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Artist Profile
Anna West
NY, USA
NY, USA
Website: west.artplaces.com
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Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2008 Gas Gallery, Poughkeepsie NY
- 2007 “Cowgirls 2,” Brik Gallery, Catskill NY
- 2007 “Small Works Show,” Cthonic Clash, Beacon NY
- 2003 Boreas Gallery, Holland Tunnel, and Space 101, Williamsburg Bridge 100th Year Party
- 2003 “Last Call,” Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn NY
- 2002 “The Garden Show,” Augusta GA
- 2000 “Millennial Fever,” Lowe Gallery, Hudson Guild, New York NY
- 2000 “The Great Still Life Adventure,” Scottsdale AZ
- 2000 “Creating in Brooklyn,” Brooklyn Historical Society, Brooklyn NY
- 1999 “The Passion/Passions of Art,” Richard Anderson Fine Arts, New York NY
- 1999 “Photocopier Art: an Exploration,” Shepherd College WV
- 1999 Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester MA
- 1999 “New York City Centennial,” Holland Tunnel, Brooklyn NY
- 1998 “New American Photography,” L Gallery, Moscow, Russia
- 1998 “Object & Photo,” Eklektikos Gallery, Washington DC
- 1997 “Freedom within Limits,” Rockefeller Center, International Building, New York NY
- 1996 4th International Biennial, State Museum of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 1996 “Abstraction II,” DOSHI Center for Contemporary Art, Harrisburg PA
- 1995 International Photogravure-Graphics Studio, Tampa FL
- 1994 “Passion,” Peconic Gallery, Riverhead NY
- 1993 “Williamsburg Photographers,” 612 Gallery, Brooklyn NY
- 1992 “Salon of the Mating Spiders,” Test Site, Brooklyn NY
- 1992 “Heroism” Peconic Gallery, Riverhead NY
- 1991 “The Shredded Money Show,” Minor Injury Gallery, Brooklyn NY
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Selected Solo and Two-Person Exhibitions
- 2009 "Paintings: Anna West," Alternative Books, Kingston NY
- 2007 "Experience Shared," Muddy Cup, Catskill NY
- 2001 "Hearts on Snow," Abrons Gallery, Henry Street Settlement, New York NY
- 1999 "Paper Chase," Shepherd College, Shepherdstown WV
- 1997 "Recent Photography," Pagoda Art Gallery, Reading PA
- 1993 "Photography," Right Bank Gallery, Brooklyn NY
Public Art Projects
- 2010 Studies of ice and snow, food coloring on icicles and snow in public places
- 2005 Christo's and Jeanne-Marie's Gates Project (monitor)
- 2003 Organized and curated paintings of the Williamsburg Bridge at 20 Williamsburg galleries for the Bridge's 100th Birthday Party
- 1996-2010 "Hearts on Snow"- Hearts painted on snow and photographed in New York City, in Akron, Ohio, and in Saint Petersburg, Russia
- 2000 "Creating in Brooklyn," Brooklyn Historical Society, workshop artist
- 1998 Three indoor murals and one outdoor mural at P.S. 206 in Queens NY
Awards and Grants
- 1998 Grant from Change Inc.
- 1996 Second place, "Abstraction II," DOSHI Center, Harrisburg PA (curated by John Ravenal, assistant curator of 20th-century art, Philadelphia Museum of Art)
- 1992 Photo etching scholarship and stipend, Manhattan Graphics, New York NY
Bibliography, Other
- 2005 Poughkeepsie Journal, 2/12/05 "The Gates, The People," interview
- 2003 NPR, Weekend Edition, June 22, Williamsburg Bridge, an artist's view of the bridge
- 2001 New York Times, February 4, City Section, illustration
- 1998 L Gallery, Moscow, catalogue, illustration
- 1996 Spatia Nova (catalogue, 4th International Biennial, Saint Petersburg, Russia)
- 1994 Reading Eagle Times, March 26, Reading PA, illustration
- "Passion" (catalogue, Peconic Gallery, Riverhead NY)
- Penthouse (Russian edition), April, "American Representational Art," illustration
- 1992 "Heroism" (catalogue, Peconic Gallery, Riverhead NY)
- 1990 New York Times, December 11, "Subterranean Subway Show," illustration
Related Experience
- 1995-2000 Darkroom teacher, Stuyvesant adult education, New York NY
- 1995-97 Photography teacher, adult education program, McBurney YMCA, New York NY
- 1993 Williamsburg Christmas parade organizer
- 1992-93 Conceived and produced the Williamsburg Arts Festival and Open Studios
- 1991 Photo Editor, Waterfront Week, Brooklyn NY
