Gabrielle Brooks is a multidisciplinary artist whose work spans photography, video, and sculpture to investigate the subtleties of everyday life and the latent narratives within mundane objects. She graduated with an MA in Contemporary Photography; Practices and Philosophies from Central Saint Martins in 2019 and a BA (Hons) in Photography from Nottingham Trent University in 2011.
Recent works include "Press" (2023 - ongoing), a series of sculptures utilising the traces of touch left on commonly used pill packets and "Fruit Salad, 2024," which visualises the act of feeding stock images of crumpled fruit, transformed into sculptural forms, to the lens, which simultaneously serves as both eye and mouth. These projects highlight her interest in the interaction between objects and their surrounding spaces, blending visual aesthetics with deeper social and cultural commentary. Works such as "Kitchen Table" (2019) and "Fruit Studies" (2020) seek to question feminine food archetypes and women’s place within the home.
Since 2011, her work has been exhibited internationally. A selection of recent exhibitions and activities includes: "Hand Signals" at Garage Gallery, "List Shopping," a spoken word performance at Frieze London as part of Abbas Zahedi’s "Waiting With {Sonic Support}," "Studio Complex" at Tate Modern (Tate Exchange), "NCL LDN" at the Ex Libris and Long Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, which toured to King’s Cross, London in 2020; "SALON/19" at Photofusion, London; "MiAL 2019 Collection" at TM Lighting Gallery, London; "A Letter in Mind: Making Light Work" at Gallery @Oxo and Apiary Studios, London; "My House is an Island" at Arthousehaus, London; and "Beyond the Binary" at ] Gaze [ Contemporary Art Space, Shrewsbury, UK.
In 2018, she was invited to participate in the Beyond residency at Allenheads Contemporary Arts in Northumberland. The research undertaken during this residency contributed to "Habitat," a Creative Unions funded group project produced with eight other selected artists.
Exhibitions:
2023
Hand Signals, group show, Garage Gallery, London, UK.
2021
Beyond the Binary, group show, ] Gaze [ Contemporary Art Space, Shrewsbury, UK.
2020
My House is an Island, group show, ArtHouseHaus, London, UK.
Big Space, group show, Central Saint Martins, London, UK.
2019
SALON/19, group show, Photofusion, London, UK.
MiAL 2019 Collection, group show, TM Lighting Gallery, London, UK.
A Letter in Mind: Making Light Work, group show, Gallery@OXO, London, UK.
NCL LDN, group show, Long Gallery and Ex Libris, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle, UK.
Show one, group show, Central Saint Martins, London, UK.
2018
Habitat (funded by Creative Unions), collaborative work, Central Saint Martins, London, UK.
Studio Complex, group show, Tate Exchange, Tate Modern, London, UK.
Appetite, group show, Apiary Studios, London, UK.
2016
Portrait Salon, group show, The Embassy Tea Gallery, London.
Portrait Salon, group show, The Reminders Photography Stronghold Gallery, Tokyo.
2011
XV at Nash, group show, Nash Interiors, Nottingham.
XV at Freerange Art and Design Festival, group show, London.
activites
2024
HPL (Hourly Paid Lecturer), Visual Communications (Photography), Nottingham Trent University (2019 - present)
HPL (Hourly Paid Lecturer), BA Photography, De Montfort University, Leicester (2024 - present)
2022
List Shopping, spoken word performance at Frieze London, 2022, as part of Abbas Zahedi’s Waiting With {Sonic Support}
AUB x Genesis Explores: Stuff About Printing (and Other Stuff), lecture, Arts University Bournemouth (online)
2021
Promoting your Work, lecture, Arts Emergency (online)
AutographyC19, co-facilitator, Photofusion, London, UK
2020
How to… Organise an Exhibition, panel discussion, Ashurst Emerging Artists Prize, London.
AutographyC19, co-facilitator, Photofusion, London, UK.
2019
Autography, co-facilitator, Photofusion, London, UK.
2018
Beyond, residency, Allenheads Contemporary Arts, Hexham, Northumberland, UK.
Thinking Through Photography, workshop, London Transport Museum, London, UK.
2016 – 2017
Photography activities leader, St Mungo’s Housing Association, London, UK.
2012 – 2013
Photography project manager, Parklife, Rother District Council, Bexhill.
Education:
Central Saint Martins, UAL, London
September 2017 – June 2019
MA Contemporary Photography; Practices and Philosophies
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
Oct 2008 – Jun 2011
BA Photography
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST WITH CHEESE, 2022