GARY JAMESON - RESUMEP.O. Box 100North Beach, MD 20714-0100 Cell: (301) 938-9156 e-mail: garyj@jamesonart.com Web site: www.jamesonart.com
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS AND PROPOSALS
• Overdose Awareness Memorial Sculpture Finalist, North Beach, MD 2023• Banner design, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 75th anniversary, New York, 2021• Theater Dedication Plaque, College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD, 2020• Selected artist, Trail of Painted Ponies Collectable Series, 2012• Finalist- Westgate Circle Public Art RFP, Annapolis, 2011• Phanatic Around Town public art project, Philadelphia, PA, 2010• Party Animals public art commission, Washington, DC, 2002• Fish Out of Water public art commission, Baltimore, MD, 2001• Musikfest ’99, Bethlehem, PA, painted mural and visiting artist, 1999• Finalist, Dallas Area Rapid Transit sculpture competition, Dallas, TX, 1999• Artscape, Baltimore Festival for the Arts, site specific sculptures, 1998, 1995• ArtlinksBaltimore, public art commission, Baltimore, MD, 1996
EXHIBITIONS AND COMMISSIONS
• Environment(al), group exhibit, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD 2025• Solo Exhibition, College of Southern Maryland, LaPlata, MD 2024• Group Exhibit, Art Square Gallery, New York, NY 2024• Out of Hand, juried group exhibit, Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Solomons, MD 2022• Art Maryland 2022, Howard County Arts center, Ellicott City, Maryland, 2022• Skowhegan School 75th anniversary participating artist, New York, NY 2021• Parallax Art Fair, 15 E. 27th St., New York City, 2013• Habre de Venture, Thomas Stone National Historic site, Port Tobacco, MD 2012• Faculty Exhibit, College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD 2011• MD2010, Howard County Arts Center, Ellicott City, MD 2010• Artist-in-Residence Solo Exhibit, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, 2010• Solo Exhibition, Kanvas, 219 9th Ave., New York, NY, 2007• Juried Group Exhibit, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD, 2007• Juried Group Exhibit, Works on Paper Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2007• Solo Exhibition, City Hall Gallery, Gaithersburg, MD, December, 2006• ArtWorks Gallery, two-person show, North Beach, MD, 2005• ArtExposure, Inc. Solo Exhibitions, Baltimore, MD 2004, 2005• Solo Exhibition, Maryland Ensemble Theater, Frederick, MD, 2004• Five Paintings- commission for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Collegeville, PA, 2003• Solo Exhibition, Works on Paper, The Grand Opera House, Wilmington, DE, 2003• Solo Exhibition of Drawings, Annmarie Gardens Gallery, Solomons, MD, 2002
ART AND ART RESTORATION EXPERIENCE: Artist-in-Residence, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, Maryland, 2009 - 2012
Team artist for Steven Weitzman Studios, Brentwood, Maryland, 2007-08; worked on design and fabrication of large public art commissions, including a 1600 square floor terrazzo floor mural of the Chesapeake Bay for National Harbor, Maryland. Also employed as studio manager.
Co-owner of Carlson-Jameson, Inc. Art and Design since 1979; involved with art restoration and conservation, clients have included Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, City of Hampton, VA, City of New Haven, CT, Six Flags-Autoworld, Shelbourne Museum, and local museums, churches, and individual clients. Worked contractually with budgets up to $175,000.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS: Adjunct faculty in studio art and art history, College of Southern Maryland, since 1997Teacher, studio art and art history, The Calverton School, Huntingtown, MD 1989-2006Art portfolio examiner for The International Baccalaureate, 2010-2015
EDUCATION: BFA, University of Illinois, 1972; MA, MFA, Northern Illinois University, 1975, 1976; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine, 1972
ARTIST’S STATEMENT:
For many years my art has been based on interpretive incorporation of the human presence within the American landscape, acknowledging an artistic legacy that spans over one hundred fifty years of American aesthetics. Current work involves paintings, sculpture, and works on paper, inspired by where I am and where I have been. My style has been described as both colorist and minimalist. In my art, I seek to produce a simple, subtle, and sublime presentation of the environment and atmosphere of a particular place.
As an artist I believe that public art should specifically relate to the place in which it is sited, whether in abstract or representative form, and to have a special meaning or relation to the location. My experience with public art dates back to the 1970’s when I worked as an assistant to Robert Cronbach on large minimalist sculptures. More recently I have worked with local artist Steven Weitzman as a team artist, maquette maker, and studio manager. I was an Artist-in-Residence at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis from 2009 to 2012.
In developing a concept for a public art solution, I initially research the site location and history, keeping in mind how the final presentation will relate to the viewing community. My designs are able to be presented in a variety of methods, from free-standing sculpture, to bas-relief, to wall murals. I am familiar with a variety of media and have sufficient technical knowledge and skill either to complete the work myself, or to know where and how to have the work professionally completed by others.
