Gabriel Slavitt
"My art is a study of my place in the world, a journey of spiritual understanding. It is not a clear path and it wavers. Lots of sitting and thinking, occasional shocks of insight, and plenty of struggle, forgetting, and relearning. The art reflects this back and forth, celebrating the variety of experience and accepting the difficulty of the journey.
There are moments of great peace of mind as well as moments of anxious obscurity. Often there is a solitary figure in the work, observing themselves, or observing nature. Other times, the figure is swallowed up in darkness. Probing the edges of identity, the boundaries become fluid; the individual is absorbed into something larger. T
he nailbiter exclaims in terror, ‘The world is out of my control!’ while the flower-gazer closes their eyes and thinks happily, ‘The world is out of my control!’ Wonder in its dual sentiments: awe and questioning. A great sense of mystery."
—Gabriel Slavitt
Gabriel Slavitt, Emily's Garden, From Memory, 2019/2023. Acrylic paint, drywall mud & wood on wood panel. 44 x 68 x 2 inches.
Gabriel Slavitt, Wheel of Fortune, 2021. Vinyl paint, drywall mud & wood filler on canvas stretched over wood panel. 48 x 52 x 1 1/2 inches.
Gabriel Slavitt, Flight of the Poetic Spirit, 2023. House paint, gouache, drywall mud, sand, gravel, plumber's cement & wood glue on canvas stretched over wood panel. 59 1/2 x 52 1/2 x 3 inches
Gabriel Slavitt, Prayer, 2020. House paint, drywall mud & plumber's glue on epoxy resin, cardboard and wood. 24 x 21 1/2 x 8 inches.
Gabriel Slavitt, Reflection, 2021. House paint on canvas stretched over wood panel. 113 3/4 x 72 x 1 1/4 inches.
Gabriel Slavitt, Untitled, 2021. India ink on Bristol paper. 11 x 15 inches.
Gabriel Slavitt, Untitled, 2021. India ink on Bristol paper. 11 x 15 inches.
Gabriel Slavitt, Keyholder's Cargo, 2023. Vinyl paint on canvas stretched over panel; House paint, india ink, drywall mud, & wood filler on wood panel. 35 1/4 x 84 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches.
Exhibitions
Gabriel Slavitt (b. 1988, Park Ridge, IL) lives and works in Los Angeles. In 2023 he had a solo exhibitino at Babst Gallery, and his work was also a part of the exhibition Spirit Duplicator at the Suite Gallery, University of Georgia in 2023. In 2022, he released the comic book Master of Return. He has recently exhibited in Los Angeles, including Vielmetter Los Angeles, Central Park Gallery, Elsa Lee Bruno Gallery, and Ingrams. He graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2010.