Gisela Insuaste (b. NYC, NY) is an artist, arts administrator, educator and cultural producer. She is the recipient of various grants and awards such as: Hope Platform Designer-in-Residence Fellowship, Seoul, Korea; Apex Art Outbound Residency; Lower East Side Printshop Keyholder Residency; EFA NYC Arts Worker Residency; Laundromat Project Create Change PD Fellowship; Smithsonian LMSP Fellowship; and MacDowell Colony Fellowships; Artadia/Driehaus Award. She has participated in various exhibitions and projects in national and local venues: Hope Platform, Seoul, Korea; Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA; Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH; Bronx Museum of Art, NY; El Taller Boricua, NY; Vox Populi, PA; John Allcott Gallery, UNC, Chapel Hill, NC; Satellite Gallery, UTSA, TX; Cuchifritos Gallery, NY; Queens Museum of Art, NY; El Museo del Barrio, NY; Praxis Gallery, NY & FL; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Chicago Cultural Center, IL; and Centro Cultural in Riobamba and Manta, Ecuador. She received an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BA in Anthropology & Studio Art from Dartmouth College. She lives in Oakland, CA.