VICTORIA SIVIGNY - Resume
Exhibition Summary
Artwork has appeared in numerous juried statewide, regional, national, and international exhibitions. Selected juried group exhibitions include Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea, NYC; Bromfield Gallery-SOWA, Boston, MA; Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe; Connecticut: New Britain Museum of American Art, Slater Memorial Museum, Mattatuck Museum, Mystic Museum of Art, Ely Center for Contemporary Art
Honors, Awards and Recognitions
Silpe Gallery, U of Hartford School of Art, New Haven Paint & Clay Club Exhibition- 2024 Oil Paint Award
118th Annual Juried Regional N.H. Paint & Clay Exhibition - 2019 Blenner Prize Winner
Art Center East, People & Places Juried Exhibition, Vernon, CT – 2017 Honorable Mention Award
Art Center East, On and of Paper; Juror: Jane Rainwater, Aldrich Museum Dehn Gallery, 2016 Merit Award #1
Golden Thread Gallery Summer Exhibition, Juror: Pablo Delano, Director, Trinity College Art Dpt.- 2014 3rd Prize
New Britain Museum of American Art 43rd Members Exhibition, Juror: Robert Burns, Dir. Mattatuck Museum, - 2012 2nd Prize
Gallery 53, Ct Women’s Members Exhibition, Juror: M.A. Bourbeau, Curator, Hill-Stead Museum – 2011 2nd Prize
Gallery 53, ACAM 87th Annual Exhibition, - 2011 Jerry Artarama Award
Gallery 53, ACAM 86th Annual Exhibition - 2010 Honorable Mention Award
Museum of Encaustic Art, Santa Fe, NH – Permanent Collection
Workshops & Courses
Form to Freedom, Fiber Arts Take Two 8-week On-Line Workshop with Harriet Goodall, Fiber Artist - Summer 2025
Findings, Fiber Arts Take Two 8-week On-Line Workshop with Lissa Hunter, MFA, Fiber Artist -Spring 2025
Perfectly Imperfect, Fiber Arts Take Two On-Line Workshop with Lorna Crane, MFA, Fiber Artist –Fall 2024
Creating with Courage, Fiber Arts Take Two 8 -week On-Line Workshop with Clarissa Callesen, MFA Fiber Artist – 2024
Mark-Making as a Daily Practice, Weekly Live Workshop with Lorraine Glessner, MFA - 2023
Cold Wax Academy; Weekly Online Workshop with Rebecca Crowell, MFA and Jerry McLaughlin, MFA – 2020-2023
Cold Wax Medium 5-day Video Workshop with Rebecca Crowell, MFA and Jerry McLaughlin, MFA – 2019
11th International Encaustic Conference; Provincetown, MA - 2017
Encaustic Soft Sculpture Workship at Castle Hill Arts Center, Truro, MA -2017
Encaustic Painting and Fiber Workshop 5-days, Lorraine Glessner, MFA at R&F Encaustic, Kingston, NY – 2016
Encaustic Paper and Painting Workship 3-day at R&F Encaustic, Kingston, NY – 2016
Make.Art.Work Professional Business Practices at U of Hartford Art School, West Hartford, CT – 2013
Taking Care of Business Professional Practices, Tremaine Foundation and Arts Council, North Haven, CT - 2012
2007 to 2014: Visual artist independent study/critique series and art workshops/retreats with Debi Pendell West Hartford, CT; North Adams, MA; and Instituto de Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Art History courses at Albertus Magnus College, Hamden, CT
Elected Memberships and Other Affiliations
Connecticut Women Artists - Elected Member (2013 – present)
New Haven Paint & Clay Club - Elected Member (2014 – present)
West Hartford Art League - Elected Member (2015 -2023)
Gallery One Artists - Invitational Member (2014 - 2015)
Syntax Mixed Media Artists' Cooperative (2009-2014)
Surface Design Association, Craft Council of America, and Fiber Arts Now Memberships
News Articles & Bibliography, Publications
Fiber Arts Take Two Exhibition Catalog for Findings, 2025
Fiber Arts Take Two Exhibition Catalog for Creating with Courage, 2024
Atlantic Gallery (re)Building Exhibition Catalog, Chelsea, NYC, 2021
Museum of Encaustic Art Permanent Collection: 50 States/200 Artists Exhibition Catalog July, 2019, Santa Fe, NM
The Golden Thread Project, Connecting the Human Spirit through the Art, Kate Wilson; 2018 publication
International Encaustic Artists exhibition catalog: Hopeful Darkness, December, 2017 - Atlantic Gallery, Chelsea, NYC
The Courant, Arts Center East, People & Places Awards, July, 2017
The New London Day, Water, Water Everywhere, Spectrum Gallery Exhibition, Amy Barry, August, 2016
The Hartford Courant, In Memoriam Abstract Art At ArtSpace, Susan Dunne, September 10, 2015
The (New London) Day, Gallery One Takes the Show on the Road, Amy Barry, January 6, 2015
Middletown Press, Spectrum Gallery Presents Fiber Arts Show, Laura Lyons, January 14, 2015
Inside Cheshire Magazine, Connecticut Women Artists Combine Their Skills & Styles, January 2013
Southwest Art Magazine, Women in Art, August 2013
2012 - 2015 Coordinated and organized monthly visits for 28 artists to museums and galleries throughout the state. These monthly Lunch & Learn events provided the artists with opportunities to share ideas, enjoy art events offered by the thriving arts’ communities in Connecticut; as well as providing networking opportunities on a statewide basis.
