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Emma Stibbon RA | |
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| Born | 1 March 1962 Münster |
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| Known for | Drawing and Printmaking |
| Father | Sir John James Stibbon |
| Website | emmastibbon |
Emma Stibbon RA (born 1 March 1962) is a Bristol-based British artist and Royal Academician.
Early life and education
[edit]Emma Stibbon was born on 1 March 1962 in Münster, Germany. Her father was General Sir John James Stibbon, KCB, OBE (5 January 1935 – 9 February 2014) one of the highest-ranking officers in the British Army, who served as Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff and then as Master-General of the Ordnance from 1987–91. Her mother is Lady Jean Stibbon (née Skeggs).[1]
Stibbon studied at the Portsmouth College of Art (Foundation 1980–81), Goldsmiths College and the University of the West of England.[2]
Career
[edit]Stibbon is known for her large, monochrome drawings and prints which explore the effects of human intervention and natural phenomenon on monumental structures.[3]
Her work has been exhibited globally[2] and she currently Senior Lecturer in Fine Art Printmaking at the University of Brighton.[4]
Stibbon was chosen as the Antarctic Artist in Residence of the Scott Polar Research Institute for 2012–13.[5]
She is an Academician of the Royal West of England Academy[6] and was elected as a Royal Academician in 2013.[2]
Stibbon has a studio at Spike Island in Bristol.[7]
Exhibitions
[edit]Ruskin, Turner & the Storm Cloud. Stibbon was commissioned to create the works for a touring exhibition to mark Ruskin's 200th birthday in 2019. Her contribution to the exhibition commented on damage to the French Alps by global warming, by creating a contemporary response to the works of John Ruskin and J. M. W. Turner. The exhibition visited York Art Gallery and Abbott Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria.[8][9][10][11]
Territories of Print 1994-2019 was a solo retrospective exhibition of Stibbon's work titled held at the Rabley Drawing Centre Gallery near Marlborough in Wiltshire and accompanied by a book with the same title.[12]
Publications
[edit]Fire and Ice, 2019, Royal Academy of Arts, hardcover, 108 pages, ISBN 978-1-912520-25-1
Territories of Print 1994-2019, Edited by Meryl Ainslie with an Essay by Gill Saunders, 2019, Rabley Drawing Centre, hardcover, 104 pages, ISBN 978-0-9926817-8-4
References
[edit]- ^ Liversidge, Micheal (26 July 2019). "Emma Stibbon | Alumni". University of Bristol. Archived from the original on 7 September 2024. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ a b c Royal Academy of Arts: Emma Stibbon RA | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts, accessdate: 29/08/2014
- ^ "Emma Stibbon | Artist | Royal Academy of Arts". www.royalacademy.org.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Emma Stibbon | Academic staff | Arts and Humanities". arts.brighton.ac.uk. Retrieved 5 March 2017.
- ^ "Scott Polar Research Institute, Cambridge » Antarctic artist 2012/13: Emma Stibbon". www.spri.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Emma Stibbon". RWA Bristol. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ "Studio artistsEmma Stibbon". Spike Island. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Ruskin, Turner & the Storm Cloud: Watercolours and Drawings - York Art Gallery". www.yorkartgallery.org.uk. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Past exhibitions". Lakeland Arts. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Ruskin, Turner & the Storm Cloud". Kendal Town. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Climate change ravages Turner's majestic glaciers". the Guardian. 6 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ Centre, Rabley Drawing (8 December 2019). "Emma Stibbon – Territories of Print 1994-2019 – Exhibition at Rabley Drawing Centre". Rabley News and Events. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
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