GVBQ (b. Ogallala, Nebraska) is a Los Angeles-based artist focused predominantly on documentary photography as a tool with which to study and interpret human behavior. GVBQ received a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and an MFA in Photography from Pratt Institute. GVBQ's critical art writing and 2013 Manhattan-wide bodega documentation project (as Gail V Quagliata) have appeared in numerous regional and national publications. After over 15 years visually combing the streets of NYC, GVBQ moved to LA in 2018 and is enthusiastically investigating the landscape of the American West.
Please direct all inquiries to gvbq@gvbq.org
Selected Exhibitions
Women's Stories (Untold), Midwest Center for Photography (Wichita, KS), 2019
Print Swap, Feature Shoot (online), 2019
Naked State artist residency, curated by Teresa Ascencao, Bare Oaks Naturist Park (Toronto, Ontario), 2018
Print Swap, Feature Shoot (online), 2018
Governors Island Art Fair, curated by 4heads, Governors Island (Manhattan, NY), 2017
Every Bodega in NYC, presented by Obscura Society NY, ACME Studios (Brooklyn, NY), 2015
Affordable Art Fair, curated by Will Hutnick and Polly Shindler, Trestle Projects (Brooklyn, NY), 2014
BSO Benefit, curated by Will Hutnick, Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn, NY), 2014
A DIFFERENT VIEW OF HOME, curated by Ryan Bevilacqua, Loft 594 (Brooklyn, NY), 2013
NURTUREart 2013 Benefit, curated by Jennie Lamensdorf, James Panero, Amy Smith-Stewart, and Mark Tribe, Bernarducci Meisel Gallery (New York, NY), 2013
Spin? Art, curated by Will Hutnick, Loft 594 (Brooklyn, NY), 2013
Art for Music's Sake Auction, curated by Will Hutnick, Rogue Space (New York, NY), 2013
100 NYC ARTISTS, curated by Maria Elvira Dieppa, PopUp Art Shop (Barranquilla, Columbia), 2013
One and Done, curated by Will Hutnick and Polly Shindler, LaunchPad Brooklyn (Brooklyn, NY), 2013
SANDY: Devastation, Document, Drive. curated by directors of the NY Photo Festival, powerHouse Arena (Brooklyn, NY), 2013
Sandy Affordable Art Fundraiser, studio202 (Brooklyn, NY), 2012
Capturing Time, curated by Minjie Yoo, SPACEWOMb Gallery (Queens, NY), 2012
NURTUREart 2012 Benefit, Charles Bank Gallery (New York, NY), 2012
Small Works, curated by Rhia Hurt, Brooklyn Art Space (Brooklyn, NY), 2012
A Benefit From the Edge: Works on Paper, Artists Alliance Inc. (New York, NY), 2012
White Box Spring Benefit 2012, White Box Gallery (New York, NY), 2012
Actual Events I Have Witnessed (In a Parallel Universe), MFA thesis exhibition, DeKalb Gallery (PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, NY), 2011
NURTUREart 2011 Benefit, Chelsea Art Museum (New York, NY), 2011
ChainLetter, Samsøn Projects (Boston, MA), 2011
College Art Association NY Area MFA Exhibition, curated by Ben La Rocco, Hunter College Times Square Gallery (New York, NY), 2011
All the Trimmings, group exhibition curated by Zeina Assaf, LZ Project Space @ NY Studio Gallery (New York, NY), 2010
6 Alternate Universes, solo exhibition, Bar Olivino (Brooklyn, NY), 2010
TEDxPratt, curated by Shane McAdams, Steuben South Gallery (PRATT INSTITUTE, Brooklyn, NY), 2010
Look At These Things (I Have Made These Things), solo exhibition, earth2mars Client Space (New York, NY), 2005
“snuff film trilogy,” BFA thesis film screening, ColumbusAud. (SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL), 2002
command M: print to video, curated by Katrina Fullman, CottonClub (Chicago, IL), 2000
In a Plain Brown Wrapper, curated by Vanalyne Green, Gallery2 (SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, Chicago, IL), 2010
WINK, curated by Vanalyne Green, LeatherArchives and Museum (Chicago, IL), 2010