Fawn or Freeze , Gabriel Chalfin-Piney

2024
Painted Ax Handle, Wooden Clamp, Walnut, Found Toy Parts and Pencil
50" x 15" x 7"

This work is unique.

Gabriel Chalfin-Piney (they/them) is Chicago-based object maker and performer, with a background in cohort creation and public programming. World building, self taught spiritual and artistic practices, along with multi-sensorial collaborative performance centers much of the work they engage in. Gabriel has held positions at the Lunder Institute for American Art - Colby Museum of Art, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Vassar College’s Powerhouse Theater. They have organized for the Chicago Parks Department, Colby Museum of Art, The Highline Network, Greene Block + Studios, SITE Galleries and the Lunder Institute for American Art. They have performed at the Dorsky Museum, Panoply Performance Lab, Chicago Artists Coalition, High Concept Labs, Grace Exhibition Space, and Whitney Museum of Art. Gabriel holds an MA in Arts Administration and Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.