Artist | Gabrielle Tito | Resides | United States |
Website | gabrielletito.art | Mediums | Oil Graphite Charcoal |
Print Shop | gabrielletito.art/viewcollection | gabrielle@gabrielletito.com | |
Follow the Artist | Themes | Couture Fashion Women throughout time La Dolce Vita Nostalgia Rome |
About the artist
Gabrielle Tito spent her childhood between New York and Rome, Italy, immersed in a culture of classical art, fashion and nostalgia for La Dolce Vita. Her family, having carved out a small niche in Rome’s fashion world, fed her obsession with painting couture. Her greatest inspiration came from the relief sculpture, figurative paintings and costume-design sketches by her late Aunt, artist and costume designer, Rinnà Tito.
As an artist trained in the Old Master tradition, Gabrielle melds classical technique and historical inspiration with fashion and artistic expression of the moment. Stories are written between the seams of history. There is nothing that holds a secret or a good story like a well worn dress! These are the stories she paints.
Gabrielle studied art history and studio art at Dartmouth College and earned an MFA from the New York Academy of Art. She studied with artist Gaspare de Fiore in Rome, Italy and later apprenticed with artist James Childs in New York City, who continues the atelier tradition of Gerome.
As a Mom who raised two girls on her own Gabrielle is inspired to tell the story of Woman throughout time.
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Gabrielle Tito paints the world of Couture. She tells the story of women throughout time and the stories found between the seams of fashion history.
Press
Gabrielle Tito’s paintings have been published in notable magazines and online sources including Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, Fine Art Connoisseur, American Art Collector.
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Education
2000, MFA, New York Academy of Art, New York, NY. United States
1998, Art History and Studio Art, Darmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, United States
Awards
2023 Semi-finalist in The Art Renewal Center’s 16th International Arc Salon
2022 Included in Dr. Samuel Peralta’s Lunar Codex Polaris Collection, a digital Time Capsule permanently affixed to the Moon’s surface. The Polaris Collection – Lunar South Pole, Nov 2024 via SpaceX Falcon Heavy / Astrobotic Griffin Lander / NASA VIPER Rover
2021
Pre-selected as a finalist in Figurativas 2021, at the MEAM: European Museum of Modern Art, Barcelona, Spain.
Recipient of the Frank C. Wright Medal of Honor for oil and acrylic
Semi-finalist in Portrait Society of America’s members only competition
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Legends of the Moon, Era Contemporary Gallery
Selected for the American Artists Professional League’s 93rd and 94th Grand National Exhibition at the Salmagundi Club
National Oil and Acrylic Society Spring Online Exhibition