Jill Gibbon Explained

Jill Gibbon is a British artist, best known for sketching people in the arms trade while working undercover at arms fairs. She is a senior lecturer in graphic arts at Leeds Beckett University.

Gibbon earned a bachelor's degree from Leeds Polytechnic (now Leeds Beckett University), a master's from Keele University, and a PhD from Wimbledon School of Art.[1]

Gibbon visits arms fairs posing as a global security expert, and sketches people active in the arms trade.[2] [3] [4]

In 2018 Gibbon helped to lead a high profile campaign[5] that successfully pressured arms manufacturer BAE Systems to withdraw its sponsorship of the Great Exhibition of the North.[6]

Gibbon is Reader in Graphic Arts, School of Arts at Leeds Beckett University.[7]

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Dr. Jill Gibbon - ISRF Early Career Fellow 2017-18 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220118134828/https://www.isrf.org/fellows-projects/jill-gibbon/ . 18 January 2022 . 11 April 2018 . Independent Social Research Foundation.
  2. Web site: Pidd . Helen . 11 April 2018 . The art of war: the artist who sketches under cover at arms fairs . 11 April 2018 . The Guardian.
  3. Web site: Projects: Jill Gibbon: War Mart . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211208055400/http://reportager.uwe.ac.uk/projects14/warmart/index.htm . 8 December 2021 . 11 April 2018 . Reportager . Research Group and Programme at the School of Creative Arts, University of the West of England.
  4. Web site: Vijaykumar . Dimple . 27 July 2014 . The woman turning arms fairs into art . 11 April 2018 . The Guardian.
  5. Web site: Shaw . Anny . Harris . Gareth . 1 March 2018 . Artists pull out of Great Exhibition of the North over arms dealer sponsorship . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211202222635/https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2018/03/02/artists-pull-out-of-great-exhibition-of-the-north-over-arms-dealer-sponsorship . 2 December 2021 . 10 November 2019 . The Art Newspaper.
  6. News: 7 March 2018 . BAE quits as Great Exhibition of the North sponsor . en-GB . BBC . live . 10 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210925212747/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-43324069 . 25 September 2021.
  7. Web site: Dr Jill Gibbon - Leeds Beckett University. 2020-12-26. www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk. en-GB.
  8. Web site: The Etiquette of the Arms Trade – Ten Years of Drawing by Jill Gibbon. Jill Gibbon. 11 April 2018.

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