Red Lodge Clay Center – Short-Term Resident (AIA) 2026
Originally from Minnesota, Gabby received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Stout. In 2018, she completed one year expanding her art practice as a special student at Montana State University in Bozeman, Montana. From 2019-2020, she attended Colorado State University as a Post-Baccalaureate student.
Gabby creates functional and sculptural ceramics that are constructed from wheel thrown parts and slabs of clay. Her work is featured in juried and invitational exhibitions in galleries around the nation. During the spring of 2020, she was selected to be a summer resident at The Archie Bray Foundation in Helena, Montana. Before moving to back to Colorado, she was an Anonymous Artist Fellow at Northern Clay Center in Minneapolis. Minnesota. Gabby now resides in Carbondale, Colorado where she was an Artist in Residence at Carbondale Clay Center from 2021-2023. She is currently continuing her making practice in her tranquil studio in the woods.
The objects I make challenge one’s basic perception of functionality. I learn from the material landscape around me, which, in turn, informs how I make things. My studio practice is dedicated to pursue a deeper understanding of how a clay object can exist in the world, an ability to read its material environment, and the know-how required to give it new form. The things that I make create a space that is a glimpse inside my own world – a world that is an accumulation of material intelligence, humor, opinion of beauty, and curiosity.