Gloria Pierce
Gloria Pierce is a South Florida artist originating from Chicago with a BFA in Painting from the University of Illinois and graduate work at the Chicago Art Institute. She has had numerous exhibitions at local galleries and museums all over Florida, Illinois and New York. Her work is represented in many private and corporate collections throughout the country.
“If you had smiled why would you have smiled?
To reflect that each one who enters
Imagines themselves to be the first to enter
Whereas you are always the last term of a
Preceding series even if the first term
Of a succeeding one, each imagining
Themselves to be the first, last, only and alone.”
Pierce's work explores the energy expressed in the act of creating art. Inspiration comes from the current mainstream in art, revealing a unique vision-from landscapes remembered, and those made up-are all vehicles for exploring the limits of color, energy, and the fores of nature and personal expression. The work communicates the responses and relation to the world and the region. The tales, however, are rarely narrative. The sense of time is compressed and the images are distorted as though the action is occurring in a dream. These works are at times friendly and rough, being fables for modern times.
A portion of all sales will be donated to "The Nature Conservancy" to help preserve the environment, the seas, and the beautiful fish that I am sharing with my artwork for future generations.
Art Exhibition History:
Art Show at La Isla Art Gallery in Miami's Little Havana area, 2016, one of 4 artists being featured.
Re-emerging Artist One Person Show, 70 new pieces, Borders Picture Frame Gallery, Miami, FL 2016
One Person Show of Oil Paintings, Continental National Bank of Miami, FL
“Women’s Art Exhibition,” sponsored by The Women’s Art Caucus and Bizarre Bizarre Gallery, Miami, FL
“The 1991 Art Auction,” for the benefit of United Cerebral Palsy Association of South Florida, sponsored by Consolidated Bank, Invitational Show; The Grille, Old City Hall, Miami Beach. GP’s piece was the highest bid in the show.
“Emerging Talent: A Group Exhibit of Gallery Artists,” Arregui Hsia Fine Art, Coral Gables, FL
“NADA14, A One-Night Stand,” North Miami Center for Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL; Invitational Show.
“NADA,” The Cuban Museum of Art and Culture, Miami, FL; Invitational Show
“Expressions!” Community Art Alliance Annual Competition & Exhibition, The Art and Culture Center of Hollywood, FL; Juror: Roger Selby, Dir., Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL at that time.
Barbara Gillman 10th Anniversary Exhibition, Miami, FL
One-Person Show, World Trade Center YMCA, Miami, FL
Leased original artwork titled, “Brazooms,” to Universal Pictures for use in filming an episode of Miami Vice TV Series.
“49th Annual National Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings, “The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL., Juror: Robert Treat Buck, Dir., The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY at that time.
“MAS NADA at Hyperspace,” Miami Beach, FL., Curated by Janet Paparelli, Miami artist and one of NADA’s founders.
“Hort29, 29th Annual Hortt Memorial Competition,” Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL. Juror: Marcia Tucker, Dir., New Museum in NY City at that time.
“Micro ’87”: Now Gallery, New York City, NY and then at Artifacts, Miami Beach, FL; Curators: Howard Davis, Miami Beach and Jacek Tylicki, New York.
“Women Explore the Eighties,” a juried exhibition at The Continuum Art Center, Miami Beach, FL., Juror: Robert Frankel, Director of Metro Dade’s Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, FL at that time.
“Florida Creates: Painting and Sculpture Competition,” Jacksonville Art Museum, Jacksonville, FL., Juror: Nancy Hoffman, Nancy Hoffman Gallery, NY at that time.
“Not Painting,” Invitational Show, Lucky Street Gallery, Key West, FL
“Southern Exposure,” Competition of The Historical Museum of Southern Florida (now History Miami), Juror: Ned Rifkin, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC at that time.
“Hortt28, 28th Annual Hortt Memorial Competition,” Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Juror: Stephen Westfall, Critic and Artist, NYC at that time.
“35th Annual All Florida Juried Exhibition,” Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL, Juror: Bonnie Clearwater, Dir. Of Art Programs, Lannan Foundation, Lake Worth, FL at that time.
Three Person Show with Alicia Schmidt and Grace Hedrick-Welti, Barbara Gillman Gallery, Miami, FL
“Fabulous Florida,” Hodgell Gillman Gallery, Tampa, FL
“48th Annual Exhibition of Contemporary American Paintings,” The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL, Juror: Thomas Leavitt, Dir. of Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY at that time.
Solo Show, Armitage Loft Space, Chicago, IL
Photo Exhibition in connection to documentary of “Rural Life on Chicago’s South Side, 1982-3,” Armitage Productions with Christopher Chandler, Chicago, IL
Mask Invitational Show, WPA Gallery, Chicago, IL
Lipuma and Pierce Together Again, Meta-Natural Gallery, Chicago, IL
Lipuma and Pierce Together, Barry Street Loft, Chicago, IL