Jill Gibbon
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, 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]
Publications
- The Etiquette of the Arms Trade – Ten Years of Drawing by Jill Gibbon (2018)[5]
References
- ^ "Jill Gibbon - Independent Social Research Foundation". isrf.org. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ Pidd, Helen (11 April 2018). "The art of war: the artist who sketches under cover at arms fairs". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "'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.
- ^ Vijaykumar, Dimple (27 July 2014). "The woman turning arms fairs into art". the Guardian. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ "The Etiquette of the Arms Trade – Ten Years of Drawing by Jill Gibbon". Jill Gibbon. Retrieved 11 April 2018.