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Anna Skibska

born Kluczbork, Poland, 1954

BiographySkibska earned her diploma in painting, glass design, and graphic arts in 1984 at the Academy of Art in Wroclaw, Poland, where she became an instructor. The publication of her unique work in the 1988 New Glass Review of international artists brought her recognition in the United States and enabled her to leave Poland to be an instructor for a summer at the Pilchuck Glass School in Stanwood. In 1996 she returned to Seattle where her exhibits include the Seattle and Bellevue Art Museums and the William Traver Gallery. Among her awards and honors are the 2010 PONCHO Artist of the Year Award in Seattle, the Espy Foundation Grant and naming of the Anna Skibska Flameworking Studio at Pratt Fine Arts Center in Seattle. Skibska has public installations in Seattle as well as in Arizona, Georgia, Greece, and France.

Artist's website: http://www.annaskibska.com/

[Source: http://www.sjima.org/archives/skibska.htm]

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