Sam P Gibson is an artist based in Northamptonshire, UK.
An embroiderer for over 45 years, her work is typographical, mixing painting and stitch to recreate snapshots of conversation or thoughts.
Sam likes nothing more than turning a three-second joke into an arduous sewing task that takes months.
Sam also works with miniatures, photography and is interested in creating relics, myths and fake histories. An ongoing drawing and stitched project involves collaborating with every person she meets.
Sam has a studio above a reinstated Victorian brewery.
Exhibitions, collaborations, events.
August 2018 - present: I Hate Collaborations I Love Them, ongoing embroidery project combining artist's and non artist's drawings and sketches on a five meter long piece of fabric.
I invite anyone I meet or who would like to be involved, to add a sketch, some writing or a scribble onto a large piece of fabric and I embroider over the top. The work is a test of endurance, patience, humility and understanding.
March 2020 - April 2022: Artist in residence at C2C Social Action. Working alongside 3 other artists with vulnerable women in Northampton, teaching art, introducing them to multiple disciplines to build confidence and nurture creativity.
https://www.instagram.com/c2cartists
December 2020: East Park Advent, The Racecourse, Northampton
https://east-park-advent.yolasite.com/
October 2019: Tayne Painters II, The Sanctuary, Northampton
June 2018: Tayne Painters, The Sanctuary, Northampton
July 2019: Sew The Seed; The Endangered Species Act Flag, 50 artists from 50 international locations, USA.
https://www.sewtheseeds.org/esa-sos-flag/
April 2019: InCase10, Weapon Of Choice, Intercession Printmaking Studio and Gallery
http://www.intercessiongallery.co.uk/
2017 - 2019: UDHR Craftivism Project, 131 artists, 45 nationalities, 26 languages. Museum Of Australian Democracy, Old Parliament House, Canberra, Australia.
https://quilts.moadoph.gov.au/
June - July 2017: Stitched Part II, Paradigm Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, USA
December 2015: Borderlands A Painting Survey, Albus 3 Arts, Northampton
https://www.facebook.com/albus3arts
February 2009: Forget Me Not Embroidery Show, Gallery Hanahou, New York, USA