EXPO CHICAGO 2026 Gabrielle Garland

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At Expo Chicago 2026, Corbett vs. Dempsey is pleased to present a solo booth dedicated to new drawings and paintings by Gabrielle Garland.

Gabrielle Garland's work centers on the idiosyncrasies of domestic architecture – portraits of houses, as it were, both exteriors and interiors, whose features are almost psychotropically amplified, with a skewed perspective that lends them a funhouse, Dr. Caligari-esque feeling. The facades of these structures, however, function as armatures for Garland's virtuosic adventures in paint and graphite. Daring color combinations and nuanced draftsmanship go hand-in-hand with representation in her depictions of suburban and city landscape, the outsized personality of which marks a place where the hyperreal and surreal meet.

Based in New York, Garland spent several years in Chicago, where she received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute and an MFA from the University of Chicago. Solo exhibitions of her work have been held at Corbett vs. Dempsey, Chicago; Miles McEnery Gallery, New York; the Pit, Los Angeles; Taymour Grahne Projects, London; The Brent and Jean Wadsworth Family Gallery, Lewis University, Romeoville, IL; Hap Gallery, Portland, OR; and DOVA Temporary, Chicago. She has been included in group exhibitions at Weinberg/Newton Gallery, Chicago; DeVos Art Museum, Northern Michigan University, Marquette, MI; and Campbell Project Space, Sydney, Australia; among others.

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