Gahl obtained his BFA from Pratt Institute in 2006 and MFA from Rhode Island School of Design in 2010. Recent solo exhibitions include: “Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea”, Harkawik, Los Angeles, California, 2021; “March Pictures”, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, New York, 2021; “Metro-North”, Massif Central, Brussels, Belgium, 2021; “Paintings”, Alexander Berggruen, New York, 2020; “Suet Paintings/Smoker by Window”, Y2K group, New York, 2020; “Zen Paintings”, Vicki, Newburgh, New York, 2019; “Lamu”, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, New York, 2019; Recent group exhibitions include: “The Glass Bead Game”, MAMOTH, London, 2021; “Peinture en trois services”, Valentin, Paris, France, 2021; “dal segno”, Y2K group, New York, New York, 2021; “Kindred Spirits”, Bjorn & Gundorph, Aarhus, Denmark, 2020; “Drawing in Lockdown”, S.M.A.K., Ghent, Belgium, 2020; “Summer Stock”, Craven Contemporary, Kent, Connecticut, 2020; “Do You Like Worms?”, Gazebo, Newark, Delaware, 2020; “Woof of the Sun, Ethereal Gauze”, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, New York, 2020
Gahl is a 2022 recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant. He lives and works in Northwest, CT.