PUBLIC ART PROJECTS AND PROPOSALS
• Overdose Awareness Memorial Sculpture Finalist, North Beach, MD 2023• Banner design, Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture 75th anniversary, New York, 2021• Theater Dedication Plaque, College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD, 2020• Selected artist, Trail of Painted Ponies Collectable Series, 2012• Finalist- Westgate Circle Public Art RFP, Annapolis, 2011• Phanatic Around Town public art project, Philadelphia, PA, 2010• Party Animals public art commission, Washington, DC, 2002• Fish Out of Water public art commission, Baltimore, MD, 2001• Musikfest ’99, Bethlehem, PA, painted mural and visiting artist, 1999• Finalist, Dallas Area Rapid Transit sculpture competition, Dallas, TX, 1999• Artscape, Baltimore Festival for the Arts, site specific sculptures, 1998, 1995• ArtlinksBaltimore, public art commission, Baltimore, MD, 1996
EXHIBITIONS AND COMMISSIONS
• Environment(al), group exhibit, Maryland Hall, Annapolis, MD 2025• Solo Exhibition, College of Southern Maryland, LaPlata, MD 2024• Group Exhibit, Art Square Gallery, New York, NY 2024• Out of Hand, juried group exhibit, Annmarie Sculpture Garden, Solomons, MD 2022• Art Maryland 2022, Howard County Arts center, Ellicott City, Maryland, 2022• Skowhegan School 75th anniversary participating artist, New York, NY 2021• Parallax Art Fair, 15 E. 27th St., New York City, 2013• Habre de Venture, Thomas Stone National Historic site, Port Tobacco, MD 2012• Faculty Exhibit, College of Southern Maryland, La Plata, MD 2011• MD2010, Howard County Arts Center, Ellicott City, MD 2010• Artist-in-Residence Solo Exhibit, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, 2010• Solo Exhibition, Kanvas, 219 9th Ave., New York, NY, 2007• Juried Group Exhibit, Montpelier Arts Center, Laurel, MD, 2007• Juried Group Exhibit, Works on Paper Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2007• Solo Exhibition, City Hall Gallery, Gaithersburg, MD, December, 2006• ArtWorks Gallery, two-person show, North Beach, MD, 2005• ArtExposure, Inc. Solo Exhibitions, Baltimore, MD 2004, 2005• Solo Exhibition, Maryland Ensemble Theater, Frederick, MD, 2004• Five Paintings- commission for Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Collegeville, PA, 2003• Solo Exhibition, Works on Paper, The Grand Opera House, Wilmington, DE, 2003• Solo Exhibition of Drawings, Annmarie Gardens Gallery, Solomons, MD, 2002
ART AND ART RESTORATION EXPERIENCE: Artist-in-Residence, Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis, Maryland, 2009 - 2012
Team artist for Steven Weitzman Studios, Brentwood, Maryland, 2007-08; worked on design and fabrication of large public art commissions, including a 1600 square floor terrazzo floor mural of the Chesapeake Bay for National Harbor, Maryland. Also employed as studio manager.
Co-owner of Carlson-Jameson, Inc. Art and Design since 1979; involved with art restoration and conservation, clients have included Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, City of Hampton, VA, City of New Haven, CT, Six Flags-Autoworld, Shelbourne Museum, and local museums, churches, and individual clients. Worked contractually with budgets up to $175,000.
ACADEMIC POSITIONS: Adjunct faculty in studio art and art history, College of Southern Maryland, since 1997Teacher, studio art and art history, The Calverton School, Huntingtown, MD 1989-2006Art portfolio examiner for The International Baccalaureate, 2010-2015
EDUCATION: BFA, University of Illinois, 1972; MA, MFA, Northern Illinois University, 1975, 1976; Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Skowhegan, Maine, 1972
ARTIST’S STATEMENT:
For many years my art has been based on interpretive incorporation of the human presence within the American landscape, acknowledging an artistic legacy that spans over one hundred fifty years of American aesthetics. Current work involves paintings, sculpture, and works on paper, inspired by where I am and where I have been. My style has been described as both colorist and minimalist. In my art, I seek to produce a simple, subtle, and sublime presentation of the environment and atmosphere of a particular place.
As an artist I believe that public art should specifically relate to the place in which it is sited, whether in abstract or representative form, and to have a special meaning or relation to the location. My experience with public art dates back to the 1970’s when I worked as an assistant to Robert Cronbach on large minimalist sculptures. More recently I have worked with local artist Steven Weitzman as a team artist, maquette maker, and studio manager. I was an Artist-in-Residence at the Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts in Annapolis from 2009 to 2012.
In developing a concept for a public art solution, I initially research the site location and history, keeping in mind how the final presentation will relate to the viewing community. My designs are able to be presented in a variety of methods, from free-standing sculpture, to bas-relief, to wall murals. I am familiar with a variety of media and have sufficient technical knowledge and skill either to complete the work myself, or to know where and how to have the work professionally completed by others.