Phil Gleason

Tallahassee, FL | psgleason@fsu.edu | (850) 228-1245 | www.linkedin.com/in/philgleason

Portfolio: www.philgleasonart.com

PROFILE
MFA and BFA in Sculpture with an extensive teaching and visual arts background in sculpture, 3D art,
traditional and digital fabrication. Highly skilled in cross-disciplinary collaborations and leadership of
students and full-time artists to create community engagement through innovative installations.

SKILLS
• Adobe Photoshop • Quality Control
• Adobe Illustrator • Fine Art Handling and Crating
• ArtCam • Art Installations
• CAD • Metal Fabrication
• Sketchup • Forging and Casting
• CNC Router Software • Architectural Casting
• Laser Cutter Software • Concrete Terrazzo
• Water Jet Software • Glass Mosaic
• 3D Printing and Plotter • Mold Making
• Project Management • Woodworking

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Studio/Project Manager 2010 – Present
Master Craftsman Studio, Florida State University
• Supervise a team of designers, fabricators, student interns, and full-time professionals.
• Oversee all aspects of project management and onsite installation of final works of art.
• Teach student interns a range of artistic processes using a variety of materials.
• Meet with clients to define project scope, review specifications, and develop work contracts.
• Manage construction budgets (up to $250k) to ensure the timely completion of fabrications.
• Select internal and external vendors and subcontractors based on project needs and budget.
• Serve as liaison between subcontractors, engineers, vendors, and the studio production team.
• Research creative designs and digital production solutions to solve clients’ problems.
• Teach others how to use shop tools, including machines, water jet, and CNC equipment.
• Manage project adjustments due to cost increases, timeline changes, or other design challenges.
• Instruct daily processes, including stained/leaded/fused/slumped glass, CNC router, automated
processing, digital 3D fabrication, concrete casting, terrazzo flooring, mosaics, pen turning,
modeling, mold making, metal casting, woodworking, statues/busts, and private commissions.

PUBLIC WORKS MANAGED

2022 Cascades Civil Rights Heritage Monument, 35’ Steel, Corten, vinyl, plexiglass civil rights display
2022 Pedrick Pond Fully Booked, Book Benches, Trex and powder-coated aluminum benches
2022 Seminole Football War Hammer, milled Stainless Steel billet, handle, bronze accents, paracord
2021 FSU Flying High Circus Archway, powder-coated aluminum
2021 St. John’s Episcopal Church, 12’ cast bronze relief
2021 CASCADES, stainless steel fountain letters for Cascades park
2020 FSU Players Tunnel Spear, 6’ long spear tip from mild steel
2020 Hyatt House art wall, floor to ceiling painting display custom built to suit lobby.
2020 Pandemic Barriers and Shields, plexiglass and aluminum FSU campus wide initiative, $200k+
2019 Sir Harold Kroto Buckyball, aluminum, cast plastic, mirror, FSU Chemistry, Tallahassee, FL
2019 Eve on Adams Chandelier, 7’ tall and 13’ wide upside down tree with lights and crystals
 2019 Laura Smiles, 14’ Tall Corten Sunflowers, FSU Psychology building, Tallahassee, FL
2018 Big Bend Hospice, Aluminum Logo Garden Sculpture, Tallahassee, FL
2018 TLH Sculpture, Corten Steel and Cypress, Cascades Park, Tallahassee, FL
2018 Speicher Memorial, bronze flight helmet/jacket worn by Speicher, FSU Speicher Tennis Court
2018 Fallen Officer Memorial, Bronze flag at half-mast on engraved granite, FSU Criminology School
2017 Periodic Table, powder coated aluminum, FSU Chemistry Building, Tallahassee, FL
2017 Langford Green Plaza, Aluminum light up arches, Bronze lettering, Stainless/Bronze FSU Seal
2016 Spear-IT! Restaurant, 20’ spear and Official Game spear, steel and concrete, Tallahassee, FL
2016 Stadium Spears, Doak Campbell Stadium, Champions Club Spears, FSU, Tallahassee, FL
2016 Tallahassee Civic Center, 3’ Glass Seal, 4’ Faux Bronze Seal, Glass Lettering, 40’ steel spear
2015 Declaration, Stainless steel, Cable, Glass, Roundabout Sculpture Gaines St. Tallahassee, FL
2015 Cannon Carriage, Cypress and forged metal, for Wormsloe State Historic Site, Savannah, GA
2014 Convergence, Acrylic, Aluminum, Dichroic Film, Cable, FSU AME Building, Tallahassee, FL
2013 Thomasville Library Rose Garden, Glass Tryptic Fritted Panels, Thomasville, GA
2010 Footsteps to Freedom, Terrazzo Sidewalk 8’ wide x 60 ft. long, Downtown Tallahassee, FL
2009-present FSU Dodd Hall, Stained Glass Windows, 30+ windows managed since 2009
2009-present FSU Presidential Bronze Statues, 9 Life size bronze managed since 2009, FSU Campus

Designer and Fabricator 2008 – 2010

Master Craftsman Studio, Florida State University
• Worked on public and private commissions from concept to completion including custom
mosaics, carpentry, metal work, restoration, sign making, concrete, and architectural glass.
• Experienced in iron and metal work to produce life-size statues, busts, and custom castings.

