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21 collaged portraits on display.
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Janis Joplin by GJ Gillespie. |
Now until April 8, 2023.
Long ago Icarus made a pair of wax wings so he could fly up to the heavens. But when the sun melted his wings, he fell to destruction. These portraits are based on iconic photographs of famous people who reached the heights of creative success. Like Icarus many of these celebrated stars also
faced ruin at the end of their lives. MORE
Just got word that our application for a 5 day stay at the University of Washington's Friday Harbor Research Labs has been approved for the spring.
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Whiteley Center Study Room |
This private facility surrounded by forest, beaches and trails is available to U of W graduate students, alumni and professors for creative pursuits.
Dear Gary,
We have reviewed your application to UW Friday Harbor Laboratories, and we are happy to let you know that we can accommodate you for arrival on ... and departure ... 2023. For your housing, we have reserved a 1-bedroom unit. For your research, we've reserved a space in the Whiteley Study building.
We hope you have a productive and pleasant visit to FHL!
Sincerely,
Stephanie Zamora
Whiteley Coordinator & Office Manager
UW Friday Harbor Laboratories
620 University Road
Friday Harbor, WA 98250
All Residencies
Just got word that my submission to ZO Magazine's "Touch of Blue Expo" contest won first place in the Cubism division. The prize includes a $120 honorarium.
This is my 20th art award.
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Horse Of Course by GJ Gillespie. |
January 20, 2023
Hi GJ,
Thank you so much for submitting to ZO Magazine's Touch of Blue Expo! Your entry "Horse of Course" is our 1st Place Winner for the Blue Expo Cubism category. All entries can be seen at the Blue Expo link below. We are giving an honorarium for this category win of $120.
Again, Congratulations and thanks for inspiring us and our viewers!
Warm regards,
Bonita for the ZO Team
Bonita Zeier | River Alexander | Concept Director
ZO Magazine Touch of Blue Expo
This Sunday March 26 at 12 PM Pacific watch my interview with Zo magazine.
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Motorcycle Haiku by GJ Gillespie. Collage. 10 x 8, 2014. Made from Japanese Motorcycle magazines and classical Japanese calligraphy. |
Quartet #3 will appear on the cover of the next print edition of this literary and art magazine!
This will be my ninth cover.
Editors will also publish my collage "Ode to Billy Joe" online on march 15.
March 12, 2023
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Quartet #3 by GJ Gillespie. |
Hi GJ!
We're thrilled that you submitted more work to Red Noise Collective and would love to publish "Ode to Billy Joe" on Wednesday, March 15th. Please let us know if you would like to be featured in the promotional post again.
After some discussion, we would also like to consider using "Quartet #3" as the cover art for our upcoming print journal.
Your style is so aligned with the core mission of Red Noise that we feel it would be a great fit. We would also like to offer a $100 honorarium for the use of the image and credit on the title page of the journal.
Thanks again for sharing your work with us, and please feel free to reach out with questions or concerns.
Best,
Olivia Pridemore
Editor-in-Chief
Red Noise Collective
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LEVITATE LITERARY AND ART MAGAZINE
To publish four of my collages.
Juggler
Island in the Sun
Feast of the Sun God's Cattle
Anguish of Achilles
March 7, 2023
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Anguish of Achilles by GJ Gillespie. |
Dear GJ Gillespie,
Congratulations! We are pleased to tell you that we'd like to accept "Feast of the Sun God's Cattle, Anguish of Achilles, Juggler, and Island in the Sun" and publish it in the upcoming issue of LEVITATE.
Please confirm that the work has not been published in print or online and that you allow LEVITATE First North American Serial Rights and First Electronic Rights.
We look forward to hearing from you.
Best,
Inti Navia & Jocelyn Rivera
Editors in Chief
LEVITATE
QUBBLE LITERARY REVIEW to publish "Puzzle" in upcoming issue #9.
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Puzzle by GJ Gillespie. |
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Stop Worrying by GJ Gillespie. |
Feb. 24, 2023
Hello GJ Gillespie,
Stop Worrying
Day Sibley,
Founding Editor of WOTL
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COMPASS ROSE LITERARY JOURNAL
Ancient Oaks Figure A23 by GJ Gillespie in inaugural issue on Feb 15, 2023.
