Mr. Gibbons is an accomplished artist, composer, poet, and author who studied painting, drawing, calligraphy, and ceramics in Osaka Japan. He was featured in many exhibitions in the Osaka and Kyoto area. While living in Egypt, Mr. Gibbons honed his own style and painting and was exhibited throughout the country, most notably at the American Concillate in Alexandria.

His work has been exhibited in galleries in Soho NY, public spaces in Manhattan and city community centers. Since 2002 his work has been, and continues to be featured in International Exhibitions of Art in Los Angeles, New York City, Provincetown MA, Phoenix Arisona and Paris France. His work was selected by the Carnegie Museum of History for a Public Work in Pittsburg celebrating their Hispanic community. He was a participant in the World Trade Center 9-11 Memorial Competition as well as New Jersey's. He is the winner of a Geraldine R. Dodge Scholarship for Figure Studies in Fine Art.

His work can be found in both public and private collections, included in such places as the Guggenheim Museum, New York's Museum of Modern Art, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Jue do Paume of Paris and many more. He is proficient in nearly all media Including Photography, Oils, Acrylics, Sculpture, and all drawing media and is considered an Origami Master of 30+ years.


artist's website: www.firehousegallery.com

CompartMENtalized

Everyone makes assumptions about the people they meet based on very little information. We stereotype them or "put them into boxes" that we can easily understand. This series of life-sized paintings illustrate these compartmentalized prejudices using the classical figure in black and white within the limited environment of a 3 x 3 ft box
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"As we figuratively create boxes to put people in . . .
I create figures and put them in boxes."



"Turned Away "
Oil/canvas By Eric Gibbons 36x36"
available at
the Artful Deposit Gallery

"Sphere"
2005
Oil/canvas By Eric Gibbons 36x36"