Mark Thomas Gibson brings a multifaceted lens to American culture—as a Black man, professor, and history enthusiast—using drawing, painting, print, and sculpture to explore a satirical, dystopian vision of the U.S. where viewers become characters in the unfolding narrative.

Born in Miami in 1980, he is an Assistant Professor in Art & Design at Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University. He is represented by M+B (Los Angeles) and Loyal (Stockholm).

In 2021, Gibson was awarded a Fellowship from the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage, Philadelphia, PA and a Hodder Fellowship from the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. In 2022, Gibson was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship from the Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, New York, NY and was named a 2022 Grantee by The Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation New York, NY.

Notable curatorial projects include Black Pulp! (2016, with William Villalongo) and Edge of Echoes (2024, Jenkins Johnson Gallery).

His artist books include Some Monsters Loom Large (2016) and Early Retirement (2017). His first monograph will be published in 2025 by JRP Editions in conjunction with his exhibition Overture at The Berman Museum.