Image made as part of a series during a University of Washington art residence on San Juan Island. See art residency report.
January 7, 2023
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Ancient Oaks Figure A23 by GJ Gillespie. |
Dear GJ,
Congratulations! This message confirms the acceptance of your piece "Ancient Oaks Figure A23" to Compass Rose Literary Journal, in our inaugural Issue 1.0 "North".
The issue will be published online on February 15, 2023, and will remain online under the Archives section once the subsequent issue is published.
We look forward to publishing your work. Thank you for your support of our new journal!
Kind regards,
Kelly Easton, Editor
Compass Rose Literary Journal
Washington, DC
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VOICES DE LA LUNA
"Mother", "Soon It's Going to Rain" and "Siren Song" by GJ Gillespie will be
featured in the February 2023 "Writing Love" issue of this literary and art print journal.
This is my 75th art publication.
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Siren Song by GJ Gillespie. |
Dear GJ Gillespie,
Thank you for submitting your artwork to Voices de la Luna. We are delighted to inform you that, “Mother," "Soon It's Going to Rain," and "Siren Song," have been accepted for publication in the February 2023 issue: Writing Love.
We thank you for your submission and will be sending you a print copy for your records. Voices de la Luna also encourages you to submit other pieces in the future.
If you would like to invite friends to subscribe to Voices de la Luna: A Quarterly Literature and Art Magazine in time for this issue, please direct them to voicesdelaluna.org/subscribe.html.
Congratulations again on your selected work!
Sincerely,
Viktoria Valenzuela, Associate Editor
Voices de la Luna: A Quarterly Literature & Arts Magazine
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February 1, 2023
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You are My Spirit by GJ Gillespie. |
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With a Little Help from Our Friends by GJ Gillespie. |
January 18, 2023
Dear GJ,
Congratulations, we are so dam excited to publish "With a Little Help from Our Friends" in issue 6 of Beaver Magazine! This issue is set to be published in Spring 2023.
Thank you for trusting us with your work, we look forward to hearing back from you!
Sincerely,
Haley, Ellery, and Adam
Beaver Magazine Editors
About:
The beaver is a keystone species that shaped the United States water systems and kept the healthy flow of biodiverse ecosystems. We strive to follow the beaver’s example in enhancing interconnectivity and diverse community through creative mediums.
MY ART ACCEPTED FOR PUBLICATION
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Forever on My Mind #3 by GJ Gillespie. |
collage "Forever on My Mind #3" will appear in an upcoming issue.
Dear GJ,
Thank you so much for submitting your work. We truly enjoyed the collection and would love to use Forever on My Mind in Issue 7!
Please send a brief 1st person artist's statement pertaining to that particular piece.
Best, and congratulations!
Fauxmoir
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FAST FLESH LITERARY JOURNAL
January 3, 2023
Dear GJ,
We love "Sad Eyed Woman” and we’d like to include it in our next issue!
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Sad Eyed Woman by GJ Gillespie. |
Please send us the following:
*a twitter handle (if you have one) that you’d like us to tag when we promote the issue.
*an email address so we can notify you when the issue is released
Thank you for sharing your work!
Have a great week!
Danielle & Jack
Fast Flesh Journal
for Creative Nonfiction
KITHE JOURNAL
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I'd Love to Change the World by GJ Gillespie |
Hi GJ,
It's great to see your work again, and congratulations on having three of them already published.
Our editors loved your piece "I'd Love to Change the World." and would be thrilled to publish it in our upcoming issue (Fall/Winter 2022).
Our editorial team will be in touch this week with next steps.
We look forward to working with you!
Thank you,
Lauren Hobson, Editor
Kithe Journal
Title after a 1971 song by the band Ten Years After.
Design inspired by mid-century abstract expressionism.
Made with colored tissue, linen cloth, cheese cloth, found papers, pencil, spray and acrylic paint.
