b. 1986, Arkansas, USA

Dr. Ferren Gipson's practice engages with materiality, colour, and form, drawing on the visual language of abstraction as well as Black Southern American textile and cultural traditions. Gipson strives to push both the materials and conventional forms of quilted, woven, and fibre objects. Colour is a constant preoccupation, and she works intuitively to produce expressive, painterly works in textile-based mediums. Gipson’s process is researched and mindful, allowing her to cultivate a mode she calls ‘slow expressionism.’

Her work has been exhibited at Hauser & Wirth Los Angeles, CA and Somerset, UK; UNIT London, UK; Paul Smith Gallery, London UK; and Featherstone Center for the Arts, Oak Bluffs, MA.

Working as both artist and researcher, Gipson has been named one of Apollo Magazine’s ‘40 under 40,’ with her art research and projects exploring themes spanning popular culture, materiality, modernity, power, and iconography. She is an award-winning author of Women’s Work (2022) and the critically acclaimed The Ultimate Art Museum (2021), and as a dynamic storyteller, has contributed to the Financial Times and other publications. She has also curated exhibitions for UNIT London and the London Art Fair.

Gipson holds a PhD in the History of Art from SOAS, University of London. She lives and works in London.