Gianna Commito received her MFA from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA in 2003 and her BFA from The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY in 1998. Commito has had recent solo and two-person exhibitions at Pentimenti, Philadelphia, PA (2025); Rachel U ff ner Gallery, New York, NY (2025); Abattoir Gallery, Cleveland, OH (2023); Marrow Gallery, San Francisco, CA (2022); Gazebo Gallery, Kent, OH (2022); and Harvey Preston Gallery, Aspen, CO (2020). Institutionally, she has been included in group exhibitions at the Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, OH (2023); FRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Art, Cleveland, OH (2018); Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH (2015); The Drawing Center, New York, NY (2007). Her work is in the collections of the Akron Art Museum and the Columbus Art Museum. Commito lives and works in Kent, OH.

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