Rose Sigal-Ibsen
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The following information was provided by the artist unless otherwise noted.
Rose Sigal-Ibsen was born in Romania, migrated to Israel after World War II, and then found a permanent home in the US in 1957. After a successful career as an enamelist, she studied jewelry design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and subsequently received many design awards. In 1979 she began studying Sumi painting at the KoHo School of Sumi-e in New York. She also studied Chinese brushwork at the Zhejiang Academy in China.
Sigal-Ibsen has won accolades as a distinguished American Sumi brush artist. She has had many one-person and group exhibitions throughout the US including the Steinhardt Conservatory, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NY, The National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington DC, and Gallery Korea, New York. She has also exhibited at the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China; the China National Academy of Find Arts, Invitational Exhibition, Hangzhou, China; and the Zhejiang Academy, China. She has received many awards for her work including an Award of Excellence in Calligraphy from Kampo Cultural Center, New York, and an Award of Merit from Manhattan Arts magazine.
Articles about her and her work have appeared in magazines, newspapers, and catalogs including Manhattan Arts and Artspeak. She is also listed in Who's Who in American Sumi-e Brush Artists.
Sigal-Ibsen gives workshop demonstrations and lectures in Sumi-e painting and calligraphy in various galleries and cultural centers. She is the vice president of the New York Metro Chapter of the Sumi-e Society and is studying calligraphy at the Kampo Cultural Center. Her greeting cards are available at the Asia Society, New York, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, and other art centers throughout the country.
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