Jay Gaskill (B. 1980, Silver Spring, MD) is an artist/curator based in Cathedral City, CA. Jay earned an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the School of Visual...
Jay Gaskill (B. 1980, Silver Spring, MD) is an artist/curator based in Cathedral City, CA. Jay earned an MFA from Hunter College and a BFA from the School of Visual Arts in New York City. He makes abstract paintings filled with shapes that allude to flames, leaves, feathers and hair — all of which are symbols of change, and reflect the upheavals (cultural, political, ecological and personal) of the last several years.
His most recent exhibition was a two-person booth presented by Paradice Palase at Future Fair (New York City, NY), in 2022. He has been interviewed for ArtNet News and his work has been featured in publications such as Maake Magazine and Art Maze Magazine.
As a curator, he is most well known for his social-media-based projects: Air In Space and The Drawing Exchange. Air In Space functions as an Instagram-only gallery for emerging artists. The Drawing Exchange is a mediated exchange of 2D works amongst artists. In 2022, Jay curated his first IRL exhibition: Golden States, showing paintings and weavings for SPRING/BREAK Art Show (Los Angeles, CA).