About

Education

Studied at the Academy of Art in Wroclaw, Poland, in the Department of Painting. Diploma awarded in 1984.

Solo Exhibitions

2023
AS: Friesen Lantz Fine Art Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho (in preparation)

2022
AS: Facets & Edges, The Schack, Everett, Washington

2022
AS: Amber & Sepia, Labirynth of Light, Friesen Lantz Fine Art Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho

2019
AS: Light Bearer I Shadow Player, Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho

2018
Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington

2017
Debut at FG, Friesen Gallery, Ketchum, Idaho

2016
#160/Presentation, SZ Gallery, Seattle, Washington

2015
Presentation: Anna Skibska at Azuma Gallery, Azuma Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Reveries: Anna Skibska, Loveland Museum, Loveland, Colorado
La Skibska: Vanitas Vanitatum [Vanity of Vanities] and other, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland, Washington

2014
Coastal Alchemy, Museum of Glass, Tacoma, Washington
La Skibska i pies ogrodnika, Muzeum im. Jana Dzierzona w Kluczborku, Kluczbork, Poland
Silva Rerum, Dahl Arts Center, Rapid City, South Dakota
Compression and Expansion, Habatat Galleries, Royal Oak, Michigan
Presentation, R E Welch Gallery, Seattle, Washington

2013
Museo del Vetro, Venice, Italy

2012
Q, The Rainer Club, Seattle, Washington
Anna, Anna Skibska, IMA, San Juan Islands Museum of Art and Sculpture Park, Friday Harbor, Washington
“Anna, Anna Skibska” Film Première IMA, San Juan Islands Museum of Art and Sculpture Park, Friday Harbor, Washington

2011
Pacini Lubel Gallery, Seattle, Washington

2009
Church of Skibska, Oysterville, Washington

2008
Anna Skibska Follow The Line. The Path To Form, Bellevue Arts Museum, Bellevue, Washington

2007
Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco, California

2006
Landscape with Stars, Studio Centella, Tucson, Arizona
No Exit, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon

2003
In The Neighborhood, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington

2001
Constellations, Riley Hawk Galleries, Columbus, Ohio
Anna Skibska.con, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Anna Skibska, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
Smoki, Nicolaysen Art Museum, Caspar, Wyoming

2000
Celestial Landscapes, Riley Hawk Galleries, Cleveland, Ohio
Anna Skibska, Galleria San Nicolo’, Venice, Italy
One: Millennium Series, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington

1999
Anna Skibska: About the Tower, Film Première, St. Elizabeth Church, Wroclaw, Poland
Anna Skibska, Bullseye Gallery, Portland, Oregon (catalog published)

1998
Anna Skibska, R. Duane Reed Gallery, St. Louis, Missouri
Grand Studio, TV Polska SA, Wroclaw, Poland
Anna Skibska, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington

1997
Anna Skibska, Miller Gallery, New York, New York
Anna Skibska, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington
From behind…, National Museum, Wroclaw, Poland

1996
Anna Skibska, William Traver Gallery, Seattle, Washington

1995
Simple Pieces of Furniture, Domek Miedziorytnika, Wroclaw, Poland

1994
Look at my eye…, Gallery Na Odwachu, Wroclaw, Poland

1992
Presentating Dragon A.S. & Peacock EGS, Gallery of Modern Art Na Solnym, Wroclaw, Poland1991
National Museum, Wroclaw, Poland

1991
A.S. Exhibition, Gallery of Modern Art Na Solnym, Wroclaw, Poland

1990
Stained Glass? (Two), Gallery Theatre STU, Krakow, Poland
Anna Skibska, Galerie D.M. Sarver, Paris, France
International Meetings of Open Theatre, Gallery of Open Theatre Center, Kalambur, Wroclaw, Poland

1989
Pictures of Glass No. 6, Gallery of Modern Art DESA, Wroclaw, Poland

1988
Drawings of Glass, Gallery of Modern Art DESA, Wroclaw, Poland
Stained Glass, Theater STU, Krakow, Poland

1987
Pictures of Glass, Gallery of Modern Art DESA, Wroclaw, Poland
Stained Glass?, Gallery of Theater STU, Krakow, Poland

1986
Gallery of Modern Art DESA, Wroclaw, Poland
Pictures of Glass, Gallery of Modern Art DESA, Wroclaw, Poland

Public Installations

2018
Collat School of Business University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama

2017
Municipal Tower, Seattle, Washington

2016
The Thompson Hotel, Seattle, Washington

2012
Perkins Coie LLP, Portland, Oregon

2011
Perkins Coie LLP, Bellevue, Washington

2010
Newcastle Library, Issaquah, Washington

2009
Appaloosa Library, Scottsdale, Arizona

2008
Musee-Atelier du Verre, Sars-Poteries, France
EFG Eurobank, Athens, Greece

2007
Ivy Hotel, San Diego, California

2006
Memorial Hospital, Savannah, Georgia
Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum, Mesa, Arizona

2005
Cristalla, Seattle, Washington

2004
Ryan, Swanson and Cleveland PLLC, Seattle, Washington
Mario’s, Portland, Oregon

2003
Seattle Public Library, Rainier Beach Branch, Seattle, Washington
Columbia Tower Club, Seattle, Washington

2002
Jury Room, New King County Courthouse, Seattle, Washington
Swedish Hospital Cancer Center, Seattle, Washington

2001
Gateway Center, Bank of America, Charlotte, North Carolina
Northwest Airlines, Chicago, Illinois
PONCHO, Seattle, Washington

