Sybil Archibald Resume

Solo Exhibitions

2020
A Fish Cannot Drown is Water, The Inner Life of the Artist
Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture & Installation by Sybil Archibald
Clerestory Fine Art, Montclair, NJ

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024
Black and White Imprint, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Best in Show, Emerge Gallery on Artsy
Women on Women, Gaelen Gallery, West Orange, NJ

2023
Art Fair 14C, Jersey City, NJ
Black and White, Emerge Gallery on Artsy
Water Stories, Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ, juried by Tricia Laughlin Bloom, Senior Curator, The Newark Museum of Art
Oh Mother, Hera Gallery, South Kingston, RI, juried by Nadiah Rivera Fellah of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Of a Feather, Emerge Gallery on Artsy
Manufacturers Village Open Studios, East Orange, NJ
South Orange and Maplewood Studio Tour, South Orange, NJ

2022
Ovation, SOPAC, South Orange, NJ
South Orange/Maplewood Open Studio, South Orange, NJ

2021
Resilient, Online Exhibition, ProArts, Jersey City, NJ
Turmoil and Transformation, Hera Gallery, South Kingston, RI, Juried by Francine Weiss, Newport Museum
Orange Reclaimed, Online Exhibition

2020
Heliotrope, Online exhibition, Artfront Galleries, Newark, NJ
The Ocean and the Beach, Oyster Point Gallery, Red Bank, NJ
South Orange/Maplewood Open Studio, South Orange, NJ
SOMA Projected, SOPAC, South Orange, NJ

2019
Artwork featured on HBO series Mrs. Fletcher, Episode 4
Newark Arts Festival: Spectrum Spread, One Theater Square, Newark, NJ
South Orange/Maplewood Open Studio, South Orange, NJ

2018
Body Anomaly, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Newark Arts Festival: Nice/Nasty and Everything In Between, Popup Gallery at The Historic Hahne & Co. Building, Newark, NJ
Artwork available on Artsy through the Dorn Stern Gallery at Arts Unbound, Artsy.com
11/11 Warren Court Open Studio, South Orange, NJ
South Orange/Maplewood Open Studio, South Orange, NJ
Art Lotto: Artist Portraits of Artists, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ 
Insiders, Arts Unbound Showcase Gallery, Montclair, NJ

2017
No Limits: Emerging Artists from Arts Unbound, Montclair Museum of Art, Montclair, NJ
Women in the World, Paul Robeson Galleries, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ
Women in the World...A Visual Perspective, Pollak Gallery, Monmouth University, Monmouth, NJ
New Work: Sybil Archibald / Kevin Aughey / Rosary Solimanto / Anand Subramaniam / Avary Waldron / Sheryl Yeager, The Dora Stern Gallery at Arts Unbound, Orange, NJ
Works for the Soul, Heaven Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
South Orange/Maplewood Open Studio, South Orange, NJ

2016
Things We Keep, The Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
UN-COMMON-PLACE: Works of Sybil Archibald, Terry Boddie & Russell Christen, Domareki Gallery, CHS, Maplewood, NJ (In conjunction with Kiki Smith: Sense of Place at Seton Hall Unversity)
What Lies Beneath, 1978 Gallery, 1978 Springfield Ave, Maplewood, NJ
Like an Egyptian…, The Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
Selected Works, Heaven Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
South Orange/Maplewood Open Studio, South Orange, NJ
In Motion: Movement in Art, Studio Montclair Gallery, Montclair, NJ
Sacred Spaces, Holy Places, Nails in the Wall Gallery, Metuchen, NJ

2015
Sybil Archibald and Maria Mineo, Dora Stern Gallery at Arts Unbound, Orange, NJ
Arts Unbound Invitational Group Show, Belskie Museum of Art, Closer, NJ
Black and White, The Gaelen Gallery East, West Orange, NJ
Earth Air Fire Water: Elements Sacraments, Nails in the Wall Gallery, Metuchen, NJ
South Orange/Maplewood Open Studio, Maplewood, NJ
Negatively Positive, 1978 Gallery, Maplewood, NJ

2014
Connections 11 at Montclair State University, George Segal Gallery, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
Farmstead Arts Group Show, Farmstead Arts, Basking Ridge, NJ
South Orange/Maplewood Open Studio, Maplewood, NJ 

2013
Assembled, Heaven Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ
The Moment of Transcendence, Gallery U, Montclair, NJ
Windows on Heaven, Contemporary Icons, Nails in the Wall Gallery, Metuchen, NJ
South Orange/Maplewood Open Studio, Maplewood, NJ
Hat City Kitchen 3 Year Anniversary Celebration Art Show, Hat City Kitchen, Orange, NJ

2012
Preview/Postview: Studio Tour Artists, The Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
South Orange/Maplewood Open Studio, Maplewood, NJ

2011
Masquerade, Heaven Art Gallery, Asbury Park, NJ

2003
26th Annual Small Works Show, 80 Washington Square East Galleries, New York, NY 

Publications

2023
Sybil Archibald, The Inner Life of the Artist, 900 Monotypes in 900 Days, October, 2023

2020
A View From Inside The Cave, Wormwood Press, Issue 10, September 2020, https://wwpmedia.com/a-view-from-inside-the-cave
Seascape Again & Commentary, Wormwood Press, Issue 9, June 2020, https://wwpmedia.com/seascape-again

2019
The Artist Releases the Past, Wormwood Press, Issue #7, December 2019, https://wwpmedia.com/box
Breath of Life, Wormwood Press, Issue #5 , https://wwpmedia.com/the-music-of-the-spheres

