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A Sign

A Sign

A Sign oil on panel 14 x 14" sold

A Thousand Dreams Within Me Softly Burn

A Thousand Dreams Within Me Softly Burn

A Thousand Dreams Within Me Softly Burn oil on panel 18 x 18"

A Thousand Stars Burst Open oil on panel 20 x 20" sold

Absurde

Absurde

Absurde oil on canvas 30 x 30"

Aftermath

Aftermath

Aftermath oil on canvas 18 x 18"

Aimée

Aimée

Aimee oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

Alma

Alma

Alma oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

Ana

Ana

Ana oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

And All the Rivers Reversed

And All the Rivers Reversed

And All the Rivers Reversed oil on panel 30 x 30"

Arête oil on panel 20 x 20" sold

Arguing Still

Arguing Still

Arguing Still oil on canvas 35 x 35" sold

Assouf oil on panel 18 x 18"

Athena

Athena

Athena oil on board 12 x 12"

Bay

Bay

Bay oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

Beatrix

Beatrix

Beatrix oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

Beckett Chair

Beckett Chair

Bekett Chair oil on canvas 22 x 22"

Birthday Party

Birthday Party

Birthday Party oil on canvas 30 x 30"

Blacksnake

Blacksnake

Blacksnake oil on canvas 14 x 14" sold

Blaze oil on panel 20 x 20" sold

Blood and Honey

Blood and Honey

Blood and Honey oil on canvas 22 x 22" sold

Boom

Boom

Boom oil on canvas 27 x 27" sold

Border

Border

Border oil on canvas 30 x 30"

Born, Never Asked oil on panel 30 x 30"

Broken

Broken

Broken oil on board 12 x 12" sold

Carry the Fire oil on panel 8 x 8" sold

Certitude

Certitude

Certitude oil on canvas 30 x 30"

Chasm oil on panel 16 x 16" sold

Conquest of the Useless oil on panel 20 x 20"

Conversation

Conversation

Conversation oil on canvas 38 x 38" sold

Coral Snake

Coral Snake

Coral Snake oil on board 8 x 8" sold

Cradle

Cradle

Cradle oil on canvas 26 x 26" sold

Crotalus Atrox

Crotalus Atrox

Crotalus Atrox oil on canvas 10 x 19" sold

Daemon oil on panel 30 x 30"

Damfino

Damfino

Damfino oil on canvas 36 x 36" sold

Dare

Dare

Dare oil on canvas 16 x 16" sold

Dark Gon' Catch Me Here

Dark Gon' Catch Me Here

Dark Gon' Catch Me Here oil on canvas 40 x 40" sold

Dead Flag Blues oil on panel 12 x 12" sold

Debaser

Debaser

Debaser oil on panel 4 x 4"

Door

Door

Door oil on canvas 18 x 18" sold

Dopamine

Dopamine

Dopamine oil on panel 30 x 30" sold

E

E

E oil on canvas 25 x 25"

Each the Other's World Entire

Each the Other's World Entire

Each the Other's World Entire oil on panel 30 x 30"

Emily

Emily

Emily oil on canvas 30 x 30"

Empire

Empire

Empire oil on panel 20 x 20"

En Attendant

En Attendant

En Attendant oil on canvas 26 x 26" sold

Endure That Too oil on panel 20 x 20" sold

Engine of Ruin

Engine of Ruin

Engine of Ruin oil on canvas 40 x 40" sold

Everything Is Wrong

Everything Is Wrong

Everything Is Wrong oil on canvas 22 x 22"

Exile

Exile

Exile oil on canvas 22 x 22" sold

Exit

Exit

Exit oil on canvas 20 x 20" sold

Finn

Finn

Finn oil on canvas 36 x 36" sold

Fire Sticks

Fire Sticks

Fire Sticks oil on canvas 15 x 15" sold

Fist

Fist

Fist oil on canvas 10 x 10"

Flood

Flood

Flood oil on panel 20 x 20" sold

Foal

Foal

Foal oil on canvas 28 x 28" sold

For Thou Hast Forsaken Thine Own Way

For Thou Hast Forsaken Thine Own Way

For Thou Hast Forsaken Thine Own Way oil on canvas 30 x 30"

