Robyn Gibson
Feed, 2021
Stoneware & Black Terra Sigillata
12" x 8.5" x 8"
 
Artist Bio
Robyn Gibson is an emerging artist, curator and podcaster living and working in Louisville, KY. She completed her undergraduate studies at the University of Louisville in 2014, earning a BFA in Painting and a BSBA in Marketing. Since receiving her MFA in 2018 from the New York Academy of Art, Gibson has been developing her multidimensional art practice. After she started boxing in 2016, Gibson began incorporating it into her art practice. Larger-than-life-sized bold, gestural charcoal figures on canvas, a lyrical writing style meant to pack a punch, and voluptuous ceramic vessels inspired by her own curves all convey the movement and force important to her work and inspired by her boxing practice. The act of taking up space and claiming ownership of it is important to her work. As a Black artist focused on self-portraiture and the exploration of her trauma, Gibson grapples with Black identity, the depiction, perception and value of Black bodies, and what it means to be authentic. She is also the host of Louisville’s first Art centered podcast, WheelHouse Art’s Art by Volume, presented by the Wine Room. The podcast highlights artists, creatives, and art professionals with unique perspectives and voices in Louisville’s Art community.