Working primarily with clay. Her work grows out of close observation and personal narrative, using figurative sculpture to explore resilience, vulnerability, and the human form. Before turning to sculpture, Gigi built a career as an award-winning designer and creative director. She served as SVP of a NYC based branding firm and VP of Design, North America, at Sotheby's, New York. She later founded and led her own design company, Gi-Space Design, for twenty-five years, working across brand development, trend exploration, creative design, and marketing. Gigi holds a BFA in Graphic and Packaging Design from ArtCenter College of Design. She has also trained in portraiture and expressive drawing before pursuing intensive figurative sculpture study in Greece and the Netherlands. Her work has been exhibited at the Shenzhen Bi-City Biennale and the Finnish Pavilion at the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale.