Geoff Gibbons Explained

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
Birth Name:	Geoffrey T. Gibbons
Birth Place:	Adelaide, South Australia
Nationality:	Australian
Field:	Printmaking, Watercolor, Drawing
Training:	Flinders University, University of South Australia
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]

Artistic Style and Subject

Gibbons specialises in printmaking and is deeply interested in the history of printmaking, particularly within different cultural traditions.^[7] This has led to residencies in China^[8] and Italy.^[9]

Collections

• British Museum: Geoff Gibbons

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. University of South Australia.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Geoff Gibbons . www.printsandprintmaking.gov.au . Prints and Printmaking . 1 July 2020 . en.
2. Web site: Geoff Gibbons . Design & Art Australia Online . 1 July 2020.
3. Web site: Gibbons . Geoffrey T. . Visions of Eden: a study of pastoral values in the writings and art of Samuel Palmer / Geoffrey T. Gibbons. . ap01-a.alma.exlibrisgroup.com . University of South Australia . 1 July 2020.
4. Longley . Dianne Clare . The Development of a Print Culture in South Australia Post-WWII to 2008: institutions, politics and personalities . Australian National University . 1 July 2020 . en . 10.25911/5d67b79474854 . 2017.
5. Longley . Dianne Clare . The Development of a Print Culture in South Australia Post-WWII to 2008: institutions, politics and personalities . Australian National University . 1 July 2020 . en . 10.25911/5d67b79474854 . 2017.
6. Longley . Dianne Clare . The Development of a Print Culture in South Australia Post-WWII to 2008: institutions, politics and personalities . Australian National University . 1 July 2020 . en . 10.25911/5d67b79474854 . 2017.
7. Web site: Neylon . John . Trans-Studio's Singing Stones . The Adelaide Review . 1 July 2020 . en . 2 March 2017.
8. Web site: Geoff's Residency in Guanlan, China . Bittondi Printmakers . 1 July 2020 . 21 August 2017.
9. Web site: Resident Artists . Scuola Internazionale di Grafica . 1 July 2020.