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Publishes sketch made in Canada with a Leda Art Supply sketchbook.
Nov. 30, 2022
Dear GJ Gillespie,
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Whistler Forest Sketch by GJ Gillespie. |
Congratulations! This message confirms the acceptance of your submission "Whistler Forest" to Quibble's Issue 7, "Simple. Little. Scribble."
The planned launch for "Simple. Little. Scribble" is the first week of December - more updates will come, but this issue may get a little extra love in development.
Please provide any social media links, websites, or anything else we can plug for you.
This issue is going to be spectacular, and all the better for your contribution.
I will be in touch with updates, and anything else that may come up.
Thanks again.
Sincerely,
Garrett Souliere
Editor-in-Chief
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To publish "Sunday Kind of Love."
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Sunday Kind of Love by GJ Gillespie. Collage, 22 x 17. 2019. |
Dear GJ Gillespie,
We are pleased to announce that your artwork, Sunday Kind of Love, has been selected for publication in The Oakland Review. Congratulations!
Attached to this official acceptance letter is a contract granting The Oakland Review First North American Serial Rights and permission to use your work in our promotional material across digital and print platforms.
To receive updates on publication and other OR news, please consider following us on Twitter (@oakland_review).
We are honored to publish your work and excited that you will be joining the OR family!
Warm Regards,
Rency Luan
Managing Editor
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Forever and a Day by GJ Gillespie. |
The Cheat River Review -- a literary and art journal sponsored by the West Virginia University MFA program -- wants to publish my collage "Forever and a Day."
This abstract is one of my favorites.
It will be one of several featured in the upcoming show in Langley BC in the spring.
Dear GJ,
We at Cheat River Review love your piece "Forever and a Day" and would like to include it in our upcoming issue.
Thank you!
Zach Hunley
Arts Editor
Cheat River Review
http://cheatriverreview.com/
October 20, 2022.
Dear GJ Gillespie,
Thanks again for your submission to Straylight. The art team and I really enjoy your piece, "Nocturnum". Your submission of this piece was from 2019, but if you're still okay with us using the piece, we'd be honored.
We await your confirmation to use your photography in the upcoming Fall 2022 issue!
Catrin Homuth
Straylight Art Editor
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Windmills of Your Mind #4 by GJ Gillespie. Mixed media collage on canvas. 24 x 24 x.5. 2022. |
COVER ART
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California Dreaming by GJ Gillespie. |
DeLudge Journal
Fall/ Winter 2021
This is my seventh cover!
Dear GJ: We are excited to accept the following images for publication in our next issue of DeLuge Journal:
Sincerely,
Sue Scavo
deLuge Literary and Arts Journal
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Peggy Sue by GJ Gillespie. |
COVER ART
In Parentheses, an online and print literary magazine, chose my collage "Peggy Sue" for the cover of Volume 7, Issue 2, Fall 2021.
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About GJ Gillespie
"The artists that I admire tap feelings of awe that permit the viewer to experience new perspectives of being."
-- GJ Gillespie
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Sketching at the Getty Malibu in Los Angeles |
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CAROUSEL OF TIME (portrait of Joni Mitchell) by GJ Gillespie |
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AWARDING WINNING ART
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Will You Still Feed Me (Self Portrait) |
Get Lost Sketching in the Woods by GJ Gillespie
WHOEVER SAID "stop and smell the roses" would appreciate the health craze called Forest Bathing.
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The artist must have something to say, for mastery over form is not his goal but rather the adapting of form to its inner meaning.”-- Wassily Kandinsky
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying by GJ Gillespie Collage on canvas. 15 x 30 inches. 2018 |
Northwest Collage Society Show.
Rosehill Community Center in Mukilteo
April 5 to June 30, 2018
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MIdnight Confessions by GJ Gillespie. Collage. 21 x 11.5. 2019. SOLD |
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A World of Our Own by GJ Gillespie 80 x 30. SOLD |
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Horse with No Name by GJ Gillespie. SOLD MORE |
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Smoke on the Water by GJ Gillespie. SOLD |
The other work entitled "Horse Latitudes" received one of five awards in the show of 55 works by local collage artists.
