George Grace Gibson is an artist and bookmaker born 1995 in Sunderland, UK, now based in Manchester.
Projects in italics are collaborative with Shy Bairns.
education :
2020-2021 : MA : School of the Damned
2020-2021 : Complete Book Artist : Hot Bed Press
2015-2018 : BA Fine Art : Manchester School of Art
2014-2015 : Foundation Arts Diploma : Sunderland University
selected exhibitions :
2021, March : REMOTE WORK : The Grundy, Blackpool
2020, September : Soft Bodies, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
2020, January : Open, HOME, Manchester
2019, October : Millenialism, Paradise Works, Manchester
2019, May : Guiltee Pleasures : Ohh Kay Gal, York
2019, April : Multipack : Bunker Gallery, Manchester
2019, March : Life Is Elsewhere, The Old Bank, Manchester
2018, December : Bloomberg New Contemporaries : South London Gallery, London
2018, November : Love & Care Of The Countryside, PS Mirabel, Manchester
2018, July : Bloomberg New Contemporaries: LJMU, Liverpool
2018, June : The Dream Committee : Grosvenor Gallery, Manchester
2017, April : Ceci est Mon Corps : Eglise des Trinitaires, Metz
2017, January : Fiction(s): Le Consortium, Dijon
2015, Aug : Press Go & Wait : Newbridge Project, Newcastle
curation :
2021, TBA : PINK, Manchester
2019, November : Fanspeak : Castelfield Gallery, Manchester
2017, December : EMO TIONAL : Yr Mom's Basement, Manchester
2017, April : Where's Your Coat You're Going To Be Cold : Caustic Coastal, Salford
selected workshops:
2021, April : Make Your Own Portals : Independents Biennial 2021, online
2020, August : S.P.A.M Spreads : BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, online
2020, July : Digital Zine Making : Rewrite, Reimagine, Replay, online
2020, January : Shy Bairns Rewrite The Future : SITE Gallery, Sheffield
2019, November : Shy Bairns Develop Your Creative Practice : Tate Britain, London
2019, November : Fans Speak : Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
2019, July : My Head Is Disconnected : HOMEmcr, Manchester
2019, March : Foundation Press, Sunderland
2019, February : Bairns Respond To New Contemporaries : South London Gallery
2019, February : 1523 Manifesto Zine Workshop : Nottingham Contemporary
2019, January : Festival of the Not : Star and Shadow, Newcastle
2018, July : Liverpool Biennial Zine Making with New Contemporaries : The Bluecoat, Liverpool
2018, March : Digital Collections as part of The House That Heals The Soul : The Tetley, Leeds
2017, May : Middlesbrough Art Weekender : Dundas Market, Middlesbrough
self published:
2021, May : Make Your Own Portal
2020, March : Other Kin
2019, October : Queering Godzilla
2019, March : Are You A Witch?
2018, November : Big Cats In Cumbria
2018, July : In Conversation with Andy Mansion
2018, July : Mannequin Mansion
2017, December : Music and Misery
2017, February : Big Meeting
published w/ Bairns:
2020, December : Shy Van Vocht
2020+ : Things We Liked This Month
2020, February : Lonely Hearts
2019, October : Shy Bairns Fill The Void
2019, July : An Appointment at the End of the World
2019, January : Shy Bairns Get Contemporary (6 zines)
2018, December : Lonely Christmas 2018 (2019, 2020)
2018, January : Facebook Chat
2017, April : Where's Your Coat, You're Going To Be Could
2017, January : The Only Pizza Shop Where I Live Burnt Down
dvd extras:
2021, April : Liverpool Independents Biennial
2020, March : Interview with The Fourdrinier
2019 - 2020 : 20:20 Print Exchange Participant
2019, August : Residency : Low Res Camera Roll
2019, February : UKYA Artist Talk : Nottingham Playhouse
2018, September : Artist In Residence : Grasmere YHA
2018, August : UKYA Creative Leadership Participant
2018, July : Castlefield Gallery MSoA Graduate Mentee Award
2018, July : MSoA Studentship Award
2017, May : Artist Led Hot 100
2017, February : Abingdon Studio Blackpool Residency