GABRIELLA KIRBY | Future Light: Castello 925 Annex | Sestiere Castello 780 · Fondamenta San Giuseppe 780 · 30122 Venice, IT
CASTELLO 925 Annex · Sestiere Castello 780 · Venice, IT
Thursday - Sunday 15:30 - 19:30
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The exhibition Gabriella Kirby | Future Light brings this American artist back to her ancestral roots in the Veneto region of Italy. World War II trauma led Kirby’s grandparents to leave their Italian mountain village, ultimately emigrating to the United States. Two generations and seventy-five years later, Gabriella Kirby returns with her own family for an exhibition of her artwork during the 61st Venice Biennale and for a reunion with her matrilineal community of Vestenavecchia in the foothills of the Dolomites.
Gabriella Kirby | Future Light surveys several species - from plant to animal to human - and focuses on the protective, communicative and life-giving parts that continue to adapt and evolve, while holding an awareness of potential future threat. Although generational trauma informs these ethereal works on paper and gestural works on canvas, Kirby’s natural forms, with their trembling edges, traverse the internal landscape of vulnerability and suggest a life at once familiar, spliced with a kind of space that hovers on the cusp of memory.
Possessing a tender biology, Gabriella Kirby’s work is clearly defined with crisp energy and perceived movement, reckoning with the intricacies of inherent darkness and evoking the potential of future light.
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Gabriella Kirby2026acrylic on plaster7 x 7 in | 17.75 x 17.75 cm -
Gabriella Kirby2026acrylic on plaster7 x 7 in | 17.75 x 17.75 cm -
Gabriella Kirby2026acrylic on plaster7 x 7 in | 17.75 x 17.75 cm -
Gabriella KirbyUntitled 3 (Yellow), 2026acrylic on plaster7 x 7 in | 17.75 x 17.75 cm -
Gabriella KirbyUntitled, 2026ink on paper44 x 52 in | 111.75 x 132 cm -
Gabriella KirbySpine paper, 2026ink on paper19" x 18.5" | 48.25 x 47 cm -
Gabriella KirbyMilkweed seed paper II, 2026ink on paper11 x 10 in | 28 x 25.5 cm -
Gabriella KirbyMilkweed seed paper I , 2026ink on paper11 x 10 in | 28 x 25.5 cm -
Gabriella KirbyLarge indigo, 2026ink on paper20 x 26 | 50.75 x 66.5 cm -
Gabriella KirbyIndigo paper 3, 2026ink on paper9 x 12 | 22.75 x 20.5 cm -
Gabriella KirbyIndigo paper 2, 2026ink on paper9 x 12 | 22.75 x 20.5 cm -
Gabriella KirbyIndigo paper 1, 2026ink on paper9 x 12 | 22.75 x 20.5 cm -
Gabriella KirbyHand sewing paper, 2026ink on paper9 x 16 in | 22, 75 x 38 cm -
Gabriella KirbyDiptych II, 2026ink on paper9.75 x 10.5 in | 24. 75 x 26.75 cm -
Gabriella KirbyDiptych I, 2026ink on paper9.75 x 10.5 in | 24. 75 x 26.75 cm -
Gabriella KirbyBig Flower paer, 2026acrylic on paper22 x 30 in | 55.75 x 76.25 cm -
Gabriella KirbyAnther paper 3, 2026ink on paper9 x 16 in | 22, 75 x 38 cm -
Gabriella KirbyAnther paper 2, 2026ink on paper16 x 9 in | 38 x 22.75 cm -
Gabriella KirbyAnther paper 1, 2026ink on paper7.5 x 8 in | 19 x 20.25 cm
For Immediate Release
ENGLISH
GABRIELLA KIRBY | Future Light
CASTELLO 925
Fondamenta San Giuseppe 780
30122 Venice (VE) · Italy
30 July - 20 September
OPENING RECEPTION 1 August, 5:00 - 7:00 PM
Gallery Hours:
August - September | Thursday - Sunday: 3:30 - 7:00 PM
(Venice, Italy) - GABRIELLA KIRBY | Future Light opens with a reception Saturday, August 1, 5:00 - 7:00, and runs through Sunday 20 September, 2026,at CASTELLO 925 Gallery Annex, Fondamenta San Giuseppe 780, 30122 Venice ITALY.
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
The exhibition GABRIELLA KIRBY | Future Light brings this American artist back to her ancestral roots in the Veneto region of Italy. World War II trauma led Kirby’s grandparents to leave their Italian mountain village and ultimately emigrate to the United States. Two generations and seventy-five years later, Gabriella Kirby returns with her own family for an exhibition of her artwork during the 61st Venice Biennale and for a reunion with her matrilineal community of Vestenavecchia in the foothills of the Dolomites.
GABRIELLA KIRBY | Future Light surveys several species - from plant to animal to human - and focuses on the protective, communicative and life-giving parts that continue to adapt and evolve, while holding an awareness of potential future threat. Although generational trauma informs these ethereal works on paper and gestural works on canvas, Kirby’s natural forms, with their trembling edges, traverse the internal landscape of vulnerability and suggest a life at once familiar, spliced with a kind of space that hovers on the cusp of memory.
Possessing a tender biology, Gabriella Kirby’s work is clearly defined with crisp energy and perceived movement, reckoning with the intricacies of inherent darkness and evoking the potential of future light.
ITALIANO
GABRIELLA KIRBY | Future Light
CASTELLO 925
Fondamenta San Giuseppe 780
30122 Venezia (VE) · Italia
30 luglio - 20 settembre
INAUGURAZIONE 1 agosto, 17:00 - 19:00
Orari della galleria:
Agosto - Settembre | Giovedì - Domenica: 15:30 - 19:00
(Venezia, Italia) - GABRIELLA KIRBY | Future Light inaugura con un ricevimento sabato 1 agosto, dalle 17:00 alle 19:00, e sarà visitabile fino a domenica 20 settembre 2026, presso la CASTELLO 925 Gallery Annex, Fondamenta San Giuseppe 780, 30122 Venezia, ITALIA.
Informazioni sulla mostra
La mostra GABRIELLA KIRBY | Future Light riporta questa artista americana alle sue radici ancestrali nel Veneto, in Italia. Il trauma della Seconda guerra mondiale spinse i nonni di Kirby a lasciare il loro villaggio montano italiano, emigrando infine negli Stati Uniti. Due generazioni e settantacinque anni dopo, Gabriella Kirby ritorna con la propria famiglia alla 61ª Biennale di Venezia per una mostra delle sue opere e per una riunione con la sua comunità matrilineare di Vestenavecchia, ai piedi delle Dolomiti.
GABRIELLA KIRBY | Future Light presenta una panoramica di diverse specie – dalle piante agli animali fino agli esseri umani – e si concentra sugli elementi protettivi, comunicativi e generatori di vita che continuano ad adattarsi ed evolversi, pur mantenendo la consapevolezza di una potenziale minaccia futura. Sebbene il trauma generazionale informi queste eteree opere su carta e i lavori gestuali su tela, le forme naturali di Kirby, dai contorni tremolanti, attraversano il paesaggio interiore della vulnerabilità e suggeriscono una vita al tempo stesso familiare, innestata su una sorta di spazio collocato sulla soglia della memoria.
Dotata di una biologia delicata, l'opera di Gabriella Kirby è definita da un'energia nitida e un senso di movimento percepito, confrontandosi con le complessità dell'oscurità intrinseca ed evocando il potenziale della luce futura.
