PO Box 115 • Milford NJ 08848 valsivilli@gmail.com
EDUCATION
- MFA Mason Gross School of the Art , Rutgers , Printmaking, Painting
- BFA Alfred University, Alfred, NY . Printmaking, Painting, Ceramics
- BFA Program @ SUNY at Purchase, Visual arts – Foundation
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
- “No-Filter” 2 person exhibition at Whittemore CCC, Oldwick, NJ 2021
- “14C ARTFAIR” SOLO exhibitor, Jersey City, NJ Feb 2020, Nov 2021 Mana Contemporary
- Caldwell University, New Jersey, BEASTS 3rd floor gallery 2020
- RECENT WORK with Hee Jung Kim • RVCC• Branchburg, NJ Main Gallery • 2018
- SFA Gallery, Frenchtown NJ Solo Exhibition: Unpacking the Wild Beast
- PULP, Frenchtown NJ, artist in residence
- The Madelon Powers Gallery, BodyPrints, East Stroudsburg University
- Gallery 31 North , Glen Gardner, NJ , Body Prints , exhibition & workshop
- Steamroller Gallery, Frenchtown , NJ , collective
- Nabisco Brands Gallery, East Hanover, NJ
- Johnson and Johnson Gallery, The New Jersey Artist Series
- The Hunterdon Museum, Clinton, NJ
- The Gallery of South Orange: South Orange, NJ
- Pebble Hill Church Doylestown, PA
- The Donald Palmer Museum Springfield, NJ
- The Korn Gallery Drew University, Madison, N.J
- Cocina Del Sol & El Segundo Clinton NJ
- Alchemy Gallery, Frenchtown NJ
- OWOWCOW, Ottsville PA & Wrightstown PA
- Small World Coffee, Princeton NJ
- NelliRae’s , Revere, PA
- MFA Thesis Exhibition Downtown Arts Building, MGSA
GROUP SHOWS
- NEW FACES ART MORA, Ridgefield Park, NJ
- Hunterdon Art Museum, The Hunterdon Art Tour, 2017-2021
- RVCC Faculty Group Shows, Branchburg NJ 2021
- Member’s Invitational LongYear Gallery Margaretville, NY
- “5 at the Mill” THAT, Stockton NJ
- Art of Preservation, Kirkland Farm, PA
- Philadelphia Sketch Society’s 152nd Small Oil Painting Juried Show
- NOVO NORDISK Corporate office, Princeton NJ
- Group Show: Brick and Mortar Gallery, Easton PA
- BODIES AND SOUL at the MONTCLAIR Public Library
- RVCC Faculty Exhibitions : 2003 – 2016
- BCCC Faculty Exhibitions : 2003 – 2016
- Station of the Cross Clinton Presbyterian Church, N
- Art & Antiques, Gallery 31 North, Glen Gardner, NJ
- Hunterdon County Land Trust Alliance, Plein Air Project
- Fish & Foul The Triumph Brewery, New Hope PA
- Grounds for Art, Pierro Gallery, South Orange, NJ
- SYNOPSIS@10 Pierro Gallery of South Orange
- The Gallery Petite High Bridge, NJ
- Hudson Bank Window Frenchtown, NJ, installation
- The Artists of Hunterdon County Hunterdon Museum of Art
- Main Street Gallery Prince Frederick, MD
- Gallery 37 (gallery artist) Summitt, NJ
- Genius Loci, a sense of place, Prallsville Mills, Stockton
- Borders Book Store, Princeton,
- Ben Shahn Gallery: American Impressions: Cont American Prints.curator: Judith Brodsky
- Hrefna Jonsdottir Gallery Lambertville, NJL
- Hootenanny Magazine, Benefit CB’s Gallery, NYC
- Artworks, group exhibition Trenton, NJ:
- Artsquad Current State of American Drawing, Easton PA
- Riverrun Gallery National Juried Exhibition, Lambertville, NJ
- 30th Anniversary Show Rutgers, Invitational
- Small Works Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ
- At the Edge II: A National Print & Drawing Exhibition, Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, Texas, curated by Wendy Weitman:
- China, June 4…, Institute for Contemporary Art PS1, NYC
- Spheres of Influence NJ Center for the Visual Arts, Summit, NJ:
- Artists Book, Montclair U, curated by Larry McKim
- Reagan: The Cultural Icon City Gallery, Bucknell & Humphrey Gallery
- The Triannual Portrait Show The Ridge Street Gallery, NYC
- The Jane Doe Show The Pyramid Gallery, NYC
