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1. And So Exists a Safe Place
     Kalogris Sculpture Garden, Devault, PA
     Materials: PA black granite
     Dimensions: 8' d x 4' h
2. I.M. Pei Sculpture Garden: A Tribute
     Society Hill Towers, Philadelphia, PA
     Materials: Bench and sundial, Cipollino and Carrara
     marble; bluestone foundation
     Site dimensions: 13.6' d
3. Urorboros, entry plaza, walkway and sculptures: image shows students
     seated on granite hilltop sculpture - plaza sculpture in distance
     Pinney Hall, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
     Materials: Stoney Creek granite and concrete
     Total site dimensions: 48' w at bldg. entry x 75' l
     Sculpture dimensions: from 8' to 10' h and 8' to 16' w
 4. Urorboros, aerial view of walkway and hilltop sculpture
5. Addison
     Private commission for inner-city garden in Philadelphia
     Materials: limestone, shell stone, red sandstone
     Dimensions: 8' h x 8' w x 4' d
6. Awakening
     Collection of Grounds for Sculpture, Sculpture Park and Museum, Hamilton, NJ
     Materials: marble, slate, limestone, red sandstone
     Dimensions: 8' h x 11' w x 5.4' d
7. A Course in Change
     General Services Administration (GSA) Federal Building, San Antonio, TX
     Materials: 4 types limestone, marble, slate, red sandstone
     Total site dimensions: 135' x 78'
8. Copula
     Barrett Collection, Dallas, TX
     Materials: marble, slate, red sandstone, limestone
     Dimensions: 8' h x 10' w x 5.4' d
     Sculpture dimensions: 11' h x 11' w x 11' d
9. Runic Bridge
     Private commission, Waxahachie, TX
     Materials: Carrara marble, Cipollino marble, slate
     Dimensions: 8.6' h x 11' w x 5.6' d
10. Runic Bridge, detail
11. Soothsayer
       Materials: limestone, slate, red sandstone
       Dimensions: 84" h x 44" w x 36" d
12. Soothsayer, detail
13. Nusolaris, detail
       Private commission, Seattle, WA
       Materials: 5 types limestone, slate, copper
       Dimensions: 7' h x 5' w x 3' d
14. Djed Fountain
       Private commission, Columbus, OH
       Materials: Carrara marble, Cipollino marble
       Dimensions: 54" h x 54" w x 54" d
15. Cantilever Table
       Private commission, Columbus, OH
       Materials: slate, shellstone, limestone
       Dimensions: 24" h x 36" w x 36" d

Contact Information
tel: 267-372-5700
e-mail: jillsablosky@aol.com
Please contact artist for purchases, commissions, etc.

Artist Statement
Stone is my inspiration and medium. My passion for stone has brought me to explore and live in the landscape/stonescape of the Italian Apuane in Tuscany where I have lived intermittently for the last 25 years, on a wildlife preserve in the fossil stone regions of Texas, in Connecticut along the granite shoreline and in the Philadelphia area where I was born and have returned to live and work in the past year. Stones quarried from these locations are integral to my work, which is specific to the sites for both private commissions and public art projects. Italian marble, Pennsylvania granite and slate, Connecticut granite, and Texas limestone and sandstone are brought together in many projects. These landforms are an expression of my journey.

Stone has been my continual connection to nature, and the substance with which I communicate thoughts and concerns for the human condition. I have worked to create a language in stone which is in part referential, a blending of person, place, and animal -- capturing the spirit of all. This form is both architectonic and organic in nature. It is measured, carved, cut, and built to endure. Some stones remain raw and unfinished when the stone demands to be left untouched. In this sense, the stone becomes context and content. Each installation has a story relating to the place and its participants. These stories or themes compound during the process. The joining of the stones is not only a means of physical connection, yet also a metaphor for layers of relationship, both psychological and metaphysical.

Education
1979
University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
MFA, Sculpture

1976
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
BA, Studio Art, minor in Art History

Bibliography
Who's Who of American Women, 23rd edition, Marquis, 2002-2003

Creative Thinking in Photoshop, A New Approach to Digital Art, Sharon Steuer, New Riders Press, 2002
pp. 196-200 (simulations of sculptures in a variety of landscapes)

Newark Star Ledger, November 28, 1997, p. 32 . review by Dan Bischoff
Stone: A Group Exhibition at Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ

SCULPTURE Magazine
September 1997, Commissions-in-Brief (on A Course in Change, GSA Federal Building, San Antonio, TX)
September/October 1988, In the News, p.12 (on exhibition award in Dallas, TX)
September/October 1987, "An Ocean'’s Perspective," p. 46 (on Beaver College/Arcadia University exhibition/ purchase)

