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Gabe Cortese

© Courtesy of Gabe Cortese and cadet capela
Biography

Born in 1994 in Key West, Florida, US
Lives and works in Providence, Rhode Island, US

Gabe Cortese received his BFA in 2017 and his MFA in 2021 from the University of Central Florida. His recent solo exhibitions include “Soft Spot” at G/art/en gallery in Como, Italy, and “Nothing Good Happens at Night” at M+B in Los Angeles, California. His work is also part of the collections of the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami, the Orlando Museum of Art, the Tom of Finland Foundation, and the X Museum.

Curriculum vitae

Solo and two-person exhibitions
  • 2024
    Deeply, cadet capela, Paris, FR
  • 2023
    Soft Spot, G/art/en Gallery, Como, IT
  • 2022
    Limbs, Auxier Kline, Brooklyn, US
  • Nothing Good Happens at Night, M+B, Los Angeles, US
  • Flirting with a Shadow, The Cabin LA, Los Angeles, US
Group exhibitions
  • 2023
    The Cabin LA Presents: A Curated Flashback, The Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX, US
  • Twentysomethings, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL, US
  • 2022
    Fluid Suns and Vitamin C, Curated by Vince Vanden Bogaard, G/art/en Gallery, Como, IT
  • Lost in a Spectacle, Curated by Sasa Bogojev, Woaw Gallery, Beijing, CN
  • Slow Songs, Curated by John Brooks, Quappi Projects, Louisville, KY, US
  • 2021
    A Species of Writing, Online curated exhibition, Auxier Kline, Brooklyn, NY
  • Summer Stage: Act Two, Online curated exhibition, Auxier Kline, Brooklyn, NY
  • Summer Stage: Act One, Online curated exhibition, Auxier Kline, Brooklyn, NY
  • Significant Others, Online Curated Exhibition, Auxier Kline, Brooklyn, NY , US
  • Paper House, UCF Art Gallery, Orlando, FL, US
  • Hopefully, ParkHaus15, Orlando, FL, US
  • 2020
    INsideOUT, Atlantic Center for the Arts, New Smyrna, FL, US
  • 2019
    Le Salon 2019, Snap! Space, Orlando, FL, US
  • Body as the Instrument, Tom of Finland Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • Art as an Expression of Identity, Terrace Gallery, Orlando, FL, US
  • Identity and the Landscape, Fusion Gallery, Orlando Science Center, Orlando, FL, US
  • 2017
    Salon Show 2017, Snap! Downtown, Orlando, FL, US
  • Eclipse(d):UCF Biannual BFA Exhibition, UCF Art Gallery, Orlando, FL, US
  • Rainbow Face, Pop Gallery, Orlando, FL, US
  • Mirror Phase, UCF Art Gallery, Orlando, FL, US
  • Pulse Memorial, UCF Art Gallery, Orlando, FL, US
  • Group Show, Orlando Museum of Art shop, Orlando, FL , US
  • A Memory Wingding, City Arts Factory, Orlando, FL, US
  • 2016
    Coffee and Silver Gelatin , Double Leg Gallery, Orlando, FL , US
  • Florida Noir, UCF Art Gallery, Orlando, FL, US
  • S.T.E.A.M., UCF Art Gallery, Orlando, FL, US
Residencies
  • 2022
    The Fores Project, London, GB
  • La Brea Studio Residency, Los Angeles, US
  • 2020
    Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency with Master-Artist Will Cotton, New Smyrna, FL, US
Collections
  • Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Miami, US
  • Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, US
  • Tom of Finland Foundation
  • X Museum, Beijing, CN
Bibliography
  • 2022
    Flirting with a shadow: New works by Gabe Cortese @ The Cabin, by Evan Pricco, Juxtapoz, Feb 15.
Awards
  • 2022
    Lighthouse Works Artist Fellowship, Fishers Island, NY, US
Education
  • 2021
    Master of Fine Arts, The University of Central Florida
  • 2017
    Bachelor of Fine Arts, The University of Central Florida