Linda Carmella Sibio

Linda Carmella Sibio
Born1953
NationalityAmerican
Other namesLinda Sibio
EducationOhio State University
OccupationArtist
SpouseBlake Matthew Brousseau
Children3
Websitewww.crazyforaday.com

Linda Carmella Sibio (b. 1953) is an American performance artist and painter.[1] She is also an advocate for mentally disabled artists and individuals and has publicly identified as a "schizophrenic artist" since 1991.[2]

Personal life and education

Linda Carmella Sibio was born in West Virginia in 1953. After her father died, she was raised in an orphanage while her mother was living in a state asylum.[3] By her account, she started drawing at age 11 because she could not sleep. She was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and manic-depression while she was attending Ohio State University, where she earned her BFA in painting in 1975.[4] She was a student of performance artist Rachel Rosenthal.[5]

She married Blake Matthew Brousseau and the couple worked on films together, including "St. Pity". They had three children.[6] She lives in Desert Hot Springs, California.[7]

Career

In 1990, as part of the Women's Work exhibition at Highways in Santa Monica, Sibio was quoted as saying "There are a lot of women artists but they are expected to work three times as hard before they get any attention... A lot of focus is being given to minority artists, but in the art world women are still minorities."[8]

Her 1991 piece West Virginia schizophrenic blues was a three-and-a-half hour performance telling the story of Sibio's mother and her institutionalization.[9]

She ran two performance troupes, Substation Minus Zero and Operation Hammer which was a group of "mentally disabled artists with a history of homelessness."[10] In 2000, together with Judy Bradford and Adriene Jenik, Sibio formed and directed Cracked Eggs, an interdisciplinary troupe dedicated to "the furthering of art from the mentally disabled."[11][12][13]

Performer

  • 1989: Car pool, Highways, Santa Monica, California[14]
  • 1989: Blow out, Highways, Santa Monica, California[15]
  • 1990: Women's work, Cadman Plaza, New York[16]
  • 1990: Azalea trash LA Fringe Theater, Los Angeles[17]
  • 1991: West Virginia schizophrenic blues, Cadman Plaza, New York[18]
  • 1992: Energy and light and their relationship to suicide, McCadden Place, Hollywood[19]
  • 1993: Suicidal particles, Peanuts, Santa Monica[20]
  • 1994: Hallelujah! I'm dead, Rachel Rosenthal Studio, Los Angeles[21]
  • 1994: One-woman show, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis[22]
  • 2003: One-woman show, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York[23]
  • 2015: Melody of chaos Highways Performance Space, Los Angeles[24]
  • 2022: Wall Street guillotine[25]

Director

  • 1992: To err in the key of z, Young Moguls, Hollywood, with Operation Hammer. Written by Sibio.[26]
  • 2004: The prophet of doom in the banana republic Hi-Desert Playhouse, California[27]

Visual arts

  • 2004: One-woman show, The Joshua Tree Gallery, California[28]
  • 2005: The insanity principle Track 16 Gallery, Los Angeles[29]
  • 2008: Creativity transcends: Art from the pages of Kaleidoscope Magazine Akron Art Museum, Ohio[30]
  • 2018: Double indemnity Colliding Worlds Fine Art Gallery, California[31]

References

  1. ^ "Music". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, USA. 2015-01-11. p. 73.
  2. ^ Greg Archer (2022-07-31). "Bezerk provides art opportunities". The Desert Sun. California, USA. p. 4.
  3. ^ Greg Archer (2022-07-31). "Berzerk provides art opportunities". The Desert Sun. California, USA. p. 4.
  4. ^ Romeo, Angela (2016-07-30). "The Power of Art - Linda Carmella Sibio". Retrieved 2016-11-03.
  5. ^ Jan Breslauer (1990-12-21). "Theatrical Look at Life on the Edge : Performance art: Linda Carmella Sibio hopes 'Combustion,' at L.A. Fringe Theater, will break barriers for artists, homeless, mentally ill". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  6. ^ "Brousseau, Blake Matthew". Hartford Courant. Connecticut, USA. 2023-05-15. p. 4.
  7. ^ Sally Tilden (2018-06-05). "Coachella Valley mentor". The Desert Sun. California, USA. p. 11.
  8. ^ Jan Breslauer (1990-05-24). ""Women's Work"". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, USA. p. 103.
  9. ^ "Theater". Daily News. New York, USA. 1991-08-02. p. 25.
  10. ^ "Operation Hammer". LA Weekly. Los Angeles, USA. 1995-05-09. p. 69.
  11. ^ "Show no mercy". The Desert Sun. California, USA. 2001-07-13. p. 69.
  12. ^ "Desert". The Desert Sun. California, USA. 2002-05-17. p. 91.
  13. ^ Greg Archer (2022-07-31). "Bezerk provides art opportunities". The Desert Sun. California, USA. p. 4.
  14. ^ "Highways' first season begins". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, USA. 1989-05-04. p. 98.
  15. ^ "Performance art". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, USA. 1989-06-01. p. 126.
  16. ^ Don Shirley (1991-08-02). "Women's Work". Daily News. Los Angeles, USA. p. 103.
  17. ^ Jan Breslauer (1990-12-21). "Theatrical Look at Life on the Edge : Performance art: Linda Carmella Sibio hopes 'Combustion,' at L.A. Fringe Theater, will break barriers for artists, homeless, mentally ill". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-05-23.
  18. ^ "Theater". Daily News. New York, USA. 1991-08-02. p. 25.
  19. ^ "Performance art". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, USA. 1992-05-10. p. 231.
  20. ^ "Linda Carmella Sibio". LA Weekly. Los Angeles, USA. 1993-01-07. p. 88.
  21. ^ "Saturday". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, USA. 1994-07-17. p. 340.
  22. ^ "Anarchy has an anniversary". Star Tribune. Minneapolis, USA. 2013-01-11. p. 11.
  23. ^ "'Eggs' crack into cultural questions". The Desert Trail. California, USA. 2002-05-06. p. 24.
  24. ^ "Music". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, USA. 2015-01-11. p. 73.
  25. ^ Greg Archer (2022-07-31). "Berzerk provides art opportunities". The Desert Sun. California, USA. p. 4.
  26. ^ "Young Moguls Inc". LA Weekly. Los Angeles, USA. 1992-06-18. p. 86.
  27. ^ "'Eggs' crack into cultural questions". The Desert Trail. California, USA. 2004-05-06. p. 24.
  28. ^ "Special art exhibit". The Desert Trail. California, USA. 2004-11-04. p. 76.
  29. ^ "Galleries". The Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, USA. 2005-05-26. p. 289.
  30. ^ Dorothy Shinn (2008-05-18). "Artists transcend disabilities". Akron Beacon Journal. Ohio, USA. p. 4.
  31. ^ "Happenings". The Desert Sun. California, USA. 2016-07-01. p. 17.
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