Artist / bookmaker b. 1995, Sunderland. Currently based in Manchester at Wellington Studios, Ancoats.
Interested in fanaticism, community, traditional bookbinding, and the hit 2000s science fiction drama Lost.
Open for commissions, workshops and teaching; for enquiries contact georgegracegibson@gmail.com.
Projects in italics are with collaborative with Shy Bairns.
education :
2020-2022 : Alternative MA : School of the Damned
2015-2018 : BA Fine Art : Manchester School of Art
2014-2015 : Foundation Arts Diploma : Sunderland University
selected exhibitions :
2021, November : Blood From a Stone : Gloam Gallery, Sheffield
2021, October : Ride Your Pony : Abingdon Studios, Blackpool
2021, September : Warning Bells : Turf Projects, Croyden
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
2018, December : Bloomberg New Contemporaries : South London Gallery
2018, November : Love & Care Of The Countryside, PS Mirabel, Manchester
2018, July : Bloomberg New Contemporaries: LJMU, Liverpool
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
35mm shots by Burt Burton,
taken at Bergen Art Book Fair, Norway, 2022
curation :
2022 : Sunderland University
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, July : My Head Is Disconnected : HOMEmcr, Manchester
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 :
2022, March, : A Brief History of Goblin Mode
2021, September : I think I crashed your plane
2021, May : Make Your Own Portal
2020, March : Other Kin
2019, October : Queering Godzilla
2019, May : WET
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 - 2022 : 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 :
2022+ : ABC [Artists' Book Co-op] member
2021, April : Liverpool Independents Biennial
2019 - 2021 : 20:20 Print Exchange Participant
2019, February : UKYA Artist Talk : Nottingham Playhouse
2019 - 2022 : a-n Artist Council member
2019+ : Manchester School of Art bindery technician
2018, September : Artist In Residence : Grasmere YHA
2018, August : UKYA Creative Leadership Participant
2018, July : Castlefield Gallery MSoA Graduate Mentee Award
2017, May : Artist Led Hot 100
2017, February : Abingdon Studio Blackpool Residency
2016+ : Shy Bairns