Gale Gibbs
9949 Waterfront Tr.
Rockwall, Tx. 75087
972-412-4518, 281-217-7137

Education:

Bachelor of Fine Art, 1989 Cameron University Lawton, Oklahoma
Graduate Studies, University of North Texas, Denton, Texas, Teaching Fellow  1991

Solo Exhibitions (1988-02):

Two Person Show, Beth Cartland and Gale Gibbs, Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma-April 2002

“Farce and Fable: collage paintings by Gale Gibbs” Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tenn. August 30, 1999

"Bird Stories", Dallas Visual Art Center, Dallas, Tx. l996

"Various Animals, Tools, and Remains", Rose Learman Arts Center, Harrisburg, Pa. Harrisburg Area Community College 1994

"Ritual, Rhetoric, and Resolution, Louisiana State University, Shreveport, La. 1992

Eastfield College, Mesquite, Tx. l992
Illinois Central College, Peoria, Illinois l988
Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma 1988

Group Exhibitions (1987-09): (selected)

Magic Mirrors and Alter Egos, Invitational, Bathhouse Cultural Center, Enrique Fernández Cervantes, Visual Arts Coordinator and Curator of the City of Dallas Office of Cultural Affairs, curated this exhibition., Dallas, TX. Sept. 5, 2009

Sketchbook Project, Art House, Atlanta, Ga. Feb. 2009
Houston City Hall Project, Houston City Hall annex, Houston, Tx. March 2007, March 2009
“In the Mind’s Eye” Sippora Art Gallery, Houston, Texas, Houston, Texas-Feb., 2003
Houston Women’s Caucus for Art 25th Anniversary,The Foundry, Houston, Texas (Show Piece Place) 2003

FORT SMITH ART QUEST 2000 Fort Smith Civic Center, Fort Smith, Arkansas January-June 2001
Emergency Artists Support League. The Quadrangle,
Dallas Texas August 95
Wave, Dallas Women’s Art Group, Metroplex Gallery, Seattle, Washington March 95.
“Vigorous Visions”, Warehouse Living Arts Center Invitational, Dr. M.K. Hicks, /Sandra Dowd, Director, Navarro College, Curators.
Books by WAVE Texas Women’s University, Denton,Texas, August, 95
“Common Ground-Diverse Expressions”, 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas
DVCA Auction, Dallas, Texas Dallas Visual Art Center, May, 1999
Members Invitational, THE MAC, Dallas, Texas, Sept. l995
“Figs From Thistles” Marcie Inman, Curator, Dallas, Texas WAVE Group Exhibition, Museum of Brno, Republic of Czech..
Wave Resource/Trammell Crow ,Curated by JanetTyson,Art Critic/Ft. Worth Star Telegram 1994
Gale Gibbs/Nic D’Vrie, Local Color Gallery, College Station, Texas 1994
“Woman’s Work: On and Off Paper” Leslie Powell Gallery, Lawton, Oklahoma, Invitational.1994
“Out of Context”, Dallas Public Library, Dallas, Texas.1993
“Second Wave” 500X Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
National Sketchbook and Journal Exhibition”, Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma. “l992
“Women’s Viewpoint”, Eastfield College. Mesquite, Texas 1991
Plano Arts Cultural Center Invitational, Plano, Texas, 1991
Mountainview College Invitational, Duncanville, Texas.1991

Juror Exhibitions 1984-09(selected):

"What Texas Means to Me", Austin Art Space, Austin, Tx.  Jerry Seagle, juror, July 11, 2009  Second Place

Hunting Art Prize Finalist, Decorative Center, Houston, Tx. 5, 2009
American Jurored Art Salon, Online exhibition, 6 months 5, 2009
Hunting Art Prize Finalist, Decorative Art Center, Houston, Texas, April 2007
Vast Arts, Juror, Karen Kunc, Denton, Tx. April 2007
“paperworks, On and of paper University of West Florida,”,Pensacola, Fl 32514, February 2007
Katherine Butler Gallery, Sarasota, Florida May, 2006
Texas National 2005, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas.  James Surls, Juror April 2005

