Gabriela Bucay
bucayg@gmail.com
@gabrielabucayart
Education
Fall 2013-Spring 2017 Yale University, New Haven, CT,
B.A. Fine Arts, Painting and Printmaking Concentration with distinction, cum laude
2016 Yale Norfolk Summer School of Art, Norfolk, CT
2014 University of Siena, Siena, Italy
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018-2019 Show #2, Trophycase Gallery, Online Show
2017 Closed Quarters, Brooklyn, NY
2017 Art to the Power or Ten, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
2017 Nasty Women Show, Institute Library, New Haven, CT
2017 17 for 17 Senior Thesis Exhibition, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven CT
2016-2017 Senior Mid-Year Show, Green Hall Gallery, New Haven CT
2016 VISION at Yale, Maya’s Room, New Haven CT
2016 The Legacies We Bear, Jonathan Edwards Gallery, New Haven CT
2014 Painting Time, The Study at Yale, New Haven, CT
Art Awards and Experience
2019-Present Assistant Director of Art Admissions at the Cooper Union
Designs and implements recruitment and admissions processes for the Cooper Union School of Art, including open houses, campus tours, national portfolio days, college fairs, high school visits, and admitted students programming. Manages the receipt, review, and return of all admissions materials to the School of Art.
2017-2019 Studio Assistant at Villalongo Studio LLC
Manage social media, newsletter, e-mail, and website. Studio tasks include tracing, drawing, cutting, collage, photoshop, image research, photographing, packaging, and art handling
2018-2019 Admissions Assistant at The Cooper Union School of Art
Assisted the Chair of Art Admissions at the Cooper Union by reviewing, organizing, and handling application materials as well as inputting application data and coordinating with faculty, staff, and prospective students
2017 Hadassah Brandeis Institute Scholar
Granted by the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University to fund an independent creative research project in Jewish Gender Studies
2016 Ellen Battell Stoeckel Fellowship
Granted by the Ellen Battell Stoeckel Trust to follow program of study in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, and Photography at Yale Summer School of Art, Norfolk
2015 Creative and Performing Arts Award
Granted by Branford College to fund The Legacies We Bear, independent project exploring diversity of American Identity
2015 Mary Hotchkiss Williams Travel Fellowship
Granted by the Yale University Art Gallery to fund watercolor apprenticeship in Mexico City under local artist Beatriz Gaminde
2012-2013 Museo Alameda Museum Intern
Assistant Head of Children’s Programming and Activities
2009-2013 Keystone School Literary Magazine (Editor in Chief, Arts Editor) Columbia Scholastic Press First Place Award for Photography Portfolio (2013)