Jill Gibbon

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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.

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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]

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References

  1. "Jill Gibbon - Independent Social Research Foundation". isrf.org. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. Pidd, Helen (11 April 2018). "The art of war: the artist who sketches under cover at arms fairs". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. "'Reportager' : Projects : Jill Gibbon: War Mart  : Research Group and Programme at the School of Creative Arts, University of the West of England". reportager.uwe.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. Vijaykumar, Dimple (27 July 2014). "The woman turning arms fairs into art". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. "Artists pull out of Great Exhibition of the North over arms dealer sponsorship". www.theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  6. "Under-fire sponsor quits arts festival". 7 March 2018. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
  7. "Dr Jill Gibbon - Leeds Beckett University". www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 December 2020.
  8. "The Etiquette of the Arms Trade – Ten Years of Drawing by Jill Gibbon". Jill Gibbon. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

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