2025 Fingerman Lecture: Jeffrey Gibson

We invite you to join the Des Moines Art Center in welcoming artist Jeffrey Gibson as the featured speaker of our annual Fingerman Lecture series. Gibson (American, born 1972) is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and convener celebrated for his painting, installation, video, and performance work. For over two decades, he has explored how language, pattern, and music construct meaning, synthesizing Indigenous and Western traditions through vibrant color, complex patterning, and layered sound.

A member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and of Cherokee descent, Gibson represented the U.S. at the 2024 Venice Biennale with his acclaimed exhibition, “the space in which to place me,” which debuted at The Broad in Los Angeles in May 2025. He was selected for the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s 2025 Genesis Facade Commission and will present new work for the historic exterior this September. His work is held in major collections including MoMA, the Whitney, and the National Gallery of Art. He lives in New York’s Hudson Valley and is an artist-in-residence at Bard College.

The Fingerman Lecture series at the Art Center is made possible through generous gifts by Lois and the late Dr. Louis Fingerman. Gibson is the 35th installment in the series.

Free; registration required. Photo: Brian Barlow

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