Artist
Jeffrey Gibson
b. 1972, Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA · Mississippi Choctaw / Cherokee-American
Jeffrey Gibson combines beadwork, quilting, painting, performance and found objects with references to Indigenous material traditions, pop music and queer culture. His work collapses distinctions between abstraction, craft and political text.
Sculpture; textile; painting; performance
Artist Films
An Indigenous Present: A Conversation with Jeffrey Gibson, Dyani White Hawk, and Jenelle Porter
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Whitney Stories: Jeffrey Gibson on Howardena Pindell
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Meet the Artist: Jeffrey Gibson | Whitney Biennial 2019
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Major Works
- 2020Because Once You Enter My House, It Becomes Our House
- 2024The Space in Which to Place Me
- 2012LOVE IS THE DRUG
- 2018DON’T MAKE ME OVER
- 2015A Very Easy Death
- 2012 onwardPunching Bag series
- 2010sEverlast Sculptures
- 2018Like a Hammer
- 2019This Is the Day
- 2016IN NUMBERS TOO BIG TO IGNORE
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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