Gabby Long was born 1999 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. She received her BFA in 2021 with an emphasis in Painting and a minor in Outdoor Recreation from Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. Long lives and works in Fort Collins, Colorado, where she is a part-time pedestal builder for a custom fabrication wood shop and a Post-Baccalaureate Ceramics Student at Colorado State University until May 2026.
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 Survey, Temporary Solo Installation, Pawnee National Grassland, CO
Frequency, online, The Works
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
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 Vendor, Flora and Fauna Amor, Winchester, KY
2021 Entropic Daydream Solo Exhibition, The Blue Gallery, Wilmore, KY
2020 University Open, LexArts online exhibition, Lexington, KY
Artist of the Month, Good Foods Co-Op, Lexington, KY
Junior Showcase, The Blue Gallery, Wilmore, KY
Sophomore Showcase, McCreless Fine Arts Building, Wilmore, KY
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2025 NCECA Gallery Assistant, Artstream Nomadic Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT
2025 Spring Teaching Assistant, Sanam Emami, Advanced Pottery, Colorado State University
2024 Fall Teaching Assistant, Sanam Emami, Pottery II, Colorado State University
2024-current Ceramics Studio Tech, Colorado State University
2023-current 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
2020-2021 Ceramics Studio Tech, Asbury University
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2025 Contemporary Art Survey Honorable Mention, The Lincoln Center, Fort Collins, CO
2024 Award of Excellence, 40 West Arts Gallery in Lakewood, CO
2023 Artist Opportunity Grant awarded by Arizona Commission on the Arts and
The National Endowment for the Arts
2021 Senior Merit Award, Asbury University Art + Design Department
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
2025 Material Research in Ceramics presentation at the Celebration of Undergraduate
Research and Creativity at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
2024 Bud Vases and Blooms workshop in collaboration with
Dirt + Bloom Flower Farm in Fort Collins, CO.
2023 Sgraffito Workshop, The HeArt Box Gallery in Flagstaff, AZ.
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