MICHAEL GIBBS

1949 – born in Croydon, England

EDUCATION

1967-70 University of Warwick, England. B.A. (Hons) English and American Literature

1970-71 University of Exeter, England. Post-graduate research at the American Arts Documentation Centre

1971-72 University of Exeter, Department of Education. Certificate in Education

living in the Netherlands (Amsterdam) since 1974

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

1974 In Out Centre, Amsterdam

Studio Agora, Maastricht

1975 Warwick Gallery, Warwick, England

Fignal Gallery, Amsterdam

1977 Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde (NL)

Galerie Loa, Haarlem (NL)

1978 Verlag/Galerie Leaman, Dusseldorf

La Mamelle Art Center, San Francisco

Gallery A+, Amsterdam

Gallery Sudurgata 7, Reykjavik, Iceland

1979 Galerie Da Costa, Amsterdam

1980 Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam

1982 Galerie A, Amsterdam

't Langhuis, Zwolle (NL)

Art & Behaviour, Amsterdam

1983 Ruimte Morguen, Borgerhout, Belgium

1984 Galerie Waalkens, Finsterwolde

1985 Galerie A, Amsterdam

1987 De Fabriek, Eindhoven (NL)

1989 Galerie Witzenhuizen-Meijerink, Amsterdam

1990 CEPA, Buffalo

1992 Galerie Van Kranendonk, The Hague

AIR, Amsterdam (installation 'Innocence & Experience', in collaboration with Claudia Kolgen),

Afterwards shown at: Fotograficentrum galleri iNDEX, Stockholm and Zone Gallery,

Newcastle-upon-Tyne

1994 Camerawork, London (installation 'Heaven and Earth', in collaboration with Claudia Kolgen), afterwards shown at Street Level, Glasgow

Flatland Galerie, Utrecht

1996 Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam

1998 De Veemvloer, Amsterdam

2001 Galerie de Boer-Waalkens, Finsterwolde

2004 Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

1972-3 Fluxshoe tour of England

1973 A Conceptographic Reading of Our World Thermometer, Calgary, Canada

1975 Internationale Visuele Poezie, Rotterdam, Amsterdam, Utrecht

1976 British Artists in The Netherlands, British Council, Amsterdam

1978 Photopoetry, Polytechnic of Central London, London

Artwords & Bookworks, LAICA, Los Angeles

1979 Sprachen Jenseits von Dichtung, Westfalisches Kunstverein, Munster

The Open and Closed Book Victoria & Albert Museum, London

1983 Fotografie, Galerie Suspekt, Amsterdam

Wort fur Wort, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel

1984 3 Fotografen, Galerie De Annex, Amsterdam

1985 Taal in het Beeld, Makkom, Amsterdam

1986 Perfo photo exhibition, Old City Library, Rotterdam

1987 Foto(con)tekst, Perspektief, Rotterdam

1988 Over Fotografie, Van Reekum Museum, Apeldoorn (NL)

Stipendia 86-87, Ministry of Culture, Amsterdam

1989 Tekens van Verzet, Fodor Museum, Amsterdam

1990 Art Creates Society, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford

Art on Line for AIDS, Paradiso, Amsterdam

1991 Stof en Geest, Gymnasium Felisenum, Velsen (NL)

1992 Wasteland - Fotografie Biennial Rotterdam III, Rotterdam

LUMO Photography Triennial, Jyvaskyla, Finland

Fodor Longa, Res Brevis, Fodor Museum, Amsterdam

1993 Morgen Gemaakt, Arti et Amicitiae, Amsterdam

1995 l'Art du Tampon, MusEe de la Poste, Paris

'Territoria', Triple X Festival, Amsterdam

1996 'transparentien', Grafisch Atelier Haarlem

1997 'A Scenic Detour through Commodity Culture', Maastricht

2001 ‘Digital Aesthetic Event’, Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston, Engeland

2004 Een boek is een boek is een boek, Apeldoorns Museum

PUBLICATIONS

1967-77 Editor and publisher of concrete/visual poetry magazine Kontexts

1978-82 Editor and publsher of art journal Artzien

1996-99 Editor, Why not Sneeze?, Internet art magazine (http://www.mediahaarlem.nl/sneeze)

Editor van Deciphering America (Kontexts Publications, 1978) en Kontextsound (Kontexts Publications, 1977)

Artist’s books:

Life Line (Kontexts Publications, Exeter 1972)

Connotations (Second Aeon Publications, Cardiff 1973)

5 coloured alphabets in black and white (Guy Schraenen Editeur, Antwerp 1975)

Pages (Kontexts Publications, Amsterdam 1976)

Accidence (Daylight Press, Amsterdam 1976)

Limits (Kontexts Publications, Amsterdam 1977)

Selected Pages (Kontexts Publications 1978)

Pages 2 (Editions Da Costa, Amsterdam 1978)

Wounded Book (Kontexts Publications, Amsterdam 1979)

The Absent Words (Stedelijk Museum, Schiedam 1980)

SomeVolumesFromTheLibraryOfBabel (Editions Ex Libris, Amsterdam 1982)

Ocean Park (Editions Ex Libris, Amsterdam 1983)

