ANYA SPIELMAN
Born: Berkeley, CA 1966
EDUCATION:
1989 B.A. in Art Studio/Minor in Anthropology, University of California, Davis, CA
AWARDS:
2022 The film, "Inside the Mind of Anya Spielman," by Lauri Levenfeld/Grace Wethor was nominated for Best Art Direction at the La Jolla International Fashion Film Festival.
2019 Residency at the Château d'Orquevaux, France and recipient of the Denis Diderot Fellowship (June 2020).
2013 Joan Mitchell Foundation Award Nominee, New York, NY
2007 US EMBASSY American Artists Abroad Program, Montevideo, Uruguay. Selected as an Art-Ambassador to exhibit and teach in Montevideo.
2000 Vermont Studio Center Artist’s Grant
1998 Artists Council Award, Palm Springs Desert Museum; “29th Annual Juried Exhibition.” Juror: Janet Bishop – Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture at SFMOMA.
1994 Nominated by Wayne Thiebaud for the American Academy & Institute of Arts and Letters, New York, NY
FILM:
2021 "Inside the Mind of Anya Spielman" by Lauri Levenfeld/Grace Wethor
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2019 Badass Color, Two Person Exhibition with Jessica Snow, Le Pavé D'Orsay, Paris, France
2012 Naughty Cream, Window Project, PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR
2010 New Works, 618 NW Glisan St., Portland, OR
2007 Stung, Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2007 New York Series-Falling, Caffe Museo, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
2002 New Work, 108 Bowery, New York, NY
1997 Beneath," Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1996 Science/Art Synthesis, The Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
1994 Memory Stones, Stanford Faculty Club, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
1994 New Works, Albany Arts Gallery, Albany, CA
1993 Archeology of Mind, Shenandoah Gallery, Plymouth, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2023 Affordable Art Fair NYC, C Thomas Projects by IdeelArt, New York, NY
2022 Affordable Art Fair NYC, C Thomas Projects by IdeelArt, New York, NY
2022 "Comme un léger contretemps…" International Painting Exhibition La Grange Gallery, Cernay-Lès-Reims, France (Catalogue)
2022 "CODEORANGE Exhibition," Robert Berman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2020 Grey/Gray (Matter), Divisible Projects, Dayton, OH
2020 2 Day Acclaimed Los Angeles Artists show, LSH CoLab, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Biennale of International Reductive and Non Objective Art, Sydney, Australia. Curated by Billy Gruner.
2019 RNOP, Five Walls Projects, Melbourne, Australia. Curated by Billy Gruner.
2017 Black Box, Boeckercontemporary, Heidelberg, Germany. On tour to: Künstlerhaus Saar, Saarbrücken Germany, to the La 'S' Grand Atelier, Vielsalm Belgium, the Faux Mouvement, Centre
d'art contemporain, Metz France and the Casino Luxemburg, Forum d'art contemporain, Luxemburg.
2017 Shapeshifting Superheavies, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA. Curated by Jessica Snow. (Online Catalogue)
2017 A Call To Action, Kustera Projects Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
2016 The Great California Art Movement, 1960s-1990s: UC Davis Fine Art Alumni Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA (Catalogue)
2016 It Waits Upon the Lawn, t project, Portland, OR
2014 Select Fair NYC, New York, NY
2013 Gallery Favorites, Murdoch Collections, Portland, OR
2012 Prints for PICA, Portland, OR
2012 Flat Files Show, White Box Gallery, New York, NY
2011 Prints for PICA, Portland, OR
2011 Frank Shell Tour, Portland, OR
2010 Prints for PICA, Portland, OR
2009 Prints for PICA, Portland, OR
2009 TALENT PReVIEW ’09 5 Curators, 5 Gallerists Select 5 Artists Each, White Box Gallery, New York, NY
2008 Aqua Art Miami, Miami, FL
2008 Art Fair 21, Cologne, Germany
2008 Art Now, New York, NY
2007 Red Dot Fair, Michael Rosenthal Contemporary Art, Miami, FL
2007 Bridge Art Fair, London, UK (Catalogue)
2007 American Embassy, Art in Embassies Program, Montevideo, Uruguay
2006 Toybox Holiday Benefit, White Box Gallery, at Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
2004 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Auction, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue)
2003 Groundswell Benefit, White Columns Gallery, New York, NY
2002 POP Culture Road Show, NY, Miami, Chicago
2002 Lucky Draw, Deitch Projects, New York, NY
2002 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Auction, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue)
2001 Art Miami, Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, FL
2001 Palm Springs International Art Fair, Palm Springs, CA
2001 LA Modernism Show, Santa Monica, LA
2000 Gallery Artists' Exhibition, Art Smart, San Francisco, CA
1998 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Auction, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue)
1998 Lef Foundation/Villa Mein Exhibition, Yountville, CA
1998 29th Annual Juried Exhibition, Palm Springs Desert Museum, Palm Springs, CA Juror: Janet Bishop-Associate Curator of Painting and Sculpture at SFMOMA; Artists Council Award.
