GABI CIROCCO
Visual Artist
Gabi Cirocco
Is a visual artist from Adelaide, Australia
Gabi completed her Bachelor of Visual Art at Adelaide Central School of Art in 2015. Her current practice involves primarily portraiture however, she is widely skilled in the fabrication of installations, drawing, mural works, embroidery and sculpture. From 2013 to 2016 she was co-director of Adelaide based artist run initiative; Floating Goose Studios.
In 2016, Carclew Youth Arts and the Italia Association awarded her the June S. Tanner Memorial Scholarship to complete an artist in residence program in Tuscany, Italy through the SINCRESIS Spazio D'Arte Studio in Empoli. From 2017 she was working from her studio in London, UK where she exhibited internationally. She now works in Adelaide, Australia where she is Arts Assistant at St Peter's College, Adelaide.
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Born - 1991, Adelaide, South Australia
Education
2015
Bachelor of Visual Art, Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia
2014
Associate Degree in Visual Art, Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia
Solo Exhibitions
2019
Spark, Parallax Art Fair, London, United Kingdom
2018
Default, Snug Art Studio, London, United Kingdom
2016
Waiting for Bricks, Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide, South Australia
Waiting for Bricks, Residency Solo exhibition at SINCRESIS Spazio D’Arte, Empoli, Italy
Brutish Growths for Tree Space at FELTspace, Adelaide, South Australia
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024
Smallacombe Portrait Prize, finalist, Gallery One, Adelaide, South Australia
Floating Goose 10 Year Anniversary, Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide, South Australia
Spincycle, St Peter's College, Adelaide, Australia
2023
Prospect Portrait Prize - finalist, Newmarch Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
Smallacombe Portrait Prize - finalist, Gallery One, Adelaide, South Australia
2022
Insider Art, Phillips, London, United Kingdom
2021
Wish you were here!, Adelaide Central Gallery, South Australia
2019
Insider Art, Phillips London, United Kingdom
2018
Wish you were here!, Adelaide Central Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
Pen and Paper, Greenlight Comics, Adelaide, South Australia
2017
Keeping the Lights on, Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide, South Australia
Le Reunion, Borgo San Guisto and SINCRESIS Spazio D-Arte, Empoli, Italy
Beyond These Walls, Carclew Youth Arts, North Adelaide, South Australia
2016
Youthscape2016, The Royal Society of Art, Adelaide, South Australia
The Floating Goose @ BMG, BMG Gallery, Adelaide, South Australia
2015
Propositions, 2015 Graduate Exhibition, Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia
10 x 10, Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia
Occasional Purpose, Floating Goose Studios – SALA Festival, Adelaide, South Australia
Unreal Estate, Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide, South Australia
The Salon Hang, Floating Goose Studios – Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide, South Australia
2014
Cinema Lied to Me, Burnside Library – SALA Festival, Adelaide, South Australia
Floating Goose Opening Exhibition, Floating Goose Studios - SALA Festival, Adelaide, South Australia
2013
Cultivating Creativity, Ink Pot Arts Centre, Mount Barker, South Australia
2010
Under an Oaktree, Adelaide University, Adelaide, South Australia
2009
Youth Portraiture Prize Exhibition, Carclew Youth Arts Centre, Adelaide, South Australia
Professional Experience
2023
Artist in Residence at Endeavour College, Mawson Lakes
2020- Current
Art Technician
2018-2022
Art Handler and Technician at PHILLIPS Auction House, London, United Kingdom
2016
Artist in residence at SINCRESIS D’Arté Studio in Empoli, Florence, Italy
Neo Big Draw Public Programs Ambassador, The Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia
Private Artistic Tutoring lessons, Adelaide, South Australia
Volunteer Sculpture Assistant to Julia Robinson, Summer Sessions Program, Adelaide Central School of Art, Adelaide, South Australia
Volunteer for Adelaide Festival, Adelaide Festival Centre and writer’s week, Adelaide, South Australia
2015
Mural Painting Assistant to Lucas Grogan, Bird in Hand Winery (affiliated with Hugo Michell Gallery) Adelaide, South Australia
Volunteer for The Paste Up Project - Public Art Work, Adelaide City Council, Adelaide, South Australia
2014
Co-Founder of Floating Goose Studios, Adelaide, South Australia
Student Representative Council, Adelaide Central School of Art, South Australia
2012
Administration and Gallery Volunteer, Adelaide Central School of Art, South Australia
Awards and Achievements
2016
Recipient of the June S. Tanner Memorial Scholarship by Carclew Youth Arts, Adelaide, Australia
Recipient of the 3D Sculpture award for, Youthscape 2016 - The Royal Society of
Art, Adelaide, South Australia