GARY A. BIBB
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Boise State University Fine Arts Gallery (Paper + Post: Collage) - Boise, ID
Villa de Mostoles Cultural Center (Leaving A Mark) – Madrid, Spain
White Sanctum Art Gallery (Water) – Bengaluru, India
2022 del Sol Gallery (Layers) – Sun City West (Phoenix), AZ
Klostergalerie (Cloister) – Zehdenick, Germany
Word X Image Gallery (Field Study) – Maitland, NSW, Australia
International Museum of Electrography (Tribute) – Cuenca, Spain
Jheronimus Bosch Art Center (The Artist’s Studio) - Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Spazio Ophen Art Gallery (Banana) – Salerno, Italy
2021 Joplin Public Library (Show Me) – Joplin, MO
Gallery Yuyama (Echigo – Tsumari Art Exhibit) – Tokamachi City, Niigata, Japan
Evans City Public Library (Harvest) - Evans City, PA
Lidendau Museum (Freedom) – Altenburg, Germany
Art Trail Studio (Time Travelling) – Bridgeport, CT
2020 Temple University - Charles Library SCRC (Interruptions - Quarantine Art) - Philadelphia, PA
Museo de la Imaginación (Aguiita / Water) – Osorno, Chile
2019 Tourism Centre Gallery (An Island Far Away) - Tristan da Cunha, South Atlantic Ocean
Inside Gallery, Chateau de Petit-Leez (Dada / Fluxus Influence) - Gembloux, Belgium
Islip Art Museum (ABAD: The Last Waltz) – East Islip, NY
New Hampshire Institute of Art, Sharon Arts Center Gallery (Errors, Fakes & Oddities) - Peterborough, NH
2018 Hundred Paces Studio & Gallery (Small Works) - Pingtunghsien, Taiwan
Flood Gallery Art Center (Anything Goes) – Black Mountain, NC
Red Garage Studio Gallery (Escape) - Minneapolis, MN
The Association of Visual Artists of Puerto Rico (Viva el Arte) – Puerto Rico (traveling exhibit)
Compañía de Turismo de Puerto Rico - San Juan, Puerto Rico
Centro de Arte Ángel "Lito" Peña - Humacao, Puerto Rico
Museo de la Historia de Ponce - Ponce, Puerto Rico
Galería de Arte del Departamento de Humanidades
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Recinto de Mayagüez - Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
2017 Touchon & Co. Gallery (Red Carpet) – Los Angeles, CA
OBE Gallery (Martin Luther and the Reformation) - Schweinfurt, Germany
The Main Library Gallery (100 Years of Freedom) - Pälkäne, Finland
Hoyt Gallery, Keck School of Medicine, USC (Pain 2) – Los Angeles, CA
Studio Kurik Art Gallery (Storytelling) - Palangkaraya, Indonesia
StadtGalerie (Ei Brot) - Osnabrueck, Germany
Balikesir University (Bicycle and Tourism) – Balikesir, Turkey
Lycoming College (The Little Match Girl) - Williamsport, PA
2016 UMA (Your Voice) - As Suwayda, Syria
Midwest City Library (The Library Exhibit) – Midwest City (OKC), OK
International Museum of Collage, Assemblage & Construction (Dada Centennial) - Santa Fe, NM
Hudson Park Library Gallery (New York Big Apple II Project) – New York, NY
Nisa Touchon Fine Art (Small is the New Big) – Santa Fe, NM
Karuizawa New Art Museum (International Exhibition) Nagano, Japan
2015 Hudson Park Library Gallery (New York Big Apple Project) – New York, NY
Kunstraum Ko - Art Space Ko (Missing Link) - Berlin, Germany
The Culture Lounge at the St. George Ferry Terminal (What Do You Wish For?) - Staten Island, NY
Nisa Touchon Fine Art (Gary A. Bibb New Works) – Santa Fe, NM
ASWARA (Nat’l Arts Academy) Art Gallery (Connection 15 Exhibit) - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
MMSU - Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Networked Disruption #2) - Rijeka, Croatia
