Born in Montreal in 1951, Colin Gibson began carving wooden figures at the age of five.  When he was eleven he was sent to study under sculptor Jean Borgeaux.  This was instrumental in confirming his life’s ambition to become a sculptor.  After studying at L’Ecole des Beaux Arts in Montreal in 1970 Gibson worked as a commercial artist.  In 1975 he was commissioned to carve a wood relief for Le Meridien Hotel, Montreal. In 1983 he was commissioned to create cast aluminum doors for Denison Mines Ltd., B.C.  In 1985 he was asked to design and carve acrylic-relief doors for Denison Potacan Potash, N.B.  During this period Gibson began working with art consultants and corporations to create cast bronze and stainless steel sculptures for their annual corporate awards. He continued to experiment with different materials and began a series of abstracted figures fabricated from copper sheets to which a patina was applied.  In 1986 he began carving a 5’ x 8’ acrylic mural entitled Illumination which features ten figures in a depiction of the epic struggle between opposing forces.  When the mural was complete in 1989, a stainless steel frame was designed and fabricated by Gibson at Soheil Mosun Ltd. From 1987 to 1991 he exhibited his sculptures at the Louise Smith Gallery, Toronto, where he participated in a two man show in 1990.  In 1991 he was commissioned to create a bronze for Constitution Square, Ottawa. He worked with developer Chuck Magwood, art consultant Greta Valen, and Eric Knoespel of Artcast Inc to create two seven foot figures for installation. In February of 2005 Gibson was a semi-finalist in the Queen’s Part Veterans Memorial Competition that involved a team of SCI landscape architects including Fidenzio Salvatori and Margaret MacKenzie.