ANN CONNER
Born: Wilmington, NC, 1948
MFA (painting), MA, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1975, 1972
Selected Exhibitions
+Flatbed Press Featured Prints, 7 artists exhibit, Travis Tower Lobby, Houston, TX. 2008
+Art & Social Conscience: Holocaust, Cameron Art Museum. 2008
+Field Report, The Gallery at Barrington Center for the Arts Gordon College, Gloucester, MA, 2008. traveling exhibit –2010
+Facing South: Portraits by North Carolina Artists, Green Hill Center for NC Art. 2008
+PRINTED: Contemporary Prints & Books by NC Artists, Green Hill Center for NC Art. 2008
+Troisiéme Triennale du Bois Gravé Contemporain, Musée Pierre Noël, Saint-Dié-des-Voges, France. 2007
+Renegades Drawing, Moon Gallery, Berry College, Mount Berry, GA. 2007
Complex Women, The Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA. 2007
Ann Conner Westwood and Other Recent Work, Flatbed Press, Austin, TX. 2007
+Sixty Years of North American Prints: Creating Public Collections, Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA. David Acton, Curator. 2007
Things that are BLUE, SomerHill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC. 2007
+North American Print Biennial, The Boston Printmakers, 808 Gallery, Boston, MA. 2007. Savoir Faire Materials Award
+Ann Conner Recent Woodcuts, Printed In Beauty, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC. 2006–07
E/AB FAIR/ 06, editions/artists’ books, The Tunnel, Chelsea Gallery District, New York, NY. 2006
Flatbed In Marfa, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, TX. 2006
IPCNY / A Benefit Exhibition, New Prints 2000–2006, International Print Center New York, New York, NY. 2006.
Seasonal Drift, New Elements Gallery, Wilmington, NC. 2006
New Prints 2006/Summer: COLOR, IPCNY, International Print Center New York. 2006
Inside Flatbed, Flatbed Press Gallery, Austin TX. 2006
Fresh Ink Flatbed Editions, Nancy Wilson Scanlan Gallery, Austin TX. 2006
Editions & Artists’ Book Fair , Starett Lehigh Gallery Building, New York, NY. 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002
+2005 North American Print Biennial, The Boston Printmakers, Boston University School of Visual Arts, Boston, MA. 2005
New Prints 2005/Winter, International Print Center New York, New York, NY. 2005
Cool Intentions, SomerHill Gallery, Chapel Hill, NC. 2004
Artists of Southeastern North Carolina Juried Exhibition, Cameron Art Museum, Wilmington, NC. 2004
New Prints 2004 /Winter: The Random and the Ordered, International Print Center New York, New York, NY. 2004
New Prints 2003/Summer, International Print Center New York, New York, NY. 2003
Here and Now: Woodcuts from the Ann Conner Collection, Solo Exhibition, NC Forestry Museum, Whiteville NC. 2003
+The Boston Printmakers 2003 North American Print Biennial, Boston, MA. 2003
SECAC Juried Exhibition, Gulf Coast Exploreum, Mobile AL. 2002
Park + Logs, Solo Exhibition, Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita KS. 2002
Solo Exhibition, Kinston Art Center, Kinston, NC. 2002
US Embassy, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 2002
New Prints 2001—Autumn, International Print Center New York, New York, NY. 2001–02
