Grand Opening of a New Exhibit By Olympic Artist Steve ALLEN At the U.S. Olympic Complex Visitor Center
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US Olympic Champion Bob BEAMAN, Cindy STINGER, Steve ALLEN, Frank WHEATON, and Marc Daniel GUTEKUNST at the Opening of Steve ALLEN's USOC Exhibit.
Colorado Springs, USA (January 13, 2005)
Steve R. ALLEN Artist Biography USOC OLYMPIC Artist DITC Resident Artist Steve's talent was first showcased before a world audience when he was commissioned to create "Uniting Colors of the World", a mammoth eighty feet by twenty-eight feet mural, as the City of Atlanta's "Official" commemoration of its hosting the 1996 Centennial Olympic Summer Games. He was also designated an "Official Artist" for the Atlanta Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games. In 1999 Steve was commissioned to create "The Legend" for Henry "Hank" Aaron's Chasing the Dream Foundation's 25th Anniversary celebration of Home Run 715 which established the all time Major League Baseball home run record. Steve traveled to Australia to present "On to Sydney" during the 2000 Olympic Summer Games to Lord Mayor Frank Sartor and the people of Sydney on behalf of Atlanta and the United States. He created "Olympic Zeal" and presented the artwork to the Federated States of Micronesia on behalf of US Ambassador Diane E. Watson and the United States. The painting honored FSM's initial participation in the Olympic Games. In 2001, he was commissioned by the City of Chula Vista, CA to create an Olympic sports painting that was presented to, and is on permanent display in, the ARCO Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. Steve became involved once again with the Olympic Movement when he was commissioned by the United States Olympic Committee to create "Spirit of the Games" as its "Official" commemorative of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. The painting was presented during the Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Of the painting, the USOC wrote "You can be proud that your art reflects a pictorial history of the most successful Winter Olympiad ever for the United States." The painting is on permanent display at USOC headquarters in Colorado Springs, CO. Steve was commissioned again by the United States Olympic Committee and created the painting "USA!!!" for the Pan American Games held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic in the Summer of 2003. The painting is also permanently displayed at USOC headquarters.
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2000 Sydney Olympic Games by Steve R. ALLEN
He has been named an Outstanding Georgia Citizen by the Georgia Secretary of State in recognition of his artistic achievements and appointed Official Artist and Painter in Residence to the DeKalb International Training Center (an Olympic training facility) in DeKalb County, Georgia, USA. He created the painting "Continuing The Legacy" for DeKalb County and DITC that was unveiled during the 2004 Olympic Summer Games in Athens. Steve is a medallist in the United States Olympic Committee and the United States Sports Academy's Olympic Sport Art Contest for the 2004 Olympic Summer Games in Athens, Greece. He created the painting "Coming Full Circle" for the USOC and it is "Official" artwork and poster for the 2004 Athens Olympic Summer Games. He presented and signed prints of "Coming Full Circle" in Athens during the Games. Steve recently created the painting "Unity and Peace Through Sport" as an "Official" gift from Los Angeles and the State of California, host of the 1932 and 1984 Summer Olympics, to Athens, Greece. The painting was presented to Mayor Dora Bakoyannis and the City of Athens, Greece during the 2004 Olympic Summer Games. His work is currently featured in a one man exhibit at USOC headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The exhibition runs from January through mid April 2005.
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