BIO

Brooke Gassiot is an interdisciplinary artist based on Vashon Island, Washington. Working across figurative painting, cyanotype, and sculptural video installation, her practice explores transitional states in women’s lives, with a focus on embodiment, ritual, and the tension of becoming. Raised in a creatively driven household, with a textile artist mother and a custom homebuilder father, Gassiot developed an early sensitivity to material and form. She received her BFA with Distinguished Honors from The University of Texas at Austin and studied in Tuscany, Italy on full scholarship. Her work has been exhibited at Lawndale Art Center, The Contemporary Austin, and Blue Star Contemporary, and is held in private and institutional collections, including the Kinsey Institute. She is the founder of ICOSA Gallery in Austin and has participated in residencies at Vermont Studio Center and Joya: AiR in Spain.

ARTIST STATEMENT

I am an artist who explores the impact of childbirth, aging and disease on the female body through video installations and paintings. My artwork encourages the viewer to reflect on and recognize the many facets of living in a woman's skin. From menstruation to hysterectomy, I use my art to acknowledge the often unseen realities of women's experiences.

View my presentation through Women & Their Work’s online series ‘Fresh from the Studio’ in 2021.
We spoke about our exhibition ‘Vessel’ at ICOSA Gallery in Austin, Texas in 2021, in collaboration with fellow artist Alyssa Taylor Wendt.
Click below (my speaking part begins at minute 12:22.)

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Brooke Gassiot

Figurative painter and installation artist exploring transitional states in women’s lives.

GassiotStudio.com | brooke@gassiotstudio.com | @gassiotstudio

Vashon Island, Washington, USA

Education

BFA, Studio Art, Distinguished Honors, The University of Texas at Austin, 2006

Study Abroad, Italart, Tuscany, Italy, 2005

Selected Exhibitions (Recent)

2026

Creatures Among Us, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA

2025

Miniature Show; Summer Arts Fest, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA

2024

The Secret Garden, Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA

Art Prom, ICOSA Collective, Austin, TX

2023

Hyphae, two-person exhibition and residency, Open Space, Vashon, WA

Collective Thoughts, Antenna Collective, curated by Marcela Correa, New Orleans, LA

2021

Vessel, two-person exhibition, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX

Meet Me at the Water, installation with Kate Csillagi, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX

Selected Exhibitions (Earlier)

Solo Exhibitions:

Just Beneath the Surface, Lullwood Group, San Antonio, TX, 2013

Stories Our Neurons Tell, Co-Lab Projects, Austin, TX, 2013

Pressure, Pump Project Art Complex, Austin, TX, 2013

Selected Group Exhibitions:

Natural 20, Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Los Angeles, CA, 2018Dystopia/Utopia, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX, 2017

A Panoramic View, Lawndale Art Center, Houston, TX, 2014

Awards & Honors

4Culture Artist Grant, King County, WA, 2024

Arts Incubator Award, City of Austin, 2018

Artist INC Fellowship, 2015

Vermont Studio Center Fellowship, 2015

Best in Show, Lawndale Art Center, curated by James Surls, 2014

Residencies

Joya: AiR, Andalucía, Spain, 2025

Open Space, Vashon, WA, 2023

Vermont Studio Center (Fellowship), 2015

Commissions & Collections

Mural, Rockport, TX, 2020

Juniper Restaurant, Austin, TX, 2015

Cousins Properties, Austin, TX, 2014

milk + honey spa, Austin, TX, 2011

Kinsey Institute, permanent collection

Publications & Press

“Barriers” Brooklyn Review, 2026

Fast Flesh Literary Journal, Issue 7, 2025

“Fresh from the Studio”, Women & Their Work, 2020

“Top 10 of Austin’s Visual Art in 2013,” Austin Chronicle

Artillery Magazine, Los Angeles, 2018

Professional Experience

Co-Founder, ICOSA Gallery, Austin, TX, 2016–2022

Co-Founder, Texas Sculpture Group, International Sculpture Center affiliate, 2008- 2013

Advanced Young Artist Mentor, The Contemporary Austin

Installation Team, Vashon Center for the Arts, ongoing