Lives of the Artists (Editions Ex Libris, Amsterdam 1985)

Innocence & Experience (with Claudia Kolgen. AIR, Amsterdam 1992)

Heaven and Earth (with Claudia Kolgen. Camerawork/Street Level 1994)

Legend, Selected texts 1966-84 (Boekie Woekie, Amsterdam 2004)

All or Nothing / SomeVolumesFromTheLibraryOfBabel (RGAP, Cromford, 2005

1986-1995 Contributing editor, Perspektief photography magazine, Rotterdam

contributor of reviews and articles to various magazines, including Art Monthly (London), Forum International (Antwerp), Kunst en Museumjournaal (Amsterdam), Metropolis M (Amsterdam), Camera Austria, HTV de Ijsberg (Amsterdam).

member of AICA (Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art) since 1987

AWARDS

Travel grant, Ministry of Culture, The Netherlands, 1977, 1987

Stipendium, Ministry of Culture, The Netherlands, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1985, 1991, 1993

Project Grant, Municipality of Amsterdam, 1982, 1992

Basisstipendium, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunsten, 1994, 1997, 2001

TEACHING

1973 guest lecturer, Dartington College of Art, England

1974 guest lecturer, Exeter College of Art, England

1974-5 part-time lecturer, Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht (NL)

1977 guest lecturer, School of Visual Arts, New York

1981 guest lecturer, Enschede School of Art (NL)

1987 guest lecturer and critic, Bezalel Academy, Jerusalem

1987-8 part-time lecturer (seminar courses on Postmodernism and Documentary Photography), Camera Obscura, Tel Aviv

1989-92 Tutor, Art Media Studies, Rijksacademie van Beeldende Kunsten, Amsterdam

1990 guest lecturer, School of Visual Arts, New York

guest tutor, Hoge School voor de Kunsten, Arnhem (NL)

1992 guest lecturer, Academy of Fine Art, Helsinki, Finland

1993 guest tutor, University of Northumbria, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

1994 guest tutor, Glasgow Art School, Glasgow, Scotland

1995 guest lecturer, Hoge School voor de Kunsten, Arnhem

1996 guest lecturer, Hoge School voor de Kunsten, Utrecht

1998- teacher, The Design Academy, Eindhoven

1999 Internet website workshops, Split Academy of Art, Zagreb Academy of Art, Croatia

2004/5 guest lecturer, MA Photographic SAtudies, University of Leiden

RELATED ACTIVITIES

- organiser of series of exhibitions, presentations and performances at Galerie A+, Amsterdam, 1978

- speaker on forum on Taal in het Beeld (Language and Art), Makkom, Amsterdam, April 1985

- speaker on forum on Modernism-Postmodernism, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, December 1985

- organiser of a "chain " series of exhibitions at City Art Thoughts, Amsterdam, 1985-86

- member of selection jury, Young Israeli Photographers, 2nd Israeli Phototgraphy Biennale, Tel Aviv, 1988

- "The Indistinct Image - Some Contemporary Artists' Photography", lecture at the Rotterdam Photography Biennale, September 1988

- Artist in Residence, Light Work, Syracuse (USA), March 1989

- member of committee, Visual Art Manifestations and Publications, Raad voor de Kunst (Dutch Arts Council), 1989-1992

- curator of the exhibition "Critical Realism", Perspektief Center for Photography, Rotterdam, Aug-Oct 1990

- speaker on forum "Home is where the art is", Teylers Museum, Haarlem, May 1991

- "Dig it all", lecture on digital media, New Visions, Glasgow, May 1994

- member of committee granting stipendia, Fonds voor Beeldende Kunst, 1994-1998

- speaker at AICA Congress, Belfast and Derry, Northern Ireland, 1997

- member of jury for new media, 3rd Split International Film and Video Festival, Split, Croatia, 1998

- teacher, website workshops, Media@Haarlem, Haarlem, 1997-9

- speaker at symposium on 'Curating the Web', ICA, London, 1998

- chairman of the board, Free Media Café, Amsterdam, 1997-2000

- teacher, website workshops, Open Studio, Amsterdam, 2000-1

- speaker at symposium on Internet Art, Tate Gallery, London, April 2001

- speaker at symposium ‘Ethiek in de Persfotografie, Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag, May 2004

LITERATURE

Interview in Menu , The Lunchroom Press, Michigan 1985

Kees van Gelder, "Het idealisme van Michael Gibbs en zijn kritiek daarop", Artzien 26 (Summer 1982)

Rob Perrée, "The dialectical view of Michael Gibbs", Perspektief 43, Rotterdam 1992

Arjen Mulder, review of "Innocence & Experience", Metropolis M nr. 4 (1992)

Mark Little, "Innocence & Experience", Portfolio Magazine nr, 16 (Spring 1993)

Paul Usherwood, "Michael Gibbs & Claudia Kolgen", Art Monthly, March 1993

Andrew Wilson, review of 'Heaven and Earth', Art Monthly, May 1994

Erwin Wijman, "XXXL, Digitale prints op gigaformaat", Capi, nr.3, najaar 1995

Friggo Visser, “Versluierd”, Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 6 juni 2001.