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. He combines found leathers, textiles, tools and domestic objects with fragmented photo-documentation reminiscent of film stills. 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 — 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
The Other Room at Seventh Gallery
2024
Homecoming Queen / Schmick Contemporary
The Wit of the Staircase / LSG at NAS
Macquarie Emerging Artist Prize / The Art Space
2023
YES Exhibition 5 / aMBUSH Gallery
Content Aware / Spirits of Newtown Project Space
Push Mag Launch / Goodspace
2022
Flock Together / Yavuz Gallery at Sydney Contemporary
2021
Future Proof / Megalo Gallery
X / M2 Gallery
Multiply / Virtual Show via Bea Buckland-Willis
2020
NAS Graduate Show 2020 / National Art School
Screen on Fabric / Megalo Gallery
i hate my dad / Queer Contemporary 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