Gina, the Professor of Digital Communication at BHSU, will share her experience as an artist in various science facilities.

 In 2020, Gina became the first artist-in-residence for the Sanford Underground Research Facility (SURF) in Lead, South Dakota. SURF, the deepest underground laboratory in the United States, extends nearly a mile below the surface and hosts cutting-edge experiments in dark matter and neutrino physics, as well as biology, geology, and engineering. The success of her inaugural artist-in-residence program led to a new partnership between BHSU and SURF, as well as the appointment of Gibson as the coordinator of the SURF Artist-in-Residence program (SURF AiR).

Gina will also speak on her experiences at the University of Zürich Physics Institute. 

About Gina:

Gina Gibson is a visual artist and Professor of Digital Communication at Black Hills State University (BHSU) in Spearfish, South Dakota. Gibson's work is interdisciplinary, often exploring themes of science, history, and place. Her recent exhibition venues include the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois; the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History in Ann Arbor, Michigan; and the Science Pavilion at the University of Zürich in Zürich, Switzerland.​ In 2020, Gibson was Artist-in-Residence at the Sanford Underground Research Facility in Lead, South Dakota. In 2025, Gibson was Artist-in-Residence and Visiting Professor at the University of Zürich Physics Institute and a Senior Fellow at the Collegium Helveticum, Swiss Institute for Advanced Study in Zürich, Switzerland.