Summary
Stephanie Gibson is a writer, curator, and arts administrator from Ottawa, Canada. She holds an M.A. in Art History from Concordia University in Montreal, with a focus on contemporary photography. Gibson has worked in varying capacities of curatorial and exhibition management at institutions including the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium (Brussels), Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto), the National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa) and the Aga Khan Museum (Toronto). She is the Director and Chief Curator of the John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art at the University of Nevada, Reno. Gibson is passionate about connecting people with art and turning big, thoughtful ideas into engaging exhibitions and public programming. In her work, Gibson maintains a strong commitment to the equitable treatment of all people in every aspect of a project, as well as in the understanding of who participates in – and has access to – the arts and humanities.
Notable exhibitions and curatorial work
- "To Hold a Form: Art with Sound in the work of Jennie C. Jones, LaRissa Rogers, and Naama Tsabar, The John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art at the University of Nevada, Reno, NV, August 21 - November 13, 2025
- “Terma, Images from the Ear or Groin or Somewhere” The John and Geraldine Lilley Museum of Art at the University of Nevada, Reno, NV, January 25 – March 7, 2019
- “Blind Forms: Sameer Farooq” University Galleries, University of Nevada, Reno, NV, September 2016
Education
- M.A., Art History, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, 2004
- B.A., Art and Culture, Western University, London, Ontario, 2001