Jylian Gustlin
Jylian Gustlin's artwork is truly a modern hybrid between the past and the present. Her vibrant paintings explore the impact of new technologies on perception, though she uses traditional painterly techniques. Inspired by a life-long love of the San Francisco Bay Area Figurative artists, Gustlin utilizes mathematical theories such as the Fibonacci sequence, as well as the resonant tones of Latin phrases, African masks, and antique Roman vessels. Her Fibonacci and Entropy series are an extension of her work in computer graphics programming, meeting with her passion of oil and acrylic painting.
With an artist mother and IBM computer scientist father, Jylian Gustlin was a first-generation digital baby surrounded by art. Her father taught her computer programming, while her mother’s influence inspired her at age three to mural the four walls of her bedroom with a box of crayons.
Favoring oil and acrylic paints, charcoal, wax, gold leaf, pastel, and graphite, Gustlin draws, paints, and even scratches on the surfaces of her compositions. Many of her paintings resemble sculptures, an influence from figurative artists such as Nathan Oliveira. “But I’m inspired by everything,” she adds, including her own beloved nieces and nephews. “I first learned my scratching technique from them.”
Jylian Gustlin continues to explore the intersection between science and the arts. Her latest works focus on the chaotic phenomenon of entropy and the incrementally increasing numbers of the Fibonacci mathematical theories, but always with an open-source focus. “I just try to create suggestions,” she says. “I’m more interested in helping people see what they can see.”
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts: Design and Fine Arts, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA
Computer Science Program, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
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
EXHIBITIONS
Jylian New Works, Canfin Gallery, Tarry Town, NY, October 2017
Entropy, Gallery MAR Park City, UT, February 2017
Jylian New Works, Canfin Gallery, Tarry Town, NY, April 2016
Saltito, Gallery MAR Park City, UT, 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
Gallery MAR, Group Exhibition “Meridian,” Park City, UT, 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, January 2014
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, November 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, December 2010
Aqua Art Fair, Donna Seager Gallery, Miami, FL, December 2010
Rara Avis, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, CA, October 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, CA, 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
