Exhibitions
Collaborations: with Jack Waltrip
Solo shows:
“The Veil of the Eternal,” a 3D Mural, at Superfine, Brooklyn, NY, August 2015,
Street art:
“The Veil of the Eternal,” a 3D Mural on the Art Wall at Quality Mending, New York, NY September 2014- June 2015
Recent Exhibitions:
Light Year program of video projections on the Manhattan Bridge in Dumbo, Berlin, and Toronto
Light Year 86: Village Lore, featuring music video Asteroid, June 2, 2022
Light Year 77: Earnestness featuring music video Shattered String, September 2, 2021
Light Year 67: Even though walk through the shadow of death, I will fear no eviI, featuring music video The Rainbow, November 5, 2020
Solo show
All Claws Crossed: An Exploration of the Creative Process a virtual exhibition presented by St Stephen’s School Cultural Center, Rome Italy, December 2020
Group shows
Noctem Diaboli, Stephen Romano gallery at the Living Gallery Outpost, NYC, October 30 2018
Genus Sororum, Stephen Romano Gallery at the Living Gallery Outpost, NYC, June 22-24 2018
Group shows:
50th Anniversary Exhibition, St Stephen’s School Cultural Center, Rome, Italy,
June 2014
“I Wanna Be Me” Shin Gallery Annex, New York, NY February-May 2016
“Invasion of the Stickers” Museum of Street Art, Brooklyn, NY May 2016
“Love it or Hate It” curated by DJ Pumpkin, The Skinny, New York, NY, July 2016
“Balls to the Walls part 2”, AHA Fine Art, New York, NY, July 2016
"Once Bitten Twice Shy", AHA Fine Art, New York,NY, October2016
“Love it or Hate it part 2”, curated by DJ Pumpkin, The Skinny, New York, August 2016
"Aphrodisiac", AHA Fine Art, New York, NY, February, 2017
"I'm the Map" AHA Fine Art, New York, NY, July 2017
"E Tu Art Brut", Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, NY November 2017-January 2018
"Onward" at the Outsider Art Fair, New York,NY, January 2018
Animation:
”All You Need is Love,” www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgPFcXsj_Vo&spfreload=10
One person shows:
Lil’ Beastie’s Birthday, Yoga High, NYC, October 2012
“Organic Cosmology,” Novel Gems, Brooklyn NY October 2011
“Little Secrets,” Galerie Valerie, New York, NY, February-April 1998
“Little Secrets,” Artspace, Richmond, VA, July 1997
“Low Life,” Salathe Gallery, Pitzer College, Claremont CA, September 1995
“Low Life,” Charleston Heights Art Center, Las Vegas, Nevada, November-December,1994
“Some Drawings,” Caffe Latte, Los Angeles, CA, February, 1991
“Gigi Spratley, "Canal Street,” East Gallery, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA, April, 1983
“Gigi Spratley,"Playing by Ear", Paintings and Drawings,” Salathé Gallery, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, April, 1980
Selected group shows:
“A Visible Mark,” Contemporary Drawing, Norco College Art Gallery, Norco, CA 2013
”12 x 12,” Mighty Tanaka, Brooklyn. NY December 2010-January 2011
“For Roland,” Bunny Gunner Gallery, Pomona, CA September 2010
“Mail Art,” The Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, CA, July 2010
“Alumni Art,” Nichols Gallery, Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, June 2010
Boxing Art, Gleason’s Gym, Brooklyn NY September 2010
Pop Up Show Dac, DUMBO Art Center, Brooklyn, NY February 2010
”Art at Ultra,” Ultra Salon, 123 Essex St, NYC, December 2009
Preview to Passport to the Artworld, Max Mara, Madison Ave, NYC, November 20009
The Boxing Show, Gleason’s Gym, Brooklyn NY, September 2009
Dac DUMBO Art Center benefit auction, March 2008
“Clinton Street Lights,” Artist’s Holiday Light Show, Clinton St. LES, NYC
December 2006- February 2007
“Flora & Fauna,” Art League of Long Island, July 24-Sept. 12, 2004
“Renaissance,” YWCA Benefit Auction, The National Arts Club, NYC, June, 2002
“Digital DUMBO,” Mastel & Mastel Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, September 2001
“Weird Bent,” Crazy Space, Santa Monica, CA October, 2000
“Cafe December,” OneTwentyEight” Gallery, New York,NY, December 1997
“Get Back”, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, December, 1994-January, 1995
“Global Issues- Global Concerns,” Orange County Center for Contemporary Art,
Santa Ana, CA, July-August, 1994
“1994 Annual Exhibition,” Riviera Fine Arts Center, Santa Barbara, CA, January 1994
“Art Warming,” Claudette Lussier Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA, December, 1993
