Their work centres on identity & place, histories of displacement, embodied experiences of migration, the legacies of colonialism, social practices, and transcultural aesthetics

“My work is socially and politically engaged and has been created through research, collaborations and participatory workshops that include photography, video, installations and interventions.

I began my practice as an activist, facilitating public interventions and creating participatory and collaborative projects. Having a background in the history of art [BA], architecture [PHD] and curatorial studies [PGC] and education [Dip], these actions have always been creative and transdisciplinary. More recently, through several artists’ residencies, I have also had the privilege to engage with studio-based work centring on my own lived experiences of intersectionality”. 

In the past decade, their work has been shown in places such as Trafalgar Square, Tate Modern, Turner Contemporary, the South Bank Centre, Rich Mix, National Maritime Museum, the Jewish Museum, Brighton Museum, Worthing Museum, and the People’s History Museum [Manchester], and internationally in galleries and museums in the USA, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Israel-Palestine and South Africa.”

In 2016 Gil moved from London to Brighton and founded the Socially Engaged Art Salon [SEAS] in their living room. SEAS, which became a not-for-profit community company [CIC], aimed to promote socially engaged art practices and artists from underrepresented sectors. Since then, SEAS has been invited to stage exhibitions in The Black and Ethnic Minority Community Centre, LGBTQ+ Ledward Centre, and other community venues in the UK. Supported by local charities, the local authorities and Art Council England SEAS has curated over thirty exhibitions and shown the work of hundreds of BPOC, migrants and LGBTQ+ artists, creating numerous cultural events. SEAS work can be viewed on www.seasbrighton.org