Scattergood-Moore, aka Gene Arthur Scattergood, was born in Newton, Massachusetts on 30 November 1940. He grew up on Long Island, NY and Cape Cod. After graduating from Swain School of Design, New Bedford, in 1963, he received his BFA from Boston University and MFA from University of Cincinnati. He has an extensive record of solo and group exhibitions and his work can be found in fine homes and numerous private collections throughout the United States. He has received recognition and commendation from Boston art critics, received three fellowships from the Massachusetts Council for the Arts, and was nominated for the prestigious national 'Awards in the Visual Arts Program.'
        In additional to creating his own art work, Scattergood has, since 1962, been an art instructor, librarian, framer and free-lance curator. He organized a number of notable exhibitions in the Boston-area and as founder and director of a small non-profit gallery at a private shcool in Wellesley, curated more than 150 exhibitions since 1973. He resigned from teaching in 2006, after 38 years at the school - the first 10 as head of the art department. Scattergood's art work was exhibited in a retrospective during May of 2007. As the founder of and web designer for PantherPro USA Web Design, Scattergood has created numerous art-educational websites, including Artists' Sketchbooks Online and numerous websites for visual artists.
        Scattergood has worked for artists' rights and housing issues and was an early member of the Boston Visual Artists Union; he was a founding member of the Newton Artists Housing Partnership which purchased the Claflin School from the City of Newton and developed it into permanent live/work space for visual artists. He has served on the Newton Arts Center Board of Directors and was appointed visual arts representative to the City of Newton Cultural Council, which he chaired from 2002-2004.
        A resident of Newton for nearly twenty-five years, Scattergood lives and works at Claflin School Studios with his beautiful 'Studio Cat.'