Born 1967, Boston
Lives and works in New York

EDUCATION

1993

MFA, Columbia University, New York

1986

BFA, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2021

Karma, New York, Animals Birds Flowers Moons

2020

Karma, New York, Online Viewing Room, Watercolors
Parapet Real Humans, St. Louis, Missouri, Ann Craven: Pensée #59

2019

Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Rockland, Maine, Birds We Know
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, Promise (Birds for Chicago)

2018

Karma, New York, Sunset Moon
Nina Johnson, Miami, Snowbirds

2017

Southard Reid, London, Animals 1999-2017
Parapet Real Humans, St. Louis, Missouri, A Robin Singing, 2011

2016

Maccarone, New York,Hello, Hello, Hello

2015

Gallery Diet, Miami, I Like Blue
Southard Reid, London, Untitled (Palettes: Naked, Tagged), 2013-14

2014

Hannah Hoffman, Los Angeles, Ann Craven
Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France, TIME

2013

Maccarone, New York, Ann Craven
Southard Reid, London, Hello, Hello, Hello

2011

Southard Reid, London, Summer
39 Great Jones, New York, Reims Moon #1
Conduits (IT), ReMap3, Kerameikos-Metaxourgeio, Athens, Greece, Conceptual Romantic: Ann Craven
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland, Ann Craven: New Works
Maccarone, New York, Watercolors 2005-2010

2010

Maccarone Gallery, New York, Flowers
Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva, Ann Craven

2009

CIAP, Hasselt, Belgium, Shadows Moon
Conduits Gallery, Milan, Puff Puff
Galerie LHK, Paris, France, Golden Swamp Warbler

2008

Sculpture Center, New York, Against the Stream
Frac-Champagne-Ardenne; Reims, France, Shadows Moon
Delaware Center for Contemporary Art, Wilmington, Delaware, Snoom
Knoedler & Co., New York, Moon Birds
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, Moon Birds

2007

Mandrake, Los Angeles, Deer and Beer LA

2006

Galerie Catherine Bastide, Brussels, Ann Craven
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, Deer + Beer

2005

Angstrum Gallery, Dallas, Ann Craven
The New York Horticulture Society, New York, A Poppy is a Poppy is a Poppy

2004

Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Domestic, Los Angeles, After Nature
Galleria Paolo Curti / Annamaria Gambuzzi & Co., Milan
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York
Mario Diacono, Boston, This Way no This way, Aut Aut

2002

Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York
Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston

1998

Curt Marcus Gallery, New York
Gallery Ha Ha, Knoxville, Tennessee

1997

Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York

1995

Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2021

Nina Johnson, Miami, Vessels

2020

Adams and Ollman, Portland, Oregon, Eartha: Hayley Barker, Amy Bay, Mariel Capanna, Emma Cook, Ann Craven, Ka’ila Farrell-Smith, and Maureen St. Vincent
CHART, New York, IMPERFECT CLOCKS
The Pit, Los Angeles, Mirror-Gazing
Xippas, Geneva, Uplift
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas, Contemporary Art + Design: New Acquisitions

François Ghebaly, Los Angeles, Materia Medica
Karma, New York, (Nothing but) Flowers
New Release, New York, The Decameron 2, curated by Eric Ruschman

2019

Concord Art, Massachusetts, THE MOON: Eternal Pearl
Independent Art Fair, New York, Gertrude Abercrombie, Ann Craven, Nicolas Party, Matthew Wong

2018

Centre Pompidou-Metz, France, Painting the Night, curated by Jean-Marie Gallais
Tops Gallery, Memphis, Tennessee, Screen Door, curated by Hunter Braithwaite
Jack Hanley, New York, A Rose is a Rose is a Rose, curated by Nikki Malooff and Louis Fratino
Performance Ski, Aspen, Colorado, Sky Above Clouds, curated by Meredith Darrow and Olivia Davis
Nina Johnson, Miami, Of Purism, curated by Charlap Hyman & Herrero
Tripoli Gallery, Southampton, Night

