Chantal Gibson Explained

Chantal Gibson is a Canadian writer, poet, artist, and educator.[1] Her 2019 poetry collection How She Read won the 2020 Pat Lowther Award,[2] the 2020 Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize at the BC and Yukon Book Prizes,[3] and was a shortlisted 2020 Griffin Poetry Prize finalist.[4] Gibson's art and writing confronts colonialism, cultural erasure, and representations of Black women in Western culture.[5]

Early life and education

Born in Quebec,[6] Gibson went to high school in Mackenzie, British Columbia. Her mother is an African-Canadian who grew up in Nova Scotia.[7]

Career

Gibson is a writer-artist-educator based on the ancestral lands of the Coast Salish Peoples in Vancouver, British Columbia, where she is a lecturer in written and visual communication at Simon Fraser University's School of Interactive Arts and Technology (SIAT).[8] Gibson was the recipient of the SFU Excellence in Teaching Award in 2016.[9]

Awards and honours

Literary

Exhibitions

Artist-in-residence

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Fiona Tinwei Lam, "‘How She Read’: Chantal Gibson’s Anthem for Black Sisterhood". The Tyee, February 3, 2020.
  2. Dana Gee, "Vancouver poet scores national prize". Vancouver Sun, May 11, 2020.
  3. Web site: BC and Yukon Book Prizes – Mission: To recognize and promote the achievements of the book community in BC and Yukon through the BC and Yukon Book Prizes and related programs.. 2021-05-21. en-CA.
  4. https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadians-doyali-islam-chantal-gibson-and-kaie-kellough-shortlisted-for-65k-griffin-poetry-prize-1.5523711 "Canadians Doyali Islam, Chantal Gibson and Kaie Kellough shortlisted for $65K Griffin Poetry Prize"
  5. Web site: Gibson . Chantal . Where Visual and literary art meet . 2021-05-21 . Chantal Gibson Artist . en-CA.
  6. https://sencanada.ca/en/content/sen/chamber/432/debates/002db_2020-09-30-e Debates of the Senate (Hansard)
  7. Web site: 2019-01-23. Chantal Gibson rewrites Canada's whites-only historical narrative Nexus newspaper. 2021-05-21. en-US.
  8. Web site: Chantal Gibson - School of Interactive Arts & Technology - Simon Fraser University. 2021-05-21. www.sfu.ca.
  9. Web site: 365 - Chantal Gibson. 2021-05-21. Penticton Art Gallery. en-US.
  10. Web site: 2020 Pat Lowther Memorial Award Winner: How She Read by Chantal Gibson – League of Canadian Poets . 2021-08-20 . en-US.
  11. Web site: Griffin Poetry Prize: 2020 Shortlist . 2021-08-20 . Griffin Poetry Prize . en-US.
  12. News: April 12, 2021 . Introducing the 2021 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award Winners . 20 Aug 2021 . Maclean's.
  13. Web site: Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art . 2021-05-21 . Royal Ontario Museum . en.
  14. Web site: Here We Are Here: Black Canadian Contemporary Art Art Gallery of Nova Scotia . 2021-09-17 . www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca.
  15. Web site: 2020-09-21 . Senate of Canada - The Senate is honouring Canada's Black artists . 2021-08-20 . Senate of Canada . en.
  16. Web site: VAG's Where do we go from here? starts a conversation about gallery representation . 2021-09-17 . vancouversun . en-CA.
  17. Web site: Human Capital . 2021-09-17 . MacKenzie Art Gallery . en-US.
  18. Web site: Visit un/settled, an exhibit at Belzberg Library SFU Library . 2021-09-17 . www.lib.sfu.ca.
  19. Web site: Tyranny . 2021-09-17 . www.artgalleryofnovascotia.ca . Art Gallery of Nova Scotia.
  20. Web site: 2017-10-23 . Visiting Artist: Chantal Gibson . 2021-08-20 . OCAD University.
  21. Web site: Gibson, Chantal . 2021-08-20 . Caitlin Press . en-US.

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