GABBAH BAYA
gabbah.baya@gmail.comNew York, NY
EDUCATION
New York University - New York, NY - Masters of Fine Arts - Game Design -2024
Tufts University - Medford, MA - Bachelor of Fine Arts - Studio Art - 2016
In partnership with School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Video Game Designer and Programmer - Urban Futures - 2023
Video Game Consultation - Oyoun - 2021
Website Designer - Oyoun - 2021
Video Game Designer and Programmer - Arcanum -2020
RESIDENCIES, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS, INTERNSHIPS, AWARDS, HONORS
Fellowship & Grant - CYSTEMS - New York City, 2023
Internship - Wonderville - New York City, 2023
Residency - Level Ground - Los Angeles, 2020-2021
Travel Fellowship Award - Tufts University + School of the Museum of Fine Arts - Los Angeles, 2018
First Prize - Iron Printmaking Challenge - Massachusetts College of Art and Design - Boston, MA - 2014
Merit Scholarship - Tufts University + School of the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA - 2012-2016
EXHIBITIONS, TALKS, PUBLICATIONS
~2023~
Palestine panel - American Studies Conference - Montreal, Canada
No Control Exhibition - Wonderville - New York, NY
GIRLBOSS! - Wonderville -New York, NY
~2022~
Exhibition - SXSW - Austin Texas
Publication - Union Magazine - Berlin, Germany
~2021~
RETURN (solo show) - Feminist Ai + Poieto + Level Ground - Los Angeles, CA
Archival Scans - Union Magazine - 2021
Artist talk - Level Ground - 2021
~2020~
Hybrid Vigor - Cal Arts - Ventura, CA
~2019~
Artist Talk with gabbah baya - ReBootKamp - Amman, Jordan
Refest - Culture Hub - Los Angeles, CA
Artist Talk - Women's Center for Creative Work - Los Angeles, CA
~2018~
Critical Forum: Artist Gabbah Baya in Conversation with Joshua Oduga – PAM Residencies – Los Angeles
Forum I - Torrance Art Museum - Torrance, CA
Soft Bytes - Association of Hysteric Curators - Los Angeles, CA
Separation -Tin Flats - Los Angeles, CA
~2017~
Sexy - Discipline Press – New York, NY
The Burden of Men – Publication – Boston, MA
~2016~
Submerging - Cooper Union - New York, NY
Boston Screen Festival: Alternative Reality - The Guyer Art Barn - Boston, MA
Noise/Touch - Boston Center for the Arts - Boston, MA
Recontextualizing Objects - Boston Design Center - Boston, MA
Art in the Dark - Femme Factory - Jamaica Plain, MA
Stay in Touch - Senior Thesis Exhibition - School of the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA
Advanced Poetry Book Exhibition - School of the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA
~2015~
FLAT/FLATTENED/FLATTENING/ANTI-FLAT: a drawing show - Milkhaus - Boston, MA
Coolidge Film Collective Screening - Coolidge Corner Theatre - Brookline, MA
Resting Bitch Face - Greenough Gallery - Jamaica Plain, MA
~2014~
Video/Film Exhibition - School of the Museum of Fine Arts - Boston, MA
uNDOCUMENTA (⅓) - Khaki Gallery - Boston, MA
SELECTED PROJECTS
Jury Member for Game Design - Peabody Awards - New York, NY - 2023
Selection Committee for 2022 Level Ground Residents - Los Angeles, CA - 2021
Co-Editor – Forum I Zine and Catalog – Torrance Art Museum - 2018
Organizer – Equal and Meaningful Art Access For All: A Panel and Conversation for Actionable Strategies and Pathways towards Art World Equity – Torrance Art Museum - 2018
Organizer – Angelena Atlas Fundraiser Brunch – Women's Center for Creative Work – 2018
Organizer/Speaker – Metaphorical and Reimagined Cities – Cities of Days -2018
Organizer – LA Zine Fest – Los Angeles - 2018
Artist - TAM FORUM I - Mentorship Program – Torrance Art Museum - 2018
Co-Curator - Art in the Dark - Femme Factory - Jamaica Plain, MA - 2016
Co-Curator - Coolidge Film Collective Screening - Brookline, MA - 2015
Designer - Promotional Material for Balagan Films - Boston, MA - 2014
PRESS
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Architects Paper
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