Will Gabaldón is represented by:

Ackerman Clarke

2544 West Fullerton Avenue,

Chicago, IL 60647

Various Small Fires

812 North Highland Avenue

Los Angeles, California 90038

Education

2005 M.F.A., University of Pennsylvania

2002 B.F.A., University of New Mexico

 

Solo Exhibitions

2026

Will Gabaldon, Ackerman Clarke, Chicago, IL

2025

Leave all the windows open, Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, CA

Seasons, Galeri Golsa, Oslo, Norway

2024

Flicker, Union Pacific, London, UK

Winter will crave what is gone, Various Small Fires, Dallas, TX

2023

The stillness still that doesn’t end, Ackerman Clarke, Chicago, IL

Will Gabaldón, The Journal Gallery, New York, NY

Phantom, Galeria Mascota, Mexico City, Mexico

2022

All out beyond horizon, Various Small Fires, Seoul, South Korea

This must be the place, Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA

2013

Uncanny, TSA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

 

Select Group Exhibitions

2026

Lucky Number Seven, Rebecca Camacho Presents, San Francisco, CA

Trophic, Ackerman Clarke x Document Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

2025

Petites, Maya Frodeman Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY

Field Notes, Blue Door Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Chappy, Slip House Gallery, Edgartown, MA

Then and Now, Peoples Gallery, Randolph, VT

Inherent Nature, Maya Frodeman Gallery, Jackson Hole, WY

2024

A Particular Kind of Heaven, Karma, Thomaston, ME

On Landscape, Greene Naftali, New York, NY

World Beyond World, Curated by Alex Abedine, 1969 Gallery, New York, NY

2023

Nocturne, Andrew Rafacz, Chicago, IL

Small Paintings, Victoria Munroe Fine Art, New York, NY

Apocalypse Now, The Journal Gallery, Patmos, Greece

And the night flowers open, Andrea Festa Fine Art, Rome, Italy

Immersed, Curated by Jack Siebert, Los Angeles, CA

Things Seen, Curated by Patrick Zapien, Make Room, Los Angeles, CA

2022

Frieze Seoul, Group Booth with Various Small Fires, Seoul, South Korea

Small Paintings, Curated by Zach Fischman, Venus Over Manhattan, New York, NY

ArtCrush 2022, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, CO

White Columns Benefit Auction, White Columns, New York, NY

Dallas Art Fair, Group Booth with Various Small Fires, Dallas, TX

Frieze Los Angeles, Group Booth with Various Small Fires, Los Angeles, CA

2021   

NADA, Group Booth with Ackerman Clarke, Miami, FL

2020   

“Polycephaly”, Sanitary Tortilla Factory, Albuquerque, NM

2017    

“Fields of Vision”, Shoestring Studios, Brooklyn, NY

2015

"The Two States of W. W.", TSA Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2014 

"Smile", NWVSF Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2013

"Correspondence", Tiger Strikes Asteroid Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2010

"Team Work", Allan Nederpelt Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

"I Heart Art", Work Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2008

"Dream Tigers", Vaudville Park, Brooklyn, NY

"4th Annual Small Works Show Curated by David Humphrey", 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2007

"Small Works", 80 Washington Square Gallery, New York, NY

2005

"14th Annual Juried Show", Bowery Gallery, New York, NY

 

Visiting Artist Lectures

2026

Guest Lecture, SAIC, Chicago, IL

2022

Guest Lecture, Florida International University, Miami, FL

Guest Lecture, On Painting, New England College, Henniker, NH

Press and Publications

2025

Lisbon Highlights: What to see during ARCOlisboa 2025, Alessio Avventuroso, Flash Art, May 30th 2025

2023

“Can’t Break My Seoul”, Kate Sutton, Art Forum September 15th, 2023

2022

In Conversation with Will Gabaldon, Caesura Magazine, YouTube

“8 Artists Making Small Paintings Who Prove Size
Isn’t Everything”
, Samuel Anderson, Artsy

“Will Gabaldon: This Must Be the Place”, Whitewall, February 15, 2022

“Friday Focus: Will Gabaldón”, Parapluie, parapluieart.com

“16 Standout Gallery Exhibitions to see in LA”, Sarah Coscone, Artnet News

2020

“Polycephaly: Artist Interview and Discussion”, Sanitary Tortilla Factory, YouTube

Awards

2024

Steep Rock Arts Association Artist Residency

2012

Yaddo Artist Residency

2005

Maurice Lowe Award, Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA  

2004

Fox Family Juried Exhibition Graduate Award, Fox Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA