American artist Laurel Gibson is based in San Antonio, Texas. She graduated with honors from Northern Arizona University with a bachelor's degree of Fine Art in 2000. Gibson later went on to study in Paris and Avignon, France, then received a Master of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Texas-San Antonio in ceramics in 2005. She attended residencies at The Vermont Studio Center and in Oysterville Washington.
Laurel has taught classes and workshops at local universities, art galleries, museums and through community outreach organizations. Gibson as an art educator believes art is a vehicle of expression when words and actions aren’t possible. She is passionate about supporting disadvantaged communities and the empowerment of women and children.
In 2017, Laurel Gibson was awarded the Arts & Letters Award from the Friends of the San Antonio Public Library for outstanding contributions to the artistic and literary community of San Antonio.
Laurel received a grant from The National Endowment of the Arts for her embroidered artworks for the Old Spanish Trail Highway in which she was also named the official artist.
Selected Solo Shows
Embroidering the Old Spanish Trail, Bihl Haus Arts, San Antonio, Texas 2016
Artists Looking at Art, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas 2014
String Theory, R Gallery, San Antonio, Texas 2012
Matter Terra, Julia Yates Semmes Library, San Antonio, Texas 2010
Burning Desire, Bihl Haus Arts, San Antonio, Texas 2010
Environments, The Sanctuary Studio, Oysterville, Washington 2008
No Trespassing, Site-specific Installation in abandoned house, Boerne, Texas 2007
Red Means Stop, Installation Pearl House, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont 2006
Selected Group Shows
Voyage of Love, Deborah Keller Rihn Studio, Blue Star #9, San Antonio, Texas 2020
Feminism is Environmentalism, Deborah Keller Rihn Studio, Bluestar # 9, San Antonio, Texas 2020
Remember the Alamo, Richard Teitz, Mini Art Museum Spare Parts, San Antonio, Texas 2016
Artistic Expressions, Rendon Photography & Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas. 2011
Art in the Chamber, Fiber Art, Chamber of Commerce, San Antonio, Texas 2009
Big as Texas, Fiber Arts, The Texas Museum of Fiber Arts, Capital Building, Austin, Texas 2009
Ellas, Centro Cultural Atzlan, San Antonio, Texas 2009
Reina del Cielo, Guadalupana Exhibit, Centro Cultural Atzlan, San Antonio, Texas 2009
Letterforms, 1906 Gallery, Juried by Chuck Ramirez, San Antonio, Texas 2007
George Ohr Rising, Gulf States Juried Exhibition, William Dunlap, 2nd Place, Fine Arts Gallery-Jefferson Davis Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Biloxi, MS 2006
Fire in the Belly, Francis Colpitt, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas 2004
Attachments 2004, 6th Annual Texas Clay Arts, 1st Place, Cactus Hotel, San Angelo, Texas
San Antonio Potters Guild 11th, Verne Funk, Best of Show, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Texas 2004
Red Dot and Glam, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas 2003
Selected Publications
San Antonio Express News, “Peek Inside reveals artist Laurel Gibson is on a roll”, Elda Silva.………Feb.16, 2017
https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article/Home-tour-reveals-artist-Laurel-Gibson-is-on-a-10935130.php
“The Green Connection with Rita Heck” recycled artwork, 30 minutes, first aired May 3, 2016
San Antonio Woman Magazine, “Embroidering History and Culture”, Jasmina Wellinghoff Nov/Dec 2016
KMUN interview, Astoria, Oregon June 27, 2008
“Altered Filters”, pgs. 60-63, Amanda Bell Nolan, Somerset Studio July-August 2007
Laurel has taught classes and workshops at local universities, art galleries, museums and through community outreach organizations. Gibson as an art educator believes art is a vehicle of expression when words and actions aren’t possible. She is passionate about supporting disadvantaged communities and the empowerment of women and children.
In 2017, Laurel Gibson was awarded the Arts & Letters Award from the Friends of the San Antonio Public Library for outstanding contributions to the artistic and literary community of San Antonio.
Laurel received a grant from The National Endowment of the Arts for her embroidered artworks for the Old Spanish Trail Highway in which she was also named the official artist.
Selected Solo Shows
Embroidering the Old Spanish Trail, Bihl Haus Arts, San Antonio, Texas 2016
Artists Looking at Art, McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas 2014
String Theory, R Gallery, San Antonio, Texas 2012
Matter Terra, Julia Yates Semmes Library, San Antonio, Texas 2010
Burning Desire, Bihl Haus Arts, San Antonio, Texas 2010
Environments, The Sanctuary Studio, Oysterville, Washington 2008
No Trespassing, Site-specific Installation in abandoned house, Boerne, Texas 2007
Red Means Stop, Installation Pearl House, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont 2006
Selected Group Shows
Voyage of Love, Deborah Keller Rihn Studio, Blue Star #9, San Antonio, Texas 2020
Feminism is Environmentalism, Deborah Keller Rihn Studio, Bluestar # 9, San Antonio, Texas 2020
Remember the Alamo, Richard Teitz, Mini Art Museum Spare Parts, San Antonio, Texas 2016
Artistic Expressions, Rendon Photography & Fine Art, San Antonio, Texas. 2011
Art in the Chamber, Fiber Art, Chamber of Commerce, San Antonio, Texas 2009
Big as Texas, Fiber Arts, The Texas Museum of Fiber Arts, Capital Building, Austin, Texas 2009
Ellas, Centro Cultural Atzlan, San Antonio, Texas 2009
Reina del Cielo, Guadalupana Exhibit, Centro Cultural Atzlan, San Antonio, Texas 2009
Letterforms, 1906 Gallery, Juried by Chuck Ramirez, San Antonio, Texas 2007
George Ohr Rising, Gulf States Juried Exhibition, William Dunlap, 2nd Place, Fine Arts Gallery-Jefferson Davis Campus of Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Biloxi, MS 2006
Fire in the Belly, Francis Colpitt, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas 2004
Attachments 2004, 6th Annual Texas Clay Arts, 1st Place, Cactus Hotel, San Angelo, Texas
San Antonio Potters Guild 11th, Verne Funk, Best of Show, Parchman Stremmel Galleries, San Antonio, Texas 2004
Red Dot and Glam, Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas 2003
Selected Publications
San Antonio Express News, “Peek Inside reveals artist Laurel Gibson is on a roll”, Elda Silva.………Feb.16, 2017
https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/arts-culture/article/Home-tour-reveals-artist-Laurel-Gibson-is-on-a-10935130.php
“The Green Connection with Rita Heck” recycled artwork, 30 minutes, first aired May 3, 2016
San Antonio Woman Magazine, “Embroidering History and Culture”, Jasmina Wellinghoff Nov/Dec 2016
KMUN interview, Astoria, Oregon June 27, 2008
“Altered Filters”, pgs. 60-63, Amanda Bell Nolan, Somerset Studio July-August 2007
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