Born in New York, lives and works in Woodland, CA. Fitz Gibbon has an MFA in Visual Arts from the Art Institute of Boston/Lesley University College of Art + Design, and BA from Yale University. She was a Resident Artist at Vermont Studio Center 2019 and 2017, and Artist in Residence at Anderson Ranch Art Center, CO, spring 2010. A dedicated educator in her community, Fitz Gibbon is Art Adjunct Faculty at Cosumnes River College, Sacramento, CA and a Teaching Artist for YoloArts in K-12 schools.

Publications include Confrontational Ceramics, 500 Figures in Clay: Volumes I & II, Ceramics Art and Perception, and Ceramics Monthly.

Collections include the Crocker Art Museum, and the UC Davis Manetti Shrem Museum, CA; the Arizona State University Museum, Tempe; the Butler Institute of American Art, OH; and the Yale University Art Gallery, CT