Exhibit Preparator

• Sep 2023 - Present

Art Installer

• Jan 2005 - Present

I am a 17-year Art Installer who has worked for the likes of Larry Ellison, The United Nations, Jay Paul, Jony Ive, Cate Blanchet, Paul Reubens, Danny Glover, Elon Musk, Tom Brady, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stalone, Los Angeles' Autry Museum, New York's Museum of Modern Art, SF MoMa, and The Broad Museum among countless others. Now focusing on art installs for discriminating residential clients. I'm located in the East Bay and extend my service area from San Jose to Santa Rosa. Should you ever need an experienced and reliable art installer please don't hesitate to call or email. 646-262-8575 landonlesserjones@yahoo.com Show less

Model Builder / Sculptor

• Sep 2001 - Present

Specializing in glass, aluminum, plexiglass, and early plastic casements involving interactive electromechanical components and employing lamps and often fluids. Specializing in glass, aluminum, plexiglass, and early plastic casements involving interactive electromechanical components and employing lamps and often fluids.

Conservation Technician / Tool Developer/ Art Installer

• May 2022 - May 2023

Split responsibilities between monumental sculpture conservation, art installs and pack outs in the field, and in-studio: working on mounts, fabricating retrofit components for damaged sculpture, developing efficiency tools to assist conservators, and running Anoxic Respiration Treatments (anti-pest oxygen removal) on high value artifacts. Split responsibilities between monumental sculpture conservation, art installs and pack outs in the field, and in-studio: working on mounts, fabricating retrofit components for damaged sculpture, developing efficiency tools to assist conservators, and running Anoxic Respiration Treatments (anti-pest oxygen removal) on high value artifacts.

Art Installer / Art Packaging Builder

• Feb 2020 - Apr 2022

Installed art for a variety of clientele, routinely overcoming difficult circumstances in awkward postures involving great weights and high values. Installed art for a variety of clientele, routinely overcoming difficult circumstances in awkward postures involving great weights and high values.

Art Lighting Technician

• Mar 2016 - Dec 2019

I spearheaded the Autry Museum's artifact lighting renovation from a chaotic mix of incandescent and halogen formats to contemporary LED systems while single-handedly lighting all shows across 15 galleries. I also developed information maps of all the lighting control systems throughout the museum; data that had never been collected in the museum's 23 year history. It was an uphill battle at every step and I enjoyed it immensely!

Museum Preparator II

• Feb 2016 - Dec 2019

Built modular walls, exhibit risers, pedestals, painted walls and shot photos as requested by designers for image wall wraps. Maintained exhibits and installed all shows in a collaborative professional environment. I also developed and built the Autry's very popular Rube Goldberg Exhibit independently.

Art Handler

• Feb 2016 - Aug 2016

Packed, moved, and installed art for professional clientele. Packed, moved, and installed art for professional clientele.

Lead Art Installer

• 2014 - 2016

Packed, moved, and installed art for professional clientele. Packed, moved, and installed art for professional clientele.

Lead Art Installer

• 2012 - 2014

One of four Lead Installers who hung the entire collection at the United Nations including several monumental works such as the 60x20 foot, 1000-pound Great Wall of China Tapestry currently installed in the delegates lounge. One of four Lead Installers who hung the entire collection at the United Nations including several monumental works such as the 60x20 foot, 1000-pound Great Wall of China Tapestry currently installed in the delegates lounge.

Professional Photographer

• 2003 - 2014

Specializing in large format product photography, art copy, editorial fashion, and scale-perspective manipulation of objects, buildings, and places. Specializing in large format product photography, art copy, editorial fashion, and scale-perspective manipulation of objects, buildings, and places.

Art Installer / Gallery Preparator / Occasional Registrar

• 2010 - 2013

Hung and lit all shows, packed and released all sold art. Photographed shows. Performed registration and art packing duties for Peter’s personal collections. Hung and lit all shows, packed and released all sold art. Photographed shows. Performed registration and art packing duties for Peter’s personal collections.

Freelance Interior Designer

• Jan 2011 - Jul 2011

Painted murals within, rounded drywall corners of, developed lighting, and built a floating staircase for 35 Linden Street, a Brooklyn brownstone. Painted murals within, rounded drywall corners of, developed lighting, and built a floating staircase for 35 Linden Street, a Brooklyn brownstone.