- The Helms Degenerate Art Show ,Circus Maximus, NYC
- The Outdoor Artists Project, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, New York
- The Sex Show, Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ
- The Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition DUMBO, Brooklyn, New York:
- MFA Group Exhibition The Zimmerli Museum, New Brunswick, NJ
- New Prints Northeast, Women’s Studio Workshop, Rosendale, NY
- Real Democracy White Columns, NYC
- CONEXES at MOCHA collab.Nancy Spero NYC-MOCA & San Paulo, Brazil
- I.R. Christmas Show A.I.R. Gallery, NYC
- The Year of The Ox – Graphic Eye Gallery, Port Washington, New York
- Western New York Artists Show Allbright – Knox Gallery, Buffalo, NY
ACHIEVEMENTS
ACHIEVEMENTS
- Adjunct Research Project Award – Raritan Valley Community College 2020
- Certified Online Instructor
- Completed Bucks County Community College’s. OL101, March 2020
- Developed the ONLINE Version of ARTS-110 BASIC DRAWING at RVCC for SUMMER 1 2020
- ART DIRECTOR at WhittemoreCCC
- THAT: The Hunterdon Art Tour
- Founding member / Operations / Graphic Designer
- BCCC Poet Laureate Print Banner Project 2015
- Wurlitzer Foundation, Fellow, Taos, New Mexico, 2015
- Lafayette College Library Artist Book Collection
OTHER NOTABLE PROJECTS
- “SEED/s” 2019: Curator of a group exhibition on fertile ground (during THAT)
- “Delia’s Delectable Donuts” performance at ARTYARD, collaborative project 2019
- “Miss Logan Street” at ARTYARD, 2018, collaborative project with Chris Mundy
- “Keepers of the Chroma, an exhibition regarding Color” co- curator CCA Bedminster, NJ
- Winter 2015: 3-month Residency : Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, Taos NM
- “The Fig Tree on 9th and Christian” edition of 3, summer 2016 Book Design & Graphics collaborations with / Ross Gay
- “Singing Head” Fred Lowe and Ulla Warchol Center for Contemporary Art CCA: Bedminster, NJ : Collaborative Book Project & Exhibition
- “Living with Barry” Video Series ongoing – neverending – relentless.
- “The Wild Boar” a series of 6 books by Val Sivilli, Wild Root Press 2016-7
- “The Luger” Written & llustrated Book by Val Sivilli
- “57” a year – well, really 6 months.
- “The Wild Boar” a series of 6 books by Val Sivilli, Wild Root Press 2016-7
- Poet Laureate Banner Project with Caren Friedman, 2016, Bucks County Community College: Cultural Incentive Grant for Poetry and the Visual Arts, A Collaborative Screenprinted Banner Project, Banners Installed at BCCC Library, Newtown, PA
- Design with / Ross Gay “The Fig Tree on 9th and Christian” Screen Printed Banner
- “MATTER” & Peace Flags & Exhibition with Chaz Hampton 2014
- “Tree of Life” Mural in Frenchtown NJ, 2013, Harrison Street
- Etching Studio Printer, Springfield, NJ, for HELEN FRANK,
- STUDIO ASSISTANTto LEON GOLUB & NANCY SPERO – 1986-1991:
- Assigned to all practical functions within the artists studio. Prep, masking, paint layering and finish work on Mr. Golub’s paintings. Master Printer of Mr. Golub’s etchings: editioned at Bob Blackburns Printmaking Workshop, NYC INHOUSE and ONSITE printer for Ms. Spero. Printed accompanying Ms. Spero for on site for installations. Projects included Josh Baer Gallery, NY; S.L. Simpson Gallery, Toronto; L.O. Gallery,Phila; 4 Cities Project, Derry, N Ireland; Circulo des Bellas Artes, Madrid; New Museum of Contemporary Art, NY. 1986–1991
- Leon Golub 2nd printing of 1950’s Etchings/Monoprinted by Collaboration at Bob Blackburn’s Printmaking Workshop
- Nancy Spero : Collaborative Torture Print for Center of Contemporary Art, NYC
TEACHING
