Lynne Gleason
Artist
Lynne Murray Gleason was born in New Orleans and has been a professional artist all her adult life. She has lived all over the world and exhibited in London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Holland, Mexico, The Middle East and all over the United States.
She began creating art at a very young age in the studio of her mother Rai Murray who was a professional sculptor.
Lynne studied art at Newcomb College and other universities, at the La Jolla Art Institute and with well know painters Robert Brackman and Dan Greene. She received her BFA from Georgia State University in Atlanta.
Lynne has worked with oils, acrylics, watercolor, encaustic, wood, bones, metal, clay, mixed media and bronze.
In her long career she has explored many styles from abstract to explicit realism and many subjects from people to landscapes, horses and beyond.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Galeria Gleason Ray, San Miguel, Mexico 2014/2015
Bait Barranda Museum, Muscat, Oman 2010
Swan Coach House Gallery, Atlanta, GA 2006
Generator Gallery, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico 2005
The Queen’s Horses, Onslow Gallery, London, England 2001
Tryon & Swann, London, England 1997
Royal Household Calvary – London, England, 1996
The Barbican Centre, London England, 1993
Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1989
Alvin Gallery, Hong Kong 1984, 1985, 1986
Atchinson Gallery, Birmingham, AL 1986
Virdian Gallery, New York, NY 1984
Moosart Gallery, Miami, FL 1984
Chastain Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1983
Bienville Gallery, New Orleans, LA 1970, 1983
Minneapolis Institue of Arts, Minneapolis, MN 1982
SELECTED GROUP SHOWS
Galeria Gleason Ray – San Miguel, Mexico 2014/2015
Santiago Corral Arte – Valle de Bravo, Mexico 2012/2013
Generator Gallery, San Miguel, Mexico 2005/2006
Kensington Palace- Cavalry Exhibition, London, England 1999
Royal Horse Artillery Exhibition, London , England 1998
“London to Atlanta”, International Exhibition, Atlanta, GA 1991
North Arts Center, Atlanta, GA 1990
Heath Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1987
Carlisle Gallery, Singapore 1986
Alexander Gallery, Atlanta, GA 1985
Leslie Levy Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ 1984
Davidson College, Davidson, NC 1984
Arsenal Gallery, New York, NY 1983
“Sources II”, Viridian Gallery, New York, NY 1983
Gallery of Contemporary Art, Winston- Salem, NC 1978
Raw Gallery, Hartford, CT 1977
Atlanta Art Workers Coalition Show, Atlanta, GA 1976
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL 1973
SELECTED COMMISSIONS AND COLLECTIONS
HRH Queen Elizabeth, London, United Kingdom
Sultanate of Oman, Muscat Oman
Museum Nederlandse Cavalerie, Anmersfoort
Intergen, Boston, MA
Duke of Marlborough, United Kingdom
Col. Toby Brown, United Kingdom
Royal Household Cavalry, United Kingdom
De Kalb County, Atlanta, GA
American Telephone and Telegraph, Atlanta, GA
Hong Kong Country Club, Hong Kong
Marriott Hotel, Hong Kong
Honeywell, Minneapolis, MN
King and Spalding, Atlanta, GA
Morris, Manning & Martin, Atlanta, GA
John Phelps & Associates, Atlanta, GA
Piedmont Center, Atlanta, GA
Stack & Rogers, Atlanta, GA
Powell Goldstein, Atlanta, GA
Poydras Center, New Orleans, LA
Lemle Kelleher, New Orleans, LA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY, PRESS CUTTINGS TV AND RADIO
Robinson Humphrey, Atlanta, GA
Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, Hong Kong
Troutman Sanders, Atlanta, GA
William Howell & Associates, AIA, Atlanta, GA
The Oman Daily Observer – The Noble Horse at Bait al Barand Museum – December 4, 2010
The Times of Oman – ‘Lynne Paints Nobility of Pure Arabian Horses’ – November 29, 2010
The Muscat Daily – ‘Gleason Paints theHorse from It’s Point of View’ – November 24, 2010
Crème de la Crème Magazine – ‘Lynne Gleason and the Art of Horse Painting’ – October 2012
‘Lynne Gleason: Master painter and sculptor’ by Margaret Falloni July,2006
‘All the Queen’s Horses The Art of Lynne Gleason, a book published in England by Alexander & Associates, 1997
Beverley Baker, Lynne Gleason, Art Papers Nov/Dec 1989
Virginia Warren Smith, Lynne Gleason’s Recent Work Startles with its Raw Power, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, Atlanta, GA September 19, 1989
Nina Amir, Art Personified, A Close Up of Four of Atlanta’s Finest, Communique Magazine, September 1998
Victoria Mc Glotheren, Contemporary Art Collection, A Pretty Profitable Picture, South China Morning Post, February 19, 1987.
Michael Mealyer, Realities, Alvin Gallery, Hong Kong, Art Papers, GA Jan/Feb 1987
James R Nelson, Atchinson’s Spring Show of Gleason, Erdreich Should Perk up the Spirit, The Birmingham News, AL May 25, 1986
Mealyer, Credibility Regained …Artist with a Grip on Reality, Hong Michael Kong Standard, May 16, 1986.
Laura Lieberman, The Southern Artist: Lynne Murray Gleason, Southern Accents February 1986
Interview, Radio Hong Kong 1986
Catherine Gaynor, A Thoroughly Modern Missionary, The Peak Magazine, Hong Kong 1986.
Linda Sherbert, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, April 22, 1985
Susan Rush, cover artist, Peachtree Papters, Atlanta, GA
November 1984
Exhibitions from Tradition to Timelessness, BB International Magazine, September 1984
Roger Green, Contemporary Art Can Work in New Buildings, The Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA, January 8, 1984
Renee Phillips, Gleason’s Paintings Rich with Symbolism, Manhattan Arts, New York, NY, June 1984
Ian Findlay, Oddly Ominous Oils, Wistful Watercolors, Weekly Entertainment, Hong Kong, September 1984
Nigle Cameron, Work Has a 3rd Dimension, South China Morning Post, Hong Kong, September 17, 1984
Joseph Young, Exhibit’s Value Is In Broadening View of Realism, Scottsdale Arizona Daily Progress, November 1984
Catherine Fox, Artist Examines Mardi Gras to Evoke Feelings About Life, Atlanta Journal/Constitution, November 20, 1983
Joe Culotta, Let’s Talk It Over, Interview, WTIX-AM New Orleans, LA, October16, 1983
Mel Leavitt, Green Lights, Interview, WGN0-TV, New Orleans, LA, October 13, 1983
Denise Verrett, Dialogue, Interview, WEZB-FM, New Orleans, LA, October 12, 1983
Gleason’s Oil Showing Set, Northside Neighbour, April 10, 1981
Tom Scott, San Miguel de Allende: New Orleans Born Artist Now Living in Atlanta is Painting in San Miguel de Allende this Summer, The News, Mexico City, August 3, 1980
Alberta Collier, Debut Show, The Times Picayune, New Orleans, LA January 11, 1970