Anna Conway
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Anna Conway | |
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| Born | 1973 Durango, Colorado, United States |
| Education | Columbia University, Cooper Union |
| Known for | Painting |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, American Academy of Arts and Letters |
| Website | Anna Conway |
Anna Conway (born 1973) is an American visual artist based in New York City and known for enigmatic oil paintings that depict uneasy, absurdist moments descending on isolated, ordinary individuals.[1][2][3][4] She combines a style identified as precise and methodical with detailed observation,[5] "an air of surrealist suspension,"[2] and a narrative sense that critics characterize as elusive, metaphysical and "imbued with cinematic suggestion."[6] Conway has exhibited nationally and internationally, including at MoMA PS1, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, University Art Museum at Albany, Fralin Museum of Art, and Collezione Maramotti (Italy), among other venues.[7][8][9][10] She has been recognized with a Guggenheim Fellowship (2014),[11][12] two Pollock-Krasner Foundation Awards (2011, 2005),[13] and the American Academy of Arts and Letters William L. Metcalf Award (2008).[8][14]
Conway was born in Durango, Colorado in 1973 and grew up in Foxborough, Massachusetts.[3] She studied art in New York City, earning a BFA from Cooper Union (1997) and an MFA from Columbia University (2002).[14] After graduating, she rented a studio in Brooklyn and gained early recognition for shows in New York at Artemis Greenberg Van Doren and Guild and Greyshkul in 2004, and at MoMA PS1 and Phillips de Pury & Company in 2005.[15][16][17][18] In subsequent years, she has had solo exhibitions at Fergus McCaffrey, American Contemporary and Guild & Greyshkul (all New York City) and Collezione Maramotti.[19][20][21][22] In addition to her painting practice, Conway has taught at Cooper Union, Columbia University, Parsons School of Design, and Brooklyn College.[23][24] She lives and works in New York City.[25]