2017

Rob Tufnell, Cologne, Pharmacy for Idiots, in association with Tanya Leighton,
The Institute of Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, Portland, American Genre: Contemporary Painting, curated by Michelle Grabner
Centre d’Art Contemporain la Halle des Bouchers, Vienne, France, Coquet Mais Pas Trop, Ann Craven, Armand Jalut, Neil Raitt, curated by Marc Bembekoff
Sargent’s Daughters, New York, The Coverly Set
Galerie Frank Elbaz, Paris, A Birthday Present As A Watch, curated by Julia Trotta
Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Quicktime

2016

University of Tennessee, School of Art, Knoxville, Limited Edition Art Box, project curated by Wade Guyton,
Meredyth Sparks and Josh Smith
Karma, Amagansett, New York, Before Midnight
Hannah Hoffman Gallery, Los Angeles, A Change of Heart, curated by Chris Sharp
Eric Firestone Gallery, East Hampton, New York, Fresh Cuts, curated by Agathe Snow and Eric Firestone
Marc Straus, New York, If Only Bella Abzug Were Here, curated by Tim Hawkinson
Shane Campbell, Chicago, Bramson, Craven, Gronemeyer, Lutes, Mack, Molzan, Morley
Gesso Artspace, Vienna, The Good The Bad The Ugly Part 3
Brand New Gallery, Milan, Imagine
Andrea Meislin Gallery, New York, BENE •F• ACTION, curated by Nicola Trezzi

2015

Kimmerich, Berlin, Structural Emotion, organized by Shane Campbell
L40, Berlin, Saturn Drive, organized by Renaud Regnery
Shane Campbell, Chicago, New Space Grand Opening
68Projects, Berlin, You Don’t Bring Me Flowers (The Mistress Project)

2014

Florence Loewy, Paris, Faire des Fleurs, curated by Camille Azaïs
Leslie Heller Workspace, New York, Pressed Flowers, curated by Catherine Howe
Shane Campbell, Chicago, New Image Painting
Retrospective Gallery, Basilica Hudson, New York, Ambulance Blues, curated by Erin Falls,
Ancient & Modern, London, A Poem For Raoul And Agnes, curated by Sherman Sam
Zach Feuer, New York, Don’t Look Now, curated by Jesse Greenberg and MacGregor Harp
Galerie Bernard Ceysson, Paris, Stars, a Bridge and Birds, Ann Craven and Marianne Vitale, curated by Yann Chevalier
Southard Reid, London, Staging Interruptions (The Stream of Life), curated by Sarina Basta and Mary Reinbold
Essex Flowers, New York, Personal Space

2013

Copertine d’Autore, La Triennale de Milano, Fondazione Corriere Della Sera, Milan, Cento
The Dairy Art Center, London, Island, curated by Sarina Basta,
The Green Gallery, Milwaukee, Beer, curated by Drew Heitzler,
Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France, Souvenir, curated by Lucie Fontaine
Michael Benevento, Los Angeles, Station Identification
White Columns, New York, The Cat Show, curated by Rhonda Lieberman
Galleria In Arco, Turin, Italy, Femminile Plurale, curated by Sara Boggio
Salvatore Ferragamo Museum, Florence, The Amazing Shoemaker, Fairy Tales About Shoes and Shoemakers
Eva Presenhuber, Zurich, 39greatjones, curated by Ugo Rondinone

2012

Collezione Maramotti, Reggio Emilia, Italy, Painting as a Radical Form, curated by Mario Diacono
Museé de L’Ardenne, Charleville-Mézières, France, La Fête Est Permanente #4, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne 2011-12 Aquisitions
Marianne Boesky, New York, Estate, curated by Lucie Fontaine
Galerie des Multiples, Paris, Sous Le Signe Du Cancer, curated by Olivier Mosset
Dickinson Gallery, New York, Howling at the Moon
Gladstone Gallery, New York, The Spirit Level, curated by Ugo Rondinone
Cluj Museum, Cluj, Romania, Modern Talking, curated by Nicola Trezzi
Fitzroy Gallery, New York, Just Ask Alice, curated by Amy Granat and Joao Simoes

