Hilliary Gabryel b. 1991 in Lynchburg, VA, currently lives and works in Queens, NY. Gabryel examines aspirational luxury and utilizes mass-produced objects to reflect this crucial part of contemporary American consumer culture. Her recent work builds on second hand furniture depicting neoclassical design motifs that have been translated from marble, into vacuum formed plastic headboards and vanity mirrors. Thousands of hand-placed steel tacks are used to upholster latex sheeting to the contours of the furniture, transforming these objects into intimate, tactile forms that evince the body.

She received her BFA and Post Baccalaureate Certificate from Virginia Commonwealth University. She is a founding member of MATERIAL GIRLS and co-founder of the interdisciplinary Ridgewood, Queens project space ERA (2014-2016). Her work is currently on view at at Montclair State University Gallery [solo exhibition], and has been shown at 5-50 Gallery, Paradice Palase, SPRING/BREAK (New York, NY); Tiger Strikes Asteroid (Los Angeles, CA); Mass Gallery, MOHA (Austin, TX); Sweet Pass Sculpture Park (Dallas, TX); Sadie Halie Projects (Minnesota, MN); Duke Hall Gallery Fine Art (James Madison University, VA); Random Access Gallery (Syracuse University, NY) . Residencies & awards include the Queens Art Fund New Work Grant, Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, and Wassaic Project.

email: hkgabryel@gmail.com | instagram: @hilliarygabryel