b. 1991 Lynchburg, VA
EDUCATION
Virginia Commonwealth University, Post-Baccalaureate Certification & BFA Magna Cum Laude
Full Merit Scholarship Summer Studio Program (2013); Painting and Printmaking Major / Dance and Choreography Minor (2009-2013); Outstanding Senior Book Award (2013); Dean’s Honor List (2009 - 2013); Theresa Pollak Scholarship Award (2012); Academic Achievement Award (2010-2012)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2024
Side Sleeper [solo exhibition], Montclair State University Gallery, New Jersey (February - April)
2023
Waiting for the Update, Duke Hall Gallery of Fine Art, James Madison University, Virginia (November-December)
2022
Rough Cuts, Mass Gallery, Austin, Texas
2021
Hearsay: Heresy, Spring Break Art Show (curated by Ambre Kelly and Andrew Gori), New York, New York (September)
Upstate Immersive, Public Park (curated by SPRING/BREAK Art Show, River Hill Art Residency, Upstate Art Week), Poughkeepsie, New York (August)
Desire Paths, Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, Dallas, Texas (May-August)
Of Decadence and Decay, Pfizer Building (curated by SVA MA Curatorial Practice Fellow - Marley C. Smit), New York, New York (April)
2020
Digital Fantasy, Paradice Palase, Brooklyn, New York (October)
2019
one night, Federico Solmi Studio (presented by THE BORDER, art of this world, 5-50 Gallery, ART FUSE) New York, New York (December)
My Shell Makes Itself, 5-50 Gallery, Queens, New York (forthcoming, November)
palms, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, California (March)
2018
in•ti•mate, Random Access Gallery at Syracuse University, New York (December)
Partial Shade: Alligator, Club Lake, Huntsville, Texas (September)
URNS, Way Cooler Gallery (September)
ISSUE TWO: Devotional, The Church Troy (August)
Partial Shade: Finer Feelings, 5704 Ave. D, Austin, Texas (May)
Order my Steps, Brooklyn Dance Studios, Brooklyn, New York (May)
Are We in Sync, Pfizer Building (curated by SVA MA Curatorial Practice Fellows), New York, New York (April)
MATERIAL GIRLS, DE:FORMAL, New York, New York (March-April)
xenomorphs, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, New York (March)
XOXO, Museum of Human Achievement, Austin, Texas (January)
2017
HELLO GIRLS!, No Vacancy 3 (curated by ALT ESC), Brooklyn, New York (November)
Summer Vids 3.0, Sadie Halie Projects, Minneapolis, Minnesota (August)
NO NEW FORMS, Trestle Projects, Brooklyn, New York (June-September)
MATERIAL WORLD, SPRING/BREAK BKLYN IMMERSIVE, Brooklyn, New York (May)
MUTUAL ORBIT, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, New York, New York (March)
2016
Rules of Attraction, 395 Johnson Ave., Brooklyn, New York (July)
2015
Début, ERA VI VII VI, Queens, New York (March)
2013
Body Dirt, The Refrigerator, Richmond, Virginia (June)
FATA MORGANA, VCU Fine Arts Building, Richmond, Virginia (July)
Almost Famous, Reynolds Gallery, Richmond, Virginia (June - July)
Annual Fine Art Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Richmond, Virginia (April)
COLLECTIVE PROJECTS
MATERIAL GIRLS
Founding Members: Cameron Cameron, Devra Freelander, Hilliary Gabryel, Gracelee Lawrence, Claire Lachow, Rachael Starbuck
New York, New York; Los Angeles, California; Austin, Texas; ETC. | 01.2017 - Present
ERA VI VII VI
Co-Founder | Queens, New York | 03.2014 - 01.2016
RESIDENCIES/AWARDS
Queens Art Fund New Work Grant | 2019 | Queens, New York
Wassaic Guest Artist Residency | April 2019 | Wassaic, New York
Vermont Studio Center Fellowship | August 2018 | Johnson, Vermont
ASMBLY | Session #1 April/May 2017 | Brooklyn, New York
Wassaic Artist Residency | January 2017 | Wassaic, New York
LECTURE SERIES
MATERIAL GIRLS at James Madison University School of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series, November 14, 2023
JH Art Talks, 2022 Queens, NY Artist Series, November 9, 2022
Texas Art Talks: MATERIAL GIRLS with Tamara Johnson & Trey Burns, Sweet Pass Sculpture Park, July 6, 2021
Kenyon College, Visiting Artist Lecture Series, May 5, 2020
MATERIAL GIRLS at Syracuse University School of Art Visiting Artist Lecture Series, December 6, 2018
COLLECTIONS
Try-me Contemporary Art Collection | Richmond, Virginia
PRESS / PUBLICATIONS
Bmore Art, The Mythical, Mystical, and Heretical at SPRING/BREAK 2021, September 10, 2021
Dallas Morning News, “‘Desire Paths’ charts a course for creativity at Dallas’ Sweet Pass Sculpture Park", July 7, 2021
Patron Magazine, “Fauna Meets Finality with Desire Paths at Sweet Pass Sculpture Park”, May 27, 2021
Glasstire, Alternative Art Spaces Take On East Texas, October 12, 2018
ARTFCITY, Explain Me: The Spring Break Art Show Part One and Two With Pictures! March 17, 2018
DE:FORMAL, Interview with Material Girls, March 14, 2018
Bedford & Bowery, The Best of Spring/Break, the Outré Art Fair in an Abandoned Times Square Office Building, March 7, 2018
Aeqai, The Material Girls’ Exhibition xoxo at the Museum of Human Achievement, February 19, 2018
Conflict of Interest, MATERIAL GIRLS: xoxo, February 8, 2018
PAPER MAGAZINE, MATERIAL GIRLS: THE COLLECTIVE EXPLORING INTIMACY WITH POWER TOOLS, January 19, 2018
Galerie Magazine, An Art Health Spa Opening In New York This Summer, August 3, 2017
VICE, Exploring a Huge, Glowing, Immersive Warehouse Experience at Frieze Week, May 17, 2017
HYPERALLERGIC, SPRING/BREAK Art Show Trades Labryinthine Rooms for Immersive Installations, May 9, 2017
EYES TOWARDS The DOVE, SPRING/BREAK PRESENTS BKLYN IMMERSIVE, May 9, 2017
W Magazine, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them at Armory Week 2017, March 3, 2017
ARTNEWS, A Tour of the 2017 SPRING/BREAK Art Show, March 3, 2017
W Magazine, Scenes of Madness from High Above Times Square at SPRING/BREAK Art Show, March 1, 2017
gothamist, Inside SPRING/BREAK, The Best Armory Arts Week Fair Inside A Times Square Office Building, March 1, 2017
MyTemplArt, Interview with Linda Rucina and Hilliary Gabryel on their exhibition space ERA VI VII VI in New York, January 15, 2015