Saidhbhín Gibson

Saidhbhín Gibson’s work is focused on raising awareness around the hierarchy of the human-centric interpretation of the more-than-human world.

The work is manifested by thinking through the handling of materials, and records chance encounters with plant, avian and non-human animal lives. Photography, sculpture, video, text and thread-based works seek to respond to the commodification of the natural world by, and for, humans. There is a dialogue asserted to give an imagined voice to the more-than-human experience of the impact of human activity on the planet.

Saidhbhín Gibson is a graduate of NCAD, Dublin (MFA, honours, Fine Art, 2016) and D.I.T. Mountjoy Square, Dublin (BA, honours, Fine Art, 2000) and has exhibited nationally and internationally in solo and group shows, some which include:

Irish Energy Die Möglichkeit Einer Insel Berlin (2024)
Pucá in the Machine II Blessington Library (autumn 2023)
Artworks VISUAL, Carlow (summer 2023)
141st RUA Annual Exhibition Ulster Museum Belfast (2022)
Decking Rude Spots Espacio Lavadero Granada (solo, 2021)
Wonder, They Wander Grassroots Muine Bheag Arts, Carlow (river walk, 2021)
Open Call Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise (2021)
Hindsight is 2020 Rua Red, Dublin (2020)
Less Stress More Success Kilkenny Arts Office, Kilkenny (2020)
Sculpture in Context Ireland (online exhibition 2020)
The Space Between International Lace Exhibition, Headford, Co. Galway (2020)
Connected Kilkenny Sculpture Trail, Castle Yard, Kilkenny (2020)
Open Submission Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda (2020)
Utopia/Dystopia Lexicon Gallery, Dún Laoghaire (2019)
A Vague Anxiety IMMA, Dublin (2019)
Micro AIR Gallery, Altrincham, Greater Manchester (2019)
Blueprint Carlow College, Carlow (2019)
Cairdre Visual The Model, Sligo (2018)
Encountering the Land VISUAL, Carlow (2018)
RDS Craft Awards RDS, Dublin (award recipient, 2017)
Loping Towards Darkness VISUAL, Carlow (solo, 2017)
Bristle: Hair and Hegemony Highlanes Gallery, Drogheda (2017)
Artworks VISUAL, Carlow (2017)
Upright Meadow Public Art Commission - Pure Thinking Community Group, Carlow (2017)
Make it OK The Pumphouse Gallery, Battersea, London; NCCD, Lincolnshire; Rugby Art Gallery & Museum Rugby (2015-17)
Natura natura The Lab cube space, Dublin (solo, 2014)
Sojourn Carlow County Museum (solo, 2013)