Cassie Guy

Cassie Guy is a mixed media artist based in Charlottesville, Virginia. Her current work comprises of both figurative and abstract works on wood panels. Her mixed media palette includes gouache, oil crayons and paints, house paints, paper cutouts, pen, ink, dye, pencils, markers and recycled materials including her own rejected artworks or scraps.

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/J Crew 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.