Gibson, a multidisciplinary artist born in Colorado in 1972, draws much of his inspiration from his Mississippi Choctaw and Cherokee heritage. He became the first Native American artist to represent the U.S. with a solo show at the prestigious Venice Biennale (La Biennale di Venezia) in 2024. His large and loud paintings, sculptures, and murals were a combination of history lesson, defiant statement, and stunning beauty. The work, titled “Whereas It Is Essential to Just Government We Recognize the Equality of All People Before the Law,” cites the Civil Rights Act of 1875, and also applies to the current moment.

The biennale, established in 1895 and held every two years, is considered the Olympics of the art world. For Gibson, who works out of a studio in Hudson, NY, it was his first major global showcase. 

He also conceived of and edited “An Indigenous Present,” a recently published collection of contemporary Native North American creatives, including artists, writers, and musicians. Mass MoCA in North Adams, MA, is exhibiting his work through August 2026 in an immersive installation called "Power Full Because We're Different," and he has been commissioned to create four figurative sculptures, which he calls ancestral spirit figures, for The Met's Fifth Avenue facade for September 2025.