Skuc Gallery (Networked Disruption) - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Lawton Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Green Bay (The Bed) – Green Bay, WI
St. Petersburg State University (Writing-book) - St. Petersburg, Russia
2014 Spark Gallery (Sidekicks) – Denver, CO
Islip Art Museum (Mash Up: Collages in Mixed Media) – East Islip, NPoint Gallery (The Redemption of Rubbish) – Denver, CO
Mobius Art Space (Under the Influence of Fluxus) – Cambridge, MA
De Pelicaen - Cittaslow International World Assembly 2014 (Feed the Planet) - Chaam, Netherlands
The LRG Gallery - David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA (Pain) - Los Angeles, CA
Point Gallery (Prelude) – Denver, CO
Tymutopiyapres Gallery (International Collage Exhibit) - Lviv, Ukraine
The Open Studio, Cambrian College (Open Theme) - Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Muveszetek Haza (1914 – 2014) - Veszprem, Hungary
Fort Lewis College (Selected Works: IMCAC) - Durango, CO
2013 San Francisco Art Institute (Commemorating Gutai) – San Francisco, CA
New Millennium Center for Contemporary Art (Papernews) – Changsha, Hunan, China
Jheronimus Bosch Art Center (Visions of Bosch) - Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Richmond Art Gallery - Richmond Cultural Centre (Memory) - Richmond, BC, Canada
Shozo Shimamoto Art Lab (Shozo Memorial Exhibition) – Nishinomiya, Japan
Chicago Cultural Center (Fluxfest Chicago 2013) – Chicago, IL
University of Nicosia (Against Lethe) - Nicosia, Cyprus
Kanon Gallery (Small Works) – Denver, CO
Cade Fine Arts Center Gallery - Arundel Community College (Spin/s: A Fluxus Festival) – Arnold, MD
Atolye Arts-In Gallery (Open) – Istanbul, Turkey
Tartu Linnaraamatukogu - Tartu Public Library (Papergirl Distribution Project) – Tartu, Estonia
Ergogallery (Open) - Aitolitko, Greece
Durango Arts Center (Selected Works: IMCAC) – Durango, CO
2012 Mediatheque Francoise Giroud (Chaussures : Shoes) - Castries, France
Galleria Terra Rare - Bologna, Italy
Chicago Cultural Center (Fluxfest Chicago 2012) - Chicago, IL
International Museum of Collage, Assemblage / Construction (Collage 1912-2012 )- Pagosa Springs, CO
2011 The A.S. Popov Museum (International Space Art Exhibit) – St. Petersburg, Russia
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (An Exchange with Sol LeWitt Exhibit) – North Adams,MA
Harper Center for the Arts - Presbyterian College (Death : Life – ABAD) – Clinton, SC
Studio 12 Gallery (Risk and Reward: New Colorado Abstract Art) – Denver, CO
The Museum of Contemporary Art (Fluxmuseum Collection: Selected Works) – Chicago, IL
Willo North Gallery (Memento) – Phoenix, AZ
The Second Avenue Firehouse Gallery (The Ties That Bind) – Bay Shore, NY
Samson Projects Gallery (Chain Letter Project) – Boston, MA
6018 North – The Storefront Gallery (Maciunas and Beyond: Fluxus Never Stops) – Chicago, IL
Centro Culturale Candiani (No Commercial Potential) – Venice, Italy
The Kaunas Biennal (Fluxus Never Stops Exhibit) – multiple venues - Kaunas, Lithuania
Palach Galerija (Signs of Our Times) - Rijeka, Croatia
Quetzalcoatl Gallery – Seattle, WA
National Museum of Contemporary Art (Tell Me Secrets) – Seoul, South Korea
Space 38/39 (5th Annual Small Works) – New York, NY
2010 Museu Brasileiro da Escultura (A Book About Death, Brazil) - Sao Paulo, BrazilThe Museum of Modern Art, UK (ABAD - UK Project) - Machylleth, Wales, UK
Armory Center for the Arts (The Hoffberg Honorary Exhibition) - Pasadena, CA
Gallery KG52 (Spectacular Sights) – Stockholm, Sweden
Steppling Art Gallery – San Diego State University - Calexico, CA