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Vitat Regina (Queen Elizabeth) by GJ Gillespie. Collage on canvas. 12 x 12 x .75. 2020. SOLD. |
Thought Notebook.
Cover Art
Thought Notebook choses Kingdom Within for Cover of June issue.
Two pieces featured in June, 2016 issue Journal Thought Notebook. MORE
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She's Not There by GJ Gillespie. SOLD |
Honorable Mention for Life Cycle MORE
Award at Mercer Island Show.
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The Child's Bath after Mary Cassatt by GJ Gillespie |
April 5 to June 30, 2018 MORE
MERIT AWARD
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Inspired by an Ancient Love Story
Gillespie's Sketchbook Company
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Premium Sketchbook designed by GJ Gillespie. |
In 2015 Gary Gillespie founded his own private label art supply company selling premium sketchbooks on Amazon.
Now 100,000 books later, the premium art journal company ranks among the top 2 percent of Amazon.com retailers with 500 five star reviews.
ESSAY: FOREST BATHING WITH LEDA
Get Lost Sketching in the Woods by GJ Gillespie
WHOEVER SAID "stop and smell the roses" would appreciate the health craze called Forest Bathing.
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Old Timer by GJ Gillespie |
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Mockingbird (Portrait of Eminem) by GJ Gillespie. Mixed media collage. 14 x 11. 2020. |
Man Disguised as Spirit by GJ Gillespie Shown at the Bellevue Arts Museum Order canvas print here. |
-- Giorgio de Chirico
Framing and shipping is available.
Leda sketchbook with every purchase.
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Contact here. PayPal @NWARTIST
Past Shows and Honors
- Application to stay at University of Washington's Whiteley Center on San Juan Island approved for five days in August, 2022.
- Phoenix, AZ.
April to July 23, 2022. Found:RE Gallery, Phoenix Hotel, 1100 North Central Ave. Phoenix. "Acrobats" and "Motorcycle Haiku."Motorcycle Haiku by GJ Gillespie.
SOLD! - Phoenix, AZ. "I Want to Know What Love Is" in “FOCAL POINTS: Minimal VS Maximal".From December 3 to March 29, 2022. Phoenix Hotel, 1100 North Central Ave. Phoenix. MORE
- Oak Harbor, WA. SHELTER FROM THE STORM SHOW. 12 GJ Gillespie collages.
I Will Survive by GJ Gillespie Oak Harbor Public Library. September 3 to 28, 2021. MORE. - Starkville, Mississippi. "Time On Our Hands" Exhibit, Partnership Art Center. July 7 to Sept. 13, 2021.
- Bellevue, WA. Pacific Regent Show. Three collages in this condo art show. November 2020 to February 2021. MORE
- HONORABLE MENTION ART AWARDMy self portrait "Will You Still Need Me" the Grey Cube Gallery March 2020 contest.
- "Never Comes the Day" in The Tempered Ruin Press quarterly Bluing the Blade --Volume 1, Number 1 -- December 2020.
- Bellevue, Pacific Regent Show
Three collages in this condo art show. November 5, 2020-- February 2021
MORE - AWARDS for Blue Girl Gallery ShowsFirst Place for Kaw Kaw
Honorable Mention for Life Cycle MORE - Bellevue, Pacific Regent Show
Bellevue WA Two pieces in this condo art show.
No reception because of Covid. Starts June 15.
MORE ART AWARD, Honorable Mention in the Art Room Gallery online show for my collage "Forever Young".MORE about the art
- Kirkland, Art Class with Miha Sirani Mixed Media Creation at Kirkland Art Center.
- Thought Art Magazine
3 GJ Gillespie pieces selected for current issue.
MORE - Kirkland, Quantum Paint: a solo show by artist Crystal Edwards and curated by GJ Gillespie.
MORE - Kirkland, 21 Century Women Show. Kirkland Art Center, June 20 -- Oct. 16, 2019. "The Way You Look Tonight" at the KAC.
