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GARY WEISMAN

To view all works available by Artist Gary Weisman visit artsy. Gary Weisman is one of the finest figurative sculptors in the world, combining the consummate mastery of his predecessors from the classic Greek to Rodin to Brancussi, with a wholly contemporary presentation of the body captured in bring. Born in Chicago where he attended the Chicago Art Institute, Weisman has taught in Sarasota, Florida and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. In collections spanning the US and Asia, with such prestigious collectors as the head of the Whitney Museum, Weisman shows again and again the immediacy and potential of representational form. Few sculptors can match this combination of elegance, grace muscularity and sublime balance in the shape, line and nearly-breathing presence of these works.

Collections/Commissions

  • Museo Arte Contemporanea Sicilia, Italia
  • MEAM, The Museu Europeu d’Art Modern
  • Museum of Modern Religious Art, Brussels, Belgium
  • C. Global Industries, Life-size Commission, Dubai, AEU
  • Taipei Sculpture Park, Life-size Sculpture, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C.
  • United States Embassy to Bandar Seri Begawan
  • United States Embassy to North Viet Nam
  • Elon College, Elon, North Carolina
  • Honeywell of Minnesota
  • Steuben Glass, 12 Glass Sculptures, NY, NY
  • College of the Holy Cross, Worchester, MA
  • Wurtele Plantation, New Roads, LA, 2 Over Life-size Sculpture
  • Standard Charter Bank, New York, NY
  • The Art Museum of the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY
  • Elmhurst Hospital, Queens, NY
  • City of Philadelphia, Outdoor Public Sculpture Plaza, Philadelphia, PA
  • Mount Kisco Hospital, Mount Kisco, NY
  • City of Duluth, Outdoor Public Sculpture, Duluth, MN
  • Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago, IL
  • Elmira College, 4 Outdoor Life-size Public Sculptures, Elmira, NY
  • Norton Art Museum, Palm Beach, FL
  • Chicago, Public Library, Administration Building, Chicago, IL
  • Ken Burns, Film Director, Award, New York, NY
  • Sir Elton John
  • Sylvester Stallone, Beverly Hills, CA
  • Mammadov, Baku, Azerbaijan
  • A Jassim, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
  • Private Collection, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • The Union League Club of Chicago, Chicago, IL
  • Cigna Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
  • Mr. Tom Armstrong, Director, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY
  • Mr. John O’Hern, Director, Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY
  • Spain Cards, Philadelphia, PA
  • Offices of the District Attorney, Philadelphia, PA
  • Lizan & Topps, New York, NY
  • Jeffery Cole Collection, Wadenoyen, Netherlands
  • Arnot Art Museum, Life-size Sculpture
  • Parc Foundation, Three Over Life-size Sculptures, Lafayette, LA
  • United Development Inc., Life-size Outdoor Public Sculpture, Phoenix, AZ
  • Chemical Trading Corporation, Tampa, FL
  • Bouroughs Pharmaceutical, 3 Life-size Outdoor Sculptures, Chicago, IL
  • Rauch Inc., Chicago, IL
  • Ralph Lauren Corporation, New York, NY
  • Carr Corporation, Life-size Public Sculpture, Washington DC

Awards

  • ARC National Sculpture Award, 2013
  • Who’s Who in America, 2003-13
  • Honored at White House, Washington, DC, 2004
  • Honored at US State Department, Washington, DC, 2004
  • New York State Council on the Arts, 1998
  • Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, 1997
  • Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Fellowship, 1997
  • Fellowship of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1996
  • Arnot Art Museum, 1996
  • National Academy of Design, New York, NY, 1992

