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email: gbart001@gmail.com

Biography

Gary A. Bibb was born in Wichita, Kansas and studied architecture at Kansas State University but discovered art to be more compelling, therefore, he received his BFA in Visual Art from Emporia State University - Emporia, KS. In 2015 the artist developed a medical condition which rendered him completely blind in one eye. After numerous surgical procedures, thankfully, he has recovered some eyesight but remains impaired. Despite the difficulties, the artist attempts to share his artistic "vision". He has resided in Denver, Colorado - San Diego, California - and now lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

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The artist has exhibited both nationally and internationally. Furthermore, his art is represented in private and corporate collections along with being archived in the following museums and institutions:

Museu Brasileiro da Escultura - Sao Paulo, Brazil

The Museum of Modern Art – New York, NY

Los Angeles County Museum of Art – Los Angeles, CA 

The Smithsonian Institution, Archives of American Art - Washington, DC - USA

The Museum of Modern Art, UK - Machylleth, Wales

Shozo Shimamoto Art Lab – Nishinomiya, Japan

The A.S. Popov Museum, Communication Art Collection – St. Petersburg, Russia

University of Iowa, The Alternative Traditions in Contemporary Arts Archive - Iowa City, IA - USA

Longview Museum of Fine Art - Longview, TX

University of California, Hoffberg Archive - Santa Barbara, CA

Ohio State University, Visual Poetry Archive – Columbus, OH

The National Institute of Art - Buenos Aires, Argentina

Long Island University, Ray Johnson Archive – Brookville, NY

ARTPOOL - Budapest, Hungary

The Islip Art Museum - East Islip, NY – USA

North New England Museum of Contemporary Art, The Woskow Study Collection - Burlington, VT – USA

Presbyterian College, Archive of Fine Art – Clinton, SC

Black Mountain College Museum – Asheville, NC

Anne Arundel Community College, Fine Art Archive – Arnold, MD

International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction / Fluxmuseum – Santa Fe, NM

University of Pannonia, Sziveri Janos Institute - Veszprem, Hungary

Cambrian College - Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Musee de la Post - Paris, France

The Book Art Museum - Lodz, Poland 

Museum Schloss Moyland - Bedburg-Hau, Germany

Communication Museum - Bern, Switzerland

David Geffen School of Medicine (UCLA) - Los Angeles, CA

Keck School of Medicine (USC) – Los Angeles, CA

The Association of Visual Artists of Puerto Rico - San Juan, Puerto Rico

Museum Fur Kommunikation - Berlin, Germany

Temple University - Special Collections Research Center - Philadelphia, PA

 International Museum of Electrography – Cuenca, Spain

 Lidenau Museum – Altenburg, Germany

 Mostoles Cultural Centre – Madrid, Spain

 Boise State University - Boise, Idaho 

Member of The International Society of Assemblage and Collage Artists

PUBLISHED ART REVIEWS: 

THE Magazine (Santa Fe, NM) - June 2015:  click here

Curator Magazine (NY, NY) - July 2014:  click here



GARY A. BIBB ART EXHIBIT RESUME:  click here


GARY A. BIBB ART EXHIBIT BLOG:  click here



International Exhibit Nations:

Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Croatia, Cypress, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Malaysia, Netherlands, Puerto Rico, Russia, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Tristan da Cunha, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom (UK), United States (USA)

CURATORIAL PROJECTS:

Remarques – An International Art Collaboration

Selected international artists were invited to participate in a special 2014 collaborative project where Gary A. Bibb (aka Jack the Hack) created a digital collage “base layer” which was then transmitted to the participating artists. Their challenge was to digitally add visual elements to the base, bring it to resolution and then return the completed artworks. The resulting collaborations have been published on the designated website: jackthehack-remarques.blogspot.com. This project is a celebration and testament to those artists' collaborative spirit.

The Guitar Art Project

In 2013 Gary A. Bibb conceived an exhibition project where 30 international artists were invited to create small artworks exploring the visually diverse theme of the guitar.  The first installment of the project was exhibited at Buffalo Brothers Guitars – Carlsbad, CA - September 2013.  A website was created for the project: guitarartbbg.blogspot.com

Public Art Project

A 2011 – 2012 international collaborative art project where Gary A. Bibb created 100 works of art which were dispersed to global associates with the intent of having them installed in public locations. Upon installation, the artworks were photographed in situ as documentation and published on the project’s website: publicartists.blogspot.com

Fluxface in Space

Gary A. Bibb conceived and co-curated the 2010 – 2011 international art project where 127 artists from 26 nations participated in an exhibit commemorating space exploration and the NASA Space Shuttle program. Images of the original artworks, along with self-portraits of the artists, were launched into orbit onboard 2 of the final 3 Shuttle missions: STS-133, Discovery, February 2011 and STS-134, Endeavour, May 2011.

Exhibitions of the project have been featured at Fluxfest Chicago - Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL and the Ft. Worth Community Art Center, Ft Worth, TX with additional exhibits being scheduled. 
The Fluxface in Space project websites: fluxfaceinspace.blogspot.com and wix.com/fluxfaceinspace/exhibit

Confluence

A 2009 collaborative art project/exhibition featured at Space Gallery, Denver, Colorado. The concept was conceived by Gary A. Bibb, where the artist, along with associate artist Carlene Frances, created 100 small artworks (50 each) depicting their similar and divergent artistic paths which converged in this project.

Confluence website: bibbandfrancesart.blogspot.com