Gibson was born in Maine and moved to Colorado in the late 1990s, where they had served the past two years as the state’s poet laureate.

Andrea Gibson was the subject of director Ryan White's 2025 Sundance Film Festival documentary Come See Me in the Good Light.

Andrea Gibson, acclaimed poet and performance artist, died on July 14 at age 49, following a diagnosis with ovarian cancer. The Poet Laureate of Colorado published seven poetry collections, and was the subject of the 2025 documentary ‘Come See Me in the Good Light.