Exhibitions / Movies  
2010 Artist-of-the-month in The Artist's Magazine February issue
2010 Fifteen paintings shown in feature length film Vengeful by Dan Eberle

2009

Finalist in The Artist's Magazine annual art competition

2009

120th Annual N.A.W.A. Exhibition, Salmagundi Club, New York City

2009

Seven paintings in a group show entitled This Woman's Work, Minneapolis MN

2008

New York Hall of Science, Art Envisions Science, New York City

2008

Center for Modern Psychoanalytic Studies, Spring Art Show, New York City

2007

Antagonist Art Movement show, Femmevolution II,
New York City

2007

Antagonist Art Movement show, Movie Posters,
New York City

2007

Antagonist Art Movement winter holiday show,
New York City

2007

Antagonist Art Movement show, Animals, New York City

2006

Solo Show, Frances Goodwin Space, New York City

2006

117th Annual N.A.W.A. Exhibition, GoogleWorks, Reading, PA

2005

116th Annual N.A.W.A. Exhibition, 80 Fifth Avenue Gallery, New York City

2005

V-Day Exhibition, Hunter College, New York City

2004

The Catherine Lorilliard Annual Exhibition, The National Arts Club, New York City

2004

In the Spotlight Exhibition, 80 Fifth Avenue Gallery, New York City

2004

115th Annual N.A.W.A. Exhibition, National Association of Women Artists Gallery, New York City

2003

Solo Show, Frances Goodwin Space, New York City

2003

Brave Destiny, Williamsburg Art and Historical Center, Brooklyn, New York

2003

Women, Trauma and Visual Expression, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois

Selected Commissions

2008

Portrait: "Lulu" for Janet Panetta, New York City

2008

Portrait: “Luke” for John Bentham, New York City

2007

Portrait: “Caleb” for Laurie and Mark Pascual, Colorado Springs, CO

2007

Portrait: “Arlo” for Gina Paolillo and Ronnie Cusmano, New York City

2007

Movie poster: “JailCity” by Daniel Eberle, New York City

2006

Portrait: “Mason” for Dawn and Jack Silverstein, New York City

2006

Portrait: “Scarlett” for Laurie and Mark Pascual, Colorado Springs, CO

2006

Portrait: “Tantor” for Lila Rhey, New York City

2005

Portrait: “Vinny” for Lila Rhey, New York City

2004

Portrait: “Julia” for Lila Rhey, New York City

2004

Portrait: “Lucy and Widget” for John Bentham, New York City

2003

Portrait: “Sunset” for Lisa Aull, Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York City

Publications

2010

Artist-of-the-month in The Artist's Magazine February issue

2009

Finalist in The Artist's Magazine 26th Annual Art Competition, Animal/Wildlife category for painting entitled LB

Awards and Honors

2004

Dorothy Tabak Memorial Award

2003

Award of Excellence, Manhattan Arts International

Affiliations

Portrait Society of America

Cecilia Beaux Forum

National Association of Women Artists

National Watercolor Society

Education

2009-current

Grand Central Academy of Art, New York City

2005-current

Art Students League, New York City

1999-current

School of Visual Arts, New York City

1992

State University of New York, Purchase, BFA

Bio
Gayle Madeira was born in College Station, Texas and raised on a farm in Northern Virginia. She has been a painter and a dancer since the age of five. Gayle has pursued both art forms simultaneously in New York City for many years, designing posters for dance companies and painting commissioned watercolor pieces while touring internationally as a dancer and choreographer.  Her paintings are included in numerous collections.

Technique
Gayle Madeira's primary media are watercolor, ink and silk dye. Her painting process is extremely detailed yet simultaneously delicate, often working against the particular constraints of watermedia. She utilizes primarily drybrush painting technique, working mainly wet-on-dry to create high contrast and crisp edges. Gayle's work borders on photorealism, only when viewed closely are the brushstrokes recognizable.

Artists Statement
I believe that painting and dance flow from the same source and the viewer is a participant in the choreography of my paintings. Through extreme close-up portraits I search for intimacy and connection. The fragility of life fascinates me. I am inspired by nature in all forms, no matter how gruesome.