Tom Gibbons
Born 1928: Salford , UK . Res.1955: Perth , Western Australia
Academic training
1947 - 50 University College (B.A. Hons. English) & Royal College of Art, Kingston-upon-Hull
1956 - 57 University of Western Australia (M.A. thesis)
1964 - 65 University of Cambridge (Ph.D. thesis)
1985 Cambridge College of Art & Technology
Selected Significant Exhibitions
2007 Lunch Bars: Gallery East, North Fremantle , WA
2006 with Phillip McNamara: Cullity Gallery, University of Western Australia
2003 new paintings: The Church Gallery, Claremont , WA
2001 Wide Open: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery , UWA , WA
1998 The Image Processor: Retrospective: Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery , UWA , WA
1998 Never a Dull Moment: Artplace, Claremont , WA
1996 with Miriam Stannage Goddard de Fiddes, Perth , WA
1996 Artists ' Choice: Claremont School of Arts , Claremont , WA
1992 Homage to Duccio: Artplace, Claremont , WA
1991 The Esperance Suite: Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle , WA
1991 Printessentials Exhibition: Fremantle Arts Foundation, Fremantle , WA
1988 WA Printmakers Association: Glyde Gallery, Perth , WA
1985 WA Printmakers Association Claremont School of Art , Claremont , WA
1985 Landscapes in Pastel: Touring Exhibition, Western Australia
1984 Prints & Pastels: Galerie Dusseldorf . Perth , WA
1984 6 x 6 WA Printmakers Assn: Fremantle Art Gallery , Fremantle , WA
1983 Random Landscapes: Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia
1982 The Foulkes Taylor Years: Galerie Dusseldorf . Perth , WA
1982 Xerox Show, WA Printmakers: Quentin Gallery , Perth , WA
1981 Forty Still-Lives: Galerie Dusseldorf . Perth , WA
1978 Praxis Small Scale: Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia
1977, 78 Collectors' Gallery, Perth , WA
1976 Vamps, Clowns & Hoodlums: Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia
1976 Woman & Art: WA Institute of Technology, Perth , WA
1974 West Australian Artists: Art Gallery of Western Australia , Perth , WA
1973 Blake Prize Exhibition: Hogarth Gallery, Sydney , NSW
1973 Desborough Galleries, Perth , WA
1967 Festival of Perth Exhibition: Undercroft Gallery, University of Western Australia
1963 Triangle Gallery, Perth , WA
1957, 58 Perth Group: Skinner Galleries, West Perth , WA
Collections
Art Gallery of Western Australia; Curtin University of Technology, Perth; Department of Contract and Management Services, WA; Edith Cowan University, Perth; Hoyts Cinemas, Cinema City, Perth; Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth; BankWest; University of Western Australia; TVW Channel 7, Perth; and Private.
Bibliography
A Distant View: Aspects of Western Australian Art , Part Two ( The Emerging Contemporary Scene ), WA State Education Department. Artists & Galleries of Australia , Max Germaine, 1979. Grove's Dictionary of Art On-Line . Some Contemporary Western Australian Painters & Sculptors , Bill Hawthorn, 1982. Encyclopedia of Australian Artists , Alan McCulloch, 2007. Time+ Machine: Tom Gibbons: Art Works+Words 1955-1998 , Phillip McNamara, 1998
