Jeffrey Gibson’s multimedia practice melds the cultural and artistic traditions of his Cherokee and Choctaw heritage with the visual languages of Modernism and references to contemporary queer and popular culture. His work explores a hybridity of mediums and creative lineages to challenge mainstream conceptions of Native American art and the underlying essentialist narratives around Indigenous histories and communities. "SOMEONE TO WATCH OVER ME" is a large-scale painting on elk hide surrounded by a custom-shaped frame. This use of traditional hide as canvas is synthesized with bold geometric patterning and a kaleidoscopic color palette to intentionally play with conventional associations around Indigenous designs and materials.

Born in 1972, in Colorado Springs, CO, Gibson spent his formative years in the major urban centers of the United States, Germany, Korea, and England. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1995 and Master of Arts in painting at the Royal College of Art, London, in 1998. Gibson is currently representing the United States at the 2024 edition of the Venice Biennale. His exhibition, the space in which to place me, marks the first solo presentation by an Indigenous artist to represent the country at the Biennale.