INNOVATIVE FINE ART IN SANTA FE AND DURANGO

Featured Artist: Hib Sabin

Hib Sabin is a distinguished American sculptor and educator renowned for his evocative carvings that explore the intersection of myth, spirit, and transformation. Working primarily in juniper wood and bronze, Sabin creates masks, spirit canoes, and animal-human hybrids that draw from global shamanic traditions. His art reflects a deep engagement with the spiritual narratives of diverse cultures, including Indigenous Australians, the Hadza of Tanzania, and curanderos of Mexico. Sabin holds a BFA from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA from the University of Pittsburgh. After a career in academia, he transitioned to full-time sculpture in 1991 and has since exhibited widely across the United States. Based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Sabin's work continues to inspire with its profound connection to the universal human experience.

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Hib Sabin

Raven Song Fetish

Bronze Sculpture
Item No. 22310

Hib Sabin

The Dance: Black Raven

Bronze Sculpture
Item No. 22075

Hib Sabin

The Dance: White Raven

Bronze Sculpture
Item No. 22074

Hib Sabin

Master of the Dance

Bronze Sculpture
Item No. 22073

Hib Sabin

Raven Coyote Spirit Canoe

Bronze Sculpture
Item No. 22072

Hib Sabin

Repose

Bronze Sculpture
Item No. 21973

Hib Sabin

Eagle Talking Stick

Glass Sculpture
Item No. 21742

Hib Sabin

Raven Ritual Bowl

Bronze Sculpture
Item No. 21667

Hib Sabin

Owl Ritual Bowl

Bronze Sculpture
Item No. 21666

Hib Sabin

Coyote and Wolf Spirit Canoe

Bronze Sculpture
Item No. 21598

About Hib Sabin

Hib Sabin was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1935. His accolades include degrees in Fine Arts from the University of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia's Academy of Fine Arts, an MFA degree from the University of Pittsburgh, and a teaching career at both Dickinson College and Franklin & Marshall College. Since 1981, he has lived and worked out of Santa Fe, New Mexico.

His work begins as a juniper wood carving and is inspired by his interests in shamanism, animism, legend, and mythology. Having traveled the world extensively, he mingles cultures, traditions, stories, religions, and arts together, melding them into a craft honoring creative and spiritual natures. His forms are mythical and dream-like, evoking energies of ritual artifacts that encourage the viewer to go beyond what one sees. His deep love of nature and animals comes through his symbols, and he is particularly interested in the symbolism of bears, wolves, ravens, and owls, as they appear in many of his works.

Ultimately, Hib Sabin's spiritual sculptures explore a bonding between man and nature.