Anna Gibson

Anna Gibson is a Barbadian contemporary artist who explores multiple media, crafting images of body manipulation through realism and expressionism. Upon completion of her Associates and Bachelor Degree in Fine Arts (2017), Anna has participated in a number of group exhibitions at The Punch Creative Arena, UN women ‘1in3 Art Exhibition’ at the UN House Barbados, ‘Young Artist’ at The Barbados Arts Council Art Gallery, Reimagined: Unspoken Bodies and spaces at The Frame & Art Co. (Barbados) and more.
https://www.annagibson246.com/

Artist Statement  

My artwork is rooted in exploring women’s bodies and their relationship between our cultural,  racialised preferences and social environment. Focusing on insecurities, from both personal and external experiences as well as popular culture, my artwork explores and exposes the  vulnerabilities women have about their differences to each other and how they seek to  mentally and physically mask or morph their bodies, in an obsessive process of evolving, using  various “beautification” methods to achieve acceptance socially and internally. 

Questioning the constant state of re-evaluation of the ‘self’, I’m creating landscapes driven by  internalized experiences, using various nostalgic elements as a form of escape and reprieve from a demanding reality, for these altered figures.