Miami Art Basel Fine Art Handler 2009/2010/2011 (Seasonal)

Artex Fine Art Services
• Served as contract fine art handler during Miami Art Basel to uncrate, assemble, hang, and
install fine art for multiple galleries, private clients, and various Art Fairs.
• Assisted display and exhibit team in the installation and take down of over $1 million in fine art
for the Miami Art Basel STAGES exhibit hosted by Nike and Lance Armstrong.
• Uninstalled artwork upon completion of exhibits, re-packaging and ensuring safe transport.
• Unloaded and loaded trucks full of heavy and fragile crates at South Beach Convention Center.

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR EXPERIENCE

Art in Entrepreneurship, Florida State University, 2020 – Present
3D Foundations, Florida State University, 2008 – 2013
Sculpture I and II, Florida State University, 2008 – 2013
Public Art, Florida State University, 2008 – 2013
Foundry and Advanced Workshop, Florida State University, 2008 – 2013

Private Consultant 2010 - Present

Art Transportation, Handling, & Restoration
• Contracted to coordinator transportation, handling, delivery, and installation of art for clients.
• Provide freelance art delivery in the North Florida region in conjunction with Artex.
• Restored the Robert Rauschenberg “Tibetan Garden Song” sculpture and designed the museum
display case for a private client.

AWARDS/ACHIEVEMENTS
3rd Place, 34th Art in Gadsden Regional Exhibition of Fine Art, September 2022
U.S. Patent #10119286, Presented at FSU’s Innovator Reception, 2018
1st Place, 28th Art in Gadsden Regional Exhibition of Fine Art, 2016
Tallahassee Civil Rights Memorial Heritage Walk, Tallahassee Trust for Historic Preservation, 2014
1st Place, 24th Art in Gadsden Regional Exhibition of Fine Art, November 2012
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Bivins Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2016-2021
Samuel Lynne Gallery, Dallas, TX, 2015
The Art Place Wynwood, Miami, FL, 2013 - 2014
Danilo Gonzalez, Miami, FL, 2012 - 2013
1020 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2010 - 2012
Working Method Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL, 2006-2009

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE
Special Projects Construction Manager, Bahn Thai, Tallahassee, FL, 2022 – Present
Bee Colony Overwintering Services, Bare Honey, Tallahassee, FL, 2020 – Present
FSU 3D Printing Symposium, Turnbull Conference Center, Tallahassee, FL, 2014 – 2015
Sculpture Garden Project Coordinator, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL, 2009 – 2011
Design Effects Coordinator, Terror of Tallahassee, Tallahassee, FL, 2009 – 2010
Effects/Model/Prop Creator, FSU Film School, Tallahassee, FL, 2009
Private Art Instructor, Independent Teaching, Tallahassee, FL, 2007
Art Mentor, Disability Mentoring Day, Tallahassee, FL, 2008/2009/2010/2011
Artistic Renovator, Children’s Home Society, Tallahassee, FL, 2007

PRESENTATIONS / TALKS
2017 Artist Presentation Student Lecture, North Florida Community College
2013 24th Art in Gadsden Winner’s Talk, Gadsden Art Center
2009 Artist Presenter, Pecha Kucha Night
2008 Lecturer, Mary Brogan Museum of Art & Science

PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2017 Nautilus Chandelier, Science Atrium, North Florida Community College, Madison, FL
2015 Thomasville Mural contest, Bowie Supenova, Thomasville, GA
2014 Thomasville Mural contest, Yesterday’s barber, Thomasville, GA
2013 Balanced, wood and glass, Fermentation Lounge, Tallahassee, FL
2009 Pride, Commissioned bronze sculpture for Florida High School

