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Exhibits

2024:
Tampa Bay Rays Artist Series, St. Petersburg, FL
Red, White & Free: Reclaiming Patriotism, Studios @ 6663, Pinellas Park, FL
GENDERFREE (solo), American Stage, St. Petersburg, FL
Let's Go Crazy!, Studios @ 5663, Pinellas Park, FL
Bliss, The Factory, St. Petersburg, FL

2023:
Category Is (solo), The Werk Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Sweet Boys (solo), The ArtLofts, St. Petersburg, FL
Hotbox, SPACE, St. Petersburg, FL
ArtOUT, James Museum, St. Petersburg, FL

Phsychidelic, Morean Arts Center, St. Petersburg, FL
Rites of Spring, The Werk Gallery, St. Peteersburg, FL
Shiny & New, The Werk Gallery, St .Petersburg, FL
Queerness, The Werk Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL

2022:
Featured Artist, Brenda Macmahon Gallery, Gulfport, FL

Decades, MIZE Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Arts Annual, Creative Pinellas, Largo, FL

It Takes a Village, The Wayward Goose, St. Petersburg, FL


2021:
Emerging Artists Exhibit, Creative Pinellas, Largo, FL

Fabulous Arts Foundation (mural installation), Sarasota, FL

LatinXhibit, The Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC

LGBTQ Artists Showcase, COVE, Pinellas Park, FL

Masterpieces, EKEKO Gallery, St. Petersburg, FL
Always Grindin', COVE, Pinellas Park, FL

Murals:
Black History Matters, Woodson African American History Museum, St. Petersburg, FL
Diversity in Democracy, St. Petersburg, FL
Stay Fly, St. Pete, Pilot Bank, St. Petersburg, FL
Italian Sunset, Jack Pallino's, Dunedin, FL
American Pride, Sgt. Mike's Get Up, St. Petersburg, FL
LGBTQ Rushmore, St. Pete Pride, St. Petersburg, FL


Awards:
Favorite LGBTQ+ Artist, Watermark Magazine
​ArtOUT, Juror's Choice Award
Creative Pinellas, Emerging Artist Grant

St. Petersburg Arts Alliance Individual Artist Grant
Tampa Bay Lightning Community Hero Award
Watermark WAVE Awards, Favorite LGBTQ Artist
Best of the Bay Awards, Best Show, "Pride Without Prejudice"
Best of the Bay Critic's Choice, Best Conversation Starter, "Sunday School"


Associations & Memberships
Founder/President, Diversity Arts Inc.

Curator, Studios @ 5663
Morean Arts Center
Creative Pinellas
Fairgrounds, St. Pete
The Factory, St. Pete
Florida Craft Art
​The Werk Gallery
Gobioff Foundation




ARTIST BIO



Queer Latin American artist, John Gascot spent the first twelve years of his life in Puerto Rico, a fact to which he attributes his love and use of bold color. While he creates in a variety of styles including painterly and geometric abstraction, Latin Pop paintings are his signature. He affectionately coined the term after years of development. The series combines elements of Folk, Pop and Cubism.
John's Latin Pop paintings combine various global influences in contemporary narratives, blurring cultural lines which divide us. The figures in his works are often large and curvaceous. Their mass speaks more about strength and presence than actual size. He creates accessible art that promotes diversity while simultaneously celebrating and challenging social and gender roles dictated by various cultures.
John is co-owner and Curator of Studios @ 5663. He is the founder of Diversity Arts Inc., a nonprofit which uplifts underserved youth by providing safe environments, materials and guidance for self-expressive art workshops. He is also a founding member of the Pinellas Arts Village.



Social Media





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