Exhibition photo by Alexander Cooke
Beth Gibbeson is a contemporary Australian painter known for her luminous abstract landscape paintings and finely layered colour gradients. Working primarily in oil on canvas, her paintings explore the interplay of colour, light and memory, creating atmospheric compositions that evoke shifting landscapes and emotional resonance.
Based in Melbourne, Gibbeson works from her studio developing contemporary abstract paintings that reflect both place and experience. Her work draws on memories of diverse environments and the way landscapes are felt, remembered and transformed through time.
Gibbeson completed a Bachelor and Honours Degree in Fine Arts (Painting) at RMIT University, Melbourne.
She spent her early childhood in Sale, Gippsland, before living in Cairo, Egypt during her teenage years. Later she lived in Castlemaine, Victoria, where she raised her family. The contrast between these environments—regional Australia, the intensity of Cairo, and the vast landscapes of Castlemaine and surrounds—continues to influence the atmosphere and spatial qualities within her paintings.
‘I have long been drawn to the dialogue between past and present, where memory and experience continually re-emerge and evolve. Through the physical force of paint and process, I build illusionistic spaces that invite the viewer to be absorbed within them.’
Since returning to her practice, Gibbeson has exhibited regularly in both solo and group exhibitions. Her paintings are held in numerous private collections throughout Australia and internationally.
Education
1997-1999. Bachelor of Fine Arts Painting, RMIT University, VIC
1999-2000 Honours of Fine Arts Painting, RMIT University, VIC
2002-2003 Diploma of Interior Design, RMIT, VIC
2005-2006 Grad Dip of Education, Melbourne University, VIC
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Boom Gallery, ‘Eliminate, Illuminate, Elucidate’, solo exhibition, Geelong.
2024 Saint Cloche, ‘Surface to Air’, solo exhibition, Sydney
2022 Boom Gallery, ‘A Thread of light’, solo exhibition, Geelong
2021 Boom Gallery, ‘Painting my heart out’ solo exhibition, Geelong.
2018 Boom Gallery, ‘Got me singing’ solo exhibition, Geelong.
2018 The Artists Guild, ‘Unity’ solo exhibition, Melbourne
2017 March Space Gallery, ‘Merging Landscapes’ solo exhibition, Sandringham
2002 Mira Fine Art Galleries, Solo exhibition, Melbourne
2001 Mansour and Hill Galleries, solo exhibition, Melbourne
Selected group Exhibitions
2026 Boom Gallery, GRAPHIC, Group exhibition, Geelong
2025 Boom Gallery, Big Small, Group exhibition, Geelong
2023 Saint Cloche, ‘Escapade’, Group exhibition, Paddington Sydney
2023 Boom Gallery, Summer Salon, Group exhibition, Geelong
2019 The Happenstore, ‘Share the Dignity’ Group exhibition curated by Amber Creswell Bell, Sydney
2019 Lamington Drive Gallery, ‘Springtime #4’ group show, curated by Melissa Grisancich, Collingwood
2019 Boom Gallery, Marking Time Group Exhibition, Geelong
2019 Omnia Art Prize, Toorak
2019 Boom Gallery, selected works, group exhibition, Geelong
2017 Deryina DACE group exhibition, Frankston South
2014 Pinnacles Gallery Finalist exhibition, Townsville
2014 Brunswick St Gallery, Relationships of place in photography, Melbourne
2013 Obscura Gallery, Melbourne
2012 Dome Gallery, Mission to Seafarers, Melbourne
2002 Canterbury Art Exhibition, Melbourne
2001 Bulle Galleries, Melbourne
2000 RMIT University exhibition at Span Galleries, Melbourne
1999 RMIT University exhibition at RMIT, Melbourne
Awards
2019 Omnia Art Prize
2017 Highly Commended modern art award-Deryina DACE
2014 Percival Photographic Portrait Prize- Finalist
2014 Cliftons Art Prize- Finalist
2013 Honourable mention in the MPA Photography Awards
2012 Shortlisted in the MPA Photography Awards
Articles/Media
2022 Ocean Grove voice
2020 Interview with an artist by Wilamina Russo
2019 Art Edit Magazine/ Gallery panel / issue 20
2018 Art Edit magazine/ showcase/ issue 17
2018 House and Garden magazine UK
2018 Art Edit magazine/ Ones to watch/ issue 16.