About Jim

Jim Gallucci, a graduate of LeMoyne College and Syracuse University (MFA - Sculpti 1976), has been a sculptor for over 25 years.  He has worked as an art instructor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and the University of Alabama at Huntsville.  He was also an exhibit designer for the North Carolina Zoological Park in Asheboro, NC.

Presently, Jim works full time designing and fabricating sculptures in his Greensboro studio.  A staff of six assistants works with him to complete commission for public, corporate and residential spaces around the country.  Each May he shows a sculpture at the Pier Walk Sculpture Show in Chicago, IL.  This annual show takes place on the navy pier and is the world's largest outdoor sculpture show.  Over 8.2 million walk the venue annually.  Jim has also been selected for such international shows as the World Expo 88 in Brisbane, Australia and the 7th Henry Moore Grand Prize Exhibition at the Utsukushi-ga-hara Open-Air Museum in Hakone, Japan.

Jim's most recent sculptures have utilized the element of doors and gateways.  For him, use of a gate is a way of making his art accessible to the viewer.  The format of the gate gives the viewer a literal entry into his work, a portal which takes the viewer on an aesthetic journey.  The gates always involve some form of interaction.  In Raleigh, NC, Jim designed a 62 foot long gate for Exploris (a children's interactive global awareness museum) called the "Whisper Gate".  This functional gate has the theme of communication with the world.  Sound tubes wind throughout the structure creating a lyrical interpretation of the world while allowing children of all ages to whisper messages through the gate.

Artist's Statement by Jim Gallucci
"Gates have been found throughout the history of Western Civilization as not only utilitarian architectural elements but as symbols in art and literature.  This symbolism arises from the paradox that the gate inherently possesses.  

A gate may be opened or closed; a way of passage or an obstruction; a means of confinement or release.  And today the symbol of a a gate is used in the description of a computer chip at work, storing and releasing bytes of information.

I use the format of gates and doors in my sculpture in order to give the public access to my art.  The viewer can open the sculpture and walk through it or see it as a barrier.  This interaction is an entry for the public for embracing the art."