Gabby Long is a painter and ceramic sculptor based in Fort Collins, Colorado. Long is currently a Ceramics Post-Baccalaureate Student and Studio Tech at Colorado State University, and earned her BFA in Painting and minor in Outdoor Recreation from Asbury University in 2021.
My work explores the connections between subconscious and physical worlds. My sculptures and paintings depict unfolding, imaginary spaces and structures that intertwine what is real and what is surreal. In my work, I am asking questions about the development of mental health over time, limbic and social systems, absurdity, and dreams. Drawing from land and organic patterns, architecture, and memories, I create with canvas, paint, clay, and light.
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EDUCATION
2024-2026 Ceramics Post-Baccalaureate, Colorado State University
2021 Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, minor in Outdoor Recreation, Asbury University
EXHIBITIONS
2025 (upcoming) Sharing Mythologies, juror: Dewitt Cheng, L7 Gallery, Bellingham, WA
In My Space: Functional Craft for the Home, Craft Alliance, St. Louis, MO
Put a Lid On It, jurors: Jessica Hong and Louise Myers, Belger Arts Center, Kansas City, MO
From Beyond, 3 person exhibition, Glass Box Gallery, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Summer Art Market, Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art, Boulder, CO
Poolside, Jag Gallery, Key West, FL
20th National Juried Exhibition, juror: Nancy Lim, AXIS Gallery, Sacramento, CA
3 Wishes, Verum Ultimum Art Gallery, Portland, OR
Survey, Solo Installation, Pawnee National Grassland, CO
Frequency, I Like Your Work, online
Contemporary Art Survey, juror: Steven J Yazzie, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
Petrichor 3rd Anniversary Show, The Center for Creativity, Fort Colins, CO
2024 Mugshot: Artistic Drinking Vessels, The Arvada Center in Arvada, CO
DreamLand, 40 West Arts, Lakewood, CO
2023 Biome, Solo Exhibition, The Museum of Contemporary Art Flagstaff, Flagstaff, AZ. Funded by the National
Endowment for the Arts.
The Surreal World, Found:Re Contemporary, Phoenix, AZ
Ceramics Showcase, Coco-Op Makerspace, Flagstaff, AZ
2022 Plein Air Painting Showcase, Montezuma Castle National Monument, Camp Verde, AZ
Sip & Shop, Flora and Fauna Amor, Winchester, KY
2021 Entropic Daydream, Solo Exhibition, The Blue Gallery, Wilmore, KY
2020 University Open, LexArts Gallery, Lexington, KY
Artist of the Month, Good Foods Co-Op, Lexington, KY
Junior Showcase, The Blue Gallery, Wilmore, KY
2019 Sophomore Showcase, McCreless Fine Arts Building, Wilmore, KY
2017 High School Art Exhibit, Polvino Family Art Center, Nicholasville, KY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025 Fall Teaching Assistant, Sanam Emami, Pottery II, III, IV, and V, Colorado State University
2025 NCECA Gallery Assistant, Artstream Nomadic Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2025 Spring Teaching Assistant, Sanam Emami, Pottery III, IV, and V, Colorado State University
2024 Fall Teaching Assistant, Sanam Emami, Pottery II, Colorado State University
2024-current Ceramics Studio Tech, Colorado State University
2023-2025 Display Builder and Production Team, Xylem Design & Pedestal Source, Fort Collins, CO
2023 Pottery Instructor, Intro to Ceramics, Coco-Op Makerspace, Flagstaff, AZ
2022-2023 Ceramics Studio Manager, Coco-Op Makerspace, Flagstaff, AZ
2021-2022 Shipping, Retail, and Ceramics Studio Tech, Kentucky Mudworks, Lexington, KY
2021 Spring Teaching Assistant, Margaret Park-Smith, Pottery I, Asbury University, Wilmore, KY
2020-2021 Ceramics Studio Tech, Asbury University, Wilmore, KY
2019 Gallery Installation Assistant, volunteer, LexArts, Lexington, KY
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2025 Contemporary Art Survey Honorable Mention, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2024 Award of Excellence, 40 West Arts Gallery, Lakewood, CO
2023 Artist Opportunity Grant, The Arizona Commission on the Arts and
The National Endowment for the Arts
2021 Senior Merit Award, Art + Design Department, Asbury University
2018-21 Dean's List, Asbury University
RESIDENCY
2022 Montezuma Castle National Monument Artist-In-Residence, Camp Verde, AZ
Designed and taught two public art workshops and donated three paintings to the Western
National Parks Association.
PROJECTS + PUBLICATIONS
2025 Glom Collective, Founder + President
2025 Material Research in Ceramics, presenter, The Celebration of Undergraduate
Research and Creativity, Colorado State University
2024 Bud Vases and Blooms, workshop with Dirt and Bloom Flower Farm, Fort Collins, CO
2023 Sgraffito Workshop, The HeArt Box Gallery in Flagstaff, AZ
2021 Imagination as a Force for Good, Panelist, SEARCH Advancing Scholars, Asbury University
2021 The Asbury Review, literary and art magazine, Asbury University
2016 The Swanky Animal Coloring Book, self-published coloring book