George Gibson is an artist and educator from Sunderland, currently living and working in Manchester.
They are interested in fanaticism, community, traditional bookbinding, and the hit 2000s science fiction drama LOST.
For commissions, workshops or general enquiries, contact: georgegracegibson@gmail.com, or @georgegracegibson
2020 - 2022
2015 - 2018
2014 - 2015
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2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2015
School of the Damned
BA Fine Art : Manchester School of Art
Foundation Arts Diploma : Sunderland University
selected exhibitions :
The Fourth Wall : HOME : Manchester
STASHED : The Whitaker Museum & Gallery, Rossendale
Pushing The Envelope : Bletchley Park, Milton Keynes
Ulises: Assembly : Tufts University Art Gallery : Boston
Scholars of the Stones : Victoria Hall, Glossop
Thump (쿵) : BMoCA, Busan, Korea
Sisyphus Is Happy : Altogether Otherwise, Manchester
Haçienda 2 : Antwerp Mansion, Manchester
ABC Stampa : Dzialdov, Berlin
New Things : The Grundy, Blackpool
Archives at Play : Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
ABC OFFICE : Filet, London
A to Zine : QUEERCIRCLE, London
Place Stamp Here : CDLA, Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche
ABC OFFICE : Dzialdov, Berlin
Blood From a Stone : Gloam Gallery, Sheffield
Ride Your Pony : Abingdon Studios, Blackpool
Warning Bells : Turf Projects, Croyden
REMOTE WORK : The Grundy, Blackpool
Soft Bodies, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester
Beyond Diagnosis There Is a Full Moon, Castlefield Gallery
COLLABORATE : Jerwood, London
Millenialism, Paradise Works, Manchester
Guiltee Pleasures : Ohh Kay Gal, York
Multipack : Bunker Gallery, Manchester
New Contemporaries : South London Gallery
New Contemporaries: LJMU, Liverpool
Ceci est Mon Corps : Eglise des Trinitaires, Metz
Fiction(s): Le Consortium, Dijon
Press Go & Wait : Newbridge Project, Newcastle
35mm by Burt Burton,
taken at Bergen Art Book Fair, Norway, 2022
education :
2023
2019
2017
collections :
Trash Biblio Library, Edinburgh
Library of Artistic Print on Demand, Bavaria
The Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool
BALTIC Archive, Gateshead
GRRL Zine Library, Southend
Notts Zine Library, Nottingham
Phalam, Kyoto
Salford Zine Library, Salford
MMU Special Collections, Manchester
curation :
ABC Stampa : Dzialdov, Berlin
Fanspeak : Castelfield Gallery, Manchester
EMO TIONAL : Basement, Manchester
Where's Your Coat You're Going To Be Cold : Caustic Coastal, Salford
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
selected workshops :
A Zine That Breaks The Fourth Wall : HOME
Manchester Artist Teacher Collective : GRIT Studios
Rabbit Tales Book Making : Bury Art Museum
Complete Book Artist : Hot Bed Press
At HOME with Jerwood : HOME
Zine making & Wish Granting : Castlefield Gallery
LAU Zine Making Society : Leeds Arts University
Mail ArtL The Coast is Queer : Abingdon Studios
Turkish map fold : Turf Projects, Croyden
Make Your Own Portals : Independents Biennial
S.P.A.M Spreads : BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Digital Zine Making : Rewrite, Reimagine, Replay
SB Rewrite The Future : SITE Gallery
SB Develop Your Creative Practice : Tate Britain
My Head Is Disconnected : HOMEmcr
SB Respond To New Contemporaries : SLG
1523 Manifesto : Nottingham Contemporary
Festival of the Not : Star and Shadow, Newcastle
Liverpool Biennial Zine Making : The Bluecoat
Physical & Digital Collections : The Tetley
Middlesbrough Art Weekender : Dundas Market
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
self / published :
(full catalogue on Edcat)
Live at The Troxy (with Los Campesinos)
Archives at Play (with Castlefield Gallery)
Wrestling Arena (with James McColl)
'Untitled Ghostwatch Fanzine' (with Chris Paul Daniels)
Contrasting Views on Artificial Intelligence
Hide and Seek
A Brief History of Goblin Mode
Souvenir (with ABC)
I think I crashed your plane
Other Kin
Lonely Hearts (with Lonely Boy)
Things We Liked This Month (with Shy Bairns)
An Appointment at the End of the World (with Shy Bairns)
Are You A Witch? (with Jessica Bewell)
Lonely Christmas (with Lonely Boy)
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
dvd extras :
Cairo Art Book Fair, Egypt
Bound Art Book Fair, The Whitworth, Manchester
Après coup / Nachträglichkeit
Grrrl Zine Library Artist In Residence
FACE-OFF (exhibition identity), Saan1, Manchester
Inventory Art Book Fair, Cromwell Place, London
Offprint Art Book Fair, TATE Modern, London
Radio Rap, Pop Up Artist Book Shop, Amsterdam
ASP, Conway Hall, London
Bound Art Book Fair, The Whitworth, Manchester
Vienna Art Book Fair, die Angewandte, Vienna
Miss Read: The Berlin Art Book Fair, HKW, Berlin
Edition Demand
Offprint Art Book Fair, TATE Modern, London
Artists' Bookmarket, Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
ASP, Conway Hall, London
Bound Art Book Fair, The Whitworth, Manchester
+ ABC [Artists' Book Co-op] (member)
Bergen Art Book Fair, Bergen Kunsthall
+ MARC The Printers (board member)
a-n Time Space Money Bursary recipient
Artist in Residence Peer to Peer: UK/HK
20:20 Print Exchange annual participant
Manchester Contemporary with Castlefield Gallery
UKYA Artist Talk at Nottingham Playhouse
+ a-n (Artist Council member till 2022)
+ Manchester School of Art (bindery technician)
Artist In Residence at Grasmere YHA
UKNA Creative Leadership Participant
Castlefield Gallery MSoA Graduate Mentee Award
Artist Led Hot 100
Artist in Residence at UKYA, Blackpool
+ Shy Bairns (- 2023)