Briony Morrow-Cribbs
Printmaker, Illustrator, Designer
Twin Vixen Press • Studio in Putney • East Dummerston, Vermont
bmc.artworks@gmail.com • 802-236-7697 • brionymorrow-cribbs.com
Education
2012 MFA, Printmaking, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI (University-Wide Fellow)
2005 BFA with High Distinction, Printmaking, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
2002 Visual Arts coursework, Bennington College, Bennington, VT
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Quiet Witness: An Homage to the Flora and Fauna of Vermont, Next Stage Arts, Putney, VT
2019 Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Imprint Gallery, Cannon Beach, OR
Unfurling of the Ferns, Katherine Dianich Gallery, Brattleboro, VT
2014 Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Madison Central Library, Madison, WI
2013 Scientia Carnalis, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
2012 Scientia Carnalis, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Scientia Carnalis, MFA Exhibition, Art Lofts Gallery, Madison, WI
2011 Wicked Bugs, Eureka Books, Eureka, CA
Wicked Plants, San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, San Francisco, CA
Wicked Bugs, Boerner Botanical Gardens, Milwaukee, WI
2010 Botanical Drawing: An Old Art Form with a Contemporary Twist, Northeast Harbor Library, Bar Harbor, ME
Briony Morrow-Cribbs, The Bone Room, Berkeley, CA
Wicked Plants, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2007 Briony Morrow-Cribbs, Wessel & Lieberman Booksellers, Seattle, WA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Animalia (juried exhibition), Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL — Award of Merit
2024–2025 Brattleboro Festival of Miniatures: The Magnificent Dollhouse, Mitchell-Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, VT
2024 Art Open House, Main Street Arts, Saxtons River, VT
2022 Small Works, Brumfield Gallery, Astoria, OR
2020 Earthly Kin, Playhouse Gallery, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
Herbarium, Invitational, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
2019 Birds and Beasts, Invitational, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
2018 Two-Person Exhibition with Helen O'Donnell, Michael S. Currier Gallery, The Putney School, Putney, VT
Froggwell Gardens Printmaking and Sculpture Exhibition, Invitational, Freeland, WA
Masquerade, Invitational, Abel Contemporary Gallery, Stoughton, WI
2017 Two-Person Exhibition: Vestiges of Beauty, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
Confluence: Botanical Art, Confluence Gallery, Readsboro, VT
2016 Beastiary, Invitational, Brackenwood Gallery, Langley, WA
Contemporary Printmaking, Invitational, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
The Putney School Faculty Show, Currier Gallery, Putney, VT
Froggwell Gardens Printmaking and Sculpture Exhibition, Invitational, Freeland, WA
2015 A Curious Bestiary, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
The Forgery Show, Invitational, Froggwell Gardens, Freeland, WA
2014 Print Facets, Invitational, The Curator Gallery, Chelsea, NYC (curated by Michelman Modern)
The Putney School Faculty Show, Michael S. Currier Gallery, Putney, VT
Twenty-Three Sisters, Invitational, Gallery 1308, Madison, WI
The Printed World: Artists as Visual Ecologists, Invitational, Overture Galleries, Madison, WI
2013 Two-Person Exhibition: Wunderkammer (with Jason Gray), Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
Small Pleasures, Brackenwood Gallery, Langley, WA
Small Works, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
The Beast Within, Invitational, Tory Folliard Gallery, Milwaukee, WI
The Blood is the Life, Invitational, Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA
2012 Froggwell Gardens Printmaking and Sculpture Exhibition, Invitational, Freeland, WA
Impressed, Helen Day Art Center, Stowe, VT
EX LIBRIS: Contemporary & Antique Book Plates, Invitational, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
Ossuary, Chazen Museum of Art, Madison, WI
2011 Buds, Blooms, & Berries: Plants in Science, Culture and Art, Invitational, Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA
Odalisque, Invitational, Artisan Gallery, Paoli, WI
Floras Neue Meister, Invitational, Forum Botanische Kunst, Thüngersheim, Germany
Beastly Prints: Modern Interpretations of the Art of the Bestiary, Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