Editions & Artists’ Book Fair ‘01, Brooke Alexander Gallery, New York, NY. 2001
SECAC, South Carolina State Museum, Columbia, SC. 2001
8 x 8 Who Do We Appreciate, Project Gallery, Wichita KS. 2001
Three Texas Printmakers, Arlington Museum of Art, Arlington TX. 2001
Eastern Influence: Western Artists Incorporating Eastern Iconography, Amarillo Museum of Art, Amarillo TX. 2001
Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Center, Peoria IL. 2001
+Botanica, Contemporary Art and the World of Plants, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth. Travel Exhibit. 1999–2001
Flatbed at Eleven, Flatbed Press, Dallas, TX. 2000
Print Invitational, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas, TX. 2000
New Prints 2000, International Print Center New York, New York, NY. 2000
Winterlude, Trish Higgins Fine Art, Wichita, KS. 2000SECAC/MACAA Exhibition, Hite Art Institute, Louisville, KY. 2000
TinyWorks Invitational, Project Gallery, Wichita, KS. 2000
Mid-America Print Council Invitational, St. Cloud State University, St. Cloud, MN. 2000
Printwork '2K 20th Century Masters, Lee Hansley Gallery, Raleigh, NC. 2000
Flatbed Selections, Flatbed Gallery, Austin, TX. 2000
+Thirteenth Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI. 2000
Woods: Relief Prints by Ann Conner, Rutledge Gallery, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC. 2000
Basic Black & White, The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Gallery, Boston, MA. 1999
Multiple Impressions, The Austin Printmaking Community, ACA Gallery, Austin, TX. 1999
+Botanica: Contemporary Art and the World of Plants, Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth, MN. 1999
+73rd Annual International Competition, The Print Center, Philadelphia, PA. 1999
+27th Bradley National Print and Drawing Exhibition, Heuser Art Center, Bradley University, Peoria, IL. 1999
Ann Conner/1998 Edition of Wood Block Prints, Back Gallery Fassbender Gallery, Chicago, IL. 1998
In Relief: Contemporary American Relief Prints, Haydon Gallery, Linclon, NE. 1998
Woodcut Prints by Ann Conner, Wellington B Gray Gallery, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC. 1998
Ann Conner: Relief Prints, Solo Exhibition, Greenville Museum of Art, Greenville, NC. 1998
In Relief: Contemporary Relief Prints, Art Gallery, Hastings College, Hastings, NE. 1998.
Relief Prints, Ann Conner, WHQR Gallery/New Elements Gallery, Solo Exhibition, Wilmington, NC. 1998
Ann Conner, Relief Prints, Solo Exhibition, Flatbed Press Gallery, Austin, TX. 1998.
+Eleventh Parkside National Small Print Exhibition, Communication Art Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, WI. 1998.
+An Impressed Alliance, The Twenty-First Boston Printmakers Exhibition, Duxbury Art Complex, Duxbury, MA. 1998
Ann Conner—Relief Prints, Solo Exhibition, Mims Gallery, NC Wesleyan College, Rocky Mount NC. 1997
+Printwork '97 Roberta Waddell, juror, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY. 1997
+The Print As Challenge and Confrontation, Andrea Feldman, juror, Hunterdon Art Museum, Clinton, NJ. 1997
+Fiftieth Anniversary North American Print Exhibition, Trudy Hansen, juror, Bakalar Gallery, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA. 1997.
