Gigi Borgese

From the Bay Area, CA

Currently Based in New York, NY​

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I am a practicing multidisciplinary artist based in New York City. I enjoy exploring various themes (identity, sex, love, internet jargon/culture) through the use of frequent swift, swallow and apple motifs. I often place these natural objects in various situations with anatomically abstract/distorted organisms. I liked to invoke the visuals of modern internet visual culture with labeling, arrows, and bright red circles. This contrast between the natural world and unnatural virtual sphere is what I am interested in. As humanity continues to advance technologically we grow further away from the fruits of our existence. Despite being confined to a screen, this new visual language permeates into everything that surrounds us. I would like to explore how these changes have altered humanity's relationship with itself and the natural world. 

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My work is all based on my personal experiences in being a prominent internet figure as a teenager. In 2025, when I was 20, I discovered there was a large community of men who had been making AI generated pornographic material of me since I was 15 years old. They had created a nude digital double of me. My art explores that absurdity. 

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I am currently studying for my Bachelors in Art at the City College of New York, receiving the Adelaide Jablonsky Award in 2025 and Connor Merritt Award in 2026. I was a finalist in the 2026 Astor Place Plaza Art Competition hosted by the East Village Allience. I am also involved in the New York music scene, creating atmospheric graphic design work and physical props for various bands.

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For any inquiries, please contact through Instagram DM! Thank you =-)