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Art, Black Culture, Books, Chicago, Interview, On November 13, 2019
Chicago’s Author And Artist John Sibley
by David Smallwood

Prolific artist and author John Sibley
John Sibley is an author of eight books and an artist with over 100 paintings to his credit who counts Walter Payton, Mayor Richard Daley, Mike Tyson, basketball player John Salley and the South Side Community Art Center as some of the collectors of his artwork.
Sibley’s first book, Bodyslick, is a sci-fi novel about harvesting body parts in the Black community, among other things. His latest tome is called Riding The A-Train With Einstein. Sibley is also a Vietnam vet, an advocate for the homeless, and a bit of a Renaissance man.
We chatted recently with John about his life and work.

N’DIGO: Background, please.
John Sibley: I grew up on Chicago’s West Side, South Side, and in Robbins, Illinois. Graduated from Eisenhower High School and was raised in a blue-collar household. My father was a factory foreman and my mother a classic 1950s housewife.
We lived in the LeClaire Courts projects on the Southwest Side. My father played boogie-woogie on his Grand Steinway piano and was offered a gig with ...

BFA (SAIC ) SCHOOL OF THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO 1994

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