Selected Juried Exhibitions
New Haven Paint & Clay Juried Regional Exhibition (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2014, 2013, 2012)
New Britain Museum of American Art Annual Nor’easter National Juried Exhibition (2023, 2021, 2012)
Connecticut Women Artists National Juried Exhibitions (2022, 2021, 2020, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011)
CT+6 Regional Juried Exhibitions, West Hartford, CT (2019, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013)
New Britain Museum of American Art Invitational Exhibition & Auction, CT (2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014)
2018 to Present
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven Paint & Clay Members Exhibition, New Haven CT - 2025
Creative Arts Workshop, New Haven Paint & Clay Club 124th Juried Annual Exhibition, Hartford, CT -2025
Silpe Gallery, Hartford School of Art, New Haven Paint Clay Club 123rd Juried Annual Exhibition, New Haven, CT -2024
Limner Gallery, Neoteric Abstract XII Juried Exhibition, Hudson, NY – 2024
MVA Gallery Tribute to Small Works, Bethlehem, PA -2023
Zahn Gallery New Haven Paint & Clay Invitational Exhibition, Westbrook, CT - 2022
Atlantic Gallery International Juried Exhibition, Chelsea, NYC - 2021
New Britain Museum of American Art 51st Nor’easter Juried Regional Exhibition, New Britain, CT - 2021
Bromfield Gallery, SIZZLE International Exhibition, Boston, MA -2020
Museum of Encaustic Art, Juried Exhibition of Permanent Collection 50 States/200 Artists - 2019, Santa Fe NM
Museum of Encaustic Art, No Creative Boundaries..., National Juried Exhibition, Santa Fe, New Mexico
118th Annual Juried Regional New Haven Paint & Clay Exhibition - 2019 Blenner Prize Winner
Bromfield Gallery, Winter Works, Juried Regional Exhibition, Boston, MA - 2018
2017
Atlantic Gallery, International Encaustic Artists (IEA) Juried International Exhibition, Hopeful Darkness, Chelsea, NYC
Encaustic Art Institute (EAI) Juried International Members Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM
Arts Center East, People and Places, Vernon, CT – 2017 Honorable Mention Award
Spectrum Gallery, Curated Regional Exhibition, Walls, Fences and Doors, Essex, CT
Golden Thread Gallery, Juried Regional Exhibition, Art in Motion, West Hartford, CT
Spectrum Gallery, Curated Regional Exhibition, Line, Essex, CT
Golden Thread Gallery, Juried Regional Exhibition, Contours and Configurations, West Hartford, CT
2016
Arts Center East, On and Of Paper Redux Juried Regional Exhibition, Vernon, CT – 2016 Merit Award #1
Spectrum Gallery, Curated Regional Holiday Exhibition, Essex, CT
Guilford Art League 69th Annual Juried Exhibition, Guilford, CT
Golden Thread Gallery Regional Juried Exhibition, Simplicity, West Hartford, CT
Arts Center East, The Art of Abstraction, Juried Regional Exhibition, Vernon, CT
Spectrum Gallery, Water, Water, Regional Curated Exhibition, Essex, CT
Arts Center East, 2D or Not 2D, Regional Juried Exhibition, Vernon, CT
Arts Center East 5th Annual Juried Exhibition, Vernon, CT
Spectrum Gallery Text Messages, Regional Curated Exhibition, Essex, CT
Mattatuck Museum, Mixmaster Juried Regional Members' Exhibition, Waterbury, CT
Spectrum Gallery, Light, Regional Curated Exhibition, Essex, CT
The Golden Thread Gallery, Tree of Life, Juried National Exhibition, West Hartford, CT
2015
Arts Center East, On and Of Paper, Juried Regional Exhibition, Vernon, CT
Loft Artist Association Gallery, Lineal Investigations, Regional Juried Exhibition, Stamford, CT
Mystic Museum of Art, Gallery One Artists Curated Exhibition, Mystic, CT
Spectrum Gallery, Collage! It's an Adventure, Curated Regional Exhibition, Essex, CT
The Golden Thread Gallery, Annual Summer Members Exhibition, West Hartford, CT
The Golden Thread Gallery, Black & White Juried International Group Exhibition, West Hartford, CT
Spectrum Gallery, Show of Hands, Curated Regional Exhibition, Essex, CT
Valentine H. Zahn Gallery, Juried Exhibition Reality as Metaphor II, Westbrook, CT
2014
Spectrum Gallery, Kindness of Strangers, Curated Group Exhibition, Essex, CT
The Golden Thread Gallery, Form & Void, Juried National Exhibition, West Hartford, CT
Loft Artists Association Juried Exhibition, Elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water, Stamford, CT
Spectrum Gallery, Out of the Box, Curated Regional Exhibition, Essex, CT
ArtSpace Gallery, Juried Exhibition, Untitled: Abstract Exhibition, Hartford, CT
The Golden Thread Gallery, Members' Summer Exhibition, West Hartford, CT – 2014 Third Prize Award
Slater Memorial Museum, 70th Annual CT Artists Juried Exhibition, Norwich, CT
The Golden Thread Gallery, Pioneer Juried Group Exhibition, West Hartford, CT
Two-Person Exhibitions
Stone Gallery, Maple and Main Fine Art, Abstract Imaginings, with Ashby Carlisle, Chester, CT, 2015
Elle Design Studio Gallery, Two-Woman Exhibition with Mary Fussell, Chester, CT, 2015
Previous exhibitions provided upon request