Art Handler / Installer

• 2010 - 2011

Packed, moved, and installed large scale artworks. Packed, moved, and installed large scale artworks.

Decorative Painter

• 2010 - 2011

Developed decorative paint schemes and constructed acrylic curtain rod valances for a few park avenue apartments. Developed decorative paint schemes and constructed acrylic curtain rod valances for a few park avenue apartments.

Art Installer / Gallery Preparator

• 2010 - 2011

Stretched canvases, painted walls, packed art, hung, labeled, lit shows, and fixed random things. Stretched canvases, painted walls, packed art, hung, labeled, lit shows, and fixed random things.

Art Handler

• 2009 - 2010

Packed, moved, and installed art. Drove a box truck. Packed, moved, and installed art. Drove a box truck.

New Media Specialist

• 2004 - 2010

Taught computer literacy and photography to after school kids through the Lower East Side community organization, Grand Street Settlement. Taught computer literacy and photography to after school kids through the Lower East Side community organization, Grand Street Settlement.

Store Decorator Lead

• 2008 - 2009

Developed and built new decorative concepts within the brand's design language for the New York City and Long Island retail stores. Developed and built new decorative concepts within the brand's design language for the New York City and Long Island retail stores.

Art Installer

• 2008 - 2009

Installed floating art over wood veneered walls for lobby shows at United Banks of Switzerland Tower in Manhattan. Installed floating art over wood veneered walls for lobby shows at United Banks of Switzerland Tower in Manhattan.

Stone Restoration Pattern Sculptor / Mold Builder / Pigmentation Specialist

• 2007 - 2008

Sculpted patterns in plaster, built molds around them, and developed color and texture formulas for concrete architectural replacement stones for landmark buildings such as the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, the Flatiron Building, a SCAD student residence, and the home of M. Night Shyamalan. Sculpted patterns in plaster, built molds around them, and developed color and texture formulas for concrete architectural replacement stones for landmark buildings such as the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, the Flatiron Building, a SCAD student residence, and the home of M. Night Shyamalan.

Manhattan Handicap Retrofit Mechanic / Carpenter

• 2005 - 2008

Retrofitted Manhattan apartments with custom mechanical fixtures such as my wheelchair friendly extending bathroom sink and automated elevating plant shelves. Retrofitted Manhattan apartments with custom mechanical fixtures such as my wheelchair friendly extending bathroom sink and automated elevating plant shelves.

Art Installer / Gallery Technician / Truck Driver / Artist

• 2005 - 2008

Managed, drove, installed walls, lighting, and art in 3 mobile box-truck-installed galleries that were developed to bring art conversation to under served communities. My artworks included were interactive electromechanical devices each designed to distort or manipulate the viewing of my colleagues' adjacent work. Managed, drove, installed walls, lighting, and art in 3 mobile box-truck-installed galleries that were developed to bring art conversation to under served communities. My artworks included were interactive electromechanical devices each designed to distort or manipulate the viewing of my colleagues' adjacent work.

Interaction Designer / Control Panel Mechanic

• 2006 - 2007

Built industrial control panels used to control manufacturing equipment. Owner remarked that I was the most accurate mechanic he had ever employed. Built industrial control panels used to control manufacturing equipment. Owner remarked that I was the most accurate mechanic he had ever employed.

Architectural Concept Designer

• Jan 2006 - Jul 2006

This was an artist residency in it's earliest experimental phase, where I designed an underground bath house with water-sheet dividing walls, an imbedded-fiber-optic "starlight" swimming pool, and a massive glass "Deluge Cube" to sit at ground level above. The 10 foot tall walls of the cube channeled water upward, between sandwiched glass panels, imparting the exterior visual impression that the cube was composed of only turbulent water. Within the cube, the subterranean pool room was capped with a prism-lit dome so that sunlight would beam into to the pool and move position reflexively with the sun. Show less

Ceramics & Sculpture Instructor

• Sep 2004 - 2005

Assisted teaching ceramics, painting, photography, drawing, and paper sculpture to after-school students ages 6-18. Assisted teaching ceramics, painting, photography, drawing, and paper sculpture to after-school students ages 6-18.