Geoff Gibbons
Australian artist and arts educator
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Geoff Gibbons is a South Australian artist, printmaker, and arts educator. He is a founder of Bittondi Printmakers Association and a lecturer at Adelaide Central School of Art.
Geoff Gibbons | |
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| Born | Geoffrey T. Gibbons 1947 (age 78–79) |
| Education | Flinders University, University of South Australia |
| Known for | Printmaking, Watercolor, Drawing |
| Website | website |
Biography
Geoff Gibbons was born in 1947 in Adelaide, South Australia.[1] He has a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in art history from Flinders University, a Bachelor of Education (Art teacher) from the University of South Australia,[2] and a Master in Visual Arts from the University of South Australia (ref: thesis). He wrote his master’s thesis on English artist, Samuel Palmer.[3] He has been influential in South Australian printmaking, both as a lecturer in printmaking and setting up printmaking studios, with some of his students establishing the informal Aldgate Print Group.[4] He subsequently helped to establish the Bittondi Printmakers Association in 2008.[5] Gibbons taught at TAFE SA and then Adelaide Central School of Art, which closed its printmaking studio upon its relocation to Glenside.[6]
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Bibliography
- Gibbons, Geoff. 2019. 'Mysterious wisdom won by toil': the etchings of Samuel Palmer. In Kerrianne Stone (Ed.), Horizon lines: Marking 50 years of print scholarship. University of Melbourne Library, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria.Worldcat record
- Gibbons, Geoff. His mortal eye: Stanley Spencer at Carrick Hill. Art Monthly Australasia, No. 291, Aug 2016: 26-28.
- Gibbons, Geoffrey T (2001). Visions of Eden: a study of pastoral values in the writings and art of Samuel Palmer. Thesis Archived 1 July 2020 at the Wayback Machine. University of South Australia.