Meet artist Gina Werfel in studio.

Gina Werfel is an American abstract painter who uses vivid color, gesture, and complex compositional structures to create dynamic and rhythmic visual expressions.

Werfel works with a mixture of oils, acrylics, and mixed media on canvas. Her background is in landscape painting, which helped her to develop a keen eye for light, color relationships, and compositional harmony. As she transitioned into abstraction, she developed her ability to use those sensibilities to convey complex and nuanced emotional states.

In her abstract paintings, she employs expressionist, open gestures to create bursts of movement and energy. Her color choices create a range of tones, from the muted and serene to the vibrant and electric. In addition to traditional brushwork, she also incorporates mediums like spray-paint and stencils to build complex layers that draw the viewer in, inviting exploration and discovery.

Learn more about Gina.
https://ginawerfel.com

Academy Background

• Professor of Art at University of California Davis
• Teacher at Yale-NUS College, Singapore
• Columbia University (MFA)
• New York Studio School (Certificate)
• Hamilton College (BA)

Established Artist

• Mixed Media Paintings
• Works on Paper
• Public Sculptures
• Design Collaborations

Recent Solo Exhibitions

• Prince Street Gallery in NYC
• Coombs Gallery, American University of Paris, France
• Korn Gallery, Drew University, NJ
  
  

Art Residencies

• American Academy, Rome
• Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center, Italy
• Djerassi Foundation, California
• Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
• International School of Painting, Montecastello di Vibio, Italy
• Yosemite National Park