b. 1982 St. Louis, MO; Lives and works in Seattle, WA
Anne Petty was born in St. Louis, MO. She currently lives and works in Seattle, WA.
EDUCATION
2009 MFA, magna cum laude, Painting and Drawing, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
2005 BFA, summa cum laude, Painting and Drawing, Missouri State University, Springfield, MO
EXHIBITIONS
2018
Prographica, Basic Needs, Seattle, WA
2016
Prographica, Things that Kill, Seattle, WA
North Seattle College Art Gallery, Portrayal: Contemporary Portraiture, Seattle, WA
2015
Prographica, White Cup, Seattle, WA
2014
Koplin Del Rio, LA/Seattle: I-5 Connects II, Los Angeles, CA
Prographica, Laura Hamje & Anne Petty, Seattle, WA
South Seattle College Art Gallery, Being Human, Seattle, WA
Blindfold Gallery, Painters & Poets, Seattle, WA, Anne Petty/Laura Hamje, Seattle, WA
Rainier Club, Gage Teaching Artists, Seattle, WA
2013
Sand Point Gallery, Landscape After Nature, Seattle, WA
Linda Hodges Gallery, Peggy Washburn & Anne Petty, Seattle, WA
Blindfold Gallery, Inside & Out, Seattle, WA
Koplin Del Rio, I–5 Connects, Los Angeles, CA
2012
Prographica, The Back View, Seattle, WA
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Invitational, Tangible Competitive Intangibles, Seattle, WA
2011
Prographica, The Human Figure or Parts Thereof, Seattle, WA
Prographica, Studies: Preparatory Work that Stands Alone, Seattle,WA
Gage Academy, Invitational, Portrait Exhibition, Seattle, WA
Sandpoint Gallery, Solo Show, New Works by Anne Petty, Seattle, WA
2010
Componére Gallery, ViewPoints, St. Louis, MO
Wichita Center for the Arts, juried show, National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita, KS
Sand Point Gallery, Works by Anne Petty + Hugo Shi, Seattle, WA
2009
Gallery Notebleu, solo show, Caught in the Moment, Seattle, WA
SAM Gallery, Works on Paper, Seattle, WA
Henry Art Gallery, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Seattle, WA
Sand Point Gallery, MFA Painting Exhibition, Seattle, WA
2008
Sand Point Gallery, Open Studios, Seattle, WA
Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Works in Progress, MFA show, Seattle, WA
2007
Southern Illinois Artists Open Competition, juried show, Mount Vernon, IL
2006
Wichita Center for the Arts, juried show, National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, Wichita, KS
Missouri State University, Senior Exhibition, Springfield, MO
2004 Missouri State University, Painting & Drawing Exhibition, Springfield, MO
PRINT/PRESS
Thomas Walton, “PageBoy Interview”, Pageboy, 2015, p. 25-35. 2015
Jake Uitti, Monarch Review, 2014, p. 9, 28, 36. 2014
Jake Uitti, “An Interview with Anne Petty”, The Monarch Review, March 31, 2014. 4:44pm. http:// www.themonarchreview.org/an-interview-with-anne-petty/
Nancy Worssam, “Oils that are different, yet complementary, at Prographica”, The Seattle Times, April 4, 2014. 8:16 am. http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/oils-that-are-different-yet- complementary-at-prographica/
Jeffrey Carlson, “Buildings and Figures: Painting Humanity’s Presence in Nature”, Fine Art Connoisseur, March, 2014. http://www.fineartconnoisseur.com/Buildings-and-Figures-Painting-Humanity-s- Presence/18676057
T.S. Flock, “Ending Soon: Painters and Poets at Blindfold Gallery”, Vanguard Seattle, Feb 07, 2014.
2:57 pm. http://vanguardseattle.com/2014/02/07/vanguard-seattle-art-painters-and-poets-at- blindfold-gallery/
Jen Graves, “Currently Hanging: Anne Petty’s People in Awkwardly Elegant Poses”, The Stranger, June 23, 2012. 9:21 am. http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2012/06/23/currently-hanging-anne- pettys-people-in-awkwardly-elegant-poses
Robert Ayers, “The human figure in all its beauty, at Prographica”, The Seattle Times, December 30, 2011. 7:31 am. http://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/the-human-figure-in-all-its-beauty-at- prographica/
Joey Veltkamp, “ UW MFA 2009”, Best Of (blog), May 25, 2009. 5:30 pm.
http://joeyveltkamp.blogspot.com/2009_05_01_archive.html
AWARDS + RECOGNITION
2011 Artist Trust Grants for Artists Projects
2009 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation International Grant
2009 University of Washington, de Cilia Teaching in Excellence Award
2009 Artist Residency: University of Washington, Sandpoint Studios
2007 Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation International Grant
2007-09 Scholarship Package for the University of Washington
2006 Honorable Mention, Wichita Center for the Arts, National Small Oil Painting Exhibition, juried show
2001–05 Awarded the SMSU Art & Design Scholarship
GALLERY REPRESENTATION
Prographica, Seattle, WA
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Teaching:
Seattle Preparatory School, Seattle, WA; 2017- Present
Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA; 2010-2016
University of Washington, Seattle, WA; Summer 2009, Spring 2010, 2012, Fall 2008, 2009
Highline Community College, Des Moines, WA; Winter 2011
Curriculum Advisor:
Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA; 2011-2016
UI Design + Illustration Freelance
Amazon Alexa, Seattle, WA; 2017-present
Select Projects; 2016-present
Painting and Drawing Events Coordinator/Visiting Artist Facilitator:
Events Coordinator, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 2010-2015
Painting + Drawing Visiting Artist Facilitator, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; 2008-2010
ARTIST LECTURES + WORKSHOPS
2016 Gage Academy of Art, Conversation with a Painter, Seattle, WA
2014 “Painting, Drawing, & the Figure: Five Day Painting Workshop,” Kathy Gore Fuss Studio, Olympia, WA, July 2014
2015 North Seattle Community College, Visiting Artist Lecture, Seattle, WA
2013 Institute of Art Seattle, Lecture and Panel Discussion, Discussion with Artists, Seattle, WA
2012 Jordan Wolfson Workshop, Conversations with Painters, Olympia,WA
Prographica, Panel discussion, Concept into Form; From the Idea to the Painting,
Seattle, WA
2011 Gage Academy of Art, Figure as Storyteller, Lecture Series, Seattle, WA