Gail Stoicheff
GAIL STOICHEFF (b. 1976, Pennsylvania, USA)
Gail Stoicheff makes paintings that are as mysterious as they are engaging. Her work speaks through an ever-expanding vocabulary that collapses the chasm between process, subject, and content. From traditional oil painting to tie-dye, her experimental studio practice delves into collective cultural mythologies and the mythos of painting itself.
Stoicheff has been with Catinca Tabacaru Gallery since its inception. During this time her work has evolved from its roots in pure abstraction to a genre-defying investigation of the non-objective as it confronts the highly subjective. She presented her first solo exhibition in February 2015, early in the gallery’s program. Stoicheff received her MFA from Bard College (2005). She was the recipient of Robert Motherwell’s Daedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting, as well as The Elaine DeKooning Painting Award.
BORN IN 1976 IN MIFFLIN COUNTY, PA
LIVES AND WORKS IN BROOKLYN, NY
EDUCATION
- 2005
MFA in Painting, Bard College, Milton Avery Graduate School for the Arts, Annandale on Hudson, New York
- 2000
BFA in Painting, minors in Literary Theory and English, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- 2019
Bad Actor, AF Projects, Los Angeles; curator: Lauri Firstenberg
- 2018
Little Miss Strange, Catinca Tabacaru, New YorK
- 2017
Venus Rising, SPRING/BREAK Art Show; curator: Catinca Tabacaru
- 2015
Distressed Blonde, Catinca Tabacaru, New York
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
- 2019
SMOKE & MIRRORS, AF Projects with Lauri Firstenberg, LA
ZWRT, Barbé-Urbain Gallery, Ghent, Belgium
All That Glitters Is Not Gold, Laundromat Art Space, Miami- 2017
Art on the Front Lines, Ronald Feldman Fine Arts, New York
- 2015
Devotion, Catinca Tabacaru, New York
- 2014
It Begins On Paper, Catinca Tabacaru, New York
Summer Garden, Onishi Gallery, New York; Curator: Catinca Tabacaru
The Last Brucennial, presented by Vito Schnabel and The Bruce High-Quality Foundation, New York
A soft opening, Catinca Tabacaru, New York- 2013
Curate NYC 2013, various venues, New York
SoVA 2013, Edwin Zoller Gallery, University Park, Pennsylvania
Ever Ours, Beethoven Festival: LOVE 2013, Chicago; curator: Catinca Tabacaru- 2012
FG.ft, Envoy Enterprises, New York, Berlin & London
Revolution, National Pastime Theater, Chicago; curator: Catinca Tabacaru
Visions Did Appear, PS Project Space, New York; curator: Catinca Tabacaru
Nurture Art Annual, Charles Bank Gallery, New York
Curate NYC 2012, various venues, New York
Old Masters, Fresh Paint, TNC Gallery, New York- 2011
The Man and The Muse, Chicago Urban Arts Society, Chicago, IL; curator: Catinca Tabacaru
Carbon NYC, Center 548, New York, NY; curator: Catinca Tabacaru- 2010
Just Art 2010: Benefit for New York Civil Liberties Union, Twelve21 Gallery, New York; curator: Catinca Tabacaru
- 2009
Brooklyn Painters, Rebecca Randall Bryan Gallery, Conway, USA
- 2007
Gimme A Little Sign, Sister Gallery, Los Angeles
- 2006
Beyond Pastoral, Gallery w52, New York
Pick a Durable Motor, Goodyear Gallery, Dickenson College, Pennsylvania- 2005
Works on Paper, Gallery MC, New York
- 2004
Despite the Sun, Foxy Productions, New York
Six, Supreme Trading Gallery, Brooklyn
Hope, Gavin Brown’s Passerby, New York
AWARDS AND HONORS
- 2005
Elaine De Kooning Painting Award
- 2004
Robert Motherwell Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting