SAM GIBBONS

Born                     1980, Youngstown, OH

Resides                Baltimore, MD


EDUCATION

2005                    MFA, Hunter College, New York, NY

2002                    BFA, Kent State University, Kent, OH

                                       

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2011 (upcoming)   Jonathan LeVine Gallery, New York, NY                   

2009                    Sam Gibbons New/Now, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT

                           Bone Meal, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY

2008                    Sam Gibbons, Real Art Ways, Hartford, CT

2007                    Cakehead, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY

2005                    Grow the Brown Tail, Hunter College, New York, NY


GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2011                   The Emergence of the Pop Imagist, Campo de la Madonna de L 'Orto Cannaregio, Venice, Italy

                          Ritual, Causey Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY

2010                   World’s Greatest, Daily Operation, Bushwick, NY         

                           Hi Fructose 5th Anniversary Exhibition, Copro Nason Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

                           Sweet Streets, Gallery Nucleus, Alhambra, CA

2009                    Pictopia, House of World Culture, Berlin, Germany

2008                    New, Next, Now, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY

2007                    Art L.A., Santa Monica, CA

                           SCOPE Art Show, Miami, FL

2005                    Future Perfect, Claire Oliver Gallery, New York, NY

                           Earthly Delights, Claire Oliver, New York, NY

2004                    Fear of an Abstract Planet, King Fisher Projects, Brooklyn, NY

                           American Iconography, The Times Square Gallery, New York, NY

                           Late Night Tales, Match-Art, SCOPE Miami, Miami, FL

2002                    More Better/Less Worse, Kent State University Gallery, Kent, OH

                           Braincloud, aSPACE, Gallery, Akron, OH

                           Relay, Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH

                           Postcards from the Edge, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY

2001                    Retro Virus, Zygote Press, Cleveland, OH

                           Blossom, Gallery 138, Kent, OH

                           Works on Paper, McDonough Museum, Youngstown, OH


PUBLICATIONS AND PRESS

 2009                   Paul de Lange. “Sam Gibbons: Disney’s Nightmare.” Creative Magazine, Amsterdam

                           Prepare for Pictopia. Berlin: Pictoplasma Publications, 2009

                           Hi Fructose Collected Edition. San Francisco: Last Gasp Books 2009

                           Lutz, Jon. “Sam Gibbons.” TheOldGold.blogspot.com, February 2009

2008                    Pappas, Jennifer. “Organized Chaos.” Hi Fructose Magazine, Vol. 9

                           Beasts! Book Two, Jacob Covey, Fantagraphics Books

                           Vickers, Dave. “Loony Tune-Out.” Modern Design Magazine, July 2008 

                           “Sam Gibbons: Real Art Ways” Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2008

                            New American Paintings, 2008, Vol. 13, Issue No 2

                            Eagan, Matt. “Real Art Ways”. The Hartford Courant, May 2008

                            Hoffman, Hank. “Mirror Images in the Wall.” Connecticut Art Scene, 11 June 2008

2007                     McAdams, Shane. “Talking shop with Claire Oliver. Chelsea Now, Issue 16, January 2007

                            Mazzocchi, Sherry. “Cakehead”. BlogChelsea.com, January 2007

                            Zimmerman, Aaron. “Cakehead”. CrownDozen.com, January 2007

                            Walton. “John Currin, John Wesley, Leah Tinari and Sam Gibbons”. nyc.com. January 2007

2006                     “Wildlife Collection: Sam Gibbons”. Animal New York Magazine, April 2006, Issue No 7

2005                     Zimmerman, Aaron. “Sam Gibbons”. CrownDozen.com, December 2005

 

PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

2009                      New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT                          

         

ART LECTURES

 Guest Lecturer       New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT, September 2009

                              Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH, September 2006