New Work by Gail Stoicheff, Contemporary Fine Artist, Leah Harmuth

Gail Stoicheff is a contemporary fine art painter based in Brooklyn who works predominately using figurative, abstract, and large-scale modalities. 

Born in Pennsylvania and completing an MFA in painting from Bard College, Gail’s work usually focuses on art as advocacy, drawing attention to US-based and global restraints of free speech.  She references subjects such as historical tropes, consumerism, fake ideologies, to describe the broken fantasy of a polished political system.

Pussy (Pussy Riot_2), 2012

Gail Stoicheff’s most recent fine art series inspired by the Pussy Riot arrests in Moscow and the band’s subsequent conviction. Here, feline visages of Givenchy notably, “hooliganism,” haute couture references, along with pop-culture vernacular intrigue and intimidate the viewer.

Pussy (Pussy Riot_1), 2012

In a 2012 blurry portrait painting of Vladimir Putin is eerily rendered, incorporating Social Realist elements with a pop sensibility, further locating Gail Stoicheff’s work in the art historical narrative, as well as demonstrating the a clear, powerful voice.

Before receiving an MFA in painting from Bard College, Gail Stoicheff received a BFA in painting from The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (2000).  

Some of the numerous exhibitions in New York and elsewhere since 2002 have included: FG.ft, Envoy Enterprises, NYC (2012); Old Masters, Fresh Paint, Despite the Sun, Foxy Productions, NYC (2004); Six, Supreme Trading Gallery, Brooklyn, NY (2004).

Gail Stoicheff was also the 2004 recipient of the prestigious Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship in Painting, and The Elaine DeKooning Painting Award.  Her work was recently the featured cover artist for the New England Review.

Gail Stoicheff is represented by Catinca Tabacaru, of Tinca Art; images courtesy of the artist.