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Born, Boston, MA. Lives and works in Peterborough, NH. |
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EDUCATION
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| 2000 | California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA. M.F.A. | |
| 1995 | Brown University, Providence, RI, B.A., Magna Cum Laude | |
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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| 2009 | Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York NY As the Stars Go By, Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA |
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| 2008 |
Endings, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY As the Stars Go By, Thacher Gallery, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA While, OKOK Gallery, Seattle, WA Look to the Heaven, Elizabeh Leach Gallery, Portland, OR |
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| 2007 | Burned Out by the Rising Sun, University Art Museum, California State University, Long Beach, CA | |
| 2006 | As the Stars Go By, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2005 | Suggested North Points, University Art Museum,
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA Black and White, Shades of Gray, Lizabeth Oliveria Galler, Los Angeles, CA |
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| 2004 |
Point of View, Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, CA West and East, Curated by Arnold J. Kemp, J.P. Morgan Chase Project Space, San Francisco, CA |
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| 2003 | MATRIX 207/ Suggested North Points, Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, CA | |
| 2002 | Introductions 2002, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA | |
| 2001 |
Via, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA Migrations, Project Space, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA |
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SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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| 2009 | Post Memory: Makeshift Memorials in Contemporary Art, Curated by Yaelle Amir, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY Arps Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies , Schneider Museum of Art, Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR Transpositions , Curated by Laura Janku, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| 2008 | Works from the Permanent Collection, Museum of
Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI In the Private Eye, Curated by Yaelle Amir, ISE Cultural Foundation, New York, NY Making History, Curated by Yaelle Amir, Jeff Bailey Gallery, New York, NY |
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| 2007 | Curated by Lawrence Rinder, Elizabeth Leach Gallery,
Portland, OR Material Pursuits, Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT California College of the Arts: 100 Years in the Making, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA Contexture, Space 301, Mobile, Alabama |
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| 2006 | Juxtapositions (2): View-Vista-Perspective,
Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY The Searchers, Curated by Patricia Maloney, The White Box, New York, NY Prevailing Climate, Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York, NY Pulse 2006, 1708 Gallery, Richmond, VA Soft Threatening: Artwork of the Modern Domestic, Bumbershoot Arts Festival, Seattle Center, Seattle, WA |
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| 2005 | Bay Area Now 4, Yerba Buena Center for the
Arts, San Francisco, CA Mental Maps, Curated by Kate Green, Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Long Island City, NY Practice Makes Perfect: Bay Area Conceptual Craft, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA |
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| 2004 | Topographies, Pasadena Museum of California
Art, Pasadena, CA Astonishing Knowledge, Curated by Claire Barliant, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY Topographies, San Francisco Art Institute Walter and McBean Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| 2003 | Preservation, Digital Exhibition Curated by
Hillary Wiedemann, Artists Space, New York, NY Sewn Together, Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco, CA Close Calls: An Exhibition of California Art, Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA |
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| 2002 | Maps and Charts, Penrose Gallery, Tyler School
