Sibyl Anikeef

Sibyl Anikeef

Sibyl Anikeef was an American artist born in Baltimore in 1932. She attended the Maryland Institute College of Art, where her paintings and drawings were first showcased. Anikeef's work went on to be displayed at a number of exhibitions throughout the United States and also internationally. One of her best-known works, ‘The Famished Souls’, was included in the Guggenheim Museum’s display ‘From the Collection’ in 2012. Her works often addressed themes of race, identity politics, and colonization, with her art being described as ‘Socio-politically charged’. Anikeef's art was featured in the ‘Women in Abstraction’ exhibition at the Baltimore Museum of Art in 2018. Her other works include ‘In the Dark’, ‘The Death of the Red Band’, and ‘The Separation’.

American artist, Sibyl Anikeef, Maryland Institute College of Art, socio-politically charged, Guggenheim Museum, Women in Abstraction, Baltimore Museum of Art.

— Mei Wang