Gabbi Fossano
- Michigan
- Painting
Through drawing and painting, the content of my work is focused on capturing private, intimate moments of ordinary life in domestic and interior environments while exploring themes of identity, femininity, vulnerability, and beauty. I have an ongoing body of work surrounding my body in relation...Read More
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Artist accepts commissions.
STATEMENT
Through drawing and painting, the content of my work is focused on capturing private, intimate moments of ordinary life in domestic and interior environments while exploring themes of identity, femininity, vulnerability, and beauty. I have an ongoing body of work surrounding my body in relation to its environment. Protection and conservation go hand in hand, and I attempt to embrace the delicacy and intimacy of moments shared with myself, alone in my apartment. I am creating this body of work through a feminine, vulnerable lens, letting the male gaze and historical aspects of the female nude subject support without taking over the work. I form ideas around what it means to romanticize the unseen through a personal, individual and generational experience as a female presenting person. I question what it means to find shelter and protect the body — spiritually and physically — and to expose the comfort barrier and shell of a private, domestic space. I question what it means to find shelter and protect the body while exposing the barrier and shell of a private, domestic space. I allow mark making and the language of oil painting to slowly turn into an intimate way of storytelling.
BIO
Gabbi Fossano is a painter living in Detroit, MI who recently received a BFA from College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI. The content of her work is concerned with capturing private, intimate moments of ordinary life in domestic, interior environments while exploring the themes of identity, femininity and beauty. Gabbi has exhibited works at Annex Gallery (Highland Park, MI), Galerie Camille (Detroit, MI) and College for Creative Studies related shows. She is the recipient of several awards, including 2018 Art Council Scholarship and 2018 Theodore Page Jr. Memorial Scholarship.
EXHIBITIONS/SHOWS/COMMISSIONS
Commissions Group Exhibitions;
2018, 2019, 2021, 2022 - May - College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI
2022 - May - Annex Gallery, Highland Park, MI
2022 - June - Galerie Camille, Detroit, MI
2023 - August - BasBlue, Detroit, MI
EDUCATION
2022 BFA in Fine Arts from College for Creative Studies
AWARDS
2018 Art Council Scholarship, Royal Oak, MI
2018 Theodore Page Jr. Memorial Scholarship, Royal Oak, MI
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Artist Coordinator, Embrace Creatives, Hazel Park, MI
Gallery Assistant, Galerie Camille, Detroit, MI
Art Preparator, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Visitor Services Representative, Cranbrook Art Museum, Bloomfield Hills, MI
Administrative Assistant, Premier Communications Group, Royal Oak, MI
TAGS
figurative painter, painter in Detroit, painter in Michigan