- Eric Gibbons
Eric Gibbons is an artist, living and working in
Bordentown, New Jersey . [ [http://www.downtownbordentown.com Downtown Bordentown Association ] ]Doubly certified in Art and Elementary Education, Mr. Gibbons has taught in such places as Japan & Egypt. [ Gibbons, E: "Christian Voodoo",Inside Cover 'About the author', Schiffer Publicing Inc. 2006 ] His classroom lessons have been featured by
Davis Publications as exceptional and innovative. Gibbons, E: "Symbol Portraits", Page 5, School Arts Magazine, Sept. 1994 ] [ Gibbons, E: "Islands Of Discovery", Page 23, 24, 25, School Arts Magazine, Feb. 2004 ] [ Gibbons, E: "Mechanism of Unknown Purpose", Page 52, 53, School Arts Magazine, April. 2003 ]He is the founder and director of the
Firehouse Gallery of Bordentown, [ Viksjo, C.: "A firehouse becomes an art gallery", Page DD1 & DD6 of Arts & Leisure, Trenton Times Newspaper, Sunday Aug. 27, 1995 ] which has hosted exhibitions of artwork by both local and international artists. In 2005 part of his gallery was converted [ Petrilla, M., "Artist not 'boxed in' by convention", Register News, Princeton Packet Publications, Thursday July 6, 2006 ] into a studio because of the popularity of his work. The gallery does have a small staff of volunteers and interns from area art colleges. [ [http://www.firehousegallery.com Firehouse Gallery ] ]His work has been featured in international exhibitions of art in
Los Angeles ,New York City & Phoenix Arizona. His work was selected by theCarnegie Museum of History for a public work in Pittsburgh. His work has been inARTnews [ ArtNews Magazine, September, October & December issues 2005; September, December issues 2006; February and May 2007 ] magazine more than a dozen times and other international publications. [Gibbons, E: "Online Options", Page 28, 29, 30, Art Calendar Magazine, Nov. 2003]In 2005 Gibbons was a top 10 winner of the Staples Invention Quest Contest. [ Bulkeley, William M.: "Staples Solicits Inventive Ideas From The Public", Wall Street Journal, July 13, 2006 ] His invention, the "Digi-Dot" is available nation-wide. [http://media.webmasterradio.fm/episodes/audio/2006/LT092006.mp3] [ [http://inventionquest.dja.com/staplesCons/pages/EasyProducts.html STAPLES Invention Quest ] ]
His work can be found/archived in both public and private collections including [ "Art Life Magazine" Cover by Eric Gibbons, November 1996, Issue No. 172, Volume 16, Art/life Collections, Ventura California ] , such places as the
Guggenheim Museum , the New YorkMuseum Of Modern Art , theLos Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art ,Jeu de Paume of Paris, theJudy Garland Museum and many more. His portrait commission include corporate clients such as NWL Industries, [ [http://www.nwl.com NWL Transformers, Inc ] ] ASK.com founder [ [http://blog.ask.com/2006/05/who_is_apostolo.html The Ask.com Blog: Who is Apostolos Gerasoulis? ] ] and confidential celebrity clients. Gibbons is a winner of a Geraldine R. Dodge Scholarship for studies in Figurative Fine Art in 2004. He participated in both the New York 9-11 Memorial Competition [ [http://wtcsitememorial.org/ent/entI=683401.html World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition ] ] and the one for New Jersey.Exhibitions
- 2008- Featured Exhibition, St. Louis Alive Magazine, January. [ Brashares, K.S, "Thinking Inside The Box", page 50, St. Louis Alive Magazine, Jan. 2008 ]
- 2002- Participation in the 9-11 NYC Memorial Competition [ [http://www.wtcsitememorial.org/ent/entI=683401.html World Trade Center Site Memorial Competition ] ]
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