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.