2016
Daniel Ari, One Way to Ask, March, 2016 (illustration), https://www.amazon.com/One-Way-Ask-Daniel-Ari/

Lectures & Artist Talks

2023
Artist Talk, Oh Mother, Hera Gallery, South Kingston, RI
Artist Talk, Black and White, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY
Artist Talk, Of a Feather, Emerge Gallery, Saugerties, NY

2021
Artist Talk, Turmoil and Transformation, Hera Gallery, South Kingston, RI

2020
Artist Talk, Oyster Point Gallery, Red Bank, NJ, Virtual
Artist Talk, Clerestory Fine Art, Montclair, NJ
Sacred Poetry and The Artist: Sacred Poetry Reading with Commentary by Sybil Archibald, Clerestory Fine Art, Montclair, NJ
Collecting Art on Paper, Panelists: Sybil Archibald, Elizabeth Marcus, Associate Director, Galerie St. Etienne, NYC & Art History Professor, NYU, & Jason Rulnick, Senior Specialist, Contemporary and Postwar Art, ARTnet, Clerestory Fine Art, Montclair, NJ
Artist Talk & Demonstration, Clerestory Fine Art, Montclair, NJ

2018
Artist Talk, Upper Montclair Art Business Talks & Art Walk 11/30, Arts Unbound Showcase, Montclair, NJ

2016
Artist Talk, The Things We Keep, The Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ

2015
Artist Talk, Earth Air Fire Water: Elements Sacraments, Nails in the Wall Gallery, Metuchen, NJ

2013
Artist Roundtable with Sybil Archibald, Suzanne Schleck, and Christine Simoneau Hales, Windows on Heaven,
Contemporary Icons, Nails in the Wall Gallery, Metuchen, NJ

2005
A Conversation with Sybil Archibald & Karen Gorst on the Spiritual Traditions and the Latin Alphabet, The Grolier Club, New York, NY

1997
A Comparison of Techniques and Philosophies of Making Medieval Manuscripts and Ethiopian Healing Scrolls with The Gabriel Guild, The Museum for African Art, Soho, NY 

1995
Two Lecture Series: Medieval Manuscript Illumination, with Karen Gorst, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; New York, NY

1993
The Spirituality of Making Art with Sybil Archibald, Graphic Pleasures Gallery, Larchmont, NY

Teaching

2023
Monotype Workshop, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey

2022
Monotype Workshop, Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey

2017
Monotype Workshop, Arts Unbound, Orange, New Jersey

2016
Monotype Workshop for Teachers, Columbia High School, Maplewood, NJ
The Things We Keep Artist Talk, The Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ

2012
Creating an Illuminated Initial, Winston School, Short Hills, NJ

1992 - 2006
Private and group lessons in manuscript illumination including paint making, gilding, calligraphy, making pigments from plant, stone, animal and earth sources, ink making, and parchment preparation.

2006
Intro to Calligraphy, The Scarsdale Adult School, Scarsdale, NY

2005
Medieval Manuscript Illumination Workshop for Interns, Class with K. Gorst, The Cloisters Museum, New York, NY. Brought students through the process of making an illuminated design. Including making ink, making paint with gum arabic, gilding, and painting.

2004           
Medieval Manuscript Illumination Workshop for Interns, Class with K. Gorst, The Cloisters Museum, New York, NY. Brought students through the process of making an illuminated design. Including making ink, making paint with gum arabic, gilding, and painting.

1996           
Gold Leafing on Handmade Papers, with The Gabriel Guild, Dieu Donne Papermill; Soho, NY. Taught raised and flat gilding with a variety of traditional and non-traditional mordants.

1995           
Medieval Arts, Family program in conjunction with Medieval Bestiary exhibit, with The Gabriel Guild, Katonah Museum; Katonah, NY. Taught gilding with 22k gold leaf 

1994           
Medieval Manuscript Illumination Workshop for Teachers, Class with K. Gorst, The Cloisters Museum, New York, NY. Brought students through the process of making an illuminated design. Including making ink, making paint with gum arabic, gilding, and painting. 

1992            
King Arthur: The Making of a Legend, The New York Public Library, 42nd Street Branch, New York, NY. Taught making paint from source such as saffron, cochineal bugs, malachite and earth, 

Affiliations

2013 to Present
Member of the South Orange and Maplewood Studio Tour Planning Committee. Manages communications with artists, tour registration, surveying artists, and tour website. Assists with social media. Takes on special projects like artist video interviews and curated tours. Revamping the Studio Tour website.

Curating

2013 & 2014
SOMA Studio Tour Artist Video Interviews, South Orange and Maplewood, NJ 

Education

New York University Gallatin Division, Bachelor of Arts degree with Distinction, Medieval Spirituality
The School of the Sacred Arts, NYC, Various sacred art traditions with a specialization Russian icon painting with Vladislav Andrejev and manuscript illumination with Karen Gorst
Studio Art Center International (SACI), Florence, Italy, painting, drawing and sculpture
Mount Holyoke College
Social and Public Art Resource Center (SPARC), Venice, CA, Mural training program

Awards

Sampson Cerco Merit Scholarship for Sacred Art Techniques, School of the Sacred Arts
Marco Polo Travel Scholarship to study the art Hildegard of Bingen in Germany, New York University  

Collections

Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA
Private collections throughout the US and in Europe and China

Press

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