Gabriela Gamboa is a multidisciplinary artist born in Pittsburgh and raised in Venezuela. Being in a state of constant transition, Gabriela became interested in the essence of communication and language at an early age, weaving it into her performances, using her own body as a point of origin.

The element of displacement, transplantation and mimicry are present in her work, which include experimentations in film, performance, video, multimedia installations and photography. She explores strategies of communication and camouflage that have marked her own life through the use of the body as a medium and the personal as an act of political manifestation.

After obtaining her bachelor’s in art and Design from the University of Chicago, she earned a living as a still photographer in the film industry. In the 1980’s she co-founded the experimental multimedia ensemble POLYBURO and was a member of the electronic music collective MUSIKAUTOMATIKA, exploring artistic collaboration to address concerns about social and ecological issues through multiple mediums and technology.

Gamboa has also been an educator and arts promoter. In the early 1990’s she was called upon to co-create the media department of the Instituto Superior de Artes Visuales Armando Reverón, in Caracas, Venezuela. This was the first higher education art school in the country and was completely tuition free. She has continued to work in education ever since.

Gabriela has exhibited artwork both regionally and internationally at renowned institutions including Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Lima, Perú, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago, Chile, The Coral Gables Museum, Miami, The through line Collective in Houston and the Boston Center for the Arts, among others. In 2021 and 2025 she was awarded an Ellies Creator Award by Oolite Arts in Miami and received the Harris Barron Fellowship granted by Massart to attend Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in 2024.

She currently lives in Miami and works in her studio at the Bakehouse Art Complex in Miami, Florida.