GA
2019 Solo exhibit for May, “Oil & Water” at North Park Gallery, Marietta, GA
2019 GALA Art Juried Auction at The Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA
2018 Spectrum Miami, ArtBlend booth at Art Basel 2018
2018 RETRO-spective solo exhibit at Gallery 43.2, Marietta, GA
2018 Maneline Art solo exhibit at The Farm in Bluffton, SC
2018 Heineken Juried Cities Showcase & 99X Art Festival Little 5 Points, Atlanta, GA
2018 Art Expo pop-up at the Brickyards, Marietta, GA
2018 GALA Art Juried Auction at The Quinlan Visual Arts Center, Gainesville, GA
2017 Art Basel Miami, The Fearless Artist Gallery Wynwood
2017 Branded Exhibit, Gallery 43, Roswell, GA featured artist and artist’s talk
2017 Metro Montage XVII, Marie...