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Education
2006-2007 Attended University of Southern Maine BFA program
Professional Skills
2020-Present Full time Professional Visual Artist
2020-2021 Part time social media researcher and team member for Art Girl Rising founded by Liezel Strouss
2008-2015 Full time Pre K teacher, Portland, ME
Exhibitions
2024 Group Exhibition. Now and Then. Visual Arts Scotland, Dalkeith Palace, Scotland UK
2024 Group Exhibition. Down the Rabbit Hole. Lights Out Gallery, Wolf & Harp, Norway ME
2024 Virtual Group Exhibition. Flawless: Embracing Imperfection In Art. Women United Art Movement.
2024 Group Exhibition. 9th Benefits Exhibition, Brigette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia
2024 3 Woman Exhibition with Sally Stanton, Emily Sabino and Libby Sipe. You Are Never Alone. Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME.
2023 Group Commission Public Art Commission,
Here Is Magic, large painting (4x5 ft), acrylic on wood panel, Waterfall Arts,
Belfast, ME
2023 Group Exhibition Lights Out Gallery, Norway ME.
2023 Group Exhibition UMVA Spring Members Exhibit, UMVA Gallery, Portland, ME
2023 Group Exhibition Midcoast UMVA Juried Exhibition, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME.
(Curated by David Estey, a member of the UMVA Board of Directors and art
instructor at Waterfall Arts.)
2022 Group Exhibition Nightmares, Munka Studio Gallery, Lewiston, ME
2022 Group Exhibition Faces & Places, Dodomu Gallery, NYC (Online Exhibition)
2022 Group Exhibition Annual Joy of Art, Crooker Gallery, Topsham, ME. (Third
Place Award Painting Category)
2021 Group Exhibition Canvas Project Tebbs Contemporary Art Gallery, London, UK
2021 Solo Exhibition Kimball Street Studio, Lewiston, ME.
2021 Group Exhibition When Words Fail, Visionary Art Collective (Online Gallery)
(Curated by Grace Lang, Artist and Educator)
2021 Group Exhibition ART2021 26th Annual Jury Exhibition, Harlow Gallery,
Harpswell, ME. (Juried by Barbara Sullivan, painter, sculptor, installation artist,
and educator)
2021 Solo Exhibition Crooker Gallery, Topsham, ME
2020 Group Exhibition Annual Joy of Art, Crooker Gallery, Topsham ME. (First Place
Award Multi Medium Category)
Website Publications
Artist Interview through the Arts to Hearts Project.
https://artstoheartsproject.com/artist-libby-on-turning-lifes-hardships-into-bold-art/
Artist review of You are Never Alone by Karlë Woods of Lights Out Gallery
https://lightsoutgallery.substack.com/p/last-weeks-artist-feature
Veronique Plesch, Absence/Presence, Maine Arts Journal UMVA Quarterly, access date Winter 2023.
https://maineartsjournal.com/veronique-plesch-introduction-winter-2023-absence-presence/
Libby Sipe, Exhibition Tour(video), L/A Arts, Lewiston Auburn ME, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52dblZmaOb8
Longcon9, 2021
https://longconmag.com/issue-9/
Print Media
Women United Art Magazine | Issue VIII
Art Seen Magazine issue 13, curated by Gita Joshi, Curator's Salon
100 Women Artists of 2024 Women's Edition. Published by Arts to Hearts Project, Curated by Kristen Hjellegjerde.
Artist Review of You are Not Alone by Alan Crichton, The Free Press
https://www.freepressonline.com/opinion/commentary/you-are-not-alone-exhibit-at-waterfall-arts/article_871900a4-12d5-11ef-a058-8b3172c7393d.html
Boomer Magazine, Inaugural Issue of Contemporary Artists (juried by Boomer Gallery,
London) 2021
Poetic Liesense, Inaugural Issue of Poetry paired with visual art. 2021
Professional Organizations
Artconnect
Portland Museum of Art Contemporary member, Portland, ME
Union of Maine Visual Artists, Portland Maine and Midcoast chapters, ME
Visual Arts Scotland
2006-2007 Attended University of Southern Maine BFA program
Professional Skills
2020-Present Full time Professional Visual Artist
2020-2021 Part time social media researcher and team member for Art Girl Rising founded by Liezel Strouss