Fucked

Fucked

Fucked oil on canvas 18 x 18" sold

Gamera

Gamera

Gamera oil on canvas 16 x 16" sold

Geta

Geta

Geta oil on canvas 32 x 32" sold

Ghost Dog

Ghost Dog

Ghost Dog oil on canvas 10 x 10" sold

Goo Goo Muck oil on canvas 20 x 20" sold

Grip

Grip

Grip oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

Guy

Guy

Guy oil on canvas 30 x 30"

Hangry

Hangry

Hangry oil on canvas 30 x 30"

Hate Runs Through My Blood

Hate Runs Through My Blood

Hate Runs Through My Blood oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

Heads

Heads

Heads oil on panel 12 x 12"

Hello Darkness

Hello Darkness

Hello Darkness oil on board 12 x 12" sold

Heraclitus

Heraclitus

Heraclitus oil on panel 18 x 18"

He Who Saw Into the Depths oil on panel 20 x 20"

Hex

Hex

Hex oil on canvas 40 x 40" sold

In and Out of Weeks

In and Out of Weeks

In and Out of Weeks oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

Incidence of Reflection

Incidence of Reflection

Incidence of Reflection oil on panel 8 x 8"

Inflame

Inflame

Inflame oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

I Remember Who You Are

I Remember Who You Are

I Remember Who You Are oil on board 10 x 10" sold

Its Coming, It's Real

Its Coming, It's Real

It's Coming, It's Real oil on panel 24 x 24" sold

It Went Like This Oil on panel 30 x 30"

Kingdom of What

Kingdom of What

Kingdom of What oil on canvas 34 x 34"

Kwaidan

Kwaidan

Kwaidan oil on panel 12 x 12"

Ladder

Ladder

Ladder oil on canvas 24 x 24" sold

Listen to the Silences

Listen to the Silences

Listen to the Silences oil on panel 18 x 18"

Little Brother Death

Little Brother Death

Little Brother Death oil on board 8 x 8"

Little Red Boat

Little Red Boat

Little Red Boat oil on panel 30 x 30"

Luna

Luna

Luna oil on canvas 32 x 32" sold

Lunacy

Lunacy

Lunacy oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

Make It Rain

Make It Rain

Make It Rain oil on canvas 36 x 36"

Malpáis

Malpáis

Malpais oil on canvas 20 x 20"

Mer

Mer

Mer oil on canvas 25 x 25" sold

Multitudes

Multitudes

Multitudes oil on canvas 35 x 35" sold

Nail

Nail

Nail oil on board 12 x 12"

Natalya

Natalya

Natalya oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

New Dawn Fades

New Dawn Fades

New Dawn Fades oil on canvas 22 x 22"

No Countries

No Countries

No Countries oil on panel 18 x 18"

Off

Off

Off oil on canvas 25 x 25"

Omen

Omen

Omen oil on canvas 23 x 23" sold

or a wolf

or a wolf

or a wolf oil on panel 30 x 30"

Our Exquisite Replica of Eternity

Our Exquisite Replica of Eternity

Our Exquisite Replica of Eternity oil on panel 12 x 12" sold

Outsider

Outsider

Outsider oil on canvas 22 x 22" sold

Patala

Patala

Patala oil on canvas 32 x 32" sold

Petya

Petya

Petya oil on canvas 27 x 27"

Point

Point

Point oil on board 10 x 10" sold

Presence

Presence

Presence oil on panel 18 x 18"

Questions for the Moon oil on panel 18 x 18" sold

Rage On Omnipotent

Rage On Omnipotent

Rage On Omnipotent oil on canvas 30 x 30"

Raven & Chair

Raven & Chair

Raven & Chair oil on canvas 23 x 23" sold

Raven & Paint

Raven & Paint

Raven & Paint oil on canvas 12 x 12" sold

Raven Sings the Blues

Raven Sings the Blues

Raven Sings the Blues oil on panel 12 x 12" sold

Regard oil on panel 20 x 20" sold

Regent

Regent

Regent oil on board 8 x 8" sold

Reign

Reign

Reign oil on canvas 18 x 18" sold

Ruff

Ruff

Ruff oil on canvas 12 x 12"

Rumpus!

