Bio & Artist Statement

Maria Sisul (b.1998, Wisconsin) is a painter based in Beach Park, Illinois. Working primarily with acrylic on wood panel. Raised between the values of a large Midwestern family and a Croatian immigrant father, her work is rooted in an early awareness of labor, resilience, place, and the quiet rituals that structure daily life. Her inspiration recalls her grandparents’ farm with open horizons, weather and light dictating the mood and day ahead. 

Her process reflects the restraint and spatial logic of her design training with measured drawings and consideration of how people, object, and space relate to one another physically and psychologically. She holds a BFA in Industrial Design from the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, and her painting practice has developed through mentorship, continuing education, and self-directed study. 

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CV 

​2026

Solo Show "Posture of a Place" at McHenry County College Epping Gallery

Robert T. Wright Gallery Members Show - "Portrait"

2025

Robert T. Wright Gallery Recent Works - "Living Room Floor" Best in Show

2024

Robert T. Wright Gallery Recent Works - "Merrimac Ice Cream" Best in Show

2023

Skyway Juried Art Exhibition - "Aspen Drive Library" Award of Excellence

College of Lake County Student Show  - "Starbucks Reserve" Best in Show

Robert T. Wright Gallery Recent Works -  "Luka" Gallery Award

Oak Park Art League Semi-Annual Exhibition - "CLC Lobby"

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