Scott Idleman

Scott Idleman creates imaginary worlds inspired in part by real world phenomena including aerial views, microscopic imagery, astronomy, Americana quilts and patterns in nature in his paintings, drawings, and mixed media pieces.

Trained as a graphic designer, Idleman wanted get back into the non-digital alchemy of paint, ink and texture. Mining his childhood obsession with doodling and mark-making, Idleman has developed a painting technique of colorizing gesso then drawing with it to build up texture that creates shadow and depth.

Utilizing reductive simple dots, circles, dashes and line, the comprehensive theme of all Idleman’s artwork is connectivity. Because of technology, the world is more connected than ever before. His intent is to convey those flows, overlaps and missed connections.

Idleman was born in Stamford, Connecticut in 1964. He attended Kansas City Art Institute where he received a B.F.A. in Graphic Design with minors in fibers, photography and painting. After five years in New York, Idleman settled in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1992 and resides in the SF Mission.

Education:
1982-83 — Cleveland Art Institute, Foundations
1983-86 — B.F.A. Graphic Design - Kansas City Art Institute
minors in Fibers, Photography, Painting

GROUP EXHIBITS

2020 — Inclusions Gallery presents “Liminal”, duo exhibition with Andrew DeWitt, Feb. 12 - Mar. 22, San Francisco, CA

2020 — STUDIO Gallery presents: “Below the Surface: Grids & Layers” group exhibit, Feb. 20 - Mar. 16. San Francisco, CA

2020 — North Berkeley Wealth Management presents: “Pieced Together” group exhibit, Jan. 13 - Apr. 10. Berkeley, CA

2019 — DZINE Gallery presents: “Bone Black”, Nov 8, 2019 - Apr 8, 2020, San Francisco, CA.

2019 — Palette Gallery “Resolution” exhibit, Dec. 20 - Feb. 28, 2020, San Francisco, CA.

2019 — STUDIO Gallery presents: “tiny 2019”, San Francisco, CA.

2019 — Sanchez Art Center’s 11th Annual 50|50 Show. Curated by Catharine Clark, Pacifica, CA.2019 — Art Attack SF “Make Your Mark” exhibit, San Francisco, CA.

2019 — Jen Tough Gallery “Wild Things” artist collective popup, San Francisco, CA.

2019 — Arc Gallery and Studios SNAP! juried exhibit, San Francisco, CA.

2018 — DZINE Gallery presents: Cracking Nutshells. DZINE, 128 Utah St., San Francisco, CA. May 4 - Oct. 26, 2018

2018 — SLATE Art Consulting's "Patterns in Nature" exhibit at the San Ramon Valley Conference Center, San Ramon, CA. April 13 - July 12, 2018

2017 — ArtSpan Art-i...