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Jeffrey Gibson at the U.S. Pavilion of the Venice Biennale 2024
Jeffrey Gibson represents the United States at the 2024 Venice Biennale with his exhibition the space in which to place me. Photo credit: Elliott Jerome Brown Jr. for The New York Times.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson: Representing the Representing the U.S. and Critiquing It in a Psychedelic Rainbow
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Jeffrey Gibson’s history-making turn at the Venice Biennale brings the gay and Native American artist center stage with works of struggle and freedom. By Jillian Steinhauer for The New York Times.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson and Sheila Hicks in 'Unravel: The Power and Politics in Textiles Art' at Barbican Centre
Jeffrey Gibson and Sheila Hicks are included in Unravel: Power and Politics of Textiles in Art, on view at the Barbican Centre from February 13 through May 26.
Read MoreNick Cave & Jeffrey Gibson: 'Gather, Move, Resonate' at the Hood Museum of Art
Nick Cave & Jeffrey Gibson: Gather, Move, Resonate is on view at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, from November 16, 2023 through December 1, 2024.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson: 'They Teach Love' at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU
Jeffrey Gibson: They Teach Love is on view at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU, August 22, 2023, through March 9, 2024.
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Portrait of Jeffrey Gibson by Brain Barlow
Jeffrey Gibson to Represent United States at 60th Venice Biennale in 2024
Portland Art Museum in Oregon and SITE Santa Fe in New Mexico, in cooperation with the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, announced today that Jeffrey Gibson will represent the United States at La Biennale di Venezia, the 60th International Art Exhibition. Celebrated for an artistic practice that combines American, Indigenous, and Queer histories with influences from music and pop culture, Gibson creates a dynamic visual language that reflects the inherent diversity and hybridity of American culture. Using abundant color, complex pattern, and text, he invites deep reflection on identity, inspires empathy, and advocates for a widening of access to democracy and freedom for all. On view April 20 through November 24, 2024, the Biennale provides international audiences with the first major opportunity to experience Gibson’s work outside of the U.S.
The 2024 U.S. Pavilion is co-commissioned by Kathleen Ash-Milby, Curator of Native American Art at the Portland Art Museum and a member of the Navajo Nation, Louis Grachos, Phillips Executive Director of SITE Santa Fe, and Abigail Winograd, independent curator, and is co-curated by Ash-Milby and Winograd. A member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, Gibson will be the first Indigenous artist to represent the U.S. in the 129-year history of the Biennale. This exhibition is also the first to be co-commissioned and co-curated by a Native American curator.
For the U.S. Pavilion, Gibson will activate the interior and exterior of the U.S. Pavilion with a series of new and recent works that invite reflection on individual and collective identities including sculpture, paintings, multimedia works and a site-specific installation activating the pavilion’s courtyard. In conjunction with the presentation at the U.S. Pavilion and in partnerships with the Institute of American Indian Arts (Santa Fe, NM) and Bard College (Annandale-on-Hudson, NY), Portland and SITE will also develop year-long educational programming. They will focus on connecting Indigenous, Native American and international undergraduate humanities students and graduate art students, including bringing students from the Institute of American Indian Arts to Venice for a summer arts program and organizing a fall 2024 convening for students, scholars, and the public.
The 2024 U.S. Pavilion: Jeffrey Gibson is made possible by The Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs of the U.S. Department of State.
Jeffrey GIbson's upcoming solo exhibition, ANCESTRAL SUPERBLOOM, opens at Sikkema Jenkins & Co. on September 6.
Jeffrey Gibson and Wardell Milan: 'Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: Artists on Boxing' at the FLAG Art Foundation
Work by Jeffrey Gibson and Wardell Milan is featured in the group exhibition Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: Artists on Boxing, at the FLAG Art Foundation, NY, June 24 through August 11, 2023.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson: 'THE SPIRITS ARE LAUGHING' at Aspen Art Museum
Jeffrey Gibson: THE SPIRITS ARE LAUGHING is on view at the Aspen Art Museum November 4, 2022 through Fall 2023.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson: 'THIS BURNING WORLD' at ICA San Francisco
ICA San Francisco presents Jeffrey Gibson: THIS BURNING WORLD, the museum’s inaugural exhibition, on view through March 26, 2023.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson: 'The Body Electric' at SITE Santa Fe
SITE Santa Fe presents Jeffrey Gibson: The Body Electric, a survey of the artist’s painting, sculpture and installation, as well as newly commissioned works including the performance To Name An Other and a large scale mural, THE LAND IS SPEAKING ARE YOU LISTENING.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson: 'I AM YOUR RELATIVE' at MOCA Toronto
MOCA Toronto is pleased to present Jeffrey Gibson: I AM YOUR RELATIVE, on view March 10 through July 31, 2022. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson: 'Nothing is Eternal' at The Wattis Institute
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art presents Jeffrey Gibson: Nothing is Eternal, on view online through December 12, 2020. Photo by Joseph Sanders.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson: 'Every Eye Open' at Roberts Projects on Gallery Platform LA
Roberts Projects is pleased to present Jeffrey Gibson: Every Eye Open on Gallery Platform LA.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson Awarded 2019 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship
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Jeffrey Gibson has been selected to receive the 2019 MacArthur Foundation Fellowship.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson: 'Time Carriers' at Esker Foundation
Esker Foundation, Calgary, is pleased to present Jeffrey Gibson: Time Carriers, on view September 28 through December 20, 2019. Photo by John Dean.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson: 'I Was Here' at Des Moines Art Center
Des Moines Art Center is pleased to present Jeffrey Gibson: I Was Here, a video exhibition on view May 24 through September 22, 2019.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson: 'The Anthropophagic Effect' at the New Museum
Jeffrey Gibson: The Anthropophagic Effect will be on view at the New Museum February 13 through June 9, 2019.
Read MoreJeffrey Gibson: 'Like a Hammer' at Mississippi Museum of Art
Featuring over 65 works in a wide variety of mediums, Jeffrey Gibson: Like A Hammer explores the universal themes of race, power, and colonialism, along with community, love, and survival.
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