Select Exhibits
"Pretenders", Juried Group Show, Artel Gallery, Pensacola FL, August 30 - October 7, 2011
"X-Scape", Juried Group Show, Maplestone Gallery Creemore Ontario, July 2 - Aug 4, 2011
"Clashes of Culture", Juried Group Show, Artel Gallery, Pensacola FL, June 7 - July 15, 2011
"Fire, Water, Earth, Air", Group Show, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte NC, March 4 -May 26, 2011
"Elements: Multiple Parts/Singular Art", Juried Group Show, Walters Cultural Art Center, Hillsboro OR, Dec 7 - Jan 26, 2011
"Mosaic Visions", Group Show, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte NC, Nov 5 - Dec 31, 2010
"Contemporary Mosaic Art 2010", Juried Group Show, Honorable Mention, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte NC, Sept 3 - Oct 15, 2010
"Smaller Is...", Juried Group Show, Maplestone Gallery Creemore Ontario, Sept 3 - Oct 17, 2010
"Munch-Key Business", Juried Group Show, Artel Gallery, Pensacola FL, July 20-Aug 27, 2010
"Curves", Juried Group Show, Maplestone Gallery, Creemore Ontario Canada, April - May 2010
"Flights of Fancy", Juried Group Show, Ciel Gallery, Charlotte NC, April - May 2010
Orange Beach Festival Of Arts, Juried festival, - Judges Choice Award, Orange Beach AL, March 2010
"Eclectic Blues", Juried Group Show, Blue Morning Gallery, Pensacola FL, Jan - Feb 2010
"Unseen", "Faces", "Winter Whites", Ciel Gallery, Charlotte NC,2009
Satchmo Fest, Crescent City Brewhouse, New Orleans LA, August 2008
Solo Exhibition, Julie Neill Designs, New Orleans LA, March, April 2007
Musicians Art Exhibit, Scottish Rite Temple, New Orleans LA, April - May 2004
Morgan West Gallery, New Orleans LA, January 2003, April 2003
Fresh Arts Festival, New Orleans LA, October 2003
Bibliography
Mosaic Fine Art Portraits, Irit Levy & Pam Givens, Featured in Artist Gallery, 2010
Breakout: Your Pathway to Success, Britt Hammer, Use of Artwork, 2010
Mosaic Renaissance: Millefiori in Mosaics, Laurel Skye, Featured in Artist Gallery, 2009
Southern Coast Home Design Magazine, Featured artist, June/July 2009
Inside Out, Times Picayune, February, June & August 2007, February 2008
Mosaic Year Book CD, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Home & Garden TV, Crafters Coast to Coast, Featured Artist, September 2004
Groutline, Society of American Mosaic Artists, Artist Feature, Spring 2004
WWNO Interview with Diane Mack, New Orleans, May 2004
New Orleans Magazine, November 2002
As the youngest in a string of six artistic siblings, I was exposed to music & fine arts at an early age. While majoring in music, I enhanced my schedule with ceramics, drawing, painting & martial arts. After earning a masters degree in music from Arizona State University,. I moved to San Francisco and quickly became involved with a community of improvisational musicians, composers and artists. As a freelance trombonist & part time office slave, I managed to save enough money for my dream trip around the world.
A year long solo journey took me to Hong Kong, China, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, India, Israel & Egypt. Not long after, I was living in Borneo, East Malaysia, playing & teaching music. From my South East Asian perch, I traveled extensively in neighboring countries, collecting art, mostly textiles and musical instruments, representative of local
cultures. With each excursion I became increasingly fascinated with the indigenous art which surrounded me. It's influence later becoming evident in many of my mosaic works.
Those experiences left me with a strong desire to return to mosaics somehow, someday, somewhere. That day came in 1999 while creating a table for my partner Mark's birthday. It left him unusually speechless and forever supportive of my artistic endeavors. His enduring support, then & now, frees me to be creative & experimental.
Over the past couple of years I have become increasingly fascinated with portraiture. Whether from my imagination or based on real people, I attempt to tell a story or evoking an emotion.
I hope you enjoy my art as much as I love making it!
e-mail Gila Mosaics
or call (850) 791-1070
Studio visits available by appointment.
