Eric Gibbons

Eric Gibbons is a National Board Certified art educator with nearly 40 years of classroom experience, including teaching at Schutz American School in Alexandria, Egypt. He is the author of more than 50 books, including the internationally published If Picasso series, available in three languages. He has led professional development for the Art Educators of New Jersey, the North Carolina Art Education Association, and the National Art Education Association. He shares lessons and resources with teachers worldwide through ArtEdGuru.

An exhibiting artist since 1988, Gibbons has shown work nationally and internationally, was a participant in the NYC 9/11 Memorial competition, and received the Geraldine R. Dodge Scholarship for figurative studies. His work has appeared in ARTnews and American Art Collector, and his artwork is held in the Obama White House collection. He founded The Firehouse Gallery of Bordentown, which he ran for 25 years, and Firehouse Publications.

Gibbons is also a novelist. His books The Twelfth Seat and Everest’s Aperture, both also available in Spanish, bring the same research-driven, visual storytelling to fiction that has shaped his work as an artist and educator.