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Michael Roger Gibbs (Croydon, 14 January 1949 - Amsterdam, 23 December 2009) was a British visual artist who spent most of his active years in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Life
Gibbs obtained a BA in English and American Literature at the University of Warwick (1967-70), did post-graduate research at the University of Exeter, American Arts Documentation Centre (1970-71) and obtained a certificate in Education in 1972 from the same university.

Work
Gibbs became known as a visual artist, but he was also active as a poet, critic, editor, translator, publisher and teacher. His main interest was language, its meanings and possible transformations.

From an early age, Gibbs was interested in the Fluxus movement. He attended performances by Yoko Ono in London in the 1960s and became involved in the 1972-73 Fluxshoe tour, a travelling exhibition of Fluxus-related artists.

Publications
All or Nothing, and Other Pages