Artist Statement: 
Gabrielle Lundy feels her artwork is a creative response to a world of too much stuff and too little meaning. She  up-cycles textiles, papers, wood and found objects to use in her work as often as she can, as a retort to the throw away culture of consumerism the world has adopted in the 21st century. She is hopeful that one day CRAFT will intersect HIGH ART.

Bio:
Gabrielle Lundy grew up in a large family in Iowa near the Mississippi River. Her first memories were watching boats and barges go up and down the river. She is a self-taught contemporary Maker whose work intersects craft and design with upcycling. Living throughout the US, Okinawa, South Africa and Puerto Rico, she was inspired by people in other countries who crafted art from every day materials.

She began as a full-time painter, but a diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis in her hands and wrists shifted her focus to mixed media collage and fiber art. Despite her impairment, her artwork has been exhibited for three decades in galleries, universities, and museums.

After moving to Seattle in 2014, Gabrielle won “Best Use Of Materials” for her SEATTLE SKYLINE collage in Eileen Fischer’s RENEW CHOP Challenge. In 2018, she finished upcycling textiles into a large SEATTLE SKYLINE  textile collage which was exhibited in the MAKE/DO show at the WSHM 7-12.18 in Tacoma.She has since completed another SEATTLE SKYLINE at NIGHT that measures 37” x  37” that was exhibited in a Fiber Art show.

Gabrielle has been focused on mixed media collage and fiber art since moving to Seattle 5 years ago but loves exploring new mediums and commissions. She likes finding new people to collaborate with to create products or art in different mediums.

In the Fall of 2020, Gabrielle felt the urge to move to Cincinnati to be closer to her family.

Education:
2018 Craft "Selling Handcrafted Art" Seattle Gift Show  
2017 Threads Seattle, WA
2017 Eco Fashion Symposium Seattle, WA
2017 Cloth/Fiber Art Workshop Asheville, NC
2016 Threads Cooper Union Museum NYC
2011 "Assemblages" Craft + Folk Art Museum Los Angeles, CA
2010 "Textile Artist Workshop" Santa Monica Museum of Art Santa Monica, CA
2008 "Showing in Galleries" Contemporary Arts Forum Santa Barbara, CA
2006-07 UCLA Interior Design
2004 MJ Gallery Bergamont Station Santa Monica, CA
2006 'Scandinavian Designers" Bard College NYC
2001-03   "2 D Design", "3 D Design", "Sketching" Santa Barbara City College Santa Barbara, CA
1994 "Antiques & Folk Art" Phoenix College Phoenix, AZ
1977 "Art+Textiles" Sandton Arts, Republic of South Africa
1973 "Interior Design" North Shore Community College Beverly CC Beverly, MA
1970 University of Denver Denver, CO
1968-70 St Joseph College of Florida

Group Exhibitions:
2021 Unprecedented: Art Responds to 2020, View Center for Arts and Culture, Old Forge, NY
2020 In the Abstract, Site:Brooklyn Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2020 Herstory: All That Women Are, Viridian Artists, NYC, NY
2019 Every Objects, Montclair Studio, Inc. Montclair, NJ
2019 Viridian Artists Juried Group Show, NYC, NY
2019 Manu Bodego Seattle, WA
2019 CoCA Members Juried Show Seattle, WA
2018 Make/Do Washington State History Museum Tacoma, WA
2018-19 Fiber Art Show at Imogen Gallery Astoria, OR
2012-18  Mississippi Fine Art Gallery Davenport, IA
2014 Green Eileen CHOP Challenge Columbia City, WA
2012-13 Pendleton Art Studio Cincinnati, OH
2013 "Go Fishing" Pop Up Four Seasons Hotel Washington, DC
2012 "Art About Town" Westport Arts Festival Westport, CT
2011-17 “Quad Cities Stars + Stripes” + “Chicken” mixedmedia collages, Mississippi Fine Art + Framing, Davenport,IA
2011-12 "Leclaire Stars + River Town Stripes"129 LeClaire, IA
2009-10 Santa Barbara Arts + Craft Fair Santa Barbara, CA
2003 "Crossing Borders" Women Studies UCSB Santa Barbara, CA
2002-05 "City Stars+Subway Stripes" Frank J. Miele Folk Art Gallery NYC
2002 "Walk Out Chicken" Members Show at Contemporary Arts Forum Santa Barbara, CA
1996 Carefree Arts Festival Carefree, AZ
1995 Cave Creek Arts Festival Cave Creek, AZ
1995 Art+Antiques Southampton Presbyterian Church Southampton, NY
1995 Green Flea NYC

Solo Show:
2012-13 Pendleton Art Studio Cincinnati, OH
1998 Featured Artist Robb+ Stucky Scottsdale, AZ

Awards:
2014 Best Use of Materials "Seattle Skyline at Night" Eileen Fischer’s RENEW CHOP Challenge Columbia City, WA

2000 "Walk Out Chicken" SBCC Santa Barbara, CA

Media:
2008 "Food +Home"  Magazine Santa Barbara, CA
1998 "Cloth, Paper, Scissors" Magazine
1998 "Scottsdale Progress" Scottsdale, AZ

Teaching:
2017 "Collage Making" Seattle, WA
2017 "Making Game Pieces" Makers Faire Mo Pop Seattle, WA
2011-12 "Collage Making" Pendleton Art Studio Cincinnati, OH
1998 "Painting a Chair" Paradise Valley, AZ