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Jimi Gleason Art

American, b. 1961

Throughout his career, painter Jimi Gleason has explored the relationship between color, light and space and how the viewer perceives each. Like reflections off a water’s surface, it has been said that Gleason’s iridescent abstract paintings appear to “shift,” creating an almost “meditative experience.” 

Gleason was born in 1961 in Newport Beach, California. In 1985, he graduated with a BA in Fine Art from the University of California, Berkeley. Following graduation, Gleason became a printmaker at the San Franciso Art Institute and worked as a studio assistant to renowned abstract painter Ed Moses.

In 1987, Gleason moved to New York City, where he worked as a photo assistant to his high school friend, photographer Matt Sees. During that period, Gleason learned a great deal about the photo development process, which inspired his signature luminescent painting technique.  “...I kept seeing these Cibachrome prints, big shiny photos,” he said. “I wanted to bring some of that back into painting, to steal it back.”

To achieve the unique, reflective qualities of his paintings, Gleason uses silver nitrate mixed with acrylic paints applied to chemically treated, acrylic-coated canvas. While there is a provocative interplay of color and texture at work, the surface of each piece acts as a mirror that also interacts with light, creating different perceptive experiences for the viewer. 

Over the years, numerous galleries, such as the William Turner Gallery in Santa Monica, have exhibited Gleason's work. His art is also held in public and private collections, including Dakota Studios in New York, Hilton Headquarters in McLean, Virginia, and the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation and Sun America, Kaufman Broad Home Corporation in Los Angeles. 

On 1stDibs, find original Jimi Gleason paintings, mixed media works and other art.

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Artist: Jimi Gleason
Black Coral
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Blue Moon Low Tide
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Eight Miles High
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Aurora KinE
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Shadows Are Falling
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Spirits (2)
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Sweet Leaf
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Lion (star cycle)
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

TwiLight
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

DeLaps HaLo (Tony)
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Jage Blue Crystal
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Archer
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Pard's Wave (Wilco)
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Navigator
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Shaman
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Night of Light
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Rolling Sea
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Above the Sea
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

What Light
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Riptide
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Bell
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Out of the Blue
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like silver deposit...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Deep Sea
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Midnight Moon
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. Working with shimmery pearlescent paints and mirror-like si...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Eight (8)
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Silver nitrate deposit and acrylic on canvas.
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Los Angeles
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The alchemists in their ‘Magnum Opus’ sought to cipher a ‘Philosopher’s Stone,’ a mythical substance which would not only convert common metals into precious ones, but was the key to...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

JACK
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jimi Gleason introduces two exuberantly gestural, lustrous silver nitrate paintings edged with electric bands of color.
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Space & State
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jimi Gleason introduces two exuberantly gestural, lustrous silver nitrate paintings edged with electric bands of color.
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Inner Space
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jimi Gleason introduces two exuberantly gestural, lustrous silver nitrate paintings edged with electric bands of color.
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Full Moon
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jimi Gleason introduces two exuberantly gestural, lustrous silver nitrate paintings edged with electric bands of color.
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Interceptor
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jimi Gleason introduces two exuberantly gestural, lustrous silver nitrate paintings edged with electric bands of color.
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

JJK/Brooklyn
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jimi Gleason introduces two exuberantly gestural, lustrous silver nitrate paintings edged with electric bands of color.
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Dakota
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
silver deposit and acrylic on canvas
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Luna
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
silver deposit and acrylic on canvas
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Bell Diamond
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
silver deposit and acrylic on canvas
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

J Trac
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Like water, Gleason’s surfaces are quietly in motion, their iridescent paints subtly shifting hues as light plays across them. In each of the canvases, sharp diagonals bifurcate the ...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Jimi Gleason Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Pards Gold
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on canvas The surfaces of Jimi Gleason’s paintings have always responded to both the light and space of the environment they are in. The silver deposit paintings began in 20...
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2010s Color-Field Jimi Gleason Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
The Absorbed pieces are achieved using Gleason’s signature technique of deploying a thin coat of silver nitrate deposit over acrylic on canvas. Diverging from their ultra-gloss pred...
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2010s Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Untitled
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Much like the artists who pioneered the California Light and Space Movement, Gleason is interested in exploring the metaphysical possibilities of art. His silver deposit surfaces act...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

Untitled
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Much like the artists who pioneered the California Light and Space Movement, Gleason is interested in exploring the metaphysical possibilities of art. His silver deposit surfaces act...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

The Wedge
By Jimi Gleason
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Jimi Gleason's paintings are enigmatic. They emphasize seductive surfaces, which reveal no trace of traditional paint application. These mysterious surfaces are highly reactive to li...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Jimi Gleason Art

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Silver

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Find a wide variety of authentic Jimi Gleason art available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by Jimi Gleason in metal, silver, canvas and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 21st century and contemporary and is mostly associated with the abstract style. Not every interior allows for large Jimi Gleason art, so small editions measuring 11 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Peter Lodato, Chris Hayman, and Clay Johnson. Jimi Gleason art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $3,500 and tops out at $42,000, while the average work can sell for $10,000.

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