Gabriel Grippo aka GGRIPPO

Gabriel Grippo a.k.a. GGrippo is an Argentine-born New York-based artist, designer and cultural activist.

Educated in the fine arts and architecture in Argentina and trained in the fashion design industry in the US, he has been working in design, photography and art installation since 1985. He lives and works in Brooklyn.

In the years following the military government in Buenos Aires he was part of an up-coming movement that changed the local art scene. He lived and worked in Buenos Aires until 1991 when he moved to Europe and lived and worked in London throughout that year and traveled to Amsterdam and Paris for inspiration.
After being back in Buenos Aires to start a project called ITS (I Think South) he moved to New York in 1993 to first work as a corporate designer and eventually in 1997 started his own design label "trash-à-porter", an eco-friendly clothing line.

He has conceived and produced several art and design events and permanent installations such as: SuPuesto de Moda (BA1990), Grandstore (NYC1996), Fashionlab (NYC1998,1999,2000.BA2005), Firstop: Williamsburg Design (NYC2002,2003,2004,2006) and Bauplatz (NYC2005); some of them in collaboration with important museums and art organizations (Eyebeam Atelier, Museum of Art and Technology, Downtown Arts Projects, DUMBO Arts Center, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center). He has worked and collaborated with artists and designers such as LOT/EK Architecture, Jakob and McFarlane, Art Point M, Freitag, Fabrics_Interseason, Organic Grooves, Soundlab, Claudia Hill, Xuly Bet, Susan Cianciolo, Klaus Rosburg, Lwin Design, Cecilia Biagini, Florinda Schnitzel, Ideenreich, Jocko Weyland, Katalin Deer, Richard Etkin, Dahlia Fischbein and Tite Barbuzza among others.

He created the label "trash-à-porter" in 1995 for his first NYC show at White Columns Gallery, the exhibition idea later evolved into a full-scale design concept that now includes the clothing line for women, men and children and home accessories.

His architecture and furniture design collaborations with architects Werner Morath and Maria Montenegro completed in NYC and BA have been featured in numerous industry-related publications (Architectural Digest, (718) Brooklyn New Style, Experimental Eco Design, New York Times, Gap Press/New York Ateliers, Azure, Elle Deco, Living, La Nacion Arquitectura, Metropolis Magazine, Man, New York Times).

Solo Exhibitions
2005
Brooklyn, Dabbah-Torrejon Arte Contemporaneo, Buenos Aires Argentina
Installation

2003
(almost) LIVE, nydesignroom, Brooklyn USA
Installation

2002
Red Star, Roebling Hall, Brooklyn USA
Performance
Red Star, The Apartment, New York USA
Performance

1998
2Felt, A A Gallery, New York USA
Installation

1997
Moods / Modos de Fotos, Art House, Buenos Aires Argentina
Installation and performance

1992
Moda 1, 2 y 3. Centro de Arte y Comunicacion (CAyC), Buenos Aires Argentina
Exhibition and performance


Group Exhibitions
2007
Art Amsterdam07,  Burodijkstra Art Gallery, Amsterdam The Netherlands
Models and Prototypes, BKLYN DESIGNS/powerHouse Arena, Brooklyn USA
SAMPLE SALE, Elortondo Showroom, Buenos Aires Argentina
GGrippo/Jorge Minio, Burodijkstra Private Viewing Space, Amsterdam The Netherlands
W 139 / Basement, Amsterdam The Netherlands
ARCO, Contemporary Art Fair, Madrid Spain
War Is Over "Again", Sideshow Gallery, Brooklyn USA

2006
Levi's en Sudamerica, Icon Store Circle R, Buenos Aires Argentina
Extravers, Club 8, Amsterdam The Netherlands
One Year One Piece, Burodijkstra Art Gallery, Rotterdam The Netherlands
ARTBO, Dabbah-Torrejon Arte Contemporaneo, Bogota Colombia
Optica Festival, Centro de Cultura Antiguo, Gijon Spain
Buenos Aires Photo, Dabbah-Torrejon Arte Contemporaneo, Buenos Aires Argentina
3rd Wave, Brooklyn Arts Council Gallery, Brooklyn USA
Clash, Burodijkstra Art Gallery, Rotterdam The Netherlands
ArteBA, Caja Negra/Cubo Blanco, Buenos Aires Argentina

2005
Moda en Progresion, Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires (MALBA), Buenos Aires Argentina
Bauplatz, Brooklyn USA
Brooklyn-Berlin Exchange, Schnitzel Shop, Berlin Germany
Brooklyn-Berlin Exchange, nydesignroom, Brooklyn USA

2004
Firstop, Williamsburg Design Weekend, Brooklyn USA
Couturegraffitti, Bauplatz, Brooklyn USA
Room 129, Chelsea Hotel, New York USA
BAdesignroom, nydesignroom, Brooklyn USA

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