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b. 1994, USA
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Gabriel Peralta is a multidisciplinary artist and writer whose work explores the emergence of the individual self from ecological and social entanglements. Their sculpture practice appropriates the visual language of subjugation and sadomasochism as power mechanisms within capitalism, and uses it to reimagine animal/plant/material bodies as sites for collaborative meaning-making and liberation. Gabriel received their MFA in Sculpture and a graduate certificate in Biotechnology from Texas Tech University (2024), and their BFA in Sculpture and Ceramics from The Southwest School of Art (2021). Their work has been exhibited in multiple galleries across Texas and in the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art. They have been Artist in Residence at the Tablelands Bioregional Center for Art (TX) in 2022 and the Elsewhere Studios Residency (CO) in 2023.
Education
2024 Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX
The School of Visual and Performing Arts, Master of Fine Arts, Sculpture.
Center for Biotechnology and Genomics, Biotechnology Graduate Certificate.
2021 Southwest School of Art, San Antonio, TX
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Sculpture & Ceramics.
2018 McLennan Community College, Waco, TX
Associate of Arts, Fine Art.
Selected Exhibitions (*indicates solo exhibition)
2024* (In and) Out of Time: MFA Thesis Exhibition, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, HDJ Lott Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2024 Belonging: TTU Ceramics Symposium Exhibition, 5 & J Gallery, Lubbock, TX2023 CTRL+Y, 5 & J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2023 Art, Environment, Sustainability, Garden and Arts Center, Lubbock, TX
2023 12 x 12 x 12, 5 & J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2023 Field Notes, CASP Work Space, Studio D, Lubbock, TX
2022 2% Milk, 98% Sculpture: Get Lost in the Sauce, Contemporary Art Museum of Plainview, Plainview, TX
2022* Sculptures for Mice, Tablelands Exhibition Silo, Shallowater, TX
2022 Trash, Glass, and Silos, Studio 2, CASP Live/Work Studios, Lubbock, TX
2021 Potlatch, Studio D, CASP Work Space, Lubbock, TX 2021 Good and Plenty, 5 & J Gallery, Lubbock, TX
2021 Liminal Strands, Southwest School of Art, Santikos Gallery, San Antonio, TX
2019 Glitter on the Highway, curated by Chad Dawkins (Critic and Visiting Assist. Professor of Art History, Spelman College), 134 Blue Star Contemporary Space, San Antonio, TX
2019 Excavations; Sanctuary, juried by Alex Ebstein (Curator and Senior Manager of RUBYS Artist Grants), Mantle Art Space, San Antonio, TX
2018 Transitions, juried by Alison Hearst (Assistant Curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth), Art Center of Waco, Waco, TX
2017 Transformation, Cultivate 7TWELVE Art Space, Waco, TX
Other Projects
2019 Alone/All One: 5th Crosscurrent Exhibition, (contributed piece for collaborative installation by Alan Chin, ft. 100 selected artists), Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Tokyo
Residencies
2023 Elsewhere Studios, Art, Environment, & Sustainability Graduate Residency, one month, Paonia, CO
2022 Tablelands Center for Bioregional Arts, three months with stipend, Shallowater, TX
2020 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME (fellowship and residency canceled due to Covid-19 protocols)
Selected Honors and Awards
2023 Graduate Student Research Support Grant, Texas Tech University
2017 2nd Annual Art Expedition Award (2nd place), National Juried Exhibition, Art Center of Waco
2017 Award for Excellence in Art, McLennan Community College
2016 37th Annual Student Purchase Award, Temple Junior College