Jimi Gleason
I use paint in a determined way which means the physical and metaphysical force of my paintings
is a direct result of my intuitive process. By finishing with an iridescent surface coat, I inject a certain
presence, bringing the light through, eradicating the very surface.
This creates a depth of visual space that responds to both the play of light and the location of the
viewer. Forms emerge and recede within shifting fields of color as the paintings simultaneously
react to and modify their physical environment. By letting the image gradually evolve through the
painting activity I design the painting to ultimately create a presence in which the viewer is given
the opportunity to explore a dynamic expression of space articulated through color and form.
Jimi Gleason is represented by R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California USA
EDUCATION
| 1985-86 |
San Francisco Art Institute |
| 1985 |
B.A. University of California Berkeley |
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
| 2015 |
SILVER DEPOSIT, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 2014 |
Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 2013 |
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
| 2012 |
Jimi Gleason, Silver Deposit Paintings, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 2009 |
Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA |
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Samuel Freeman, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2008 |
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
| 2007 |
Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA |
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Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
| 2006 |
Liquid Light
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Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
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LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM |
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Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
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Kidder-Smith Gallery, Boston, MA |
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Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2005 |
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
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Works on Paper, Philadelphia, PA |
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LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM |
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Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, San Francisco, CA |
| 2004 |
Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
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Kidder-Smith Gallery, Boston, MA |
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Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
| 2003 |
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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New Urban Art, Phoenix, AZ |
| 2002 |
Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 1999 |
Edward Giardina Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA |
| 1994 |
Dakota Studio, New York, NY |
| 1992 |
637 Gallery, New York, NY |
| 1990 |
SFA, New York, NY |
| 1988 |
The World, New York, NY |
| 1987 |
Clancy Gallery, Costa Mesa, CA |
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
| 2017 |
"3 Ways,” RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 2016 |
"Psychedelic Tendencies,” Melissa Morgan Fine Art, Palm Desert, CA |
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“California Group,” RB Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
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“Strata,” William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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“Continuum,” daLosAngeles, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2014 |
Green Heaven, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
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Now and Then, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM |
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Skin Deep, William Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2013 |
20th Anniversary group show, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
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THICK, a group show, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, California. USA |
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The 10th Circle, Vast Space Projects, Henderson, NV |
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Liquid Pop, Koki Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan |
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Winter Group Show, LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM |
| 2012 |
MIXED MEDIA,
a group show, R.B.
Stevenson
Gallery, La Jolla, California. USA |
| 2011 |
Winter Group Show, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
| 2010 |
Elements of Nature, Selections from the Frederick Weisman |
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Art Foundation, Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA |
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"JUST ENOUGH" a group show, R.B.
Stevenson
Gallery, La Jolla, California USA. |
| 2009 |
WELL-TEMPERED, A Group Show , R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
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Royale Projects, Palm Desert, CA |
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Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
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The Surface of Space II, Phantom Galleries, Long Beach, CA |
| 2008 |
2332, Huntington Bach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA. |
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Liquid Light, MODAA, Culver City, CA. |
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Supermarket, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA. |
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The Surface of Space, Pharmaka Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2007 |
In Focus, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA |
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Liquid Light,, dba Gallery 256, Pomona, CA |
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An Eclectic Eye: Selections from the Dan Leach Collection,Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ |
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West Coast Abstraction, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
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ABSTRACT Gallery Selections, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
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Pink, Soho Myriad, Atlanta GA |
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Palette to Palate, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
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REPRISE, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
| 2006 |
Abstraction Reduced to White, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
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One Shot, LA X ART, Los Angeles, CA |
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Summer Group Show, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
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Nice Work if You Can Get It, Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Pink III, Arena One Gallery, Santa Monica, CA |
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Jimi Gleason and Thomas Zitwitz, R.B. Stevenson Gallery, La Jolla, CA |
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Grey Scale, Peter Blake Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA |
| 2005 |
Incognito, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA |
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Abstract Los Angeles, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA |
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Mass {RE}Production, College of Santa Fe, NM |
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20/20 Visions, I-5 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Pink, Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Small Works Exhibit, Lew Allen Contemporary, NM |
| 2004 |
