Artist statement

I really like the flexibility of painted paper collage. This method slows me down and forces me to think more about what I’m doing. I began working in this way the fall of 2005. There was an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of entitled Matisse: The Fabric of Dreams His Art and His Textiles in the summer of 05.The exhibit had a very profound effect on me. I wanted to incorporate the feelings that it stirred up into my work somehow. Months went by and I suddenly began cutting painted paper shapes. The imagery is not that different from what I was already using, but the paper cutting made it more complex - more layered - more thoughtful.

My imagery is derived from memories, dreams - all invented domestic interiors. The compositions are taken from my surroundings and borrowed from artists like Eduoard Vuillard, Velasquez, and Vermeer, etc. Family provides my cast of recurring characters. Environment provides the inspiration. Upbringing provided me with a longing to create a domestic world – one that I can control unlike the reality of family life – which is completely beyond my control. I strive to create a subtle tension - an uneasiness that is supplied by but at the same time belies the pleasant decoration of the rooms/costumes.

EDUCATION
Vermont College, MFA, 2004.
Moore College of Art and Design, BFA, May 1993.
Harcum Junior College, May 1989. Associate of Arts Degree, James Hutton Fine Arts award

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 - Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2006 - Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY.
2004 - Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY.
- MFA Exhibition, Vermont College, Montpelier, VT.
2003 - Monmouth Art Alliance, Red Bank, NJ.
2001 - Edward Williams College, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Hackensack, NJ
1999 - Kearon- Hempenstal Gallery, Christ Hospital, Jersey City, NJ
1996 - Thompson Park Visitor Center, Lincroft, NJ. Sponsored by the Monmouth County Park System.
- Little Silver Town Hall, Little Silver, NJ.1996 Moonstruck Restaurant, Ocean Grove, NJ1995 Art Alliance of Monmouth County, Red Bank, NJ. Exhibition in window, in conjunction with October shows "Body Beautiful/Cut Outs."

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS (* indicates juried exhibition, ** indicates invitational)
2008** “The Veil: Visible & Invisible Space,” Traveling: Dairy Center for the Arts, Boulder CO (May 2008), University of Arkansas-Fayetteville (September 2008) University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (November 2008)
2008 “Child’s Play,” Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 “Back From Miami,” Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2008 START08, Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY
2007 Red Dot Art Fair [Projects Gallery Booth], Miami, FL
2007 “Paper Cuts,” Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 “Six Chix,” Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY
2007** “Translation: Dreams/Nightmares,” Backroads Gallery, Damariscotta, ME
2007 Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
2007 National Association of Women Artists New Members Show, New York, NY
2007 Red Dot Art Fair [Projects Gallery Booth], New York, NY
2007* “Not Just Paint,” Gallery 291, Eastfield College, Dallas, Texas.
2006* “Light,” Alumnae Exhibition, Moore College of Art & Design.
2006 “Wild Women,” 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY.
2006** “Self Portrait” Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY.
2005** “Small Works,” Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY.
2005 “Fall In,” Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY.
2005* “Multiples: Am I Repeating Myself?” Alumnae Exhibition, Moore College of Art & Design.
2004* Group Show, Afif Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
2004** “Destination: Biscay,” Backroads Gallery, Damariscotta, ME.
2003 “Group Show,” Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY.
2002 “Group Show,” Soho20 Gallery, New York, NY.
2002** “Night and Day: An Artist’s Life,” Broome Street Gallery, New York, NY.
2001* “Juried Show,” Bowery Gallery, New York, NY, Janet Fish – Juror.
2001* “National Spring Open Juried Exhibition,” Wayne Art Center, Wayne, PA, Sam Hunter – Juror.
2001** "Monmouth Festival of the Arts", Monmouth Reform Temple, Lincroft, NJ.
2000 www.artadvocate.com, Art Advocate Gallery, New York City
1999* Mallette Gallery, "Bisbing and Castellana", Garden City, NYC.
1998** "Vermont Studio Center Residency, August 1997", Gordon College, Wenham, MA.
1998** Freehold Corporate Gallery, Four Person Invitational, Freehold, NJ
1997* "18th Annual Juried Show", Monmouth Museum, Lincroft, NJ. Sponsored by the Monmouth County Arts
1997** Artistic License", Nabisco Foods Gallery, East Hanover, NJ. Mary Chandor, Art Advisor.
1996* "Third National Show", Impact Gallery, Buffalo, NY. Juried by Carol Townsend.
1995* "Images 95", HUB Gallery, Penn State University, State College, PA. Juried by Tom Nakashima.
1995* "Through the Eyes of Women", Sea Cliff Gallery, Sea Cliff, NY
1994 Artforms Gallery Red Bank, NJ.

GRANTS/AWARDS/HONORS
2007, 01, 1999 - Vermont Studio Center Residency Grant, Artist Residency
1997 - Dodge Grant, $1000 Vermont Studio Center Dodge Residency Grant, Artist Residency
1995 - Monmouth County Art Alliance, Juror for "Body Beautiful / Cut Outs" Exhibition
1994 - Monmouth County Art Alliance, Member, elected to Board of Trustees by members
1992 - Narberth Art Club, Narberth, PA. Founding member of women's art group.

PUBLICATIONS
2007 - First Friday Focus Projects Gallery, March 4, 2008, Lori Hill, Citypaper
- Child's Play To Open at Projects Gallery, February 20, 2008, Ignacio Villarreal Jr, ed., Art Daily
2006 - NY Sun, Review of Wild Women Exhibition. 2001 - Distinction Magazine, April 2001 edition. Page 24, Reproduction of “Daffodils” painting.
2000 - New York Magazine, April 24,2000 edition, page 32, "Picture Perfect," by Susan Dominus.

TEACHING
2001 - City College of The City University of New York, Center for Worker Education, Courses taught – Drawing I and Intro to Studio Practices.
1998 - present - The New College of General and Continuing Studies, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Courses: Cultural Arts (on-line and face to face), Core A – the Global Challenge (Distance learning - Cross Disciplinary Course). BlackBoard proficiency. Course web site - http://alpha.fdu.edu/~bisbing