Hope Gibbons

Hope Gibbons

b 1966
Contemporary painter

Hope Gibbons is a contemporary New Zealand painter with works held in private collections here and throughout the world.

She has spent a considerable amount of time being privately tutored and has completed several Mastery Contemporary Painting courses in Auckland. She has been published in "New Zealand's Favourite Artists" Volume 2, plus has been featured in lifestyle publications such as "NZ Life and Leisure" magazine and Next magazine.

Hope Gibbons is clear that her practice is materials based where the research occurs through the actual exploration of the materials ; it pushes the boundaries of traditional painting practice and techniques by continuing to exploit the use of paint, stains, rust, inks, leaf and varnish.
The actual application of the mediums and the natural reactions of these products is where the work is made when working within the moment.
The alchemy found within some works make them evocative and ethereal and seemingly organic
with the fluidity of the marks.

The revelations of these moments become the driving force of her practice and the element of chance in the making becomes the idea behind the work.
This new freedom is also seen in the more gestural movements and instinctive mark making but always underpinned by the natural tendency and need to put in order and composition and control – a response that is not always welcome.

Hope has two distinct current bodies of works yet they run parallel alongside each other comfortably and continue to explore the materiality of paint .

The earthy toned works and her bolder brighter works are layers of paint that are fluid and instinctive and are revealing yet also concealing with the magic being of painting in the moment and the continuous instinctive decisions as a painter as to what to keep and what to discard. Paring back is essential.

Her latest second body of work are modern compilations whether from artworks made from found materials where she is looking at the individual discarded pieces and finding the beauty or from painted works re-assembled.

Her works are heavily influenced from Australian Painter Rosalie Gascoigne.

Qualifications
2007 Winner Provincial Pride Art Awards: "Exploration in Contemporary Techniques Award"
2005 Mastery Programme 2005 Advanced Mixed Media Painting
2001 Rutherford College (Certificate of Visual Arts)
1998-2005 Various Arts Programmes incl ASA & Artstation

Exhibitions
2011 Artbay , Of the Land Solo Show Easter 2011
2010 Art Matakana , Hot Gossip , May 2010
2009 Artbay In the Moment Solo Show Oct 2009
2009 Art Matakana -Group Show Aug 2009
2008 Matakana Gallery and Design Group Show - May 2008
2007 Kings College Art Exhibition, Aukland - Nov 2007
2007 Art at the Estuary, Orewa - July 2007
2007 Kohia Terrace Art Exhibition, Mt Eden - June 2007
2007 Southland Art Society Group Show - April 2007
2007 Art in the Vineyard, Kumeu - March 2007
2006 Element Gallery, Nelson "Group Show" - July 2006
2006 Carmel College Art Exhibition - July 2006
2005 Kings College Sale of Fine Art - Nov 2005
2005 Letham Gallery, Ponsonby " Ascend" Solo Show - Oct 2005
2005 Kristin School "Beyond the Bridge" - Oct 2005
2005 Ppg Gallery, Grey Lynn “Mastery Group Show”- Aug 2005
2005 Baradene College Art Exhibition - Aug 2005
2005 Auckland Grammar School Art Exhibtion - Aug 2005
2005 Vsa Gala Art Auction, Wellington - June 2005
2004 Arts Desire Gallery, Warkworth, “Collection” - April 2004
2004 Aigantighe Art Gallery, Timaru “Group show” - May 2004
2003 Letham Gallery, Ponsonby “Crusade” - June 2003

Publications

Habitat " Resene Publication" 2011
"New Zealand's Favourite Artists 2 " by Denis Robinson, published by Saint Publishing - June 2008
NZ Life and Leisure Magazine - Jan/Feb 2007
NZ Herald “Viva“ - February 2005
Rodney Times Newspaper “Paintings by Hope Gibbons” - Mar 2005
Ponsonby Flat White “Over the Fence” - May 2003
Nz House & Garden “Ex Libris” February 2001
Next Magazine “Enterprise” Nov 200

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