Big & Holy, Cartelle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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BIG,” Toomey-Tourell Fine Art, 511 Harrison, San Francisco, CA |
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The OsCene, Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA |
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Twentieth Anniversary Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Ed Moses and Jimi Gleason, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA |
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Abstract Los Angeles, Soho Myriad Gallery, Atlanta, GA |
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Heavens Gonna Burn Your Eyes, Cartelle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Modes and Methods, Contemporary Art Museum, Amarillo, Texas |
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Pink, Cartelle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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White on White, Patricia Faure Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2003 |
Painting Today, The Art Institute of California Orange County, Santa Ana, CA |
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9th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Black and White, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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SOULdiers, SCA Gallery, Pomona, CA |
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Art X, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA |
| 2002 |
No Pictures Here-Non-Objective Painting from Los Angeles, dA Center For The Arts Pomona, CA |
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California Dream, Museum I Magli, Sarezzo (Brescia), Italy |
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California Dream, Museum Forno Fusoria, Tavernole (Brescia), Italy |
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Minimal Works, ANDLAB Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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8th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2001 |
Rising Tide, Southern California Abstraction 2001, |
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Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA |
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Group Show, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA |
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7th Annual Holiday Group Show, Ruth Bachofner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
| 2000 |
10 Degrees of Abstraction, Biola University Gallery, La Mirada, CA |
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Emulsion, POST, Los Angeles, CA |
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Group Show, Andrew-Shire Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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Black and White, Splendid, Brooklyn, NY |
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Nice work if you can get it, Holly Matter Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA |
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SELECTED BIOGRAPHY:
| 2014 |
Square Cylinder, Jimi Gleason at Toomey-Tourell, David Roth, May 2104 |
| 2011 |
Square Cylinder, Jimi Gleason at Toomey-Tourell, David Roth, September, 2011 |
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San Francisco Chronicle, Gleason tilts between fresh, flash, Kenneth Baker, September 2011 |
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Los Angeles Times, A Cornucopia of Delights, David Pagel, April 2011 |
| 2010 |
OC Arts & Culture, The Art of Chromatics, Roxana Vosough, November 2010 |
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Riviera Magazine, Chromatics, Daniella Walsh, November 2010 |
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OC Arts & Culture, Artist Spotlight: Jimi Gleason, Roxana Vosough, November 2010 |
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Pasatiempo, Visions that vary by Vantage, Michael Abatemarco, February 2010 |
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Orange Coast Magazine, Artist Spotlight, Anastacia Grenda, January 2010 |
| 2009 |
San Diego Union-Tribune, Quartet of soloists at La Jolla gallery, Robert Pincus,November 2009 |
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San Francisco Chronicle, Jimi Gleason at Toomey-Tourell, Kenneth Baker, October 2009 |
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ArtSlant, Los Angeles. West/East, Stacy Davies, April 2009 |
| 2008 |
ArtScene, 2332, Vol. 28, No. 3, November 2008 |
| 2007 |
San Francisco Chronicle,Rough around the Edges, September 2007 |
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Art Ltd. Magazine, Artist Profile, September 2007 |
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Orange County Register, Shades of Grey, January 2007 |
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Boston Globe, Centering techniques, January 2007 |
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Riviera Magazine, No Colors Anymore, January 2007 |
| 2006 |
Orange County Register, Bold reflections of nature and light, September 2006 |
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San Diego Union-Tribune,
Daydreamers, June 2006 |
| 2005 |
Los Angeles Times,
Liquid Light, December 2005 |
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Orange County Register, Artist see white, December 2005 |
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Coast Magazine, OC’s Blue Chip Artists, October 2005 |
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The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Layered Look comes to Color Field Painting, August, 2005 |
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Where Magazine, Orange County, Summer 2005 |
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OC Metro, Gallery Row, Fine Art After hours, March 15, 2005 |
| 2004 |
Catalog, Big & Holy, Cartelle Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2004 |
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Orange County Register, Elegance in the Abstract, Visual Art, Show, October 1, 2004 |
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Los Angeles Times, Inaugural Exhibition, Calendar, May 2004 |
| 2003 |
Artweek, Jimi Gleason at Ruth Bachofner, November 2003, Volume 34, Issue 9 |
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Phoenix New Times, Los Angeles Painter at New Urban Art, March 2003 |
| 2002 |
Catalog, California Dream, Museum Forno Fusoria, Tavernole (Brescia), Italy, 2002 |
| 1994 |
Los Angeles Times, Local, April 1994 |
SELECTED COLLECTIONS:
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Glenn Schaeffer, Las Vegas, NV |
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Sun America / Kaufman Broad Home Corporation, Los Angeles, CA |
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Larry Bell, Venice, CA |
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Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, Los Angeles, CA. |
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The Dan Leach Collection, Tucson, AZ. |
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Dakota Studios, New York, NY |
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The Voit Companies, Newport Beach, CA |
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The MGM Grand, Detroit, Michigan |
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Tony Venegas, Los Angeles, CA |
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Howard and Jan Hendler, Phoenix, AZ |
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Dominic and Jennifer Surprenant, Malibu, CA |
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Grant LeDuc, New York, NY |
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Rick Gennett, West Chester, PA |
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Beryl Cowley, Beverly Hills, CA |
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Dave and Marion Peterson, Minneapolis, MN |
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Pietro Monopoli, Pavia, Italy |
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Heather Harmon, Santa Monica, CA |
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Mitch Coodley, New York, NY |
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Kenneth and Guadalupe McKenzie, Brooklyn, NY |
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