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Born 2002 in Meanjin Brisbane.
Graduated Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Art) 2023 from QUT.
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Soph Gibson is a Magandjin/Brisbane based emerging artist, currently undertaking a Master of Philosophy with the School of Creative Practice at QUT. Their practice-led research applies crip theories to contemporary installation practice, considering sculptural objects as surrogate bodies for embodiments of chronic pain and disability. Their lived experiences as a gender-queer person with disability and chronic pain inform their work as an artist, researcher, arts educator and gallery worker.
Gibson has held solo shows growing pains at Wreckers Artspace Meanjin in 2023, and bone-deep at Trocadero Projects Naarm in 2025. Their work has been exhibited in group shows with Side Gallery, House Conspiracy, Hey Neighbour, Post Datum and Riot. They currently work at the QUT Galleries and Museums as a Visitor Services Officer.
Education and Training
since 2024 FEB
Masters of Philosophy (Creative Practice) at Queensland University of Technology
2020-23
Bachelor of Fine Arts (Visual Arts) at QUT
Recent Professional Arts Industry Engagement
2026
Visitor Services Officer at QUT Museum and Galleries
2022-2025
Visitor Services Assistant at QUT Museum and Galleries
2024
Sessional tutor of introductory Art History (KVB113 and KVB102) at QUT
2023
Exhibition and Studio Assistant at paper boat press
2022 JUL-OCT
Internship with QUT Art Museum and Galleries
Solo Exhibitions
2025 AUG
growing pains — Solo exhibition @ Trocadero Projects, Footscray
2023 JUL
growing pains — Solo exhibition @ Wreckers Artspace, Woolloongabba
Selected Group Exhibitions
Array — QUT Visual Arts Graduate Exhibition @ QUT Kelvin Grove, (as Artist, Organisational Committee, Accessibility Officer and Editor for didactics)
Elevate — Post Datum @ BackDoor Arts, Fortitude Valley, (as Artist, Post Datum Secretary)
inter:face – SenseLab capstone project @ QUT Kelvin Grove, (as Artist, Lead Curator)
Riot:02 Fluidity – Riot @ VentSpace, Albion
Burn — Side Gallery, Red Hill
A House is Not a Home – Hey Neighbour @ House Conspiracy, West End
Research Publications
2025 JUN
Conference proceedings for 2024 Australian Council of University Art and Design Schools, Crip Care for the Disabled Artist: Endurance Performance via Sculptural Objects. Readable here.
Arts Writing
2025 JUN
Exhibition essay for Stripping the Bed, exhibition by Ana Daniels @ QCAD Galleries. Readable here.
2023 OCT
Exhibition essay for Over Exposed, online exhibition by Kirralee Robinson. Readable here.
Prizes and Scholarships
2022
Eyeline Prize Winner – Array, QUT Visual Arts Graduate exhibition
Milani Family Prize Highly Commended – Array, QUT Visual Arts Graduate exhibition
2020
QUT Excellence – Elite Visual and Performing Arts Scholarship Recipient
Eckersley’s Prize Winner – Incubator exhibition, Paddington, Brisbane
2019
Eckersley’s Prize Winner– Incubator exhibition, Paddington, Brisbane