of Art, Philadelphia, PA Conceptual Color: In Albers' Afterimage, The Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, CA High Tech/ Low Tech Hybrids: Art in a Digital Age, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, CA Night Skies and Imaginary Coordinates: The Artist as Navigator, Palo Alto Art Center, Palo Alto, CA Commission 02, San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| 2001 | Emerge, GenArtSF, San Francisco, CA Mapping, Works Gallery, San Jose, CA Body: Inner and Outer Landscapes, Balazo Gallery, San Francisco, CA |
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| 2000 | Bay Area Selections: The Annual Ernie Kim Award,
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA Point of Departure, California College of the Arts and Crafts MFA Exhibition, San Francisco, CA It Can Change, 2000, Curated by John Hoppin and Anthony Marcellini, 3012 Harrison, Oakland, CA Annual Invitational Auction, Renwick Gallery, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. |
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RESIDENCIES AND AWARDS
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| 2007 | Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Biennial Award Recipient | |
| 2002 | Artist in Residence, New Hampshire Committee Fellowship | |
| 2001 | Lead Artist for the Artist Residency Program, San Francisco,
CA Affiliate Artist, Sausalito, CA |
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| 2000 | M.F.A. Studio Award Recipient, Sausalito, CA | |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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| 2007 | Mizota, Sharon. "Artist's Profile: Anna Von Mertens," Art Ltd., May 2007, p.71 LaBate, Lynn. "Under Starry Skies," Burned Out by the Rising Sun exhibition brochure essay, University Art Museum, Cal State Long Beach, 2007. Hemmings, Jessica. "Reeling in the Years," Selvedge, issue number 15, p. 58-61. Bing, Alison. "Watch This Space: SF's Art Stars," 7 x 7, May 2007, p. 107. Amir, Yaelle. Review of As the Stars Go By at Jack Hanley Gallery, ArtUS, Jan/Feb 2007, issue 16, p. 18Hung, Shu & Joseph Magliaro, editors. By Hand: the Use of Craft in Contemporary Art. New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2007, p. 154 - 159. |
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| 2006 | Cotter, Holland. "Art in Review: Prevailing Climate,"
New York Times, August 11: B30. Zuckerman Jacobson, Heidi. "Belief and Doubt" catalog essay, Aspen Art Museum. |
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| 2005 | Woodward, Josef. "Anna Von Mertens at University
Art Museum, UCSB," Art Week, October: 18. Baker, Kenneth. "Review, BAN4," San Francisco Chronicle, July 30. Winn, Steven. "When Horror Hits Home," San Francisco Chronicle, August 4. Donelan, Charles. "Sewn Together," The Independent, July 21: 49. Hemmings, Jessica. "Anna Von Mertens: Black and White, Shades of Gray," Embroidery, July/August: 51. Huston, Johnny Ray. "Snapshots," The San Francisco Bay Guardian, July 13: 38. Knight, Christopher. "A Debate Put to Rest," Los Angeles Times, February 18: E29. Orden, Abraham. "Circus Without a Tent," www.artnet.com, February. Hemmings, Jessica. "Anna Von Mertens: Conceptual Craft," Surface Design Journal, Winter: 26-29. |
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| 2004 | Frank, Peter. "Natural Wonders: A Look Beneath
the Surface of a California Landscape Exhibit," Frontdesk,
Summer: 110-111. KQED Public Television. "Needlework," Spark, First aired May 26. Barliant, Claire. "Astonishing Knowledge," Center for Curatorial Studies Thesis, Bard College. |
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| 2003 | Spalding, David. "Anna Von Mertens at the Berkeley
Museum of Art," Flash Art, October: 118-119. Alba, Victoria. "Anna Von Mertens: Suggested North Point," Fiberarts, November/December: 58-59. Parker, Susan. "Existential Quilting? Yes, and Von Mertens does it," Oakland Tribune, August 29: L1. Baker, Kenneth. "Artist Anna Von Mertens has Quilting Down to a Science at the Berkeley Art Museum," San Francisco Chronicle, August 9: D1. Baker, Kenneth. "New Threads at Lind," San Francisco Chronicle, April 12: D10. Bling, Alison. "Sew Complex," SFGate.com, April 10-16. Westbrook, Linsey. "Sewn Together: Graphic Uses of Thread," Critics Choice, The San Francisco Guardian, April 2: 77. Koppman, Debra. "Sewn Together: Graphic Uses of Thread," Previews, Artweek, March: 25. |
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| 2002 | Rapko, John. "Night Skies and Imaginary Coordinates:
The Artist as Navigator at the Palo Alto Art Center," Artweek,
September: Vol. 33, Issue 7, 13-14. Fowle, Kate. "San Francisco," Contemporary, June-August: 116. Wetter, Terri D. "Brave New Works: Making Art in the Digital Age," Diablo Arts Magazine, April-June: 16-20. |
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| 2001 | Spalding, David. "Anna Von Mertens at Southern Exposure," Artweek, April: 19-20. | |