- Kirkland, Desperado Show, 5 abstract collages by GJ Gillespie at Hurst Gallery in Kirkland. August 20 -- October 10, 2019. More.
- Kirkland, Surface Design In Full Swing Show, Hurst Gallery in Kirkland. May 30 to August 17, 2019.
- Kirkland, BEST OF KIRKLAND ART CENTER SHOW, May 11 -- June 16. "Shelter from the Storm." More.
- April Envision Arts Magazine, "Something in the Way" a mixed media collage on canvas by GJ Gillespie is featured as a pairing with a poem in the literary and art online magazine. See the poem and collage here.
- Seattle, Northwest Collage Society Winter Exhibit at Washington State Convention Center. January 12 to March 30, 2019. MORE
- Kirkland, Earth Angel Show, Hurst Gallery, December 8 to March 23, 2019 MORE
- Kirkland, Nature in Fiber Show. January 4 -- March 1, 2019, VALA Art Center. MORE
- Kirkland, Howl Show, Hurst Gallery. August 30 -- December 7, 2018. More
- Bellevue, Healing Arts Show, Overlake Hospital, August 21 -- November 17, 2018Five works in Bellevue, WA
- Kirkland, Creative Contemplation Show ,Oct.1 -- Nov. 3, 2018, Areté Kirkland Condo · Kirkland, WA.
- Mercer Island, Gillespie Wins Award at Paper Talks: Collage Chatter, Northwest Collage Society Fall Exhibition, Mercer Island Community Events Center, Mercer Island, WA.
September 9 -- October 27, 2018. MORE - Kirkland, Life Cycle Show June 14 -- Sept. 7, 2018. Five works at Hurst Gallery in Kirkland
- Kirkland, Forager of Dreams Show. Five works at Hurst Gallery Kirkland
Earth Angel by GJ Gillespie.
Collage. 22 x 17. 2018.
1.4 k impressions on Pinterest.
- Twisp, three pieces in The Hidden show, April -- June, 2018. MORE
- Kirkland, Mad World Show Hurts Gallery in Kirkland. January 8 -- March 30, 2018.
- Mukilteo, Gillespie wins award at Northwest Collage Society Show, April 4 - June 30, 2018.
- Seattle, SOLO show at Seattle Oasis clinic on the shores of Lake Union. July -- December, 2017. MORE
- Kirkland, Wonderful World Show, Hurst Gallery, Kirkland, WA. August 12 -- Dec 4, 2017. MORE
- Bellevue, "The Healing Arts” program at Overlake Hospital Cardiology Unit in Bellevue. Sponsored by the Evergreen Fine Arts Association. Until November 10. MORE
- Bellevue, "Series of Dreams" and "A World of Our Own" at Pacific Regent Invitational Show. MORE
- Redmond, “Design Revelations,” At North Gallery in Redmond September 30 -- October 30, 2017. MORE
- Roslyn, Roslyn Art Festival Two horse images graced the walls of Basecamp Book and Bites August 4 to 29. A fan purchased one of the paintings. MORE
- Seattle, the Northwest Collage Society accepted two Gillespie collages for the organization's 2017 Summer Exhibition at the Seattle City Hall --"The Way You Look Tonight" and "Luck Be a Lady". More.
- Kirkland, Pure Imagination Show, Hurst Gallery Kirkland, March 11 - May 4, 2017
- Everett, Fiber Fusion Schack Art Center. Three Gillespie collages in statewide show at Schack Art Center Feb - April 2017. MORE
- Edmonds, Northwest Collage Society 2017 Winter Show.
- Kirkland, Figures of Faith. Five Gillespie mystical artworks at Hurst Gallery, January 5 - March 4, 2017.
- Tacoma, Gillespie wins "Best in Show" at Inspired by Fort Nisqually Art Exhibit.
- Redmond,
- Kirkland, Goodnight Irene Show Five Gillespie artworks at Hurst Gallery in Kirkland.
- Redmond, Surface Speculations Show, North Gallery. More
- Kirkland. 425 Collective Show. More
- Roslyn. Roslyn Arts Fair MORE.