2011

Espacio 1414, Santurce, Puerto Rico, Painting . . . E X P A N D E D, curated by Marysol Nieves
Centre For Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle [CSW Zamek], Warsaw, Four Rooms, curated by Ewa Gorządek, Helena Kontova, Giancarlo Politi, Nicola Trezzi
Harris Lieberman, New York, Heads with Tails, organized by West Street Gallery
Maruani & Noirhomme Gallery, Brussels, 8 Americans, organized by Keith Mayerson
Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway, Chaos As Usual, curated by Hanne Mugaas
Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, Kilkenny Arts Festival, organized by Josephine Kelliher
Non-Objectif Sud, Tulette, France, Ying Yang Music, in collaboration w/ Peter Halley, curated by Amy Granat
Maccarone, New York, The Medicine Bag, organized by Ellen Langan and Jasmine Tsou
La Fondation d’entreprise Ricard, Paris, Rituels
Painting Overall, Prague Biennale, Czech Republic, curated by Giancarlo Politi and Helena Kontova in collaboration with Nicola Trezzi
Harris Lieberman, New York, A Painting Show, curated by Laura Raicovich and Jessie Washburne-Harris
Vilma Gold, London, The Great White Way Goes Black
Karma International and Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich, HYSTERIA, LAUGHTER AND A SENSE OF SERIOUSNESS, conceived by Mareike Dittmer & Raphael Gygax
Drive-By, Watertown, Massachusetts, Oh Deer!, organized by Bk Projects

2010

Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, New York, Neo Integrity: Comics Edition, curated by Keith Meyerson
Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, Exhibition #3, organized by João Simões
Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, Painting Panel Exhibition, Ann Craven, Peter Halley and Jon Pestoni
Harris Lieberman, New York, And So On, And So On, And So On…, organized by Matt Sheridan Smith

2009

Sullivan Galleries, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Picturing the Studio, curated by Michelle Grabner and Annika Marie
Benson-Keys Arts, South Hampton, New York, Hello, Mr. McGrudder
Harris Lieberman Gallery, New York, No Bees, No Blueberries, curated by Sarina Basta and Tyler Colburn
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Constellations: Paintings from the MCA Collection
Emily Harvey Foundation, New York, Strip / Stripe, a project by Test
Apartment Show at Artists Space, New York, If the Dogs are Barking

2008

Parisa Kind Gallery, Frankfurt, Blank Complexity, curated by Karma International
Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Catawampus (for H.D.), curated by Matt Keegan and Amy Granat
Emily Harvey foundation, New York, Nov 5 – 26, 2008, by Joao Simoes
Maccarone Gallery, New York, Pretty Ugly, curated by Alison Gingeras
Karma International, Zurich, Tales of the Grotesque, curated by Gianni Jetzer
Rental, New York, Fair Market, curated by Haley Mellin
Selier + Mosseri-Marlio Gallery, Zurich, You Said He Said She Said
White Flag Projects, St. Louis, Missouri, Cinema Zero: Hangover/Bendover, curated by Amy Granat
Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon, The Searchers, curated by Amoreen Armetta and Molly Dilworth
Triple Candie, New York, Thank You For Coming, Triple Candie 2001-2008
Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York, Accidental Modernism, curated by Christopher Eamon

2007

Shane Campbell Gallery, Chicago, Catawampus (For H.D.), curated by Matt Keegan + Amy Granat
Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe, New Mexico, Birds
Galerie LHK, Paris, All Mirrors Are Broken, curated by Anthony Huberman
Zach Feuer Gallery, New York, Joe Bradley, Ann Craven, Dana Frankfort, and Keith Mayerson
Kantor/Feuer Gallery, Los Angeles, Warhol and…
Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany, Re-dis-play | Non-Art-Collections from Artists and Curators, curated by Anna-Catharina Gebbers
Blancpain Art Contemporain, Geneva, What We Do Is Secret, curated by Amy O’Neill
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, Small is Beautiful
Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles, Big Secret Cache
Solvberget, Stavanger Kulturhus, Stavanger, Girlpower & Boyhood
Collective Unconscious, New York, Cinema Zero Presents: Etceteras of the CarreRond (what comes is better than what came before)

