lisbeth sabol

biography

Lisbeth Sabol lives in Hawaii where she finds herself continually inspired by the beauty of nature and the people around her. She creates sculptures in bronze and stone that reflect her love of nature and her fascination with the human figure.

Ms. Sabol was born in Washington, D.C., and has lived in Italy near Florence, on the shores of the Hauraki Gulf in New Zealand, in Nevada at the foot of the Sierra Nevada range, and in Annapolis, Maryland. Her work is in numerous private and public collections in the United States, England, and New Zealand. Recent exhibitions include shows in Hawaii, New York City, London, Italy, New Zealand, and throughout the U.S.

Selected Exhibition Highlights:

· M.A.S.N.J. show in New York City. (2005) Ms. Sabol’s “Work in the Art of Miniature Sculpture” presented with an “Award of Merit.”

· The 59^th and 58^th Annual Sculpture Exhibition, Pen & Brush Galleries, New York City. (2004/03)

· Featured Artist showcased in “Five at the Spiral”, Spiral Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand. (2004)

· Royal Miniature Society’s Annual Exhibition, London, England. (2003) The “American Bison” bronze awarded “Honorable Mention for the Gold Memorial Bowl.”

· Devonport Arts Festival Show, Auckland, New Zealand. (2002) "Awakening Muse” carved during the Mt Rushmore Sculptor’s Residency awarded “Best-in-Show”

Ms. Sabol’s work in public collections includes the marble-carving "Longs Peak" at Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. Rocky Mountain National Park permanently displays “Longs Peak” in their Visitor Center. The sculpture is a detailed portrait of 14,000 ft Longs Peak that she sculpted after climbing to the summit while Artist-in-Residence in the Park. Glacier National Park in Montana has also collected and displays one of Ms. Sabol’s stone-carvings which was created while she was Sculptor-in-Residence there. Another sculpture, “The Waterbearers” is on public display in Quiet Waters Park in Annapolis, Maryland. A 2004 article in The Washington Post features that sculpture and an interview of Ms. Sabol.

In 2003, Ms. Sabol was invited to sculpt at the month-long Tarietanga International Sculpture Symposium in Wellington, New Zealand, an event that highlighted stone-carvers from around the world.  During the symposium, she carved a 2-ton block of stone into a figurative sculpture “Emerging Nude” which was displayed as a public work on the waterfront in the New Zealand capital near Te Papa, New Zealand’s National Museum. The sculpture was subsequently purchased by a private collector.

In 2002, Ms. Sabol exhibited a comprehensive show of her figurative work, both in bronze and stone, in a two-person show in an international collaborative event with the New Zealand painter Sandra Cammell at The Depot Artspace in Auckland. The show was widely attended and represented an international bridge between cultures based on creativity and mutual similarities.

In 2001 and 2000, Ms. Sabol was Sculptor-in-Residence at Mount Rushmore National Memorial to display her figurative sculptures and carve stone on site. She was granted access to climb Mount Rushmore to study the colossal carving up close (albeit upside-down) from atop George Washington’s head.

Her sculpture "Awakening Muse”, inspired by the experience, was created during the Mount Rushmore residency. Subsequently, that stone-carving was awarded Best-in-Show in the 2002 Devonport Arts Festival Show, in Auckland, New Zealand.

Ms. Sabol is a graduate of The College of William & Mary, holding degrees in Fine Arts and Biology. Post-graduate studies include the Corcoran School of Art and the University of Hawaii.