Biography
Fine Arts Connoisseur magazine, “Three to Watch” article - July/August Publication - USA
Fine Arts Connoisseur magazine - May/June Publication - USA
FACE 2025 - group exhibition - Society of Portrait Sculptors - The Garrison Chapel, London, UK
17th International ARC Salon competition - Received two First Place prizes for the sculpture The Garden in both the Sculpture and the Fully From Life categories, and received an Honorable Mention for Revelation in the Sculpture category - Art Renewal Center, USA - See it here!
2025
Became Graduate-in-Residence and Instructor at the Florence Academy of Art for the academic year 2024-2025 - Florence, Italy
IN THE LIGHT OF FLORENCE - group exhibition - Pneuma Art Foundation - Florence, Italy - See it here!
Taught a three week long sculpture workshop where students learned how to copy the features of Michelangelo’s David in clay - South Bend, IN
Received Second Place for “Sculpture of the Year” at the Florence Academy of Art - Florence, Italy
Graduated from the Florence Academy of Art Sculpture Program - Florence, Italy
FACE 2024 - group exhibition - Society of Portrait Sculptors - The Garrison Chapel, London, UK
2024
Figurative Sculpture Invitational - group exhibition - National Sculpture Society - Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN - See it here!
45th Elkhart Juried Regional - group exhibition - Midwest Museum of American Art, Elkhart, IN - See it here!
Won second place prize in the 23rd ARC Scholarship Competition, through the Art Renewal Center - See it here!
Completed the second year of the Sculpture Program at the Florence Academy of Art - Florence, Italy
2023
Completed the first year of the Sculpture Program at the Florence Academy of Art - Florence, Italy
2022
2021
Commenced study at The Florence Academy of Art Sculpture Program - Florence, Italy
Death of a Thesis Show: 2020 Herron Graduates - group exhibition - Sugar Creek Art Center, Thornton, IN
Recent Work by Gabriel Akre: A Solo Exhibition - Barnes & Thornburg Building, Indianapolis, IN
2020
Indiana Chamber of Commerce Summer 2020 Exhibition - solo exhibition - Indiana Chamber of Commerce building, Indianapolis, IN
Graduated Herron School of Art + Design at IUPUI with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting, with Highest Distinction - Indianapolis, IN
The Endless Complexities of People & Places: A Senior Thesis Exhibition by Gabriel Akre and Anita Gordon - Harrison Center, Indianapolis, IN - See it here!
Genesis Art Magazine Publication - IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
Barnes & Thornburg Spring 2020 Exhibition - group exhibition - Barnes & Thornburg Building, Indianapolis, IN
National Society of Arts and Letters Annual 2020 Exhibition - group exhibition - Bloomington, IN
2019
The Space in Between - Artist Residency Solo Exhibition - StorageSpace Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
StorageSpace Summer Artist Residency - StorageSpace Art Gallery, Indianapolis, IN
Frost Brown Todd Summer Exhibition - two person exhibition - Frost Brown Todd Building, Indianapolis, IN
Featured in IUPUI’s “Indy Impressions” series - IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN - See it here!
Genesis Art Magazine Publication - IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
Barnes & Thornburg Spring 2019 Exhibition - group exhibition - Barnes & Thornburg Building, Indianapolis, IN
Monochromatic - group exhibition - Herron School of Art + Design, Eskenazi Fine Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN
2018
SACI End of Year Student Exhibition - SACI Studio Arts College International, Florence, Italy
Body Archives - OnArt Gallery, formerly home to Benvenuto Cellini, Florence, Italy
Barnes & Thornburg Spring 2018 Exhibition - Barnes & Thornburg Building, Indianapolis, IN
Genesis Art Magazine Publication - IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
2017
Marsh Gallery Painting Exhibition - group exhibition - Herron School of Art + Design, Indianapolis, IN
Exploring Art in Italy - group exhibition - Herron School of Art + Design, Eskenazi Fine Arts Center, Indianapolis, IN
DYNAMO - Circle City Industrial Complex, Indianapolis, IN