Rumpus!

Rumpus! oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

Satellite Anthem Icarus oil on panel 30 x 30" sold

Schatten

Schatten

Schatten oil on board 16 x 16" sold

Sea Serpents

Sea Serpents

Sea Serpents oil on canvas 22 x 22"

Serotonin

Serotonin

Serotonin oil on panel 30 x 30" sold

Sissy

Sissy

Sissy oil on canvas 27 x 27" sold

Something Spooked the Horses

Something Spooked the Horses

Something Spooked the Horses oil on board 12 x 12" sold

Spiderland oil on panel 30 x 30"

Spitfire

Spitfire

Spitfire oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

Spectre

Spectre

Spectre oil on panel 10 x 10" sold

Star

Star

Star oil on canvas 35 x 35" sold

Stille Nacht

Stille Nacht

Stille Nacht oil on board 8 x 8" sold

Sundown

Sundown

Sundown oil on canvas 18 x 18"

Sunshine Gasoline

Sunshine Gasoline

Sunshine Gasoline oil on panel 24 x 24"

Talus oil on panel 16 x 16" sold

Tessa

Tessa

Tessa oil on canvas 28 x 28"

That Which Passeth

That Which Passeth

That Which Passeth oil on canvas 32 x 32"

The End Is In the Beginning oil on panel 20 x 20" sold

The First Day

The First Day

The First Day oil on panel 30 x 30"

The Other Side of the World

The Other Side of the World

The Other Side of the World oil on panel 20 x 20" sold

Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego

Tierra del Fuego oil on canvas 36 x 36" sold

Tigerboy

Tigerboy

Tigerboy oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

Tiger Devours the Sun

Tiger Devours the Sun

Tiger Devours the Sun oil on panel 30 x 30"

Tigerside

Tigerside

Tigerside oil on canvas 24 x 24" sold

To Bring You My Love

To Bring You My Love

To Bring You My Love oil on canvas 28 x 28"

Tomahawk

Tomahawk

Tomahawk oil on canvas 24 x 24" sold

Tulugaq

Tulugaq

Tulugaq oil on canvas 24 x 24" sold

Tumblr

Tumblr

Tumblr oil on board 8 x 8" sold

Two Boats

Two Boats

Two Boats oil on panel 20 x 20" sold

Unbalanced

Unbalanced

Unbalanced oil on canvas 34 x 34"

Untitled

Untitled

Untitled oil on panel 12 x 12" sold

Ursa Major

Ursa Major

Ursa Major oil on canvas 27 x 27" sold

Vast

Vast

Vast oil on canvas 32 x 32" sold

untitled

untitled

untitled oil on panel 18 x 18" sold

untitled

untitled

untitled oil on panel 18 x 18"

untitled

untitled

untitled oil on panel 18 x 18"

untitled

untitled

untitled oil on panel 18 x 18"

untitled

untitled

untitled Oil on panel

untitled

untitled

untitled oil on panel 18 x 18"

Vivian

Vivian

Vivian oil on canvas 24 x 24" sold

West

West

West oil on canvas 30 x 30"

Wheee! Oil on panel 48 x 48" sold

Whereof One Cannot Speak Oil on panel 30 x 30"

Wing

Wing

Wing oil on canvas 30 x 30" sold

Where Do We Come From? What Are We?

Where Do We Come From? What Are We?

Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? oil on canvas 30 x 30"

Work

About

Mark Gleason

San Mateo, CA

​

mrkglsn@gmail.com

www.markgleason.org

https://instagram.com/markgleason/

​

Born: 

Greenwich, CT 1962

​

Education: 

Master of Science in Art Education, University of Bridgeport 1989 

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Arts, Syracuse University 1984 

​

Exhibitions:

​

2025 

Ryan Graff Contemporary, San Francisco, CA 

Winter Pre/Re View, group exhibition 

Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA 

Outside In, group exhibition 

Manifest, Cincinnati, OH 

Prometheus, group exhibition

​

2024 

Ryan Graff Contemporary, San Francisco, CA 

Nowhere Here, solo exhibition 

Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY 

Five and Under, group exhibition

​

2023 

Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY

Five and Under, group exhibition

The Gallery Shop, Burlingame, CA 

Representation 

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Nine Horses, solo exhibition 

Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY 

LA Art Show, group exhibition

​

2022 

Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY 

A Madness Most Discreet, solo spotlight exhibition 

Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY 

The Frame Remains the Same, group exhibition 

Two Art Gallery, Murcia, Spain 

Héroes y Villanos, group exhibition

​

2021 

Two Art Gallery, Murcia, Spain 

Gore, group exhibition 

Two Art Gallery, Murcia, Spain 

Animal Farm, group exhibition 

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Clearing, group exhibition 

Arcadia Contemporary, New York, Ny 

Five and Under, group exhibition 

Arcadia Contemporary, New York, NY 

The Male of the Species, group exhibition 

Higher Art Gallery, Traverse City, MI 

Carry the Fire, solo exhibition 

​

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Onward 2.0, Portraiture & Figuration Biennial

​

2020

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Wilderness, solo exhibition

​

Pence Gallery, Davis CA

Rare Birds, juried exhibition

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Everything But the Kitchen Sync, group exhibition

           

2019

Lore Degenstein Gallery, Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, PA

Eleventh Annual Figurative Drawing Competition and Exhibition, juried exhibition

           

Dacia Gallery, New York, NY

Nine-Year Anniversary Exhibition, juried exhibition 

​

Blackboard Gallery, Camarillo, CA 

The Illusionists, juried exhibition to accompany The Representational Art Conference 2019 

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Laluzapalooza, juried exhibition

​

2018

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

32nd Anniversary Drawing Show, juried exhibition 

​

Studio Gallery SF, San Francisco, CA 

The Tiny Show, group exhibition 

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Sleepless, solo exhibition â€‹

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Laluzapalooza, juried exhibition

​

Storpunkt Gallery, Munich, Germany

Half a Pound of Art, group exhibition

​

Pence Gallery, Davis, CA 

Corporeal, solo exhibition

​

2017

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

31st Anniversary Drawing Show, juried exhibition 

​

Pence Gallery, Davis, CA 

The Tiny Show, group exhibition 

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Laluzapalooza, juried exhibition 

​

Storpunkt Gallery, Munich, Germany 

Half a Pound of Art, group exhibition

​

2016

Stephen Romano Gallery, Brooklyn, NY 

Destinesia, group exhibition 

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Laluzapalooza, juried exhibition 

​

Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 

BeinArt Surreal Show, group exhibition 

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Blood and Fire, solo exhibition

​

2015

Queen Mary Luxury Liner, Long Beach, CA

Ink N Iron Art Gathering, curated exhibition

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA

Laluzapalooza, juried exhibition

​

2014

Kwan Fong Gallery, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA

Running With Scissors, group exhibition

The Harwood Museum of Art of the University of New Mexico, Taos, NM

Lowbrow Insurgence: The Rise of Post-Pop Art, group exhibition

Begovich Gallery, Cal State University, Fullerton, CA

Hearsay, group exhibition

​

2013

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Darklands, solo exhibition 

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Laluzapalooza, juried exhibition

​

2012

Copro Gallery, Santa Monica, CA 

Anomalies, group exhibition

 

Grand Theatre Center for the Arts, Tracy, CA 

Beauty...it’s not pretty, group exhibition 

​

2011

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

La Luz de Jesus 25, group exhibition

 

Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Beyond Eden, group exhibition 

​

Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, Rome, Italy 

The New Lost Generation, group exhibition

 

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Mannerism, two-person exhibition 

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Everything But The Kitschen Sync, juried exhibition

​

2010

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Everything But The Kitschen Sync, juried exhibition

​

2009

Cella Gallery, North Hollywood, CA 

Persona, solo exhibition 

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Everything But The Kitschen Sync, juried exhibition

​

2008

Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

East Of Eden, group exhibition supported by The Los Angeles Museum of 

Contemporary Art. 

