Gail S. Kotel
Gail S. Kotel is an upcycled portrait artist that uses repurposed materials to create her art. She has been creating upcycling portraits since her time at Music & Art H.S. in NYC.
Her non-traditional watercolors, sumi ink and oils have been exhibited extensively in NYC, Philadelphia and Portland and are in private collections throughout the East Coast and as far as Colorado, Oregon and Sweden. Currently she is represented by KYO Gallery just outside of DC. Her Takeoutportrait collection was featured in NBC as well as various other news publications.
After graduating from SUNY Purchase on a full merit scholarship with her BFA in sculpture and printmaking, Gail began discussing the environment by upcycling other people’s trash into art
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No two faces are the same; Gail imaginatively draws from the eyes, mouths, and cheekbones in her portraits to bring out the emotion of someone's life. Gail Kotel lives in Philadelphia where she also owns and is the lead Physical Therapist at Therapeutic Pilates, A Pilates based PT practice.
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