2008-2015 Full time Pre K teacher, Portland, ME
Exhibitions
2024 Group Exhibition. Now and Then. Visual Arts Scotland, Dalkeith Palace, Scotland UK
2024 Group Exhibition. Down the Rabbit Hole. Lights Out Gallery, Wolf & Harp, Norway ME
2024 Virtual Group Exhibition. Flawless: Embracing Imperfection In Art. Women United Art Movement.
2024 Group Exhibition. 9th Benefits Exhibition, Brigette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia
2024 3 Woman Exhibition with Sally Stanton, Emily Sabino and Libby Sipe. You Are Never Alone. Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME.
2023 Group Commission Public Art Commission,
Here Is Magic, large painting (4x5 ft), acrylic on wood panel, Waterfall Arts,
Belfast, ME
2023 Group Exhibition Lights Out Gallery, Norway ME.
2023 Group Exhibition UMVA Spring Members Exhibit, UMVA Gallery, Portland, ME
2023 Group Exhibition Midcoast UMVA Juried Exhibition, Waterfall Arts, Belfast, ME.
(Curated by David Estey, a member of the UMVA Board of Directors and art
instructor at Waterfall Arts.)
2022 Group Exhibition Nightmares, Munka Studio Gallery, Lewiston, ME
2022 Group Exhibition Faces & Places, Dodomu Gallery, NYC (Online Exhibition)
2022 Group Exhibition Annual Joy of Art, Crooker Gallery, Topsham, ME. (Third
Place Award Painting Category)
2021 Group Exhibition Canvas Project Tebbs Contemporary Art Gallery, London, UK
2021 Solo Exhibition Kimball Street Studio, Lewiston, ME.
2021 Group Exhibition When Words Fail, Visionary Art Collective (Online Gallery)
(Curated by Grace Lang, Artist and Educator)
2021 Group Exhibition ART2021 26th Annual Jury Exhibition, Harlow Gallery,
Harpswell, ME. (Juried by Barbara Sullivan, painter, sculptor, installation artist,
and educator)
2021 Solo Exhibition Crooker Gallery, Topsham, ME
2020 Group Exhibition Annual Joy of Art, Crooker Gallery, Topsham ME. (First Place
Award Multi Medium Category)
Website Publications
Artist Interview through the Arts to Hearts Project.
https://artstoheartsproject.com/artist-libby-on-turning-lifes-hardships-into-bold-art/
Artist review of You are Never Alone by Karlë Woods of Lights Out Gallery
https://lightsoutgallery.substack.com/p/last-weeks-artist-feature
Veronique Plesch, Absence/Presence, Maine Arts Journal UMVA Quarterly, access date Winter 2023.
https://maineartsjournal.com/veronique-plesch-introduction-winter-2023-absence-presence/
Libby Sipe, Exhibition Tour(video), L/A Arts, Lewiston Auburn ME, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52dblZmaOb8
Longcon9, 2021
https://longconmag.com/issue-9/
Print Media
Women United Art Magazine | Issue VIII
Art Seen Magazine issue 13, curated by Gita Joshi, Curator's Salon
100 Women Artists of 2024 Women's Edition. Published by Arts to Hearts Project, Curated by Kristen Hjellegjerde.
Artist Review of You are Not Alone by Alan Crichton, The Free Press
https://www.freepressonline.com/opinion/commentary/you-are-not-alone-exhibit-at-waterfall-arts/article_871900a4-12d5-11ef-a058-8b3172c7393d.html
Boomer Magazine, Inaugural Issue of Contemporary Artists (juried by Boomer Gallery,
London) 2021
Poetic Liesense, Inaugural Issue of Poetry paired with visual art. 2021
Professional Organizations
Artconnect
Portland Museum of Art Contemporary member, Portland, ME
Union of Maine Visual Artists, Portland Maine and Midcoast chapters, ME
Visual Arts Scotland