​

La Luz de Jesu Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Mark Gleason & Caia Koopman, two-person exhibition 

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Everything But The Kitschen Sync, juried exhibition 

​

Roq La Rue, Seattle, WA 

A Cabinet of Natural Curiosities, group exhibition

 

Rake Art Gallery, Portland, OR 

Rake Art Invitational, group exhibition.

​

2007

Gallery Eleven, Fairfield CT 

Glimpse, group exhibition. 

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Everything But The Kitschen Sync, juried exhibition 

​

Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA 

Work represented

​

2006

Gallery LeLe, Tokyo, Japan 

I See Blythe, group exhibition 

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

August Show, group exhibition 

​

City Art, San Francisco, CA 

Group exhibition

 

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Everything But The Kitschen Sync, juried exhibition 

​

Grey McGear Modern, Santa Monica, CA 

Work represented

​

2005

City Art, San Francisco, CA 

Group exhibition 

​

La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 

Everything But The Kitschen Sync, juried exhibition 

​

City Art, San Francisco, CA 

Group exhibition

​

2004

Gallery Eleven, Fairfield, CT 

Flora and Fauna, group exhibition

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Gallery Eleven, Fairfield. CT 

Mark Gleason, solo exhibition

​

2003

Gallery Eleven, Fairfield, CT 

Horses, group exhibition

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Gallery Eleven, Fairfield, CT 

Recent Work, solo exhibition

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Wilton Library, Wilton, CT 

4 Winners, group exhibition

​

2002

Zellner Gallery, Wilton, CT 

Perception and Reality, juried exhibition

Winner: Best in Show 

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Weston Public Library, Weston, MA 

Figuration, solo exhibition

 

Westport Arts Center, Westport, CT 

Inaugural Members Exhibition 

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Zellner Gallery, Wilton, CT 

Color and Curves, member exhibition

Winner: Third Place 

​

2001

Wilton Library, Wilton, CT 

Sky, two-person exhibit

​

John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT 

New Haven Paint and Clay Members Exhibition

 

Ridgefield Guild of Artists, Ridgefield, CT 

Meet The Artists series, two-person exhibit

 

Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT 

New Members Exhibition

​

2000

The Betty Barker Gallery at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT 

Spectrum 2000, juried exhibition

 

John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT 

New Haven Paint and Clay, juried exhibition

​

1999

The Cannondale Gallery, Wilton, CT 

Closing House, group exhibiton

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Max’s, Westport, CT 

Solo display

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The Betty Barker Gallery at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT 

Group exhibition

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The Betty Barker Gallery at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT 

Spectrum 1999, juried exhibition

​

1998

The Cannondale Gallery, Wilton, CT 

Works In Oil, three-person exhibit

 

Wilton Library, Wilton, CT 

Solo exhibition

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The Betty Barker Gallery at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT 

Spectrum 1998, juried exhibiton

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Wilton Library, Wilton, CT 

Cannondale Gallery at the Wilton Library, group exhibition

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1997

The Cannondale Gallery, Wilton, CT 

Meteorology, group exhibiton 

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The Betty Barker Gallery at the Carriage Barn Arts Center, New Canaan, CT 

Spectrum 1997, juried exhibition

 

Cat Black Gallery, Westport, CT 

Valentine Show, group exhibition

​

1995

John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT 

Figuratively Speaking, group exhibition 

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Silvermine Guild Arts Center, New Canaan, CT 

Art of the Northeast USA, juried exhibiton

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Borders Bookstore, Stamford, CT 

Solo exhibition

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John Slade Ely House, New Haven, CT 

New Haven Paint and Clay, juried exhibition

​

1991

New Canaan Library, New Canaan, CT 

Surfacing, two-person exhibit

​

1984

Crouse College, Syracuse, NY 

Solo exhibiton. 

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