Selected solo exhibitions

  • Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, ONT, Canada, 2016
  • Sirona Fine Art, Hallandale Beach, FL, 2015
  • Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2013
  • IthacaLit.com, Online Literary Magazine, Ithaca, NY, 2012
  • Arcadia Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY, 2011
  • Steuben Glass, New York, NY, 2009
  • Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2009
  • Brandon Michael Fine Art Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2009
  • Eric Chen, Imavision Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2007
  • Went Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2007
  • Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, NY, 2005
  • Fred Baker Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2004
  • Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2004
  • Gallerie Yoram Gil, Beverly Hills, CA, 2003
  • Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2002
  • Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, ONT, Canada, 2002
  • Gallerie Yoram Gil, Beverly Hills, CA, 2001
  • Frederick Baker Gallery, Chicago, IL, 2000
  • Alter & Gil Gallery, Beverly Hills, CA, 2000
  • Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, NY, 1999
  • American Cultural Center, Taipei, Taiwan, 1998
  • Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1998

Faculty Appointments

  • Faculty Appointments Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Appointed and Critic, Philadelphia, PA, 1986-2015

Art Foundry Work

  • Weisman Art Foundry, Newfield, NY, 1984-2013
  • Contemporary Art Foundry, Owner, Sarasota, FL, 1980
  • Bronzart Foundry, Sarasota, FL, 1980
  • Fonderie de Bronze de Counbertin, Paris, France, 1979
  • Anselmi Fonderie, Rome, Italy, 1978
  • Tallix Art Foundry, Fishkill, NY, 1978

Selected exhibitions

  • Figures and Interiors, John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2015
  • TRAC Realism Conference, Rolland Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, 2015
  • Katherine Stanek Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 2015
  • TIAF, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, ONT, 2015
  • Exhibit A Gallery, Corning, NY, 2015
  • Philadelphia History Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2014
  • John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2014
  • Arcadia Contemporary, NY, NY, 2014
  • Five & Under, Arcadia Contemporary, NY, NY, 2014
  • Toronto International, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, ONT, 2013
  • Tomkins County Court House, Judges Chambers, Ithaca, NY, 2012
  • Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA 2012
  • Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
  • Toronto International, Odon Wagner Gallery, Toronto, ONT, 2010-12
  • Evoke Contemporary, Sante Fe, NM, 2012
  • Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA, 2011
  • John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2011
  • Yoram Gil Gallery, Los Angeles, 2009
  • Sculpture on the Green Invitational, Cashiers, NC, 2008
  • Arcadia Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY, 2008
  • Wendt Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, 2008
  • Toronto International, Odon Wagner Gallery, Canada, 2008
  • Art In the Heart, Ithaca, NY, 2008
  • International Art, Beijing, China, 2007
  • Taipei International Art, Taiwan, 2007
  • New York Amory, Wendt Gallery, NY, 2007
  • Toronto International, Odon Wagner Gallery, Canada, 2007
  • Arcadia Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY, 2007
  • Chesterwood, National Historic Site, Chesterwood, MA, 2006
  • Toronto International, Odon Wagner Gallery, Canada, 2006
  • Art Australia, Melbourne, Australia, 2004
  • Art Australia, Sidney, Australia, 2004
  • Asia International, Beijing, China, 2004
  • John Pence Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 2004
  • Arcadia Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY, 2003
  • Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2003
  • Gallerie Yoram Gil, Los Angeles, CA, 2002
  • Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 2001
  • Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2001
  • Corning Museum of Glass Aids Benefit, Corning, NY, 2000
  • Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA, 2000
  • Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, 1999
  • Taiwan International Art Exhibition, Taipei, Taiwan, 1998
  • Singapore Art International, Singapore, 1997
  • Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1997
  • Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, 1997
  • Sentec International Center, Singapore, 1996
  • Chin Hwa University, Taipei, Taiwan, R.O.C., 1996
  • Mickelson Gallery, Washington DC, 1996
  • Sesam Fine Art Gallery, Singapore, 1996
  • Fred Baker Gallery, Chicago, IL, 1996
  • Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, PA, 1996
  • Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, 1996
  • Imavision Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, 1995
  • Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE, 1995
  • Arnot Art Museum, Elmira, NY, 1995