Exit 11 Art Gallery, Château de Petit-Leez - Grand-Leez, Belgium
Skylab Gallery (Visual Poetry) – Columbus, OH
RNG Gallery (Til Death Do Us Part, ABAD) – Omaha, NE
The National Institute of Art (Liberty Art Exhibit) - Buenos Aires, Argentina
The Fort Worth Community Art Center (Fluxibition #4) – Ft. Worth, TX
Long Island University, SAL Art Gallery (Ray Johnson and A Book About Death) – Brookville, NY
Mobius Art Space (Signs of the Times) – Boston, MA
Black Mountain College Museum (Re-Viewing Black Mountain College 2) – Asheville, NC
Belknap Mill Gallery - Laconia, NH
Space 38/39 Gallery (4th Annual Small Works) – New York, NY
2009 The Emily Harvey Foundation Gallery (A Book About Death) - New York, NYSpace Gallery (Confluence) – Denver, CO
Otis College of Art and Design – Los Angeles, CA
South End Open Studios - Boston, MA
Queens Museum of Art (ABAD) – NYC, NY
Longview Museum of Fine Art (Under the Influence) – Longview, TX
Emily Amy Gallery (Collage Exhibit) – Atlanta, GA
University of Texas, Arlington (Out of the Box) – Arlington, TX
2007 The Fort Worth Community Art Center (White on White) – Ft. Worth, TX
Escondido Municipal Gallery - Escondido, CA
2006 Escondido Municipal Gallery - Escondido, CA
2005 Escondido Municipal Gallery - Escondido, CA
2000 Canaan Gallery – Littleton, CO
1999 Canaan Gallery – Littleton, CO
1998 Paramount Theatre (Benefit Art Exhibition) - Denver, CO
Canaan Gallery – Littleton, CO
1995 Emporia State University, Norman R. Eppink Gallery – Emporia, KS
1994 Living Stone Gallery – Denver, CO
The Fine Arts Council – Farmington, NM
Aurora Central Library Art Exhibition – Aurora, CO
1993 The Foothills Art Center (The Best of Colorado) – Golden, CO
1992 Winter Park Gallery – Winter Park, CO
1991 The Colorado Gallery – Arvada, CO
1988 Viridian Gallery – New York, NY
Barton County Community College – Great Bend, KS
1985 Galleria Artenosa - Londrina, Brazil
1983 American Investors Gallery - Hays, KS
1982 Dow Gallery of Fine Art – Ft. Worth, TX
1981 Masterpieces Gallery - Lakewood, CODow Gallery of Fine Art – Ft. Worth, TX
1980 Metro State Bank Exhibition - Denver, CO
1979 Two Plus Gallery - Denver, CO
1977 Norman R. Eppink Gallery (National Invitational) – Emporia State University - Emporia, KS
1976 Vanlandingham’s Fine Art Gallery - Wichita, KS
Butler Community College – El Dorado, KS
Gary A. Bibb 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, NCAnne 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
EDUCATION:
1975 BFA, Emporia State University – Emporia, KS
CURATORIAL PROJECTS:
Remarque – An International Art Collaboration
A 2014 collaborative project where Gary A. Bibb (aka Jack the Hack) initiated digital artworks which were sent to 14 selected artists from 7 nations to complete. Dedicated website: jackthehack-remarques.blogspot.com
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
EXHIBIT PUBLICATIONS:
“A Book About Death” international exhibition book. Quetzalcoatl Gallery, Seattle, WA 2012
“An Exchange with Sol Lewitt” international exhibition catalogue. Mass. Museum of Contemporary Art. Cabinet Magazine, Brooklyn, NY 2011
“Fluxface in Space” international exhibition book. Introductory essay and images. Fluxmuseum, Ft. Worth, TX 2010
“Under the Influence” international exhibition book. Essay and images. Ontological Museum, Ft. Worth, TX 2009
“White on White” international exhibition book. Introductory essay and images. International Museum of Collage, Assemblage and Construction. Ft. Worth, TX 2008