Berney-Gibson
Selected work:
Intricate Rituals
I believe in taking care of myself
Uncle Crustacean
Homecoming Queen
Green Plates
Goat Rodeo
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Fergus Berney-Gibson is a artist and writer based on Gadigal land whose practice explores fraternal historiography through a queer lens. Berney-Gibson addresses the politics of bodies coming together, case studied through an analysis of gendered behaviour and ritual. In his photo-sculptural practice, Berney-Gibson deconstructs and queers narrative forms — bildungsroman, gossip, and scripture — to propose alternative frameworks for connection. Using silkscreen painting and image transfer processes he combines found leathers, textiles, tools and domestic objects with fragmented photo-documentation. These accumulated fragments form an alternative archive of fraternal interaction — one that privileges touch, experience, and non-hierarchical historiographies.
Berney-Gibson holds a BFA in Printmaking from the National Art School (2020) and a Graduate Certificate in Art Curation from the University of Sydney (2022). Most recently, Berney-Gibson was selected as a finalist for the 2024 Macquarie Emerging Artist Prize and awarded the 2024/25 Mark Henry Cain Memorial Travel Scholarship. He is due to complete his MFA at the National Art School in 2025.
2022 — Graduate Certificate in Art Curation
2020 — Bachelor of Fine Arts
2024 — Mark Henry Cain Memorial Travel Scholarship
2024 — Macquarie Emerging Artist Prize Finalist
2024 — NAS Library Artist Book award (Highly Commended)
2020 — NAS Graduate Megalo Residency Award
Intricate Rituals at Firstdraft
2021
Goat Rodeo at Airspace Projects
HARD/SOFT with MTR at Megalo Print Studio
The Other Room at Seventh Gallery
2024
Homecoming Queen at Schmick Contemporary
The Wit of the Staircase at LSG at NAS
Macquarie Emerging Artist Prize at The Art Space
2023
YES Exhibition 5 at aMBUSH Gallery
Content Aware at Spirits of Newtown Project Space
Push Mag Launch at Goodspace
2022
Flock Together with Yavuz Gallery at Sydney Contemporary
2021
Future Proof at Megalo Gallery
X at M2 Gallery
Multiply at Virtual Show via Bea Buckland-Willis
2020
NAS Graduate Show at National Art School
Emerging Artist Feature / Imprint Magazine Vol.56 No.03 / September 2021
RMIT Printmaking Collection
USQ Printmaking Collection
Curtain University Printmaking Collection