Oklahoma: Centerfold, 2004, 11th Biennial National Juried Art Show, (traveling to University of Sciences and Arts, USAO Gallery, Chickasha, Oklahoma Nov. 2004- March 2005
AJAS, Richardson, Tx. October – December 2005
47th Chautauqua National Exhibition of American Art, 2004 , Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts, Chautauqua N.Y. Donald Kuspit, juror, Chautauqua, N.Y. June 2004
The Dishman Competition, Dishman Museum, Lamar University, Beaumont, Tx., Dewey F. Mosby, Picker Art Gallery , Colgate University, Juror, March 2004
The Second Seven State Biennial, Juror: Carl Beesley, Chickasha, Oklahoma November 2003, traveling to Leslie Powell Gallery, January 2004
Rock Wall Arts Alliance, Rockwall Texas, Juror: Nancy Whitenack, Conduit Gallery, PURCHASE AWARD 2000
“52nd Annual Competition” Museums of Abilene, Abilene, Texas James Surls, Juror Feb. 1997
“Works on Paper: Recent Drawings, Prints and Photographs.” Dallas, Texas Marilyn S. Kushner, Curator of Prints, Drawings & Photographs, The Brooklyn Museum, Juror September, 1996 HONORABLE MENTION
“Crossing the White Line” Trammell Crow Center Dallas, Texas, Cecelia Alvarez, Susan Grant, Jurors
“Expanding Vision” Women of the Metroplex-Dallas City Hall, Dr. Annegreth Nill, Associate Curator of Contemporary Art, Dallas Museum of Art, Juror, Dallas, Texas
l8th Juried Competition, Paul Zeppelin, Professor of Fine Art, Tenn. State University, Juror, Monroe, La.
Greater Midwest International Exhibit, Dr. Harold Gregor, Juror, Professor of Art, Ill. State Univ., Warrensburg, Mo.
Longview Museum and Arts Center, James M. Edwards, Brown, Curator of Art, San Antonio Museum, Juror, Longview, Texas
24th Annual Del Mar National, James Surls, artist, Juror, Corpus Christi, Texas HONORABLE MENTION
Clary-Miner Gallery National, Shirley Kassman, Juror , Buffalo, N.Y FIRST PLACE
Clary-Miner Gallery National, William H. Giles, Director of Associated Artists Gallery, Juror, Buffalo, N.Y. HONORABLE MENTION

“Common Ground”4th National, Dallas Women’s Caucus, Marilyn Zeithlin, Curator, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Juror, Dallas, Texas
“Excellence 89” Texas Sculpture Association National, Mary Beebe, Director of the Stuart Collection, University of California, Juror, Dallas, Texas 1989
22nd Bradley National Drawing and Print Exhibition, Ofelia Garcia, President, Atlanta College of Art, Juror
Excellence 87 Texas Sculpture Association, Dallas, Texas 1987
Schoharie Art Council, Schoharie, N.Y. Lisa Dennison, juror, Assistant Curator, Guggenheim Museum, New York City
22nd Del Mar College National, Fritz Scholder, Juror, Corpus Christi, Texas
The Halpert Biennial, Charlotte, N.C.
Dimension 88, Associated Arts of Winston-Salem, NC

Publications :

Lawton Constitution, Lawton, Oklahoma March 02
Arts and Entertainment

The Leaf Chronicle Clarksville, Tenn.
Stacy Smith Segovia – September 3, 1999
GO Section

The Dallas Observer
Jimmy Fowler, September 5-11, 1996 Page 31

The Ft. Worth Star Telegram
Wade Wilson, September l0, l995
Section F, Page 7,Artifacts

Artifacts, Local Color Gallery, 1993, pp2

The Times
Shreveport La. Times, Oct. 11, l992, p 8E

The Buffalo News, Richard Huntington, Jan. 29, 199l

Harbinger, Illinois Central College, Oct. 26,1989, p 7

The Buffalo News
Richard Huntington, April 21, 1989

Arts in Buffalo, The Buffalo News,
Richard Huntington, 1989, Buffalo N.Y.

Lawton Constitution, 1987,p 40, Lawton, Oklahoma

24th ANNUAL DEL MAR CATALOGUE
Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX. p 10

“Exploring the Human Form”)
Clary-Miner Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y. 1990 (catalog)

Awards:

McMahon Foundation Scholarship
Leslie Powell Foundation Scholarship
Helen Holiday Foundation Scholarship
Who’s Who in American Art

Various awards in juried exhibitions as shown above

Selected Private Collections:

Mr. and Mrs. Scott L. Michener, Lawton, Oklahoma
Chris and Kanomie Miyahira, Plano, Texas
Rockwall Arts Alliance, Rockwall, Texas
Cathy Watts, Dallas, Texas
Lisa LeMaster, The LeMaster Group, Dallas, Texas
Nancy Simpson, Dallas, Texas
Holly Bennett, Dallas, Texas
Dian Malouf, Dallas, Texas
Benson Warren, Lawton, Oklahoma
Cameron University, Lawton, Oklahoma
Jack Bryan, Lawton, Oklahoma
Eisenhower High School, Lawton, Ok.
George H. Rey 111, Harrisburg, Pa.

 

Gallery Affiliations:  

Latitudes Gallery, Houston, Tx., Sippora Gallery, Houston, Tx.