1997
SAFECO Art Collection, SAFECO, Seattle, Washington

1993
Moses Taylor Hospital, Scranton, Pennsylvania

1987
Stained Glass, Theatre STU, Krakow, Poland
Stained Glass, St. Clement Hofbauer Church, Wroclaw, Poland

Awards, Scholarships and Honors

2016
William Radcliffe Studio Challenge Prize, Seattle, Washington

2014
Honeycomb Award, Kluczbork, Poland

2010
PONCHO Artist of the Year Award, Seattle, Washington

2008
O’Christmas Tree Artist of the Year Award, Seattle, Washington

2007
PONCHO IFA Merit Award, Seattle, Washington

2005
Espy Foundation Grant, Seattle, Washington

2004
‘Anna Skibska Flameworking Studio’ official name of the studio at Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Washington

2002
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant

2000
Artist Trust Fund Fellowship, Seattle, Washington

1999
Artist in Residence at the Bullseye Connection, Portland, Oregon

1998
Merit Award in New Glass Review 19, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

1997
International Council of Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington

1996
Soros Foundation Research Grant for a residency at Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Washington

1995
Jutta Cuny-Franz Memorial Award from the Kunstmuseum in Dusseldorf, Germany

1993
Merit Award in New Glass Review 14, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

1992-93
Kosciuszko Foundation Scholarship for Independent Study and Research, New York, New York

1992
Award for new creative solutions in exhibition “Space” at the State Gallery, Legnica, Poland

1990
Merit Award in New Glass Review 11, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York

1988
Merit Award in New Glass Review 9, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York
The Egit Foundation Creative Scholarship, Warsaw, Poland

1984
Polish Minister of Culture and Art Award in the presentation of Art Academy’s Best Diplomas at the exhibition, Diploma ‘84, Wroclaw, Poland

Teaching Experience

1998: Niijima Glass Art Center, International Glass Art Festival, Niijima, Japan: Instructor in creative glass
1997,98: Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, Washington: Instructor in creative glass
1994,96: Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, Washington: Faculty member in creative glass
1985-96: Academy of Art in Wroclaw, Poland: Faculty member and teacher of fine arts and architecture

(I have no) Statement

Trained in fine arts, now recognized as a sculptor of glass, I am not interested in glass per se. It is only one medium that conveys my thoughts, embodies my visions. I work with space, time, light. Sometimes I do collages, photography, film. Sometimes I design small sculptural forms like jewelry. The latter I like passionately.

Sometimes I write. Sometimes I design interiors—just for my proper, artistic hygiene.

I believe that architecture is a crown for art, sound and silence, light and dark, not mere brick and steel. Architecture and art are strongly connected: Fine arts do not decorate architecture; architecture is not a shell for fine arts. They are an integral part of each other, and this relationship interests me, as do monumental forms. I develop my thoughts via a unique technique known as Anna Skibska Technique. I have developed the technique and it serves me well: I like to wrap space, embrace time, and trap light, working on them simultaneously from the same beginning.

Bio

Anna Skibska studied at the Academy of Art in Wroclaw, Poland, in the Department of Painting, diploma awarded in 1984 (Polish Minister of Culture and Art Award in the presentation of Art Academy’s Best Diplomas at the exhibition, Diploma ‘84, Museum of Architecture, Wroclaw, Poland). From 1985 to 1996 Skibska was a faculty member and teacher of fine arts and architecture at Academy of Art in Wroclaw, Poland. In 1990 she presented her work (with financial success) at the OB’Art 5e Salon de L’Objet D’Art Contemporain at Porte de Versailles in Paris, France (catalogue printed). Her signature technique, known as Anna Skibska Technique was developed in the first half of the 90s. In 1992, she was the youngest artist invited to the National Museum in Wroclaw for an individual exhibition (catalogue printed). She moved to the USA in the late 90s, and has since resided and created in Seattle, Washington. In 2001, she had a solo exhibition at the Seattle Art Museum, and in 2002 she was invited to present her work at Fondacione Bevilaqua la Masa in Venice (catalogue printed). In 2004, the flameworking studio in Pratt Fine Arts Center (Seattle, Washington) was officially named the Anna Skibska Flameworking Studio. She participated with financial success in 11e Pavillon des Arts et du Design, Jarden des Tuileries, Paris in 2007 (catalogue printed). The same year, Skibska participated in Basel/Miami Design, where her exhibition was purchased by Musee-Atelier du Verre, Sars-Poteries, France. In his 2013 book, Spark the Creative Flame, P. Stankard devoted a chapter, “Sparkle of the soul,” to Skibska’s achievements and her technique. In the same year, she presented her work at the Museo del Vetro in Murano, Venice, coinciding with the Venice Biennale (catalogue printed). In 2014, she was awarded the Honeycomb Award in Poland.