Derek Overfield is a figure painter living in Fairmont, West Virginia. He graduated from Fairmont State College in 2003 with a bachelor of science in Graphics/Fine Arts. He was awarded many honors while at Fairmont State, including numerous "Best of Show" awards in the fall and spring juried student exhibitions. His work was published in Whetstone and he was the feature contributor of Issue 25 in 2006.

     Professionally, Derek has exhibited his work in numerous competitions and exhibitions. In 2004 he was featured in the group exhibition, Emerging, at the Callen McJunkin Gallery in Charleston, WV. Also in 2004, as well as in 2005, he contributed to the group exhibition, The Figure Head to Toe at Cooper Gallery in Lewisburg, WV. His work was included in the exhibits Creative Drive at the Hammond Harkin Gallery in Columbus, OH, and Step Closer at the Gallery RFD in Swainsboro, GA. Most recently his work was featured in the Best of West Virginia show at the Tamarack Gallery in Beckley, WV and is currently on view at the Emerging Artists of West Virginia exhibit at the West Virginia State Museum in Charleston, WV, where he took second place. In October of 2009 his work will be included in the WV Juried Exhibition at the Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington, WV. Derek's latest solo show is titled New Paintings in Enamel. It was exhibited at Gallery 62 West in Grafton WV and will be on display at the Robert C. Byrd Federal Building in Charleston, WV during March and April, 2010.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2010

Robert C. Byrd Federal Courthouse, Charleston, WV

2009

Derek Overfield Alumnus Art Exhibition, Fairmont State University, Fairmont, WV 

New Paintings in Enamel, Gallery 62, Grafton, WV