Work samples

  • Jerry's kids
    Jerry's kids

    Jerry's kids

    Oil on canvas

    70 1/8 x 70 1/8 in

    178.11 x 178.11 cm

    2024

About Jerrell

 Jerrell Gibbs explores the complexities of life by investigating his personal experiences and those of his family and friends. Ultimately working to evoke the emotions that one experiences during the maturation time period from a child to an adult. In this way, through his work he finds ways to cope and re-examine the past. While simultaneously examining present realities of living in the twenty-first century as a Black male.

Gibbs is committed to creating paintings that are both… more

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Entre Nous

Entre Nous  features loved ones and familiar figures of Jerrell Gibbs in contexts of leasure. The series connects the artist's relationship between Baltimore City, his hometown, and Paris, France, two critical sites of artistic and personal growth for Jerrell. 
  • Jerrell Gibbs, Nous Love Chicken, But Had The Duck, 2022. Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim.jpg
    Jerrell Gibbs, Nous Love Chicken, But Had The Duck, 2022. Courtesy of Mariane Ibrahim.jpg
    'Nous Love Chicken, But Had The Duck'. 78 x 71 in. Oil, charcoal and pastel on canvas. 2022.

Sounds of Color: Recorded Memories

Sounds of Color: Recorded Memories features a figure who became a young avatar for Jerrell Gibbs. In the study of this figure, Gibbs was able to focus on markmaking and color piecing within the year of 2021. 

  • Thinking of Basel
    Thinking of Basel

    Thinking of Basel

    60 x 50 in

    Acrylic on canvas

    2021

Men with Flowers

Men with Flowers features works from 2020 to 2022, all of which portray Black men supposing positions of sensitivity. 
  • Gibbs For Thomas.png
    Gibbs For Thomas.png
    'For Thomas'. 50 x 60 in. Oil, oil stick on canvas. 2021.