I grew up during the 1980s in the cultural desert of suburban New Jersey. The only child of a German immigrant mother and much older father, our trio was out of sync with the locals and with mainstream American obsessions of the time - malls and sports. The first hints that there was something else “out there” came in the form of indie rock mix tapes, Beat writers, and an introduction to my first artistic love, German Expressionism. Being an artist meant dropping out of society and finding a place in the margins. This continues to be an ideal of mine, though it is difficult to maintain as the need for financial security always seems to be interfering with my aspirations for freedom.

After living in various parts of Brooklyn for 23 years, and after spending the pandemic in an apartment with toddler twins and husband, we made a move to the rocky woods outside of Kingston, NY. I fantasize about establishing a utopian artist community here, or something like the seasonal communities David Graebner describes in “The Dawn of Everything”. Being close to nature has been a revelation. I enjoy raising chickens and I imagine planting a food forest. I dream of undergoing extensive Jungian analysis before turning 60.

Painting is a devotional act, connecting us to our earliest ancestors, who applied pigment to cave walls. It’s an arena for making connections between deep history and the present, embodied moment. I go through periods of focused research which lead to discreet bodies of work. The common thread is a quest for existential meaning and an expressionistic, primal handling of paint. I turn to painting as the most immediate and reliable medium for channeling experiences and thoughts.

Although my paintings are grounded in research, that information gets set aside, and I work intuitively and vigorously through material exploration. I allow myself to be guided towards an unknown destination. Opening this channel of discovery leads to surprising results, sometimes humorous, sometimes beautiful, sometimes failures, but always unexpected. There’s a lot of risk involved. It is the cost of the real down and dirty magic of painting; a porthole to a different world.

Education

2006    
MFA Painting, ​Bard College Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts,​  Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
1999    
BFA Printmaking, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island

Solo Exhibitions

2024     Comb, As In To Search, Tappeto Volante, Brooklyn, NY
2022     Women, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, New York
2021     Human Remains, Soloway, Brooklyn, NY
2017     Annette Wehrhahn, Safe Gallery, Brooklyn, NY  (with Fabienne Lassare)
2015     LIVE/WORK, Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Group Exhibitions

2026
White Columns Benefit, New York, New York
Felix Art Fair, Tappeto Vollante Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2025
Paper Tigers, CANADA, New York
Smaller Objects, Larger Pictures, Halsey McKay Gallery, East Hampton, New York

2024
NADA Miami, Halsey McKay Gallery, Miami, Florida
Carousel, Galleria Ca’D’Oro, New York, New York
Art Toranto, TV Projects, Toranto, Canada

2023
Canada On Paper, CANADA, East Hampton, New York     

2022
The Deep End, CANADA, East Hampton, New York
The Line Of Reflection, Mitte Projects, Miami, Florida

2021
Language Is Never Neutral, Mitte Projects, Miami, Florida

2020
Welcome to Paradise, Mitte Projects, Miami, Florida
Make Me One With Everything, Grifter, New York, New York     

2019
Night Swim, Good Naked Gallery, Brooklyn, New York 
Play Me, Wynwood Arts 29, Miami Florida.      

2018
Temporary Island, Elizabeth Foundation, New York, New York
Bushwick Rodeo, Horton Gallery, Dallas, Texas curated by Wallace Whitney
NADA Miami, Safe and Soloway Gallery Booth
Several Years Have Passed, Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2017
Wythe Hotel. curated by Kimia Ferdowsi Kline, Brooklyn, New York
Feed The Meter II, curated by Wallace Whitney, Ceysson & Benetiere, Luxembourg,  Brussels
COLLECT, Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, New York

2016
Annette Wehrhahn & Alicia Gibson, 143 Reade Street, New York, New York
If You Build It, The Willows at Lorde and Taylor, New York, New York
X, Lyles & King, New York, New York
Nancy Shaver, Dress the Form, Derek Eller Gallery, New York, New York
NADA New York, Galerie Bernard Ceysson, New York, New York
Wobbly Swabbies, Pablo’s Birthday Gallery, New York, New York  (curated by Joe Fyfe)
Feed The Meter, Bernard Ceysson Gallery, Luxembourg, Brussels 

2015
Friends and Family, curated by Paola Gallio, No Longer Empty, New York, New York
SMASH, BFA, Sao Paulo, Brazi
Mixed Doubles, Sometimes, New York, New York, curated by Ryan Steadman 

2014
Finish My Novel, LMCC Govenor’s Island, NYC curated by Ethan Hauser
Redemptions, Andel 31 / Share 31, Copenhagen, Denmark
Collective Show, Mexico City, Mexico City, Mexico, organized by Eyelevel BQE
Kiki Bouba, curated by John O’Connor, Barbara Walters Gallery, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York 

2013
Fruit Stand, curated by Paul Branca, Long Island City, Queens, New York
Collective Show Mexico City, Mexico organized by Eyelevel BQE, Neter and Silvershed
Spring, The Willows, Brooklyn, New York
Dogs vs. Cats, Soloway Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Friends With Benefits, Lorimoto Gallery, New York

Reviews, Articles & Publications

2024
Bishara, Hakim, “8 Art Show to See in New York City This May,” Hyperallergic

2018
Heinrich, Will, “12 Galleries to Visit Now in Brooklyn and Queens,” April 26, 2018, New York Times
Kaack, Nicole, “Several Years Have Passed”, April 2018, Artforum“Critics’ Picks 

2016
Wilson, Michael, “Nancy Shaver at Derek Eller,” November 2016, Artforum

2015
Kincheloe, Liu Megan, “Workerism: Annette Wehrhahn at Soloway Gallery” February 14, 2015, Art Critical online magazine

2011
Tagliafierro, Marco, “Spazio Morris Ospita New York”, Flash Art (Italian)
Grand Tour Low Cost, Soloway at Spazio Morris, Milan Italy Corrier Della Sera, September 2011
“Best Things to do in art this week”, Time Out New York, July 11,2011
Levy, Michelle,”One Night Only - The Dependent,” artslant.com, http://www.artslant.com/ny/articles/show/22067

2010 
Johnson, Paddy, “Dirty Hands at Soloway,” Art Fag City, October 13, 2010

2010
“Best of Manhattan 2010”, New York Press, Wednesday, October 27,2010

2007
Brooks, Amra, “Must See Art”, LA Weekly, June 21, 2007, p 42.

2007
Pagel, David, “When Slacker Artists Go Abstract”, LA Times, July 13, 2007, pp. E26 - E27

Awards & Residencies

2024     Interlude Residency, Hudson, New York
2019 Elizabeth Foundation SHIFT Residency
2006     Elaine de Kooning Award, Bard College, New York
1999     Matthew Hodge Ritchie Award for Excellence in Printmaking, RISD
1998     Harry and Elizabeth Gunny Award, Rhode Island School of Design

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