Rob Gibsun
EDUCATION
2008-2013 Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA – B.F.A. in Illustration
March 2012 VCU Education Abroad: AFAM In Paris, Spring Break – Paris, France
March 2010 VCU Mayan Arts Program, Spring Break–Quetzaltenango, Guatemala
ART-RELATED EXPERIENCE
2009-2013 Graphic Artist & Founder/President of Slam Nahuatl at VCU
2012 Art 180 Program Assistant—Literacy Though Photography, Richmond, VA
2011 Art 180 Program Leader— "What Do You Stand For? Project, Richmond VA 2009-2011 VCU Residential Life &Housing, Resident Assistant—Male Artist’s Colony
PERFORMANCE EXPERIENCE
2016 Opened for Sonia Sanchez at Afrikana Film Festival - Grace Street Theatre
2015 Supporting Act for Lianne La Havas at 9:30 Club, DC (Good Clear Sound)
2015 2nd Place College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, Richmond, VA (VCU)
2014 2nd Place College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, Boulder, CO (VCU)
2014 Performed with Eric Stanley at the International Council of Fine Arts Deans
2013 1st Place at Southern Fried Poetry Slam, New Orleans (Team Treat Yo'Self)
2013 3rd Place College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, New York, NY (VCU)
2013 Supporting Act for Lianne La Havas at 9:30 Club, DC (Slam Nahuatl at VCU)
2012 Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992— Directed by Alina Collins-Maldonado, VCU
2012 10th Place College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational, La Verne, CA (VCU)
2012 1st place ACUI Region 5 Poetry Slam, Virginia Tech (VCU)
2011 Featured at Busboys and Poets (5th & K) Washington, DC (Slam Nahuatl)
2011 Featured at Picasso Exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (Slam Nahuatl)
2011 Opened for Saul Williams at University of Mary Washington (Slam Nahuatl)
2010 Participant of the National Poetry Slam in St. Paul, MN (Team Nahautl)
2010 For Black Boys…VCU Shafer St Playhouse—Directed by Kim Exum
2009 1st Place in Soundbites Poetry Competition, Broadway,NYC (Slam Nahuatl)
GROUP ART EXHIBITIONS
2012 Communication Arts Senior Showcase— Gallery5 Arts, Richmond VA
2010-11 National Arts Program Adult Show—Pine Camp Arts Center, Richmond, VA
2010 RIC 2 GUA Exhibition & Benefit—Crossroads Art Center, Richmond, VA
2009 National Arts Program Adult Show—Pine Camp Arts Center, Richmond, VA
2009 College Night Side Slam—Pauley Center, Virginia Museum of Fine Art
2009 AFO Student Show—School of the Arts Building, VCU, Richmond, VA
2009 Fostered Student Art Show—Metro Space Gallery, Richmond, VA
2008 Spring Senior Art Exhibition—Henrico High School, Richmond, VA
2006 Metro Student Art Exhibit— VCU Oliver Hall, Richmond, VA
ILLUSTRATION PUBLICATIONS
2009-2013 Amendment Literary Arts Journal, VCU
2012 The Minetta Review, NYU
2013 Poictesme Literary Arts Journal, VCU
HONORS/AWARDS
2017 Spirit of the Slam Award, National Poetry Slam, Denver CO
2012 Black History In The Making Award, Virginia Commonwealth University
2011 1st Place in Intermediate Art at National Arts Program Adult Competition
2011 1st Place in Golden Mic Talent Show by Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, VCU
2010 Participant of the National Poetry Slam in St. Paul, MN (Team Nahautl)
2009 1st Place in Soundbites Team Poetry Competition, Roy Arias Theatre NYC