PRIVATE COMMISSIONS
2022 Tom’s Sax Solo for Julia Zimmerman
2022 Custom Bar top, painting, and rennovations, Bahn Thai Restaraunt
2021 Earthrise w/Satelitte for Nate DeGraaf
2018 Restoration of Robert Rauschenberg’s Tibetan Garden Song for Dr. Ron Saff
2018 Florida Spine and Wellness Sign, Powdercoated Aluminium, Matt & Kristin Zaideman
2017 LG Branding Iron, Amy Brown
2014 MotoRobot, LED lit Lens, transforming tire Robot, for FSU Film School
2013 Ship Meter Restorations, Wood and metal, Dr. Ron Saff
2012 Bronze Candlesticks, cold cast turned bronze, Cameron Jackson
2008 Astolf Levine plaque, bronze relief plaque
2007 Bird in Space, Commissioned Brancusi bronze sculpture for Cliff Stigl
2007 Bird in Space, Commissioned Brancusi aluminum sculpture for Cliff Stigl
2006 Bohemian Offering “Boot” made from rope for Dana from Bigfork, MT
2005 Calla Lilies, Acrylic on canvas for Denise Lewison Collection
2005 Calla Lilies 2, Acrylic on canvas for Denise Lewison Collection
2005 Lady Slipper, Oil on canvas for Andrew
2003 Chef, Graphic for website for Dustin Venasse Collection
2003 Johnny Cash 2, Oil on canvas for Mathew Chaplin
2003 Bill Clinton, Oil on canvas for Ben Lamb
2003 Bill Clinton 2, Oil on canvas for Damon Page Collection
2003 High Plains Drifter, Oil on canvas for Damon Page Collection

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2017 Hardee Center for the Arts, North Florida Community College, Madison, FL
2015 Grass Roots Gallery, Thomasville Center for the Arts, Thomasville, GA
2014 Night Entrance, The Plant, Tallahassee, FL
2010 Recently, Mastery Gallery, Master Craftsman Studios, Tallahassee, FL
2009 Adaptive Perception, Gadsden Art Center, Quincy, FL
2006 10 Year Retrospective, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL
Selective Focus, Florida State University Oglesby Union, Tallahassee, FL
2003 Disfigured, Purple Onion Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2002 Evolutions, Espresso Expose, Minneapolis, MN
2001 Landscapes, Lutheran Brotherhood, Minneapolis, MN

GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022 28th Art in Gadsden, Quincy, FL
2022 Maglab Masterpieces, Tallahassee, FL
2021 Artfields 2021, Green Frog Social House, Lake City, SC
2021 Artist League Biennale 2021, Arts Center of Coastal Carolina, Hilton Head, SC
2021 Heroes, Heroines, & Heroics Flagler County Art League, Palm Coast, FL
2021 33rd Art In Gadsden, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2019 1969: Get Back To Where You Once Belonged, Bivins Gallery, Dallas, TX
2018 Collective Vision, Bivins Gallery, Dallas, TX
2017 Bivins Gallery Group Show, Bivins Gallery, Dallas, TX
2017 21 to Watch, Bivins Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016 Team One Gallery, Satchi and Satchi -Team one gallery display
2016 28th Art in Gasden, Quincy, FL
2016 Group Show, Samuel Lynne Gallery, Dallas, TX
2016 Music as Muse, Tallahassee City Hall, Tallahassee, FL
2015 Art Palm Beach, Samuel Lynne Gallery, Palm Beach, FL
2015 Art from FSU's Master Craftsman Studio: TCC Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2015 Pulse Festival, Non Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA
2015 27th Art In Gadsden, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2015 Flaunt! Mural Contest, Thomasville Center For The Arts Thomasville, GA
2014 Scope Art Fair, SeeMe.org Booth, Basel, Miami, FL
2014 Cosmic Connections @ Concept Sea Fair, Basel, Biscayne Bay, Miami, FL
2014 26th Art In Gadsden, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2014 Making Small Art Big! 10x10x10 National Juried Show, Mighty Tieton, Tieton, WA
2014 Flaunt!, Mural Contest Thomasville Center For The Arts, Thomasville, GA
2014 Pinnacle National Juried Show, FAMU, Foster Tanner Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2014 Louisville Art Association 29th Annual Juried Show, Louisville, CO
2014 Savage Juried Art Show, Savage, MN
2013 MiamiMix2013, Miami, FL
2013 The Artplace Wynwood, Miami, FL, 4 group shows in 2013
2013 By All Means, FSU Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2013 25th Art in Gadsden, Gadsden Art Center, Quincy, FL
2013 Finalist in Yamana Gold Corporate Art Competition, Toronto, Canada
2012 Large Cats Exhibition, LeMoyne Art Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2012 Dissonance, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2012 24th Art in Gadsden, Gadsden Art Center, Quincy, FL
2011 Florida State University Adjunct Faculty Show, 621 Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2011 23rd Art In Gadsden, Gadsden Art Center, Quincy, FL
2010 Artifice: how do you veil your illusion, Studio20gallery, Austin, TX
2010 National Art Encounter 2010, The von Liebig Art Center, Naples, FL
2010 100% Pure Florida, 5th Avenue Art Gallery, Melbourne, FL
2010 FSU Annual Faculty Show, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2009 GLOW, Annmarie Garden Sculpture Park & Arts Center, Solomon, MD
2009 Art in a Box, RHINO Gallery, New Orleans, LA
2009 21st Annual Juried Exhibition, Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL
2009 FSU Annual Faculty Show, Museum of Fine Arts, Tallahassee, FL
2008 MFA Thesis Show, Florida State University Museum of Fine Art, Tallahassee, FL
2008 1st FloCAS Exhibition, Old Cigar Factory, Tampa, FL
2008 Iron Works Exhibition, North Florida Community College, Jacksonville, FL
2008 Impulse, Big Bend Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL
2007 Project Mess Improv Installation, Arts on Gaines, Tallahassee, FL
2007 MFA Group Show, Florida State University Oglesby Union, Tallahassee, FL
2007 Balance, Big Bend Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL
2007 Now, Chipola Community College, Marianna, FL
2006 Prelude, Big Bend Contemporary, Tallahassee, FL
2006 Seconds, 621Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2006 Transitions, 621Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2006 Embracing the Inevitable, Nan Boynton Gallery, Tallahassee, FL
2006 Fresh, Florida State University Oglesby Union, Tallahassee, FL
2006 Fluctuations, ARS Magna, Tallahassee, FL
2005 MFA Group Exhibition, Red Door Gallery at Railroad Square, Tallahassee, FL
2005 Armageddon, 621Gallery at Railroad Square, Tallahassee, FL
2005 Rollins Juried Show, Florida State University Ogelsby Union, Tallahassee, FL
2005 1st ARS Magna Gallery Show, NHMFL Tallahassee, FL

