ABOUT

Gaylia Wagner is a mixed media artist working primarily in etched metal. She explores pattern, repetition, variation, and movement in her pieces, with a focus on material and process. She is currently creating artwork for her first two-person show at the Howard County Center for the Arts in Ellicott City, MD, slated for summer of 2022.

The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities Fellowship Program awarded Gaylia grants for 2021, 2020, and 2019, and in 2020 she was a CAH-NEA Cares Act grantee. Gaylia holds a BFA in Product Design with a minor in Art History from Parsons School of Design, and a BA in English Literature from Virginia Commonwealth University. Presently she resides in Washington, DC, where she has a studio.