Gabriela Albergaria

Winter Workspace 2012
Glyndor Gallery | January 3 – March 25, 2012

Gabriela Albergaria’s exploration of gardens through photography and drawing has taken her to numerous gardens worldwide. A native of Portugal where she studied at the Fine Arts University of Porto, she currently lives in Brooklyn, NY. In 2009-10, she was in residence at The University of Oxford Botanic Garden in collaboration with The Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art; there she produced an artist book Hither and Thither and a permanent sculpture Dead Tree Waiting. Other residencies include Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, in Brazil; Villa Arson at the Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Nice, France; and Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, where she produced an artist book Herbes Folles. Her work has been exhibited widely in Portugal, France, Germany and Brazil.

Additional artist information

Harcourt Arboretum, 2011
Ink jet and green pencil drawing, 28” x 27 1/2”

Tapada das Necessidades, 2009
Mixed media: Ink jet with drawing, 16 panels, 19 5/8” x 25 5/8” each