Gina Pfleegor
Gina Pfleegor
Gina was most recently featured in our 2023 Spotlight Exhibit.
Images below are from Gina Pfleegor’s 2020 Spotlight Exhibit
Images below are from Gina Pfleegor’s 2023 Spotlight Exhibit – SOLD OUT
Images below are from Gina Pfleegor’s 2022 Spotlight Exhibit – SOLD OUT
Images below are from Gina Pfleegor’s 2021 Spotlight Exhibit – SOLD OUT
Images below are from Gina Pfleegor’s 2019 Spotlight Exhibit – SOLD OUT
Gina graduated from the State University of New York at Fredonia in 1998 with a Bachelors of Art in Graphic Design and a Bachelors of Science in Communication. In 2000, she decided to pursue her Master of Arts Education at Elmira College while also starting a career as an illustrator. She began teaching art at Hammondsport High School shortly thereafter as well as illustrating material for dozens of magazines and various promotional material. Her first illustrated children’s book, entitled I Like Gum (written by Doreen Tango Hampton), was published in 2007 by Shenanigan Books. For the next several years, she went on to have dozens of children’s books and educational material published by McGraw Hill, the Brown Publishing Network, and many more.
In 2013, Gina had an artistic change of heart and began a new journey as a photorealist painter working primarily in oils. She has since won several notable awards, including the Four Columns Award at the Arnot Regional Exhibition and she was a finalist in the international Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize competition.
She is currently represented by West End Gallery in Corning and continues to thoroughly enjoy where this artistic journey takes her.
“In my more recent series of paintings, I found myself drawn to a subject I know well, that balance of feeling strong yet feminine as a woman in our society today. Attempting to depict a sense of authenticity regarding what this can often feel like, I used symbolism to show that we can be both without sacrificing the other. Sensual can be strong, determined can be vulnerable, and sometimes warriors wear gowns into battle.”