Born in Charlotte, North Carolina, Jerry Coulter studied at Furman University and received his MFA from Ohio University in 1962. He also taught at Columbia College in South Carolina and at James Madison University in Virginia, where he became a Full Professor in 1976

Coulter has exhibited in over 100 exhibitions at various museums and galleries in the country, from which he has received 26 art awards. Among his many exhibitions are:

Mid American Annual - Three times - Butler Museum of American Art, Ohio.
Corcoran Annual Drawing Exhibition - Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC
Virginia Artists - Four Times - Virginia Museum of Art, Richmond, Virginia
Irene Leach Memorial Exhibition - Three Times - Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia
South Carolina Artists Annual - Four Times - Columbia, South Carolina
North Carolina Artists Annual - Raleigh, North Carolina
Realist Art - South Eastern Center for Contemporary Art, Winston-Salem, SC

Solo Exhibitions

SAS Gallery, Salisbury, Maryland
Ohio University
Gallery West, Chicago, Illinois
Eric Schindler Gallery, Richmond, Virginia
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, South Carolina
Asheville Museum of Art, Asheville, North Carolina
Greenville County Museum of Art, Greenville, South Carolina
James Madison University
East Tennessee State University
Bridgewater College
Columbia College
Furman University
Augusta College

Permanent Public Collections

Virginia Museum
Columbia Museum of Art
Greenville County Museum of Art
Norfolk Public Library Collection
South Carolina National Bank
First Union Bank
Fidelity Central Bank
Appalachian State University
Columbia College
Furman University
Salem College