SOLD ARTWORK
Tyler Mauney, Acrylic on canvas, 2018
Trip To the Mini Bar, Mixed Media Infinity, Bivins Gallery Dallas, TX, 2017
Crooner, Oil on Canvas, 16”x20”, 2015
6’ Levitation, Mixed Media, Grossmans - Delaware, Samuel Lynne Gallery, 2015
The Only Way Up Is Down 7” 2nd edition 3 stair black, 2014
The Only Way Up Is Down 6” x 5, 2013
The Only Way Up Is Down 12” x 2, 2013
Levitation 2’, Randall Kramer 2013
Mini Diagonal Levitation, 2013
Mini Diagonal Levitation, 2013
Levitation, 2013
Mini Levitation, Unknown at Austin Art Festival 2013
Star Tunnel, 2013
Chick in Space, 2012
Bronze Driftwood, 2012
Levitation IV, 2011
Levitation I, 1020 Gallery Auctioned for Cancer Drive in Tallahassee, FL 2010
Levitation I, Sculpture for Grace Malloy 2009
Levitation I, Sculpture for Angie Barry 2009
Pendulum, Sculpture for Wanda Zubr Collection 2009
Nail Balance, Wood sculpture Wanda Zubr Collection 2009
Levitation #2, Magnetic base with Carbon Fiber tube Wanda Zubr Collection 2009
Spirit of the Trees, Oil on canvas for Marjorie Gleason Collection 2004

IRON POUR EXPERIENCE

Master Craftsman Studio Iron Pours, Tallahassee, FL, April 2008-2012 (Biannual)
Tannehill State Park Iron Pours, Birmingham, AL, March 2005-April 2009 (Quarterly)
Charles Hook Retrospective Pour at Railroad Square, Tallahassee, FL, October 2008
Sloss International Iron Conference, Alabama, April 2008 & 2010
Florida State University Annual Invitational, Florida State University, April 2006, 2007, 2008
Student Iron Pour, Livingston, AL, March 2006
Belmont Art Center Iron Pour, Pensacola, FL, February 2006
University of Minnesota 34th Annual Iron Pour, University of Minnesota, March 2003

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Gadsden Arts Center, Quincy, FL, February 2008 – Present
Louisville Art Association, Louisville, CO 2013-2014
International Sculpture Center, 2005-2013
Delaware Center For the Arts, 2009-2010
Master Craftsman Guild, 2009-2013
College Art Association (CAA), 2008-2010
League of Graduate Artists, Florida State University, 2005-2008

EDUCATION
Master of Fine Arts – MFA, Sculpture Concentration, Tallahassee, FL, 2008
Bachelor of Fine Arts – BFA, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 2003
Bachelor of Arts in Communication, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1999