“Double Vision,” The Art Store Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, October, 1993
“Los Angeles Juried Exhibition, Works on Paper,” Junior Arts Center,
Hollywood, CA, July, 1993
“Gods, Clowns and Devils,” Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions,
Los Angeles, CA, April to June, 1991
“Soft Copy,” University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK, January, 1991
“Wallworks,” L. A. Artcore, Los Angeles, CA, June, 1990
“14 Solo Exhibitions,” Dennis Anderson Gallery, Los Angeles, CA, December, 1989
“A Delicate Balance, Technics, Culture and Consequences,”
California State University, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, October-November, 1989
“Image/Ambiguity,” Transamerica Center Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, July, 1987
“Art From The Computer,” California College of Arts and Crafts,
Oakland, CA, April, 1987
“The Flower Show,” Los Angeles Design Center, Theater Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA, April-May, 1986
“Farewell to the Bridal District: A Commentary on Love and LACE,”
Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA, August, 1985
“Holiday Horizons,” Los Angeles County Museum Of Art, Art Rental Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA, December, 1984-January, 1985
“The Cotton Exchange Show,” Cotton Exchange Building, Los Angeles, CA, April, 1984
Publications:
Features:
Yoga City NYC, featured artist, “Calling All Doodlers,” October 2015
Vellum Art News, November 2014
Yoga City NYC, interview by Sharon Watts, 2014
NY Magazine online Space of the Week, Aroma M by Wendy Goodman, December 12, 2013
Monoceros, Jack Waltrip, CD cover and booklet art, 2010
Whatever Makes You Tick, The McCabes, CD cover and booklet art, 2002
Poetry Calendar NYC, February 1999, cover, front and back
Las Vegas New Times, November, 17, 1994, page 20.
photograph of artwork and text
MacWeek,, December 13, 1988, page 40, illustrations and text
Reviews:
Richmond Style Weekly, July 22,1997, “Quiet Visions,” Paulette Roberts-Pullen
Collage, October 12, 1995, “Low Life at Salathe”, Bill Pluecker
Santa Barbara Independent, January 20th, 1994, “First Annual,” Dena Hawes
Guest lecturer:
“Current Work,” Elmira College, Elmira, NY, May 2001
“Exhibiting Nature,” Pitzer College, Claremont, CA September, 1995
UCLA Extension, November-December, 1993, June, 1994, November 1994, March 1995
“A Delicate Balance, Technics, Culture and Consequences,” California State University, Los Angeles, 1989
“Current Art, Los Angeles,” UCLA Extension, November, 1988
University of La Verne, EPIC Program, California Rehabilitation Center, Norco, CA March, 1987
California Institution for Women, Frontera, CA, May, 1986
“Current Work,” California State University, Fullerton, October, 1985
“Current Work,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, March, 1985
“Current Work,” Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts, Idyllwild, CA, August, 1985
Related work experience:
Scenic Painter, stop-action animation segments, Pee Wee’s Playhouse 1989
Freelance graphic design, public relations, marketing, and research for non-profit organization SPACES (Saving and Preserving Art and Cultural Environments) 1804 N. VanNess Ave. Hollywood, CA 90028 1989 - 2004
US Co-ordinator, Raw Vision Magazine, 1997-2002
Education:
Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA, M.F.A.1983
Pitzer College, Claremont, CA, B.A. May, 1980
St. Stephen’s School, Rome, Italy, 1976
Awards and honors:
Teaching Assistantship in Painting, Scripps College, Claremont, CA, 1982-1983
Fellowship, Claremont Graduate School, Claremont, CA, 1981-83
Events:
DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival, Open Studios, 1999-2010
The New Yorker “Passport to the Artworld” 2007-2009
Opening night of the mural at
the Quality Mending Art Wall
Opening night of the mural at
the Quality Mending Art Wall
Opening night of the mural at
the Quality Mending Art Wall
Publications:
Stickers Vol. 2, By DB Burkeman, published by Rizzoli NY
Gigi in front of the mural with JB prototype by Ari Carle
Gigi and Jack opening night at the Mural
Light Year projection on the Manhattan Bridge, The Rainbow
The cover
The Beastie sticker page
