Wednesday, May 21, 2025
12:00 – 2:00 PM
583 Park Avenue
NYC
On Wednesday, May 21st, the American Federation of Arts will host its 2025 Spring Luncheon, featuring renowned contemporary artist Jeffrey Gibson.
This annual gathering brings together artists, scholars, collectors, museum leaders, and cultural advocates to celebrate Gibson’s groundbreaking work and support the AFA’s mission of expanding access to world-class art through touring exhibitions and public programs.
As we look ahead to an exciting year of exhibitions and initiatives, we invite you to join us in championing the power of art to inspire and connect communities. Your support of this event plays a vital role in advancing the AFA’s efforts to bring transformative artistic experiences to audiences everywhere.
Contact events@amfedarts.org for more information.
ABOUT JEFFREY GIBSON
Jeffrey Gibson
Gibson grew up in major urban centers in the United States, Germany, and Korea, where he absorbed the transgressive soundtrack of the 1980s through limited access to MTV. Gibson graduated from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1995 and received a Master of Arts in painting at the Royal College of Art, London, in 1998. While in Chicago he also worked as a research assistant on the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) for the Field Museum, a formative experience that fostered an ongoing interest in questions of ownership and notions of cultural translation. Though trained as a painter, Gibson began incorporating materials and techniques that deliberately reference his heritage—such as raw hides and bead work—around 2010. A major turning point in his career, in 2012 he presented ‘one becomes the other,’ his first solo exhibition of sculpture and video, at Participant Inc. Sculpture, moving image, and sound have since become an integral aspect of his practice. He is known for his immersive, multi-sensory installations that invoke and interweave such disparate contexts as faith-based spaces of communion and night clubs.