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Artist’s Statement The tidal waters and shoreline of eastern Western representational art and Abstract Expressionism have both been strong influences in my work. I am interested in the tension between several opposing elements: perspective drawing versus free-form washes; illustrative delineation versus gestural markings; line versus color; mechanical, geometric shapes versus atmospheric color fields. I use these oppositions to create a tension between three dimensional representation and a flattening of space. Gestural brushwork and rich colors are dominant. I also layer paint to create more complex color and texture. Beginning with an understanding the physical forces behind a visual image of the natural world, the paintings evolve out of the daily progression of the painting process. Anne Seelbach Education Solo Exhibitions 2009 Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT 2002 Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT 2001 Alva Gallery, New London, CT 1997 New London Art Society & Gallery, New London , CT 1996 Kouros Gallery, New York, NY 1994 The Painting Center, New York, NY 1991 Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA; Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME 1990 Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1989 The Connecticut Gallery, Marlborough, CT 1988 Eckhaus Gallery, Hennef, Germany 1985 Tower Gallery, New York, NY 1984 The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ; Five Corners Library, Jersey City Cultural Arts Commission, NJ; A. Graham Thompson Memorial Museum, Alexandria Bay, NY; Hunter Gallery, Hunter College, New York, NY 1983 Burgundy Cafe/Gallery, New York, NY 1981 Tower Gallery, Southampton, NY 1979 Fifth Street Gallery, New York, NY 1978 Still Mountain Gallery, Roosevelt House, New York, NY Gallery, New York, NY; “Driven to Abstraction” Juror: Nuala Clarke, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY; “Bulgaria / Then & Now: The American & Bulgarian Exchange 1993-2009” Hygienic Art Galleries, New London, CT; “Anne Seelbach and Laura Stroh” The Rosalie Dimon Gallery, Jamesport Inn, Jamesport, NY 2008 “The Creative Process” Juror: Peter Marcelle, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY; “Land-Water-Land” Canio’s Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY; “Art for Obama” Nabi Gallery, New York, NY 2007 The Nature Conservancy Landscape Show, East Hampton, NY 2006 “Anne Seelbach and Gretchen Hatfield” Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria; “Anne Seelbach and Gretchen Hatfield” Smolyan Art Gallery, Smolyan, Bulgaria; “Sea, Sky & Sculpture” Mabel and Victor D’Amico Studio and Archive, Amagansett, NY 2004 “Anne Seelbach: Sculpture, Collage, Drawings”, Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 2003 “Reactions & Reflections: Continuing Responses to September 11”, Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA 2002 “The Sound of the Land: The Connecticut Landscape” Norwalk Museum, Norwalk, CT; “What Survives” Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT; “Bringing Art To The Research Environment” Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT 2001 “Hygienic Art XXII”, Hygienic Art Gallery, New London, CT 2000 “Vessels” Alva Gallery, New London, CT; “Bringing Art To The Research Environment” Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT 1999 “Bringing Art To The Research Environment” Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT; “Monothon” Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT 1998 “Bringing Art to the Research Environment” Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT 1996 “Fuel for Thought” Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA 1996 “Kouroi & Korai” Kouros Gallery, New York, NY; Blaine House, State Capitol, Augusta, ME 1995 “Season Preview” Kouros Gallery, New York, NY; “Four Women” Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME ; “The Artist and the Artifact” Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA 1994 “Accrochage: Petit Format” Kouros Gallery, New York, NY; 1993 “Abstraction in the 90s”, organized by George Hofmann, Sound Shore Gallery, Stamford, CT; 1992 “Anne Seelbach: Urban Landscapes” Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME; Goldsmith Gallery, Madison, CT 1991 “Reclamation Park #2 : Central Artery/Tunnel Project Site” Reclamation Artists, Fort Point Channel installation, Boston, MA; “15 Grant Winners” Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant, Somerville, MA; “The First Decade” curated by Mary Luxenberg-Udell Sound Shore Gallery, Stamford, CT; Art Loan Program, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA; “The First Decade of the MFA Program 1981-1991” Hunter College Galleries, New York, NY 1990 The Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Faculty Exhibition, Northeastern University, Boston, MA; “Maximum Diversity” City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ; PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT 1989 The Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; “Summer Too” PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT; Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME; “Monmouth County Arts Council -10th Annual Juried Show” Juror: Alison Weld, Monmouth Museum, Monmouth, NJ 1988 “Skripturale” Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany; Richard Green Gallery, New York, NY; “Fantasy Dwellings” The Connecticut