Chantal Gibson Explained

Chantal Gibson is a Canadian writer, poet, artist, and educator.[1] Her 2019 poetry collection How She Read won the 2020 Pat Lowther Award,[2] the 2020 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize at the BC and Yukon Book Prizes,[3] and was a shortlisted 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize finalist.[4] Gibson’s art and writing confronts colonialism, cultural erasure, and representations of Black women in Western culture.

Early life and education

Born in Quebec,[5] Gibson went to high school in Mackenzie, British Columbia. Her mother is an African-Canadian who grew up in Nova Scotia.[6]

Career

Gibson is a writer-artist-educator based on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish Peoples in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she is a lecturer in written and visual communication at Simon Fraser University’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT).[7] Gibson was the recipient of the SFU Excellence in Teaching Award in 2016.[8]

Bibliography

Awards

Exhibitions

Artist-in-residence

Notes and References

  1. Fiona Tinwei Lam, "‘How She Read’: Chantal Gibson’s Anthem for Black Sisterhood". The Tyee, February 3, 2020.
  2. Dana Gee, "Vancouver poet scores national prize". Vancouver Sun, May 11, 2020.
  3. Web site: BC and Yukon Book Prizes – Mission: To recognize and promote the achievements of the book community in BC and Yukon through the BC and Yukon Book Prizes and related programs.. 2021-05-21. en-CA.
  4. https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadians-doyali-islam-chantal-gibson-and-kaie-kellough-shortlisted-for-65k-griffin-poetry-prize-1.5523711 "Canadians Doyali Islam, Chantal Gibson and Kaie Kellough shortlisted for $65K Griffin Poetry Prize"
  5. https://sencanada.ca/en/content/sen/chamber/432/debates/002db_2020-09-30-e Debates of the Senate (Hansard)
  6. Web site: 2019-01-23. Chantal Gibson rewrites Canada's whites-only historical narrative Nexus newspaper. 2021-05-21. en-US.
  7. Web site: Chantal Gibson - School of Interactive Arts & Technology - Simon Fraser University. 2021-05-21. www.sfu.ca.
  8. Web site: 365 - Chantal Gibson. 2021-05-21. Penticton Art Gallery. en-US.
  9. Web site: Gibson, Chantal. 2021-08-20. Caitlin Press. en-US.
  10. Web site: 2020 Pat Lowther Memorial Award Winner: How She Read by Chantal Gibson – League of Canadian Poets. 2021-08-20. en-US.
  11. Web site: Griffin Poetry Prize: 2020 Shortlist. 2021-08-20. Griffin Poetry Prize. en-US.
  12. News: April 12, 2021. Introducing the 2021 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award Winners. Maclean's. 20 Aug 2021.
  13. Web site: Chantal. Gibson. Where Visual and literary art meet. 2021-05-21. Chantal Gibson Artist. en-CA.
  14. Web site: Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art. 2021-05-21. Royal Ontario Museum. en.
  15. Web site: Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. 2021-09-17. www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca.
  16. Web site: 2020-09-21. Senate of Canada - The Senate is honouring Canada's Black artists. 2021-08-20. Senate of Canada. en.
  17. Web site: VAG's Where do we go from here? starts a conversation about gallery representation. 2021-09-17. vancouversun. en-CA.
  18. Web site: Human Capital. 2021-09-17. MacKenzie Art Gallery. en-US.
  19. Web site: Visit un/settled, an exhibit at Belzberg Library SFU Library. 2021-09-17. www.lib.sfu.ca.
  20. Web site: Tyranny. Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. 2021-09-17. www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca.
  21. Web site: 2017-10-23. Visiting Artist: Chantal Gibson. 2021-08-20. OCAD University.

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