Gianna Commito (b. 1976, Sea Level, NC) earned a BFA from The New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University, Alfred, NY and an MFA from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. The artist has been included in exhibitions at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia,PA; The Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH; Lehman College Art Department, New York, NY; Webster State University, Ogden, UT; MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH; National Academy, New York, NY; and the Drawing Center, New York, NY; among others. In 2018, her work wasfeatured in the inaugural edition of theFRONT International: Cleveland Triennial for Contemporary Artin Cleveland, OH. Her work is also placed in prominent collections such as the Akron Art Museum, Columbus Art Museum, and the Progressive Art Collection