Bren Sibilsky is an international artist and full-time sculptor and painter, with work in many collections throughout North America and Europe. Having worked in the art field for over 25 years her current primary focus is sculpture in the style of classical realism with emotional undertones. Her art work is the reflection of her interests in nature and realism. According to the artist her sculptures are, "a study in understanding universal emotion." Born in 1963, in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Bren showed signs of exceptional artistic abilities and at age eight she asked her parents to send her to art school. Years later she graduated from the prestigious Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design (MIAD), formerly the Layton School of Art, in 1987. She studied sculpture with international artist Hanna Jubran and intensive anatomical study with artist Harold Huber. Some of Bren’s many awards include being chosen as an ARC Salon finalist; her sculpture, “Aphrodite,” is featured at www.artrenewal.org under sculpture finalists. Bren was a finalist in the 2011 National Sculpture Society’s juried exhibition LOVE New York, N.Y. , and was also a recipient of a "Best of Sculpture" award in Manhattan Arts International’s “HerStory” juried exhibition. In 2009 Bren received the Cultural Patriot Award for her sculpture “Daedalus” with The P.I.C.T.U.R.E. Art Foundation in California. She has had many one-person and group exhibitions including those at the Miller Art Museum, The Francis Hardy Gallery, Arc Gallery, Koehline Gallery, The Linden Gallery, Fairfield Center for the Arts, Cedarburg Cultural Center, Plymouth Art Center, Mystical Earth Gallery, Barnsite Gallery, Pinetop Gallery and The Manhattan Arts International Gallery.The artist has been interviewed on WBDK radio, with feature articles published in the Resorter Reporter, Peninsula Pulse, Door County Advocate, Green Bay Press-Gazette, Art Calendar Magazine, Professional Artists magazine, Graphic Arts Monthly Magazine and other publications. Articulate and passionate about her work Bren Sibilsky presents sculpture demonstrations and Art Studio Tours.