Who's Who of American Women, Marquis, 1995-1996 edition

San Antonio Express News December 11, 1995, Arts section: A Course in Change, GSA Federal Building, San Antonio, TX

Aura Magazine Fort Worth, TX, March/April 1992, p. 34, "Art to Live In"

Fort Worth Star Telegram
December 13, 1989, photo essay of recent sculpture
June 11, 1989 review, Hughes-Trigg Gallery, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX
March 23, 1989 review, solo sculpture exhibit, Contract Design Center, Dallas, TX
November 13, 1988, Janet Tyson, "Women Who Are Artists"
September 21, 1988, Janet Tyson, review, Art in the Metroplex

Designers West Magazine, July 1989, p. 128 photograph of Space Table

Alcade Magazine, University of Texas at Austin, May 1989

Dallas Downtown News, March 20, 1989 photograph of The Necessary Opera, Contract Design Center, Dallas TX

WRR-FM Radio Dallas/Fort Worth, TX
Oct. 24, 1988, Lawson Taitte, review, The Crescent Gallery, Dallas, TX
July 26, 1988, Lawson Taitte, review, Excellence 88, Plaza of the Americas, Dallas TX

Dallas Times Herald July 16, 1988, Ann Jarmusch, "Sculptors of Excellence"

Dallas Morning News July 16, 1988, Janet Kutner, "Excellence '88"

Visual Literacy - Guide to the Visual Arts and Communication textbook, pp.. 137, 141, 147
author - Deborah Curtiss, 1987, Prentice Hall, Inc.

Public Art Projects

2004
Continuum The School of Social Work, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Current project: Granite sculptural environment in wooded site near building

2003
I. M. PEI Sculpture Garden: A Tribute Society Hill Towers,
Philadelphia, PA
Marble sundial and bench surrounded by landscaped garden

2001
16th Street Courtyard - SEPTA Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
Authority Percent for Art Program - Suburban Station Renovations, Philadelphia, PA
Project Finalist: 4,000 sq.ft. outdoor sunken garden

Gathering Plainville Public Library, Plainville, CT Conneticut Percent for Art Program
Project Finalist: outdoor granite sitting/gathering area

2000
Philadelphia International Airport - International Arrivals Hall
Philadelphia Office of Arts and Culture: Percent for Art Program
Project Finalist

1998-1999
Uroboros Pinney Hall, Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT
Connecticut Commission on the Arts: Art in Public Spaces
Granite sculptures, granite and concrete benches and walkways

1998
New Primate Center: The Philadelphia Zoo Philadelphia Office of Arts and Culture
Project Finalist: outdoor walkway and sculpture

1994-1995
A Course in Change General Services Administration, Federal Building, San Antonio, TX
Stone sculpture and concrete walkways

1993
Harrisburg Proposal Market Street State Office Building, Harrisburg, PA
Pennsylvania Department of General Services Percent for Art Project
Project Finalist: Entry plaza sculpture

Wall sculpture Sartain Street, Center City, Philadelphia, PA
Redevelopment Authority of Philadelphia Percent for Art Program

Scottsdale Cultural Council Civic Center Plaza
Police Headquarters/Municipal Court Building, Scottsdale, AZ
Project Finalist: outdoor sculpture

Public and Corporate Collections
Arcadia University/Beaver College, Wyncote, PA
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ
Glen Rose Historical Commission, Glen Rose, TX
John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, TX
Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
World Trade Center, Dallas Market Center, Dallas, TX

Selected Exhibition

2004
Gallery in the Garden 6, Toginini Garden, Hawk Mountain, PA

Sticks and Stones: the making of a sculpture garden, Kalogris Sculpture Garden, Devault, PA

2002
Art in the Garden, Wilber & King, Guilford, CT

1998
Stone: A Group Exhibition, Grounds for Sculpture Museum and Sculpture Park, Hamilton, NJ
Catalogue available

1996
Galleria D'Arte La Subbia, Pietrasanta, Italy

1994
Incontri D'Arte, Galleria D'Arte La Subbia, Pietrasanta, Italy

1993
Form/Function Furniture, D-ART Visual Art Center, Dallas, TX

1992
Red River Hera, Outdoor installation of stone sculpture in conjunction with the 14th International Sculpture Conference, Sheraton Society Hill Hotel, Philadelphia, PA

Emerging Forms, Creative Artists Network, Philadelphia, PA

Gallery Artists Exhibition, William Campbell Contemporary Art,
Fort Worth, TX

1989 - 1990
A Century of Sculpture in Texas 1889-1989, traveling exhibition, Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, TX; Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, TX; San Angelo Museum of Art, San Angelo, TX; Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX
Curators: Becky Duval Reese, Director, El Paso Museum of Art; and Patricia D. Hendricks
Catalogue available