2006

Centre Culturel Suisse (CCS), Paris, CarreRond in Paris
The Kitchen, New York, The Kitchen and Cinema Zero Presents: an evening with Cinema Zero, Ann Craven in collaboration with Amy Granat and Dusty Santos
The Proposition, New York, Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day, curated by Shinique Smith
CAC–Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, Bunch Alliance and Dissolve, organized by Public-Holiday Projects
Kunsthallen Brandts, Odense, Denmark, Girl Power & Boyhood, curated by Lene Burkard
Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Girl Power and Boyhood, curated by Lene Burkard
John Connely Presents, New York, Kamp K48, curated by Scott Hug
Sculpture Center, New York, Cinema Zero presents: Blue Movies for Gray Flags, environment: Ann Craven, selection of short films with performances by Chuck Nanny, Fiamy
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Grunert, Inc., New York, New Work, curated by Tanja Grunert
Participant Inc., New York; Sundown Salon, Los Angeles; FOUR, Dublin; El Particular, Mexico City, Cluster, organized by Katie Holten
Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona, Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary
Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, Portraits, curated by Paul Morris & Marc Selwyn

2005

The Carpenter Center for the Arts, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, Modest Sublime, curated by Leila Amalfitano
Islip Museum, New York, Sports Illustrated
Yerba Buena Center For The Arts, San Francisco, Kamp K48 – The Zine Unbound, curated by Scott Hug
Galleri Christina Wilson, Copenhagen, New Figuration
Klemens Gasser & Tanja Gruner, Inc., New York, Flower Power
Biblos Center for the Arts, Verona, Italy, Neo-Baroque, curated by Micaela Giovannotti
FlatOtel, New York, The Thing That Separates Man From Animal, curated by Lisa Kirk
Perugi Arte Contemporanea, Padova, Italy, Ciao! Manhattan: Recent Painting from New York, curated by Joseph R. Wolin

2004

The New Museum, New York; Consolidated Works, Seattle, Washington; Arthouse, Austin, Texas; Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, Philadelphia, The Sixth Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection
Scope Art Fair, Miami, Ann Craven and Keith Mayerson, curated by Lisa Kirk
Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago, Emo Eco, curated by Simon Watson/Scenic
Artemis Greenberg Van Doren, New York, She’s Come Undone, curated by Augusto Arbizo
Elizabeth Dee Gallery, New York, AC
Marc Selwyn Fine Art at Domestic, Los Angeles, The Collector’s Cabinet: for Marsha, organized by Simon Watson / Scenic
Esso Gallery, New York, Portraits
Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida, Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary
Galerie St. Etienne, New York, ANIMALS & US: The Animal in Contemporary Art
ArtSpace, New Haven, Connecticut, For the Birds, curated by Denise Markonish
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans, Birdspace: A Post-Audubon Artists Aviary, curated by David Rubin

2003

110 W 14th Street, New York, You, curated by Lisa Kirk
Salon 94, New York, Giverny, curated by Yvonne Force and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn
Space 101, Brooklyn, New York, City Mouse, Country Mouse, curated by David Hunt,
Monique Meloche Gallery, Chicago, Mixer03: An Ornithological Group Show in All Media
Allston Skirt Gallery, Boston, Summer Group Show
Allston Skirt Gallery, Provincetown, Gone Fishin’ in Provincetown

2002

Edward Thorp Gallery, New York, Aviary, curated by Edward Thorp
The Model Gallery, Boston, Pretty Paintings, curated by Sean Horton,
Triple Candie, New York, Hotel/Motel, 11 Artists with Studios in Harlem
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Primal Screams and Songs, curated by Bonnie Clearwater

2001

Hammond Museum, North Salem, New York, Many Moons, curated by Barbara Bloemink

2000

Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Extraordinary Realities, curated by Annegreth Nill

1999

Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami, Heads Up, curated by Bonnie Clearwater
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York

1998

Ga Ga Gallery, New York, The Jewel-Box Project, curated by Patrick Gallery & Livet Richard
TN Ewing Gallery of Art and Architecture, University of Tennessee, Visiting Artist Biennial

