Chelsea Gibson - Painter

I have been fascinated and bewildered by people throughout my 30 years as a painter. Personhood is so hard, but occasionally we are lucky enough to understand what a beautiful and miraculous gift each one of us has. The search to understand and be okay with people and personal experience is the focus of my work. Painting is the means to understand and communicate that search.

b. 1983

EDUCATION

2010, MFA, Painting, Boston University, Boston, MA

2006, BFA, Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1999, 2000, New York Studio School Drawing Marathon, New York, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024 Chelsea Gibson "Caress" Kasper Contemporary, Artsy

2024 "Modern Gaze: Contemporary Strength in Figurative Art" Kasper Contemporary, Artsy

2019 "My Kitchen Table" Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY

2018 Chelsea Gibson: Interiors, 527 Madison Ave, New York, NY

2017 Chelsea Gibson, Solo Exhibition, The Smithy Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY

2017 "The Space Between", Walt Meade Gallery, Roxbury Arts Group, Roxbury, NY

2013 Solo Exhibition, CANO Gallery, Oneonta, NY

2013 “People Like You” Solo Exhibition, Chenango Arts Council, Norwich, NY

2012 "New Work" Solo Exhibition, Lowe Mill, Huntsville, AL

2011 “FOR REAL” Solo Exhibition, Public Space 1 Gallery, Iowa City, IA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Art in the Making, EVOKE AIM, Santa Fe, NM

2023 Maternal Interior, A2AC, Anne Arbor, MI

2022 GARDEN, Ladies Room, Los Angeles, CA

2022 Home, Page Gallery, Camden, ME

2020 Ladies of Lyons Wier Gallery, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY

2019 SPF 32, Curated by Madeleine Mermall, William Ulmer Brewery, Brooklyn, NY

2019 Summer Sessions No. 26, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY

2018 Autumnal Group Exhibition, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY

2018 Summer Sessions No. 25, Lyons Wier Gallery, New York, NY

2017 Right Side Out: Self-Portraits, Able Baker Contemporary, Portland, ME

2017 Stagecoach Run, Freck-Beal Studios, North Franklin, NY

2017 Juried Exhibition, Blue Mountain Gallery, New York, NY

2016 New York Studio School Invitational, Juried Alumni Exhibition, New York, NY

2016 "Shelter" Bullet Space Urban Artist Collective, New York, NY

2016 "Interior Spaces" The Smithy Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY

2016 "Art of the Model" The Smithy Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY

2016 "Independent Spirit" Martin-Mullen Art Gallery, SUNY Oneonta, NY

2015 "Peripheries" More Art Space, Oneonta, NY

2015 "Contemporary Portraits" Smithy-Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY

2015 "Conversation Pieces" Fenimore Museum of Art, Cooperstown, NY

2015 "I Like These Together" More Art Space, Oneonta, NY

2014 "Hatch" More Art Space, Oneonta, NY

2014 Group Exhibition, The Road Gallery, New York, NY

2014 “On Closer Inspection” The Smithy Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY

2014 “National Juried Exhibition” Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY

2014 “Self-Portraits: Looking in the Mirror” Mural on Main Gallery, Hobart, NY

2013 Solo Exhibition, CANO Gallery, Oneonta, NY

2013 “Love at Home” Kate Alkarni Gallery, Seattle, WA

2013 “Person, Place, Thing” The Smithy Pioneer Gallery, Cooperstown, NY

2013 “Women Painting Women” Customs House Museum, Clarksville, TN

2012 “Two Painters Faculty Exhibition” University of North Alabama, Florence, AL

2012 “Red Clay Survey, 2012 Juried Exhibition of Contemporary Southern Art” Huntsville Museum of Art, Huntsville, AL

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

2018 GOLDEN Artist Colors, Instructor for “Painting Class for Art Educators”

High school and Middle School Art Teachers from 50 miles around the area of New Berlin, NY came to the Golden Factory and teaching studio for oil painting lessons using Williamsburg oil colors. The art teachers were between the ages of 25-65, and had a wide range of interests and experience. We began the semester with still-life, drawing and collage, figure painting from nude model, and moved on to working on personal projects. Focus on oil painting technique, color mixing and observational skills.

2011-12 University of North Alabama, Adjunct Art Faculty

2D Design, Drawing

College classes in 2D Design and Drawing focused on principles of observation and foundations of visual art. Built large-scale still life installations for observational drawing in charcoal, ink, and graphite.

2010 Boston University, Assistant Professor, Undergraduate Painting

Still-Life, Figure, and Portrait Painting in Oil and Acrylic for Undergraduates.

2003-06 Rhode Island School of Design, Assistant Professor, Winter Session Drawing Marathon

Still-Life, Figure, and Interior Drawing class based on my personal education at the New York Studio School. Helped develop and teach first Drawing Marathons at RISD, which continues to be one of RISD’s most popular Winter Session classes today. Focus was on Large-Scale charcoal and ink drawings on paper. Built Large-Scale Still Lives for observational drawing, incorporating human models and objects found or borrowed from the RISD Nature Lab.

AWARDS and PUBLICATIONS

2022 Art in the Making, Essays by Artists About What They Do. The Fisher Press.

2022 MILKED Magazine, Spring ‘22, Issue No. 4

2019 Hopkins Review Summer 2019 Edition 12.3

2018 I LIKE YOUR WORK Podcast by Erika Hess

2018 Gates of the West, Featured Artist

2014 Mary Buckley Memorial Prize, National Juried Exhibition, Cooperstown Art Association, Cooperstown, NY

2010 Mini Grant Recipient, Iowa Arts Council, Iowa City, IA