CASSIE GUY
Cassie Guy is a mixed media artist based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her current work comprises largely abstract works on wood panels rendered in gouache, oil crayons, house paints, paper cutouts, pen, ink, dye, and recycled materials.
In 1998 she received her BFA at Davidson College, where she majored in Studio Art and Art History and continued on to Parsons School of Design Paris and New York, where she earned an AAS degree in Fashion Design. Cassie spent the next 16 years working in New York City as a fashion designer for Rebecca Taylor, Madewell/JCrew and others, in addition to designing and managing her own small apparel line, Cass Guy. Her clothing sold globally and through domestic retailers including Saks Fifth Avenue, Takashimaya, and Bird Brooklyn. Her creative career in the fashion world frequently took her abroad to Japan, Hong Kong, and Europe, leaving indelible imprints on her aesthetic.
She left Brooklyn in 2016 for a quieter life in her art studio overlooking the Blue Ridge mountains. She worked closely with TWRYAN Architecture in building her award-winning Three Chimney House and artist studio, which she project-managed and shaped creatively in areas including tile and furniture design.
Cassie’s work draws from a variety of inspirations, including her upbringing in a creative family; an early immersion in the museums of Washington, D.C. and abroad; and the nature that surrounds her in the Virginia foothills. Her pieces unite the dreamlike and surreal with the dailiness of familiar forms. Her confident use of color, pattern, and texture reflects her background in fashion design.
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Exhibitions
LIMINAL a solo show, Second Street Gallery/Main Gallery, 2025
The Art of Collage, Second Street Gallery, 2024
Teeny Tiny Trifecta, Second Street Gallery, 2023
Teeny Tiny Trifecta, Second Street Gallery, 2022
Spectrum, Stay Home Gallery, 2021
Teeny Tiny Trifecta, Second Street Gallery, 2021
QuietTown Home Auction for No Child Hungry, 2020
Teeny Tiny Trifecta 2020 - Second Street Gallery, 2020
Bond Bound 2020 - Second Street Gallery, 2020
Organizations I continue to support with my artwork:
The Women’s Initiative, Second Street Gallery, New City Arts, and The Music Resource Center
For custom projects, freelance gigs or just to say ‘hey’, please contact: casswguy@gmail.com
Skills include but are not limited to:
Editorial Illustration
Picture Book illustration
Children’s Artwork/DecorFashion Illustration
Custom Painting, drawing, illustration for commercial and private use
Custom artwork for surface and print design
Apparel design
Cassie is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writer and Illustrators.