of exploring the use of metaphor in identity formation, cultural critique and consumerism without forfeiting lyricism or indulging in self-righteousness (apart, that is, from his press release)." Reception Gibson's abstract works have been compared to artists such as Martin Johnson Heade, Cy Twombly, Chris Ofili, and Indigenous Australian art. Artist and poet Jimmie Durham declared that Gibson "might be our Miles Davis", our referring to Native America. While some celebrate him as a Native artist, others celebrate his ability to move freely in and out of Native and non-Native contemporary art worlds. Notable collections Crystal Bridges Museum Denver Art Museum Hood Museum Nasher Museum of Art Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art Mississippi Museum of Art Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art Philbrook Museum of Art Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of the American Indian School for Advanced Research Speed Art Museum Whitney Museum of American Art Notable exhibitions This Burning World, 2022, solo exhibition, Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco, San Francisco, California Stretching the Canvas: Eight Decades of Native Painting (2019–2021), National Museum of the American Indian George Gustav Heye Center, New York, New York Jeffrey Gibson: This Is the Day, 2018–19, Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, Texas Jeffrey Gibson: Like A Hammer, 2018–19, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI Sakahan, 2013, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario Said The Pigeon to the Squirrel, 2013, National Academy Museum and School, New York, NY Love Song, 2013, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA Tipi Poles Performing As Lines, 2013, Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, FL Marc Straus, 2012, New York, NY Shapeshifting, 2012, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA Changing Hands 3, 2012, Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY Recent Acquisitions, 2011, Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO Recent Acquisitions, 2011, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA Collision, 2010, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Vantage Point, 2010, National Museum of the American Indian, Washington, DC Flushing Town Hall Projects, 2008, Flushing Town Hall, New York, NY Group show, 2008, Kentler International Drawing Space, Brooklyn, NY Voices From the Mound, 2008, IAIA Museum of Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM Group show, 2007, New England School of Art and Design, Boston, MA