Jill Gibbon

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Jill Gibbon is a British artist, best known for sketching people in the arms trade while working undercover at arms fairs. She is a senior lecturer in graphic arts at Leeds Beckett University.

Gibbon earned a bachelor's degree from Leeds Polytechnic (now Leeds Beckett University), a master's from Keele University, and a PhD from Wimbledon School of Art.[1]

Gibbon visits arms fairs posing as a global security expert, and sketches people active in the arms trade.[2][3][4]

In 2018 Gibbon helped to lead a high profile campaign[5] that successfully pressured arms manufacturer BAE Systems to withdraw its sponsorship of the Great Exhibition of the North.[6]

Gibbon is Reader in Graphic Arts, School of Arts at Leeds Beckett University.[7]

Publications[]

  • The Etiquette of the Arms Trade – Ten Years of Drawing by Jill Gibbon (2018)[8]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jill Gibbon - Independent Social Research Foundation". isrf.org. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  2. ^ Pidd, Helen (11 April 2018). "The art of war: the artist who sketches under cover at arms fairs". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  3. ^ "'Reportager' : Projects : Jill Gibbon: War Mart  : Research Group and Programme at the School of Creative Arts, University of the West of England". reportager.uwe.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  4. ^ Vijaykumar, Dimple (27 July 2014). "The woman turning arms fairs into art". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  5. ^ "Artists pull out of Great Exhibition of the North over arms dealer sponsorship". www.theartnewspaper.com. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  6. ^ "Under-fire sponsor quits arts festival". 2018-03-07. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  7. ^ "Dr Jill Gibbon - Leeds Beckett University". www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk. Retrieved 2020-12-26.
  8. ^ "The Etiquette of the Arms Trade – Ten Years of Drawing by Jill Gibbon". Jill Gibbon. Retrieved 11 April 2018.

External links[]

Official website

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