STATEMENT
I create my paintings through a process of layering–layers of textures, colors, media, and mood. Typically I start with collage, and after a series of choices the final composition eventually ends in a place I couldn’t have imagined at the outset. Although they’re often used purely decoratively, flowers are a rich subject matter used by artists for centuries to depict life, death, and every emotion in between. The flowers I paint represent the subtleties of interpersonal relationships, as well as a celebration of femininity.
RECENT EXHIBITIONS
Poem 88 (Atlanta GA) Jane Eyre and Emancipation: twelve responses, Jan 2020
Trinity Mercantile (Decatur GA) featured artist for Decatur Arts Festival, May 2018
Industrious (Atlanta GA) featured artist, Nov 2017-Jan 2018
Scout and Arrow (Atlanta GA) featured artist Nov 2017
Anthropologie collaboration prints (online) Jul 2017-Dec 2017
Alice Milton Gallery (Boylston MA) Jun 2017-Aug 2017
PRESS
Create! Magazine May 2017 https://createmagazine.com/read/gabriela-ibarra
Common Creative Jan 2017 https://www.commoncreativatlanta.com/?p=8322
Home and Garden magazine, Netherlands Sep 2015
Artistic Moods Oct 2015 https://www.artisticmoods.com/gabriela-ibarra/
Design Crush Jun 2015 http://designcrushblog.com/2015/06/25/gabriela-ibarra/
Jealous Curator May 2015 https://www.thejealouscurator.com/blog/2015/05/12/gabriela-ibarra/
AWARDS
AmericasMart “Outstanding Visual Display” Best of Category July 2018
SOLO SHOWS
Baisden Gallery, Tampa FL Sep 2002, Sep 2006, and Mar 2010
Meyer Gallery, Park City UT Feb 2007, Mar 2008
J Carole Gallery, Taos NM May 2003
Represented by Baisden Gallery, Tampa FL
Please contact me for commissions or collaborations.