American 1942-2013

Art is to the eye, as music is to the ear.
“Any resemblance to reality is merely coincidental.”
-- Gail Factor

“In an art world dominated by shameless self-promoters, Gail never called attention to herself.  Her work spoke for itself.  You either understood the integrity of it or you missed it.  Her paintings fundamentally reflected who she was.    

Gail distained all that was loud, shallow, and complacent in modern art.” - Eric Schlosser      

Gail Factor was committed to the painting process for more than five decades. An obvious artistic interest and aptitude emerged early on leading her to attend art classes at the Chicago Art Institute at the age of five. Factor pursued ongoing academic achievements with the same enthusiasm, culminating in: a BFA from the University of Southern California magna cum laude; an awarded fellowship in Fine Arts from Yale University; and independent studies in art and architecture throughout Europe.

Over the past two decades Factor had been creating and residing in Santa Fe, New Mexico. During which time she attended master courses with Wolf Kahn (b. 1927, German-born American) and Wayne Thiebaud (b. 1920, American) at the Santa Fe Institute of Fine Arts.

Factor’s work has been exhibited in prestigious galleries and museums throughout the United States. Gail Factor - Metamorphosis, a retrospective opened in October of 2014 with the University of Southern California, Los Angeles (USC) and was extended to a ten-month duration. This retrospective traveled from its debut with the Las Cruces Museum of Art - Las Cruces, New Mexico, to The Pacific Grove Museum, The Museum of North Texas and the Taos Art Museum also featured selected works

In addition, her work is included in numerous prominent public and private collections including USC, Scottsdale Museum of Art (SMOCA), Long Beach Museum of Art, IBM, The Monterey Museum of Art and The Museum of Texas Tech - Lubbock.