Catalyst Visiting Artist Talk: Mark Thomas Gibson

Tue, 17 Mar, 2026 at 07:00 pm UTC-04:00

Villa Maria College | Buffalo

Catalyst Visiting Artist Talk: Mark Thomas Gibson
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The Fine Art Department at Villa Maria College would like to invite you to the next iteration of our Catalyst Visiting Artist Series Featuring:
Mark Thomas Gibson
Artist Talk open to the community
Tuesday, March 17th at 7PM
at the Villa Maria College Recital Hall.
Mark Thomas Gibson’s personal lens on American culture stems from his multifaceted viewpoint as an artist—as a black male, a professor, and an American history buff. These myriad and often colliding perspectives fuel his exploration of contemporary culture through languages of drawing, painting, print, and sculpture revealing a vision of a satirical, dystopian America where every viewer is implicated as a potential character within the story.
Gibson (b. 1980, Miami, FL) received his BFA from The Cooper Union in 2002 and his MFA from Yale School of Art in 2013. He is represented by Loyal in Stockholm. In 2016, he co-curated the traveling exhibition Black Pulp! with William Villalongo; in 2024 he curated the group exhibition Edge of Echoes at Jenkins Johnson Gallery in Brooklyn, NY. Gibson has released two artist books, Some Monsters Loom Large (2016) and Early Retirement (2017). In 2025, Gibson’s first monograph will be published by JRP Editions in conjunction with his exhibition, Overture, at the Berman Museum at Ursinus College, (Collegeville, PA).
More info and work at https://www.markthomasgibson.com/
Made possible with the support of Paula & John Ferletto and Mike & Josette Taheri, Catalyst began in the Fall of 2024 as an effort to connect students with exceptional artists and thinkers through talks, studio visits, and workshops. Previous visiting artists have included Mark Dion, Arghavan Khosravi, Andres Serrano, and Mary Mattingly.
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Upcoming in the Catalyst Visiting Artist series:
curator Denise Markonish
April 7th & 8th, 2026
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Hope to see you there!
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Villa Maria College, 240 Pine Ridge Rd,Buffalo,NY,United States

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