Summa Composite Art Exhibition, Appalachian State University, Boone, NC. 1996
+Printwork '96, Marilyn Kushner, juror, Barrett House Galleries, Poughkeepsie, NY. 1996
Print Types, Art Institute for the Permian Basin, Odessa, TX. 1996
+After Appalachia, The Paul Mesaros Gallery, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV. 1995
+Independante Exhibition of Prints, Kanagawa Prefectural Gallery, Yokohama, Japan. 1992, 1995
Ann Conner/Recent Works, Solo Exhibition, New Elements Gallery, Wilmington, NC. 1995
+69th International Competition PRINTS, Roberta Waddell, juror The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA. 1994
+Relief Prints, Winthrop University Galleries, Rock Hill, SC. 1994
Ann Conner and Philip Morgan: Concepts St. John's Museum of Art, Wilmington, NC. 1994
+North Carolina Artists Exhibition 1993 Triennial, Michael Auping, curator, North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. 1993
First International Graphic Biennial, Dutch International Ex Libris and Small Graphic Museum, Maastricht, Holland. 1993
+American Color Woodcuts: Bounty From The Block, 1890s-1990s. Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. 1993
+44th North American Print Exhibition, Boston University Art Gallery, Boston, MA. 1993
+International Biennale Woodcut/Wood-Engraving, State Gallery Banska Bystrica, Slovak Republic.1991, 1993
+Utopia/Dystopia, The 67th Annual Competition: Prints, Susan Tallman, juror, The Print Club, Philadelphia, PA. 1993
Ann Conner/Relief Prints, Solo Exhibition, Lilly Library, Duke University, Durham, NC. 1992
Woodcuts, Wenniger Graphics, Boston, MA. 1992
Visiting Artist Solo Exhibition/ Relief Prints, Hanes Art Center Gallery, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC. 1991
Recent Acquisitions, Achenbach Foundation Part Two: 1950-1991, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA. 1991
American Print Survey, Martin Museum, Baylor University, TX. 1990
New Prints by Gallery Artists, John Szoke Graphics, Inc., New York, NY. 1990
Selections 1990: Artists Here & Now, Danville Museum of Fine Arts, Danville, VA. 1990
Commissions
NC Governor's Business Award for Arts and Humanities Print Edition. 1991
Print Publications
Flatbed Press, Austin, TX, 4 woodcut editions. 2008
Flatbed Press, Austin, TX, 8 woodcut editions. 2006
Flatbed Press, Austin, TX, 8 woodcut editions. 2002
Flatbed Press, Austin, TX, 4 woodcut editions. 1998
Co-publication, Winstone Press, 4 editions, lithograph / woodcut. 1992
Co-publication, Winstone Press, 3 editions, lithograph / woodcut. 1992
Orion Editions, New York, NY, 3 editions, woodcut / linocut. 1987
John Szoke Graphics, Inc., New York, NY, 2 editions, woodcut. 1984
Print Collaboration
Flatbed Press, Austin, TX, woodcut editions, 2008, 06, 02, 98
The Grenfell Press, New York, NY, woodcut editions; Leslie Miller, printer. 2008, 07, 06, 04, 03, 02, 01, 99, 97, 94, 93
Center Street Studio, Boston, MA, woodcut editions; James Stroud, printer. 2000, 97
Petersburg Press Studios, New York, NY, woodcut editions; Perry Tymeson, printer. 1996
Winstone Press, Mocksville, NC, lithograph and woodcut editions; 1992, 91Solo Press, New York, NY, woodcut editions; Vicki Sclafani, printer. 1984
Collections
Credit Suisse First Boston, London/ List Visual Arts Center, MIT/ Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/ Library of Congress/ Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts/
State Department Art in Embassies Program/ Citicorp/North Carolina Museum of Art/ Equitable Center, NY; Colorado Springs; Equitable Life Midwestern,
Chicago/ Philip Morris NY/ IBM/ ITT/ Bank of Tokyo Trust Company/ Chermayeff & Geismar, NY/ Hill & Knowlton Public Relations, NY/Duke University
Hospital/ Citigroup, NY/ Warner-Lambert, NY/ Nations Bank/First Jersey Securities/ FMC Corporation, Chicago/ Continental Grain, NY/ Sheraton Hotels,
Dallas/ RJR Nabisco/ Bankers Trust Company, NY/ Southeastern Graphics Center/ NC Research Triangle Park/ NC Center for Advancement of Teaching/
NC Governor's Business Award Collection/ New York Public Library/ International Data Services, Minneapolis/ Chemical Bank, NY/ Fidelity Investments,
Boston/ Hunterdon Art Center, Clinton, NJ/ Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, & Rosati, Austin, TX/ Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC/ Cameron Art Museum/
NC Museum of Forestry/ Neiman Marcus/ Capital Group
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Hecker, Judith B, Asst Cur, MoMA. Catalog Essay, The Boston Printmakers 60th Anniversary North American Print Biennial. Boston, MA. 2007
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