Hello and welcome to my page, I am a Visual Artist, Ceramic Artist, Mixed/Multi Media
EXHIBITIONS
2022 | June-July | Federation of Canadian Artists “On the Edge Exhibition” (Virtual)
2022 | Under 500 - Penticton Art Gallery
2020 | Beauty Is In – Federation of Canadian Artists Exhibition Osoyoos
2019 | Captured Images – Peachland Art Gallery
2015 | Essence - Emelia Douglas Gallery, New Westminster BC – Collaborative: R. Shiozaki & K. Gibson O’Regan
2014 | Cascadia - Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey BC
2014 | Union Gospel Mission Coast Salish Territories - Rotating Gallery Vancouver, BC – Collaborative: S. Waters & K. Gibson O’Regan
2014 | Bloom, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody BC – Collaborative: R. Shiozaki & K. Gibson O’Regan
2014 | Art in the Garden, NVCAC, North Vancouver BC
2014 | Envisioning Women, Sidney & Gertrude Zack Gallery Van. BC
2013 | Drawn to India – A Message from Jaisalmer & Beyond, University of Southern Queensland, Springfield AUZ
2012 | The Edge of Here, Medicine Hat Cultural Centre, Alta.
2012 | Frank Scott Gallery, Seattle WA
2010 | Black Holes and Other Transformations, ECUAD, Vancouver
2008 | Three Realms, Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody
2005 | Convergence, Studio 2 Gallery, Vancouver
2003 | The Fine Craft Show, Art Resources Gallery, St. Paul MN
2003 | University of Tasmania
2001 | Stretch National invitational Exhibition, NCECA Conference Charlotte NC
2000 | The Maslow Gallery, Bellingham, WA
1999 | Beyond the Millennium, Gallery of BC Ceramics, Vancouver
1999 | Seattle Art Museum, Seattle WA
1999 | Sylvia Ullman American Crafts Gallery, Cleveland OH
1998 | Pacific Northwest Art Fair, Bellevue WA
1998 | Foster White Gallery, Bellevue, WA
1998 | Clay 98 Our Finest Work, Community Arts Council, Vancouver
1997 | Asian Pacific Economic Conference Exhibition Vancouver
EDUCATION
2011 | BFA (Visual Arts), Emily Carr University of Art and Design, Vancouver
1995 | Capilano College, Vancouver
1983 | University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont
1980 | Algonquin College, Ottawa, Ont
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS
2019-2022 | Active Member, Federation of Canadian Artists
2022 | Port Moody Arts Centre
2014, 2022 | North Vancouver Community Arts Council
2022 | International Watercolour Society of Canada
2018-2022 | Penticton Arts Council
2019-2022 | Summerland Community Arts Council
2013, 2022 Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver
2018-2021 | Member, Art Council Osoyoos
2014 | Member, Surrey Arts Council
2011, 2022 Member, Contemporary Art Society of Vancouver
2014 | Member, Seymour Art Gallery Society
2008-09 | Chairperson, and Member of the Board Potters Guild of BC
2007-09 | Co-Chairperson, Craft Council BC: Contemporary Craft in BC: excellence Within Diversity Exhibition
GRANTS/AWARDS
2003 | Recipient of BC Arts Council Project Assistance Grant for Visual Artists: Australia/New Zealand/Tasmania Residency and Tour
2002 | Recipient of Maureen Wright Scholarship - Metchosin Summer School of the Arts
Contact Details
Gibson, Kathryn
Osoyoos, BC, Canada
Samples of my work
Artist Statement
Kathryn’s artwork is about light, atmosphere, colour and form, not always a specific place, person or thing. She describes herself as a mark maker, inspired by the challenge to create alternative ways to speak with others.
The light in her work may remind you of daylight filtering through autumn leaves. Or, a particular line or form reminiscent of the Rodin sculpture you saw in Paris. Perhaps it may be the harmony in a painting that can exist between people within their natural and cultural surroundings.
In London, she recalls the magic of viewing Joseph Turner’s rendering of light and in Paris, the palette and brush strokes of Claude Monet. These artists continue to nurture her processes. An appreciation of abstract and colour stems from studies at ECUAD with colourist and sculptor Marcus Bowcott. Under his direction she prepared sheets of colour gradients from the primaries, mixing and matching colours, replicating the hues seen in fresh fruit and vegetables.
Kathryn is one of a very few artists to have been the recipient of a BC Arts Grant for Education and Travel, which allowed her to accept invitations from universities in Australia, Tasmania and New Zealand to speak and work with their post graduate students.