chairs

solitude and isolation
rest and contemplation

like artists before me
I have adopted
the chair as part of
my personal iconography

domestically figurative:
a bed, house, window, word…

a lifetime
love story…

a cage, horizon, tree, fence

a space...my chair is my space

a portrait of a childhood game

life lessons
123:
exclusion, persecution, competition
ABC:
read, look, play

via an anxiety of silence
relationships evolve

seeking playful beauty

-- stacy gibbon, 2011

Short list solo exhibits

2011     Junkyard Essays, Gallery at Old Stone, Cleveland, Ohio
2011     Junkyard Essays, Venice Jazz Club, collateral exhibit, 54th Biennale, Venice, Italy
2010     Paintings, Spazio Bevacqua Panigai, Treviso, Italy
2009     It’s Just a Bed, Drawing & Text, Venice, Italy
2001     My Space, Raphael Essebag Gallery, Montreal, Canada
2000     Trees and Scenes, Gallery SPACE, Savannah, Georgia

Invitational exhibit

2010     Riciclarti, Arte Ambientale, JMC Salvage installation, Curator Natasha Bordiglia, Padova IT

Short listgroup exhibits

2011     Chairs, Chace Randall Gallery, Andes, New York
2011     A Book About Death, Homage to Ray Johnson, Treviso, Italy
2008     Don’t Hold Your Breath, Centro Culturale Candiani, Mestre Venice, Italy
2002     Rosenberg Gallery, Absurd Words, Curator Cris Moss, New York City
2001     Pensieri del Giorno, Linea Daqua Cultura Spettacolo, Venice, Italy
2001      Meta Tempo, IUVA galleries, Venice, Italy
2001      Clara e gli americani, "il chiaroscuro", Brescia, Italy
2001    Group Show, Marcel Scheiner Gallery, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
2000     3 x 1, Punta Della Dogana, Venice, Italy

Employment history

Present since 1992:  Working Artist

2011    Instructor, Painting, Boston University, Venice Studio Arts Program, Italy

2001 - 2009 Vice President, Club Ponte Storto,( circolo artistico enogastronomico,) Venice, Italy, Organization and installation of multi cultural activities including exhibits, poetry reading, workshops, theatrical performance, cooking classe

2001 - 2009 Artist Assistant to Dr. Angiola Riva Churchill, Italy and New York City, Responsible for the development, production, artistic creation and coordination of artist   installations in Europe including public relations

2003         English conversation instructor, Scuola di Vetro Murano, Italy

2001-02    EthicsTV, assistant to artist Anita Sieff, Venice, Italy
                Creation of artist film & photo archives, shooting behind scenes footage and editing

Public speaking engagements

2008     lecture, “installation art”, Club Ponte Storto, Venice, Italy
2003     Poetry Presentation, Waiting, Venice, Italy

Commissions

1999 Telfair Museum of Art, Tactile Reproduction of Elaine deKoonings the Baseball Players for visually impaired individuals, Savannah, Georgia