Jylian Gustlin
Jylian Gustlin is a native Californian and grew up in the San Francisco bay area. She has been shaped by the technology explosion of Silicon Valley and her art reflects her in-depth knowledge of that technology.
“I knew that if I finished, I would never make art” is how Jylian Gustlin explains leaving college one semester short of a degree in computer science and mathematics to attend the Academy of Art College, San Francisco. After completing her BFA, Jylian fused her understanding of computers and her passion for art to became a graphics programmer for Apple Computer, Inc. Now, Jylian uniquely combines the effects of modern technology with traditional techniques. While painting in acrylic and oil paints, her artwork often conveys the same complex layered effects possible in computer programs such as Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Just as she challenged the creative limitations of the latest computer software, Gustlin experiments with a variety of materials to discover their effects. Working with two-part epoxy resin, oil and acrylic paints, charcoal, wax, gold leaf, pastel and graphite on board, Gustlin draws, paints, scratches on her surfaces.
Figures have always been an important part of Gustlin’s repertoire. Her characters are frequently set in an alien-like landscape, moody and brooding, yet at the same time, depicting a sense of future. Jylian has been influenced by a lifelong love of the Bay Area Figurative artists.
For the last several years, Jylian has been working on a series of paintings, both abstract and representational, that are based on the Fibonacci mathematical theories. The Fibonacci mathematical theory is based on the numbers 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and so on. Fibonacci mathematical calculations create rectangles and shell spirals based on the incrementally increasing numbers. She is also exploring the relationship of Fibonacci numbers to the petals on flowers and how to use these ideas in paintings as well as the relationship of Fibonacci to musical scales and how the 5-tone scale, 8-tone scale, and 13-tone scale. She continues to explore science and mathematics and how it intersects with the arts.
EDUCATION
1984 – 1986 Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, concentration: Design and Fine Arts
1980 – 1984 San Jose State University
San Jose, CA
Computer Science Program
EXHIBITIONS
San Juan Islands Museum of Art Show : Conversations with Gee’s Bend May 25th, 2018 – Monday September 3rd, 2018
Stratera, Gallery Mar Park City, CO February , 2018
Jylian New Works , Canfin Gallery , Tarry Town, NY October, 2017
Entropy , Gallery Mar Park City, CO February , 2017
Jylian New Works , Canfin Gallery , Tarry Town, NY April, 2016
Saltito , Gallery Mar Park City, CO February , 2016
Art Silicon Valley, Sense Fine Arts , Menlo Park, CA, October, 2015
Art MRKT SF, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts , Mill Valley, CA, May, 2015
Multiplicity, Jules Place Gallery , Boston, MA, May, 2015
New Works , Gallery Mar Park City, CO February , 2015
Illuminer, Sense Fine Arts , Menlo Park, CA, December, 2014
Jylian New Works , Canfin Gallery , Tarry Town, NY November, 2014
Art Silicon Valley, Sense Fine Arts , Menlo Park, CA, October, 2014
Girl’s Night Out, Eisenhauer Gallery , Edgartown, MA July , 2014
Art MRKT SF, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts , Mill Valley, CA, May, 2014
Sense Fine Art Gallery , Menlo Park, CA Jan. , 2014
Gallery Mar , Park City, CO July , 2013
Eisenhauer Gallery , Edgartown, MA June., 2013
Art MRKT SF, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts , Mill Valley, CA, May, 2013
Jylian , Canfin Gallery , Tarry Town, NY March, 2013
Group Exhibition, Forre Fine Art Gallery , Aspen, CO June, 2012
Group Exhibition, Seager Gray Gallery , Mill Valley, CA August, 2012
San Francisco Art Fair, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts , Mill Valley, CA, May, 2012
Jylian , Canfin Gallery , Tarry Town, NY Nov., 2011
Humanity, Brett Wesley Gallery , Las Vegas, NV, September , 2011
Caper, Jest, Revel & Stomp, SOPA Fine Arts , Kelowna BC, July, 2011
Swimming in Color, Eisenhauer Gallery , Edgartown, MA August, 2011
Females on Figure , Madison Gallery , La Jolla, CA, June, 2011
San Francisco Art Fair, Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts , Mill Valley, CA, May, 2011
San Francisco Art Fair, Donna Seager Gallery , San Rafael, CA, May, 2011
Aqua Art Fair , Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts , Miami, FL, Dec., 2010
Aqua Art Fair , Donna Seager Gallery , Miami, FL, Dec., 2010
Rara Avis , Donna Seager Gallery , San Rafael, CA Oct., 2010
Eisenhauer Gallery , Edgartown, MA June., 2010
Luscious Visions , Jules Place Gallery , Boston, MA, May, 2010
San Francisco Art Fair, Donna Seager Gallery , San Rafael, CA, May, 2010
AAFNY , Stephanie Breitbard Fine Arts , New York, NY, May, 2010
Group Exhibition, Donna Seager Gallery , San Rafael, CA, August, 2009
Figments & Imagination, SOPA Fine Arts , Kelowna BC, July, 2009
This Just In, SOPA Fine Arts , Kelowna BC, December, 2008
Fibonacci, Oracle, San Francisco, CA , July 2008
90mph, The Water Club Hotel by Borgata, Atlantic City, NJ, June 2007
Gifted, SOPA Fine Arts , Kelowna BC, December, 2007
Aeris, HANG, San Francisco, CA, July, 2007
Two Woman Show, Stricoff Gallery, NY, April, 2007
Jylian, Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC, June, 2006
Kyros, HANG, San Francisco, CA, October, 2005
AAF Contemporary Art Fair, New York, NY, October, 2005
Jylian, Red Sky Gallery, Charlotte, NC, June, 2005
Figuratively Speaking, HANG, San Francisco, CA, April, 2005
Quidam, HANG, San Francisco, CA, August, 2004
Art Auction 2004, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, May, 2004
Heart of San Francisco (artist sponsored by Adobe) Locations throughout San Francisco, CA, June – November, 2004
Souvenirs, Reconstruction Bygones, HANG, San Francisco, CA February, 2004
College Track Benefit Auction, Palo Alto, CA, October, 2003
Gustlin & Fain: All About Eve, HANG, Palo Alto, CA June, 2003
MC2 Collection, San Francisco, CA, 2003
Found/Unbound, HANG, Palo Alto, CA, February, 2003
Francisco Partners Collection, San Francisco, CA 2001 – 2004
Seeing Red: Color Beyond the Pale, HANG, Palo Alto, CA, December, 2002
Sunset Magazine Idea House, Palo Alto, CA 2002
Colors of White HANG, San Francisco, CA 2002
Fresh Produce, HANG, San Francisco, July, 2002
Gustlin & McCuthcheon: On the Surface HANG annex, San Francisco, CA, May, 2002
Big Deal Visual Aid, San Francisco, CA annually 1992 – 2003
Featured Artist, December HANG, Palo Alto, CA 2001
Group Exhibition Adobe Corporation Gallery, San Jose, CA 1997
Group Exhibition Apple Showroom, Campbell, CA 1995
Small Works Pope Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA 1994
COLLECTIONS
Stanford Medical Center
Norges Geotekniske Institutt
VISA headquarters
Oracle
Andrew Grove Foundation – Intel
IBM
Fry’s Electronics
Krannitz Gehl Architects
Spaulding Hospital Cambridge
MERE Hotel – Canada
San Diego Gaslamp Hilton suites
Westin Poinsett Hotel
Eilan Hotel & Spa
Wyndham Orlando Resort
Borgata Hotel & Spa
Morgan Hill Library