1997 Art is Vital Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
1996 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Auction, SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA (Catalogue)
1996 Painting Exhibition, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1996 US Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
1995 Oscar Wilde: A Man of Great Importance, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 Artists Salon, Lecture/Exhibition given to SFMOMA
1995 Introductions, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 Status Report: Seven Years of Artist Projects/Programs/Exhibitions, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1995 US Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
1995 Breakfast at the Galleries, with the opening of new SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA
1995 The Figure, John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
1994 Homage to the Bard, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 Art Los Angeles 1994, The International Contemporary Art Fair, Los Angeles, CA
1994 New Images, Center for the Visual Arts, Oakland, CA Juror: Phil Linhares, Curator of the Oakland Museum of Art
1994 Bay Area Women Artists' Exhibition, Agnes Bourne Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1994 US Art Fair, San Francisco, CA
1994 LA Modernism Show, Santa Monica, CA
1994 Crocker Art Auction Exhibition, Live Auction, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
1993 The Walter Buehler Gallery, Davis, CA
1992 UC Davis Alumni and Faculty Exhibition, the Walter Buehler Gallery, Davis, CA
1992 The Weir Gallery, Berkeley, CA
1989 Crocker Art Auction Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
2022 "Comme un léger contretemps…," Catalogue by La Grange Gallery, International Painting Exhibition curated by Ludovic Dervillez, Cernay-Lès-Reims, France (June)
2017 "Shapeshifting Superheavies," NIAD - Catalogue by Jessica Snow, essay by Scott Hewicker, Richmond, CA (March)
2017 Price, Kimberly Gail, The Red Hook Star + Review, "Protest Art in Red Hook" (March)
2017 Martin, Alison, Artefuse, "A CALL TO ACTION at Kustera Projects," (March)
2014 Paintings featured in The Oregonian – Tower house in NW Portland inspired by medieval Scottish lookout (Portland Modern Home Tour) – (March 26)
2014 Paintings featured in The New York Times – Great Homes & Destinations – Tower House. Portland, OR (January, 3)
2013 Painting featured in The New York Times – Great Homes & Destinations – “Putting Their Stamp on It” Slide #6 (October, 17)
2010 New Museum’s Bowery Artist Tribute -- http://mediaspace.newmuseum.org/boweryartisttribute/ NY, NY
2008 Bogert, Rachael, "Cutural Bridge" UC Davis Magazine Spring p.37
2007 “ART in Embassies Exhibition: Montevideo, Uruguay,” Catalogue prepared by the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., September 2007. (pp 26--27)
2007 Bridge Art Fair, London, UK, Catalogue (p.95)
2001 Zweig, Linda, SFMOMA Modern Art Council Newsletter - Art Scene (November)1996 Moyle, Marilyn, The Davis Enterprise, "Abstract Art is Blossoming at Area Galleries" (March)
1996 Wilson, Karen, The California Aggie, "Pence Gallery Blends Art, Science in Exhibit" (February)
1995 Moyle, Marilyn, The Davis Enterprise, Weekend Feature Section – "Exhibit Shows Variety is the Spice of Life and Art" (February)
1994 Stanford Campus Report (September)
1994 Berkeley Voice – Front Page of Scene Section (May)
LECTURES:
1996 Artist’s Lecture, Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
1996 Studio visit by the Oakland Museum of Art, Oakland, CA
1996 Studio visit by the Stanford Museum of Art, Stanford, CA
1995 Artist’s Salon, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
1995 Studio visit by M.H. de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA
1994 Studio visit by San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
SLIDE REGISTRIES:
The Drawing Center, New York, NY
Irving Sandler Artists File, Artists Space, New York, NY
COLLECTIONS:
Permanent Collection of the U.S. Embassy, Monterrey, Mexico, Art in Embassies, US Department of State.
Wayne Thiebaud, Sacramento, CA
U.S. Ambassador Frank Baxter & Mrs. Baxter
John Natsoulas Gallery, Davis, CA
Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
Pence Gallery, Davis, CA
Numerous Private Collections
MEDIA:
2023 "Rising Stars: Meet Anya Spielman," VOYAGE LA
2022 "Meet Anya Spielman / Visual Artist," SHOUTOUT LA
2022 "Meet Artist, Anya Spielman," The Style That Binds Us
2021 Interview with Anna De La Rosa, "Meet Anya Spielman - Entrepreneur + Visual Artist
2006 The Motion Picture, “Puccini for Beginners”
2004 Images of paintings featured in interiors of Emmy winning television show, “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” exhibited in the Hollywood Museum of Television.
2004 The Reality Television show, “The Bachelorette”
2004 The Motion Picture, “Imaginary Heroes”
2004 American Express Commercial
2004 The Reality Television show, “The Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”
2003 The Reality Television show, “The Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”
2002 Time Warner Commercial
BOOKS:
2004 “The Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,” by Clarkson-Potter, p.151