Gabrielle Pool (1976) is an established artist

recognised as much for her innovative painting as for

her explorative spirit. Originally from New Zealand,

she has traveled extensively and honed her inventive

skills in some of the most eclectic locations on the

planet.

From an early mentorship in Japan, she has created

her own residencies at their creative source – from

traditional techniques in the Chinese Guilin

mountains, to rough-hewn innovation on the remote

banks of Southern Ethiopia’s slow moving Omo River.

Left without assistance with the vanishing Hamer

tribe, Pool developed an original painting technique

using the tribe’s traditional body paints and pigments.