- Bucks County Community College: Drawing, Screenprinting: 2003 – present
- Raritan Valley Community College: Art of the Book, Color Theory, Screenprinting, Art Appreciation, Contemporary Printmaking, Woodcut, Relief, Monoprinting, 2-D Design, Lithography : 2003 – present
The College of New Jersey: The Art of the Book, Conceptual Art Seminar/Studio: Foundation • RCIPP, New Brunswick, NJ – monoprinting workshops • Lower East Side Printshop, NYC – Screenprinting Workshops • Artworks, Trenton, NJ – Woodcut Workshops and Adult Figure Drawing Classes • NJ Center For the Arts – Summit – Etching • Drew University, Madison NJ – Etching, Monoprinting & Lithography • Mason Gross School of the Arts – Director of Screenprinting Studio
COMMUNITY PROJECTS
- CivilianArt: Graphic Design & Screenprinting : Specializing in Tee Shirt Graphics & Civilian’s Printmaking Studio: Linocut, Etching, Monotype Classes Handprinted T-shirt & Monoprinting Workshops
- The Steamroller Gallery cooperative gallery , Frenchtown, NJ Director & founding partner with M. Henkin Bader charged with all the basic functions of the gallery: monthly mailings, hangings , PR
- 3 Artists Creekside . Founding partner , artist collective , Frenchtown NJ
- Coordinator of High School Youth Mural Project “TREE OF LIFE” at 108 Harrison St, Frenchtown NJ summer 2007
- T-Shirt Design Contests: Environmental Club, Del Val High School and many others.
- Graphic Designer for RIVERFEST, Frenchtown NJ 2005 – present
- Special Projects Director for CREO. the creative voice of the river valley, a local arts publication in Bucks/Hunterdon Counties/Delaware River Valley: 2001-3
- Coordinator of an Art Auction to benefit the Frenchtown Elementary Art Program 1995
- 8th grade Project to Layout and Research the Frenchtown Newsletter
- Founding Member of A.G.E.N.T. a local environmental education organization
- Organizer of Annual River Garbage Sculpture Project, Frenchtown, NJ – 2 years
- PTA sponsored printmaking projects at the Frenchtown Elementary School:
- Coordinator of High School Youth Mural Project “TREE OF LIFE” at 108 Harrison St, Frenchtown NJ summer 2007
- Graphic Designer for RIVERFEST, Frenchtown NJ 2005 – present
- Special Projects Director for CREO. the creative voice of the river valley, a local arts publication in Bucks/Hunterdon Counties/Delaware River Valley: 2001-3
- PTA sponsored after school printmaking program
PRINTED MATTER
- The Vagina Monologues playbill, illustrations page 4 & 39, Jersey City NJ : 2009
- PAINTING IN THE KEY OF LIGHT: the work of Val Sivilli, cover article, TIME OFF, throughout central NJ, June 16-25 2000
- Sunday Star Ledger, Eileen Watkins, SPOTLIGHT, ART CENTER1996
- TIME OFF, Cover article, Steve Janus 1996
- “One man’s trash becomes another’s treasure” 1996
- Liz Johnson, WHAT’s Up, Hunterdon County Democrat & Del Val News
- ART CENTER,showing the art of the local & world community, Courier News 1996
- STAR LEDGER, “Trash Art in Frenchtown” 1995
- PROFILE – Frenchtown woman exhibits , DEL VAL NEWS 1994
- Fish & Figurative – Springfield Leader, Suburban news 1994
- Heresies Magazine: The Art of Education editorial collective, 1990
- Texas Fine Arts, Juried Print Exhibit” Exhibition catalog, essay by Wendy Weitman, asst curator, MOMA Visual Arts, At the Edge II Austin American-Statesman 1009
- Reagan: American Icon Exhibition Catalog, curated by Robert Metzger, 1989
- A Skewering of Reagan In a Surprising Form The New York Times, Sunday, 1989
- Watershed, Lewisberg Exhibit Features Reagan The Philadelphia Inquirer, 1989
- Reagan in Art: Bucknell show depicts Ex-President Phila Inquirer, Daily Magazine 1989