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.
In addition to freelance illustration and design projects, she is currently at work on a number of private commissions.
Recent Exhibitions/Events:
Women's Initiative Charlottesville Girls Night Out Auction, 2018
Teeny Tiny Trifecta, Second Street Gallery, 2019
Women's Initiative Charlottesville Girls Night Out Auction, 2019
Women's Initiative Girls Night in Auction, 2020
Bond Bound 2020 - Second Street Gallery, 2020
Teeny Tiny Trifecta 2020 - Second Street Gallery, 2020
QuietTown Home Auction for No Child Hungry, 2020
For custom projects, freelance gigs or just to say ‘hey’, please contact: casswguy@gmail.com
To purchase prints, please visit: Acorn Toy Shop & Spotted Coyote
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.