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
Born in Park Ridge, IL
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Portland State University Art Museum, Portland OR
Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN
EDUCATION
2010 BFA, Sculpture, Washington University in St. Louis
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 "What Is Wrapped in Heart Cloth," Babst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023 "Spirit Duplicator, Suite Gallery," University of Georgia, Athens, GA
2022 "Master of Return," Central Park Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 "Gabriel Slavitt," Elsa Lee Bruno Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2022 "Gabriel Slavitt," Vielmetter Los Angeles, (online)
2010 "Neither Night and Day, Drive-By at Snowflake Gallery, St. Louis, MO
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 "The Eidetic Atlas," Standing Gallery, New York, NY
2025 "Lights On," Curved Line Space, Los Angeles, CA
2025 "the loss that shapes the image," Babst Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024 "The Drawing Show," Gallery Sade, Los Angeles
2024 HISSSSS, Los Angeles, CA
2023 "LA Driveway," INGRAMS, Los Angeles, CA
2018 "Folded Canopy," Central Park, Los Angeles, CA
2016 "El Royale, El Royale Rooftop, Los Angeles, CA
2015 "Rose Teardrop," Burns Studio, Los Angeles, CA
2013 "Guided Surfing: Preliminary Findings," Arthur Rambo Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2013 "Scores for Dean," Arthur Rambo Studio, Philadelphia, PA
2013 "Blind Date," Goldilocks Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2011 "Look Yonder," Southern Graphics Conference, St. Louis, MO
2010 "Secret Identities, Degiverville, St. Louis, MO
2010 "Constructing Belief," Vernon Studios, St. Louis, MO
2010 "Jailbreak," Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2009 "FastX3," White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
2009 "This Is Why We Can't Have Nice Things," Community Arts & Media Project, St. Louis, MO
2009 "Exposition: A Preliminary Report," Des Lee Gallery, St. Louis, MO
2009 "Presence at a Distance," Hoffman LaChance Contemporary, St. Louis, MO
RESDIENCIES
2024 Vermont studio Center, Johnson, VT
2021 "Emplacement Society's Cave," Kings Canyon, CA
PUBLICATIONS
Otto, Johnny. "Gabriel Slavitt," Art Squat Magazine, Spring, 2025
Garabedian, Maya. "Felix Art Fair: Chaos & Beauty," February 28, 2025
"The Loss that Shapes the Image Group Show at Babst Gallery, Los Angeles," Purple Magazine, April 10, 2025