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Elliot Gibbons is currently a Doctoral Candidate at UCL & Tate funded by the AHRC Collaborative Doctoral Partnership scheme. His doctoral project examines art and activism produced in relation to the HIV and AIDS epidemic in Britain from 1987 to 1997. He previously held the position of Assistant Curator, Public Programmes at Tate. Before this, he was awarded Arts Council England funding to independently curate ‘Southend’s Twilight Worlds’. He holds an MA in History of Art from UCL, where he wrote a thesis on the work of the late artist Hamad Butt that was awarded the Oxford Art Journal Prize for Best Dissertation. He also holds a BA (hons) in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Arts (UAL). His writing has been published by thisistomorrow, AQNB, Object and Texte Zur Kunst.
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elliot.gibbons@icloud.com
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Selected Exhibitions, Displays and Public Programmes
UK AIDS Memorial Quilt, Tate Modern, 12-16 June 2025.
Ocular Choreography: Liz Magic Laser, Tate Modern and online, 2023 – 2024.
Selected Publications
Exhibition Catalogues
‘“Fairy Grotto Bust Up”: On Derek Jarman’s Time’ in Southend’s Twilight Worlds, ed. Elliot Gibbons, (Essex: Old Waterworks, 2022), pp.26–31.
Reviews
Edited Books
Southend’s Twilight Worlds, ed. Elliot Gibbons, (Essex: Old Waterworks, 2022)
Selected Conference Presentations & Lectures