Visual artist and singer-songwriter
Ray Gibson is a British multidisciplinary artist whose work sits at the intersection of raw sonic texture and expressive visual storytelling.
Since trading a conventional career for a creative calling in 2008, Ray has built a reputation for emotionally charged live performances and visceral works on canvas that challenge the boundaries between sound and vision.
His approach is born of necessity. Adapting to physical challenges with his hands, he developed a signature guitar style built on open strings, minimalist structures and deep resonance. The visual work is a physical extension of the songwriting — intuitive, finger-smudged, and tied directly to the lyrics.
Whether it is a soaring rock anthem or a wall of chalk-and-pastel works, the output is one cohesive visual soundtrack, and it has found audiences across Europe.
Selected highlights
- Prague Castle 2010International exhibition in one of the world's most prestigious historical venues
- Kunstlijn Haarlem 2025Featured artist in the long-standing Dutch contemporary art manifestation
- Gluren bij de Buren 2021 & 2026Headliner at the community arts festival, twice
- BBC Radio tourA UK tour of BBC stations, live performance and real-time painting together
- European touringFrom acoustic sets with a cellist to full-band shows for crowds of 5,000
- DiscographyTwo studio albums with The Roads, winners of RGM Live Space 2009, and two solo records
Artist statement
Based in the Leidsebuurt in Haarlem, Ray lives for connection through melody, lyric, line and colour. The work invites you into a place where the distinction between the stage and the page blurs, leaving only the story behind.
Equally at home in the studio or with a stick of chalk in hand. As a technologist he extends that instinct into the digital, using AI video generation on projects like IP Police to bring futuristic stories to life.
Recently celebrated fifty laps around the sun. The latest work is a baby photograph signed by friends and family.
Press photographs
Free to use with a credit
Newsletter
New paintings, new songs, the occasional show. No more than a few times a year.