GARY WEISMAN

b. 1952, Chicago, Illinois

Gary was educated at the School of the Chicago Art Institute, and Columbia College, Chicago. In 1982, Weisman became a drawing instructor at Manatee College in Sarasota, Florida, and from 1986 until the present, he teaches at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Weisman is the recipient of various awards and commissions, and is represented in collections across the United States. Weisman has participated in group exhibitions since 1987, and from 1989 has had various solo exhibitions.

In Weisman's sculpture, his intense search for contemporary content seems to continually involve a retrieval of the past. Being figurative, his work confronts the preeminent motif of all historical sculpture. His figures reflect the influence of the canons of Greek design, the romance of the Renaissance and, later, Rodin, as well as the universal sculptural language of Brancusi or Egyptian stelae. Most of all, Weisman's work continues the timeless preoccupation we have with ourselves, our bodies, and the human condition. In it, he extrapolates the drama that our bodies and beings create, and inspires in the viewer a sense of awe for the heroics we can mentally construct, or physically perform.

Selected Exhibitions

2010-12
Rotating Exhibition of bronze sculpture: Madeline’s Restaurant | Ithaca, NY
Tomkins County Court House Judges Chambers | Ithaca, NY
Toronto International | Odon Wagner Gallery | Toronto, Canada

2012
Ithaca Lit. Online Literary Magazine | Ithaca, NY
Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art | Philadelphia, PA
Rosenfeld Gallery | Philadelphia, PA
Evoke Contemporary | Sante Fe, NM

2011
Arcadia Fine Art Gallery | New York, NY
Principle Gallery | Alexandria, VA
John Pence Gallery | San Francisco, CA

2009
Steuben Glass | New York, NY
Sande Webstar Gallery | Philadelphia, PA
Brandon Michael Fine Art Gallery | Santa Fe, NM
Yoram Gil Gallery | Los Angeles, CA

2006
Chesterwood | National Historic Site | Chesterwood, MA
Toronto International | Odon Wagner Gallery | Canada

2005 | Berry-Hill Galleries | New York, NY

2003
Gallerie Yoram Gil | Beverly Hills, CA
Arcadia Fine Art Gallery | New York, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Philadelphia, PA

2002
Sande Webster Gallery | Philadelphia, PA
Odon Wagner Gallery | Toronto, Canada
Gallerie Yoram Gil | Los Angeles, CA

2001
Gallerie Yoram Gil | Los Angeles, CA
Woodmere Art Museum | Philadelphia, PA
Cheltenham Center for the Arts | Philadelphia, PA

2000
Frederick Baker Gallery | Chicago, IL
Alter & Gil Gallery | Beverly Hills, CA
Corning Museum of Glass Aids Benefit | Corning, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Philadelphia, PA

1999
Berry-Hill Galleries | New York, NY
Arnot Art Museum | Elmira, NY

1998
American Cultural Center | Taipei, Taiwan
Sande Webster Gallery | Philadelphia, PA
Art Museum of the University of Kentucky | Louisville, KY
Taiwan International Art Exhibition | Taipei, Taiwan

1997
Singapore Art International | Singapore
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts | Philadelphia, PA
Arnot Art Museum | Elmira, NY

1995
Imavision Gallery | Taipei, Taiwan, ROC
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts | Wilmington, DE
Arnot Art Museum | Elmira, NY

Faculty Appointments

1986-12 | Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art | appointed | Philadelphia, PA

Awards

2003-12 | Who’s Who in America

2004
Honored at the White House | Washington, DC
Honored at the US State Department | Washington, DC

1998 | New York State Council on the Arts

1997
Arnot Art Museum | Elmira, NY
Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Fellowship | Philadelphia, PA

1996
Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art | Philadelphia, PA
Arnot Art Museum | Elmira, NY

1992 | National Academy of Design | New York, NY

Art Foundry Work

1984-12 | Weisman Art Foundry | Newfield, NY

1980
Contemporary Art Foundry | owner Sarasota, FL
Bronzart Foundry | Sarasota, FL

1979 | Fonderie de Bronze de Counbertin | Paris, France

1978
Anselmi Fonderie | Rome, Italy
Tallix Art Foundry | Fishkill, NY