- Seattle. Seattle Convention Center January -- March, 2016 for the Northwest Collage Society's Winter Show. MORE
- Kirkland. Sweet Dreams Show. Hurst Gallery. More
- Issaquah. Narcissus in University Place Issaquah Show. MORE
- Vancouver, BC. Moat Gallery Vancouver, BC Smuggling charge holds up art at border! The Moat Art Gallery in downtown Vancouver displayed the award winning collage Kingdom Within as part of the Piece of Mind exposition from May 1 to 15 at the Vancouver Public Library. MORE
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Sketching in Stanley Park, Vancouver, BC |
- Kirkland. Tangled Up in Blue: Solo Works of GJ Gillespie, Hurst Library, Northwest University, Kirkland, WA. Enjoy ten collages by the professor and artist from April 23 to July 14, 2015. See works here. Directions.
- Bellevue. Bellevue Arts Museum The jury for the Northwest Collage Society 2015 Spring Exhibit accepted a piece by GJ Gillespie. About
- Shelton. Shelton Arts Commission Accepts "Horse Latitudes" for spring show.
- Kirkland. Horse with No Name, Collages of GJ Gillespie. See artwork here
- Edmonds. Gallery North, Edmonds accepted five paintings by GJ Gillespie for the
annual Small Works juried show. The art was on display from March 1 to April 6,
I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better When You're Gone
by GJ Gillespie. Collage. 22 x 17. 2018.
- Shelton. Shelton Civic Center. The Shelton City Arts Commission accepted five collages by GJ Gillespie for the Rotating Art Gallery Spring Show. See the works selected here.
- Seattle.GJ Gillespie takes the 30 Day Art Challenge TK Gallery in Pioneer Square, December 4, 5 and 6, 2014. See Entries Here
- Kirkland. Riddle: Collages of GJ Gillespie. 8 Works by GJ Gillespie at the Northwest University Hurst Library, Kirkland, WA September 14 to December 10, 2014.
- Kirkland. Parklane Gallery Show. Four works by GJ Gillespie were shown at the Parklane Gallery in Kirkland From September to November 2, 2014. Parklane Gallery 130 Park Ln, Kirkland, WA 98033
- Kirkland. Two works sold at Event to Benefit Syrian Refugees on Nov. 21. Students at Northwest University raised funds for victims of religious persecution in Syria which featured some works by GJ Gillespie. One of the pieces sold, Threshold #3, was recently shown at the Parklane Gallery Show (below). The other work sold was a 10 x 8 inch orange and blue abstract entitled Legacy.
- Shelton. Shelton Art Show. Two GJ Gillespie collages were shown at the
Shelter From the Storm by GJ Gillespie
appeared in 4 shows and 2 publications.
Shelton (WA) Civic Center for the months of October to December, 2014. "Things We Do for Love" was previously hanging at the Mukilteo Community Center. - Kirkland. Unmarked Cross Walks: Works of Matthew Whitney and GJ Gillespie. October 6 to November 8, 2014. Northwest University, Health and Science. Free. MORE Unmarked Cross Walks Chat with GJ Gillespie Page
- Mukilteo. Northwest Collage Society Summer Exhibition, Mukilteo Community Center, July, August, 2014. GJ Gillespie Wins Northwest Collage Society Innovation Award
- Gillespie CENSORED!
- Kirkland. Works of GJ Gillespie.
11 paintings by GJ Gillespie on display at Hurst Gallery in Kirkland, WA 2014.
- A Glass Darkly
- Summer and Fall
- Spring
- Fall and Winter
- Summer 2017
- KIRKLAND ART CENTER THRESHOLD SHOW
- New Works
- Favorite
- Dreamland
- Letter to the World
- Figures
- Man Disguised as Spirit
- Summer in the City
- Waxing and Waning
- Through a Glass Darkly
- Indigenous Inspired
- 30 Day Challenge
- Kent show submission
- Art Books and Sculpture
- Gone Fishing
- Encaustics
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Come Now Fair and Tender Ladies by GJ Gillespie. Mixed media Collage. 20 x 15. 2015. |