Recipient of the NAC Overseas Bursary, Gabriel graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts with First Class Honours in Lighting Design. He was also awardedthe Strand Lighting Scholarship, funding his training at the Metropolitan Opera (New York '09 Winter Opera Season).
Signature theatre designs include Constellations, Rising Son, Shakespeare in the Park: Julius Caesar (2018), Romeo & Juliet (2016), The Tempest (2015) [Singapore Repertory Theatre], The LKY Musical [Metropolitan Productions], Sometime Moon, The Story of Kumarajiva [Toy Factory Productions] and Fluid [The Theatre Practice].
He was also lighting designer for Singapore's National Day Parade 2017 and 2018.