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  Charles "Duke" Gibbs
I started making metal sculpture in 1962, when I was in high school in Northern California.  On this site you'll find some of the work I've made since 1987, when I returned to sculpture after two decades that included Army service during the Vietnam War; working as a merchant seaman in Alaska, ​as an auto mechanic, as a carpenter, in TV production, and in publishing; and earning degrees from U.C. Berkeley and MIT.  I'm married to a painter, Charlotte Andry Gibbs (charlotteandrygibbs.com).  We have studios in our barn.  I've been a full-time artist since 1999 and have exhibited at art museums and galleries in New England, Florida, California, Ohio, and New Orleans.  I'm currently represented by The Field Gallery on Martha's Vineyard (fieldgallery.com) and Alpers Fine Art in Rockport, MA (alpersfineart.com).

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Juried/curated exhibits and awards (selected list)

New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts
     Permanent collection, 2023-present

de Menil Gallery, Groton School, Groton, Massachusetts
     "Still Emerging After All These Years" 2022; with Charlotte Andry Gibbs; Monika Andersson, curator

Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts
     "Trash Menagerie" 2009-2010; Jane Winchell, curator

Concord Center for the Visual Arts, Concord, Massachusetts
     Frances N. Roddy Open Competition, 2001, 2004, 2006-2010, 2012-2014, 2016-2018, 2020
          Roddy prize 2017; Ali Ringenburg, juror

     Members Juried Exhibits, 1994-2021 (most years)
          Sculpture prize 2009; Larry Powers, juror
          Crafts prize 2005; Leslie Brown, juror
          Sculpture prize 2003; George Nick, juror      
          Sculpture prize 1995; Richard Raiselis, juror
     Distinguished Artists Exhibit, Best in Show 1999; Audrey Pepper, juror
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​School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts
     Annual Art Sale, 2019


Fitchburg Art Museum, Fitchburg, Massachusetts
     Regional Exhibits of Arts and Crafts, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2015-2019
           2nd prize, 1996; 3rd prize, 1997

"Trashformations East"  Lloyd Herman, curator
     Ohio Craft Museum, Columbus, Ohio, 2007
     Copia, Napa, California, 2006
     Fuller Craft Museum, Brockton, Massachusetts, 2005

Art in Embassies, U.S. Department of State
     Brussels, Belgium (NATO), 2002-2005
     Minsk, Belarus, 2000-2003
     Havana, Cuba, 1996-2000
     Featured in the 2004 official embassies calendar
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Sharon Arts Center, Peterborough, New Hampshire
     "With Torch & Mallet" solo show, 2001
     Weathervane commission for new building, 2000
     "Contemporary Folk Art" group show, 1995; Randall Hoel, curator
      Annual Juried Shows, 1994-2003

"Greater Boston" news program, WGBH-TV (PBS), Boston, Massachusetts, July 9, 2020
     Two of my COVID masks appear at the end of the program, hosted by Jim Braude

"The Two Collection" auction, WGBH-TV (PBS), Boston, Massachusetts, 1998

"Artcetera" auction, AIDS Action Committee, Boston, Massachusetts, 1994

The Boston Globe  "Critic's Pick"  May 19, 1994

Montserrat College of Art, Beverly, Massachusetts
     "Whimsy of the Spirit," 1993; Barbara O'Brien, curator

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