1997

Wooster Gardens, New York, Group Show, curated by Michael Jenkins
New York Hospital, Gay Men’s Health Crisis, sponsored by David Geffen
Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, Summer Invitational Exhibition
Provincetown Art Museum, Massachusetts, Invitational Exhibition, curated by Milena Kanovska

1996

The Swiss Institute, New York, Time Wise, curated by Carin Kuony
Rosenthal Foundation Young Painter Prize, exhibition juried by Chuck Close, Charles Gwathmey, Nathan Oliveira, and Robert Ryman, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York; work by newly elected members & recipients of honors and awards; awarded Rosenthal Foundation Young Painter Prize
Lauren Wittels Gallery, New York, Three Painters

SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS

Museum of Modern Art, New York
The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami
Perez Art Museum Miami, Miami
LeRoy Neiman Center for Print Studies, Columbia University, New York
Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France
FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami
Henry Art Gallery, Faye G. Allen Center for the Visual Arts, Seattle

LECTURES, HONORS, & AWARDS

2015

Visiting Artist and Lecture, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

2014

Graduate Mentor, Visual Arts Graduate Program, Columbia University, New York

2013

Graduate Mentor, Visual Arts Graduate Program, Columbia University, New York
Visiting Artist and Lecture, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

2012

Graduate Mentor, Visual Arts Graduate Program, Columbia University, New York

2011

Graduate Mentor, Visual Arts Graduate Program, Columbia University, New York

2010

Graduate Mentor, Columbia University, New York
Visiting Lecturer, School of Visual Arts, New York
Visiting Lecturer, Rutgers University, New Jersey

2009

Interlink Visiting Artist Program, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Critical Dialogues Lecture Series, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia
Visiting Lecturer, New York Studio School, New York
Panel Discussion, organized by Michelle Grabner, CAA, Chicago

2008

Visiting Artist and Public Lecturer, Graduate School of the Arts, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon
Visiting Artist and Public Lecturer, Graduate School of the Arts, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore
Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Center For Advanced Studies, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Panel Discussion, Repetition, with Tony Conrad, Leslie Hewitt and Haim Steinbach; Moderated by Matt Keegan, organized by Bianca Beck and Josh Brand, Yale University School of the Arts, New Haven, Connecticut
Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Visual Arts Graduate Program, Columbia University, New York

2007

Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, Graduate School of the Arts, New York University
Visiting Artist and Public Lecture, Graduate School of the Arts, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Lecture Undergraduate Critique, Columbia University, New York
Artist in Residence, Frac–Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Visiting Artist and Public Lecturer, Graduate School of the Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

2005

Public Lecture, Cranbrook Academy Graduate School of the Arts, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Public Lecture, Triple Candie, New York
Public Lecture, Graduate Program, Hunter College, New York

2004

Public Lecture, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

2003

The Sixth Annual Altoids Curiously Strong Collection, New York
Best Monographic Show in a Commercial Gallery, International Association of Art Critics, USA
(AICA New England), Allston-Skirt Gallery, Boston

2001

Artist Fellowship Grant and Artist Residency, Art Production Fund and The Lawrence Rockefeller Foundation, Foundation Claude Monet, Academie des Beaux-Arts, Giverny, France
Visiting Artist Lecture, Graduate Painting Department, Rutgers University, New Jersey

1999

Artist in Residency and Lecture, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Visiting Artist and Lecture, Tisch School for the Arts, Painting Program, New York University
Artists Fellowship Award, Salmagundi Foundation, New York
CHANGE Grant, Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York

1997

Rosenthal Foundation Young Painter Prize, American Academy of Arts and Letters

 

PUBLICATIONS

2019

Ann Craven
Birds We Know
Center for Maine Contemporary Art, Maine
112 pages, hardcover
11 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches

Gertrude Abercrombie, Ann Craven, Nicolas Party, Matthew Wong
Karma, New York
60 pages
8 1/4 × 11 inches

2018

Ann Craven
Karma, New York
560 pages
9 1/4 × 7 1/2 inches
Edition of 1,000