Biography
Gabriel Campoy (Mexicali, Mexico) is a New York based painter whose practice explores poetic ideas regarding his personal life and universal human experience topics. In 2011, he was selected through a statewide drawing and painting competition in Georgia to attend the painting program at Valdosta State University. Campoy received his BFA from Savannah College of Art and Design in 2017. He worked closely with accomplished artist Zoe Buckman over a two-year period from 2021 to 2022. Campoy independently funded his exhibitions, including Good Times, Hard Times (Williamsburg, 2019) and A/Way With Words (2025), creating events for public engagement with his work
Campoy, a painter at heart, has also created designs for renowned brands such as Marchesa, Vera Wang, Reem Acra, Rhone, and Sergio Tacchini. His contributions to these brands have included fabric artwork, original prints, fashion designs, illustrations, and garment development in collaboration with factories. His work has been featured in stores including Saks Fifth Avenue in Atlanta, Georgia, published on Vogue Runway, and worn by celebrities such as Katy Perry, the K-pop group TWICE, Sydney Sweeney, and Millie Bobby Brown. He was commissioned by Saks Fifth Avenue Atlanta to create handbag week sketches, and his illustrations were later used in New York for buyer invitations at Bloomingdale’s, Shopbop, Neiman Marcus, and Saks Fifth Avenue..