Gabriela Anastasio is a visual artist based in New York. Her large-scale sculptures and installations investigate notions of individuality, collectivity, and fragmentation. As an Art student at the University of California Santa Cruz, she created a triptych that would define her artistic and philosophical trajectories.

Remote Control, an installation of 88 remote controls, commenced her investigation of power and structure, as well as of the post-modern qualities of representation and redundancy.

Archetype, a delicate foursome of wooden armatures wrapped in bands of cloth, emanate visual cues of human individuality through its inanimate forms.

Gabriela's flagship piece, Cubiculum, amalgamates the study of her previous works through a massive sculpture composed of 450+ handcrafted plywood cubes. Besides its inherent formal explorations, this sculpture brings to mind dichotomies such as individuality vs. collectivity and construction vs. deconstruction. 

 

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Education 

2003- University of California, Santa Cruz,

2007        Bachelor of Art

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2008       CUBICULUM at Switch Gallery on Gallery Row,

               Los Angeles, California  > www.switch.la

 

2007       CUBICULUM at Elena Baskin Visual Arts Center,

               Santa Cruz, California

 

 

Group Exhibitions

 

2009       Under One Roof, A Selection of LA Artists at Tarryn Teresa Gallery,  

               Los Angeles, California  > www.tarrynteresa.com   

 

2007       A Collection of Monotype at The Barn Gallery, 

               Santa Cruz, California        

 

 

Awards

 

2007       Irwin Project Grant, funding for Cubiculum

 

2007       Creative & Innovative Funds Grant, funding for Remote Control

 

2006       National Italian American Foundation, funding for travel to Italy

 

 

Publications

 

2007       Matchbox Magazine, UC Arts + Literature Publication

 

2006       Las Girlfriends Arts + Poetry Magazine, "This Urban Face" 

 

Commissioned Works

 

2007       Visual Presentation, Liberty Mutual: The Responsibility Project 

 

2007       Visual Concept Artist, Your American Story Foundation

 

2006       Public Art Commission, Resource & Recycling Facility of Santa Cruz

 

 

Other

 

2007      Flux-Off, A Performance Art Competition, CCA

              Timken Hall, San Francisco