About me
Barbara Gibson is a Polish self-taught illustrator renowned for her expertise in digital collages. She co-owns Gibson Kochanek Studio and So Good Studio Ltd with her partner, Marta Kochanek.
Her work has been featured in major publications such as The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Politico, Billboard, The Economist, 1843 Magazine, The Guardian, Yahoo, Harvard Business Review, and Vanity Fair. In addition to editorial illustrations, she creates posters, book covers and illustrations, photo montage work for new media and advertisements.
Some of her notable clients include Hulu, Apple TV, Allianz, HSBC, DK Publishing, the Commonwealth Games, UK Sport, and England Rugby.
Skills
Affter Effects, Animation, collage, Digital Art, Editorial Design, editorials, Illustration, photomontage
Sector Experience
Automotive, Collage, editorials, Illustration, Music, Politics, Social Network / Community, Sports
Clients
1843 The Economist Magazine, Allianz, Apple TV+, Billboard, Birmingham Design Festival, Birmingham Royal Ballet, Birmingham2022, Harvard Business Review, Hollywood Reporter, HSBC, Hulu, National Express, New Statesman Magazine, New York Times, Palm Springs Life, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, UK Sport, Vanity Fair
Trade Associations
#1 Ranked Multimedia Designeron 25th January 2016 Project featured:city hanging on the wall
on 14th March 2016 Project featured:equation
on 17th June 2016 Project featured:Portrairs of Pride - Blue
on 12th June 2018 Project featured:SHULIE
on 26th October 2020 Project featured:POLISH WOMEN ON STRIKE / TO JEST WOJNA
on 3rd November 2020 Project featured:AROUND THE CORNER
on 14th January 2021 Project featured:TIME
on 11th February 2021 Project featured:POLAROID STORY
on 24th February 2021 Project featured:WILDLIFE
on 6th September 2022 Project featured:25th anniversary of UK Sport
on 26th January 2023 Project featured:WRITER'S STRIKE
on 26th June 2023 Project featured:Rishis byelection nightmare
on 18th July 2023 Project featured:THE DESTROYER OF WORLDS // OPPENHEIMER
on 6th August 2023 Project featured:Sudan
on 21st August 2023 Project featured:The Succession to Macron - editorial
on 11th October 2023 Project featured:The Guardian - the collage editorias
on 8th November 2023 Project featured:Small Space Revolution: Planting Seeds of Change in Your Community
on 20th June 2024 Project featured:RAWICZ
on 12th July 2024 Project featured:We Were the Lucky Ones Main Title
on 14th July 2024 Project featured:The World Is Realigning
on 17th July 2024 Project featured:PARIS 2024
on 30th July 2024 Project featured:Aquatic Marvels
on 8th August 2024 Project featured:AMERICA 2024 - Decision Guides
on 5th September 2024 Project featured:The Toll of America's Anti-Trans War
on 25th October 2024 Project featured:Snowline Stories
on 14th January 2025 Project featured:FEBRULLAGE 2025
on 10th March 2025 Project featured:London Eye Turns 25
on 27th March 2025 Project featured:#InsideKaufland
on 21st April 2025 Project featured:Naughty Prince Andrew
on 9th September 2025