Gabriel Chalfin-Piney-González is a multi-hyphenate artist and administrator with 17 years of experience working with art organizations, orchestrating residency programs, and supporting artists in a career-changing capacity. Gabriel’s creative pursuits are informed by oral, ecological & collaborative practices surrounding Disability Justice, Abolition, Vernacular & Self-Taught Art.
They work as the Exhibitions and Residency Manager at Hyde Park Art Center and are the founder of the Jewish Museum of Chicago. Previous roles managing residencies and artist support programs includes Colby Museum’s Lunder Institute for American Art, Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild, Cornell Cooperative Extension, Chicago Parks District, among others. They have choreographed and performed at the Design Museum of Chicago, Dorsky Museum of Art, apexart and Whitney Museum of Art. They hold a MA in Art Administration and Public Policy from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in Art History and Printmaking from the State University of New York at New Paltz.