The Beast In Me, Central Madison Public Library, Madison, WI
2010 Forum Botanische Kunst, Invitational, Thüngersheim, Germany
A Family Affair, three-person show, Brackenwood Gallery, Langley, WA
Froggwell Gardens Printmaking & Sculpture Exhibition, Invitational, Freeland, WA
Cribbs-Morrow-Cribbs, Family Show, Brackenwood Gallery, Langley, WA
Forward, juried exhibition of UW–Madison Graduate Students, Co-Prosperity Sphere, Chicago, IL
2009 Tieton International Print Art Invitational, Mighty Tieton & Goathead Press, Tieton, WA
Two-Person Exhibition with Helen O'Donnell, Catherine Dianich Gallery, Brattleboro, VT
Two-Person Exhibition, Twin Vixen Press, Studio Place Arts, Barre, VT
Momenta III, juried, Two Rivers Printmaking Studio, White River Junction, VT
Biennial Regional Jurors Choice Competition, juried, Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene, NH
2008 Two-Person Exhibition with Gerald Purdy, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Froggwell Gardens Printmaking and Sculpture Exhibition, Freeland, WA
12 x 12 x 12 Show, Invitational, Bayview Cash Store, Langley, WA
2007 Introductions 2007, Davidson Galleries, Seattle, WA
10th Annual Glass Invitational, Museo, Langley, WA
Froggwell Gardens Printmaking and Sculpture Exhibition, Freeland, WA
Print Arts, Invitational, University House at Wallingford, Seattle, WA
Springing Forth, three-person show, Bayview Gallery, Langley, WA
Torso Show, Invitational, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
2006 To Hold Within: Redefining the Container, Part 1, Waterworks Gallery, Friday Harbor, WA
Imprimo, juried print exhibit, Gallery 110, Seattle, WA
Pacific Northwest Printmakers in Florence, Lucia Douglas Gallery, Bellingham, WA
Froggwell Gardens Printmaking and Sculpture Exhibition, Invitational, Freeland, WA
Pacific Northwest Printmakers, Il Bisonte Gallery, Florence, Italy
Three-person show, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
Seattle Print Arts at CoCA, juried, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA
Janet Turner Print Competition, California State University, Chico, CA
2005 Trilateral Print Exchange Exhibition, Malaspina Printmakers' Society, Kanagawa, Japan
Two-Person Exhibition: Augmentations (with Dori Luthy-Harrison), Bayview Gallery, Langley, WA
Froggwell Gardens Printmaking and Sculpture Exhibition, Invitational, Freeland, WA
Cribbs Family Show, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
Graduation Show, Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC
2004 Italy By Seven, Invitational, Froggwell Gardens, Freeland, WA
The Sky is Falling, Invitational, The Concourse Gallery, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC
Two-Person Exhibition: Matrix (with Buffy Cribbs), Bayview Gallery, Langley, WA
Froggwell Gardens Printmaking and Sculpture Exhibition, Freeland, WA
Art by the Port, juried, Port Gallery, Anacortes, WA
Mardigras at Museo, Invitational, Museo Gallery, Langley, WA
2003 Art by the Port, Port Gallery, Anacortes, WA
Bookforms, juried, The Media Gallery, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC
2002 Intersections, two-person show with Sarah DeGraaf, Bayview Gallery, Langley, WA
Biopsy, Bennington College Advanced Printmaking Show, President's Gallery, Bennington, VT
2001 Northwest Bookfest, juried, Stadium Exhibition Center, Seattle, WA
Arches Second Biennial Student Print Exhibition, 808 Gallery, Boston University, Boston, MA
2000 Cribbs-Morrow-Cribbs, two-person show with Buffy Cribbs, Bayview Gallery, Langley, WA
Residencies
2026 Visiting Artist Residency, Colby College, Waterville, ME (March 9–12)
2026 Artist Residency, Zea Mays Printmaking, Florence, MA (February 3–16)
2008 Residency, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2006 Residency, Il Bisonte (printing facility), Florence, Italy
Lectures, Talks & Visiting Artist Engagements
2026 Unlearning the Right Answer: Printmaking, Intuition, and Making a Creative Life, Artist Talk, Colby College, Waterville, ME (March 9)
2013 Lecture, "Botanical Illustration," Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY (September 24)
Lecture, "Botanical Illustration," Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY (September 26)
Panel: "Illustration Conversation," Madison Book Festival, Madison, WI (with Lynda Barry, Chris Ware, and Ivan Brunetti)
2007 Presentation: "Briony Morrow-Cribbs: Etchings and Artist's Books — Journey of a Printmaker and Book Arts Collaborator," Vancouver Public Library, Vancouver, BC
Publications as Illustrator
2026 Sci-Fi Violence, by Josh Bell. Heavenly Monkey Editions (forthcoming).
2024 The Dunwich Horror, by H.P. Lovecraft. Heavenly Monkey Editions.
2021 Gory Details: Adventures from the Dark Side of Science, by Erika Engelhaupt. National Geographic. (Also adapted as a National Geographic bookazine.)
2019 Identifying Ferns the Easy Way: A Pocket Guide to Common Ferns of the Northeast, by Lynn Levine and Cliff Adler. Heartwood Press.
2017 Wicked Bugs: The Meanest, Deadliest, Grossest Bugs on Earth, by Amy Stewart. Algonquin Books.
2016 The Anarchist's Design Book, by Christopher Schwarz. Lost Art Press. (Copperplate etchings.)
2014 The End of the Sentence, by Maria Dahvana Headley and Kat Howard. Subterranean Press, Burton, MI. (Cover and dust jacket.)
"The Observant Gardener," by Constance Casey (online publication).
2013 Unnatural Creatures, edited by Neil Gaiman and Maria Dahvana Headley. Harper, New York.
2011 Wicked Bugs: The Louse That Conquered Napoleon's Army & Other Diabolical Insects, by Amy Stewart. Algonquin Books. (New York Times bestseller.)
2009 Wicked Plants: The Weed That Killed Lincoln's Mother and Other Botanical Atrocities, by Amy Stewart. Algonquin Books. (New York Times bestseller.)
2003 Cover image, Whidbey Telephone, Whidbey/Hat Island, WA.
Selected Editorial & Project Features
2026 Dark Mountain, Issue 29 — contributing artist (forthcoming).
2026 Zea Mays Printmaking Flat File Project — selected artist, Florence, MA.
2023 About Place Journal, Animals issue — featured artist.
Media & Press
2025 Podcast feature, Single Take: Curiosity, Making Problems podcast (Spotify).
2007 "2007 Grants for Artist Projects (GAP) Recipients," Artsource, Fall 2007, Vol. IX, No. 2, p. 17.
2006 Milroy, Rollin. "Quixotic Animals." Amphora: The Alcuin Society, No. 143, June 2006, p. 6.
Awards, Fellowships & Honors
2025 Award of Merit, Animalia juried exhibition, Fine Line Creative Arts Center, St. Charles, IL
2009–2012 University-Wide Fellowship, University of Wisconsin–Madison
2007 Artist Trust GAP Award, Seattle, WA
2004 Academic Achievement Scholarship, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC
Excellence Award, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC
2003 Academic Achievement Scholarship, Emily Carr Institute, Vancouver, BC
2000 Bennington Scholarship, Bennington College
Brockway Faculty Scholarship, Bennington College
Teaching
2014–2018 Faculty, The Putney School, Putney, VT
2014–2017 Faculty, River Gallery School, Brattleboro, VT
2015 Part-time Faculty, Smith College, Northampton, MA
Part-time Faculty, Community College of Vermont, Springfield, VT
2012–2014 Part-time Faculty, University of Wisconsin–Madison
2010–2011 Teaching Assistant / Instructor of Record (Introduction to Drawing), University of Wisconsin–Madison
2008–2009 Instructor (Beginning and Advanced Etching Workshops), Twin Vixen Press, Brattleboro, VT
2008 Instructor (Beginning Bookbinding), River Gallery School, Brattleboro, VT
Professional Experience
2017–present Owner, Morrow-Cribbs Artworks — illustration and design services, East Dummerston, VT
2008–present Co-founder and Proprietor, Twin Vixen Press — intaglio printmaking studio (sole proprietor since 2018)
2005–2008 Owner, Cribbs-Morrow Artworks — professional services for artists, Freeland, WA
Software & Technical
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign. Production-ready vector preparation for print, signage, and fabrication. Multi-plate aquatint etching, copperplate engraving, drypoint, relief printing, watercolor, pen and ink.