Author Biography
Born in Chicago, John Sibley, is an accomplished artist and author. Art and music have always been a part of his life. Sibley grew up in a Chicago household listening to his father play the boogie-woogie on his Steinway Grand Piano. He credits his cousin, Levi, who is now blind, for mentoring him in art. Sibley is a 1994 graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Degree. He has worked for 23 years as a supervisor for a hi-tech, acoustic company and has taught in Chicago Public Schools. He resides in Chicago/Aurora and has two daughters and a son. He has hired people from the Hesed House Homeless Shelter in Aurora and donated food to the Pacific Garden Mission in Chicago. Sibley is a 2007 American Sports Artist Nominee. His paintings are owned by former Chicago Bull, John Salley; NFL icon, Walter Payton; Mike Tyson; Revey Sorey; author, Manik D. Dover and Chicago Mayor, Richard J. Daley. His sci-fi novel, Bodyslick -- for which he created 52 illustrations -- was published in 2008 by Vibe/Kensington in New York. Sibley has appeared on WGN-Channel 9 in Chicago with Dan Roan, ABC with Jim Rose, WNUA with jazz icon, Ramsey Lewis and was a courtroom artist for CNN covering the FLN Trial.
