Geoff Gibbons

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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.

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Geoff Gibbons
Born
Geoffrey T. Gibbons

1947 (age 7475)
Nationality Australian
Education Flinders University, University of South Australia
Known for Printmaking, Watercolor, Drawing
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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]

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References

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  2. "Geoff Gibbons". Design & Art Australia Online. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. 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. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
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  7. Neylon, John (2 March 2017). "Trans-Studio's Singing Stones". The Adelaide Review. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  8. "Geoff's Residency in Guanlan, China". Bittondi Printmakers. 21 August 2017. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  9. "Resident Artists". Scuola Internazionale di Grafica. Retrieved 1 July 2020.