Gallery, Marlborough, CT 1987 “Artchildren/Artselves” curated by S.K. Duff, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ; “On Line” curated by Billy Biondi, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ; “Erotik” Kommunale Gallery, Berlin, Germany ; PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT 1986 “Erotik” Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany; “5th Annual Metro Show” City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ; “50 Works: Selections from the E.F. Hutton Collection” Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, FL; “Architectural References” Shippee Gallery, New York, NY; “Real Property: A Contemporary Landscape Show” curated by Leah Durner, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ 1985 Shippee Gallery, New York, NY; “Objects of Comfort” curated by Peggie Lowenberg, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ; Tower Gallery, New York, NY 1984 “The 69th Annual Juried Show”, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY; City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ; Tower Gallery, New York, NY 1983 “New From New York” Tower Gallery, New York, NY; “Fresh Paint” Juror: Robert Atkins, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY; Burgundy Cafe/Gallery, New York, NY; “One Meter Show” Hunter College Gallery, New York, NY 1981 “Annual Juried Show” Juror: Dore Ashton, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; “Bettina Cato & Anne Seelbach” Tower Gallery, Southampton, NY; East End Arts and Humanities Council, Riverhead, NY 1990 Bunting Fellowship, Radcliffe Collage, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 1988 Triangle Artists’ Workshop, Pine Plains, NY 1987 MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH 2003 Artists’ Enclave at I-Park, East Haddam, CT 1999 No Boundaries International Art Colony, Bald Head Island, NC 1991-1992 Griffis Art Center, New London, CT, International Artist-in-Residence Program 1988 Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany 1986 Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany 1985 Centrum Frans Masereel Printmaking Workshop, Kasterlee, Belgium 1994 - present The Victor D’Amico Institute of Art, Amagansett, NY, painting instructor 1991-96 Arts Pro Tem, Hancock, NH, painting instructor 1991 Simmons College, Boston, MA, slide talk 1994 Parsons School of Design, New York, NY, 3-D design instructor 1990 “Architectural Decay & Industrial Debris: Reflections on a Painter’s Landscape”, Bunting Institute Colloquium Series, Radcliffe College at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Northeastern University, Boston, MA, painting instructor; Emerson College, Boston, MA, painting instructor; University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, painting, drawing instructor 1985 The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ, painting instructor 1981 The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY, painting instructor 2001 Connecticut College, New London, CT: Juror for the Art Majors’ Senior Exhibition 1997 Cover painting Theory and its discontents by Damien Broderick, Deakin University Press, Geelong, Victoria, Australia 1995 Connecticut Commission on the Arts: Juror for the Visual Artists Grants Program 1994-95 Archivist for New York painter Buffie Johnson 1992-95 Curator, Monhegan Museum, Monhegan Island, ME 1986 Album cover “Mysterious Barricades”, by Andy Summers, Private Music, New York, NY 1974-78 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, Curatorial Assistant for The Costume Institute 1987 Burke, Marcus B. “Seelbach Captures Force and Energy of Nature,” The Sun, Bridgehampton, NY, June 4, 1981 Cohen, Mark Daniel. “What Survives,” Art New England, Dec/Jan 2003 Duff, S.K. Artchildren/Artselves, catalog, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ 1987 Dufresne, Bethe. “Sharing Artistry: Griffis Art Center,” The Day, New London, CT, Oct. 13, 1991 Durner, Leah. Real Property: A Contemporary Landscape Show, catalogue, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ, 1986 Ernst, Eric. “Plein Air Approach In 2 shows,” Southampton Press, June 19 and June 26, 2008 50 Works: Selections from the E.F. Hutton Collection, introduction by Henry Vazquez, catalog for exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, FL, 1986 Ford (a catalogue celebrating the first decade of exchange of artists between the USA and Bulgaria), Orpheus Publishing House and St. Kliment Ohridski University Press, Sofia, Bulgaria, 2008 French-Frazier, Nina. “Gallery Guide: Anne Seelbach”, The Westsider, New York, NY, March 9, 1978 Georgiades, Lauren. “What survives terrorism? Blank walls become artists’ canvas,” Minuteman Newspapers, Fairfield, CT, Sept. 12, 2002 Grant, Will. “The West Side Harvest of Art,” Artspeak, New York, NY, Oct. 16, 1983 Greenleaf, Ken. “Four Women - Four Visions,” Maine Sunday Telegram, July 16, 1995 Herrmann, Michele. “Creating Artworks That Eventually Will Be Washed Away,” Fairfield Citizen-News, Fairfield, CT, Sept. 11, 2002 Hoffman, Hank. “The Big Picture - Anne Seelbach: The Hunebedden Paintings,” The New Haven Advocate, New Haven, CT, April 5, 2001 Hoffmann, Peter. “The house that feminists built - Bonn’s women’s museum,” New Art Examiner, Chicago, IL, April 1989 Isaacson, Philip. “Belfast galleries score with artists and shows,” Maine Sunday Telegram, Portland, ME, June 16, 1991 Jennings, Kate F. “Show Evokes Summer Fantasy,” Greenwich News, Greenwich, CT, Aug. 24, 1989 Kenan, Naomi. “A new exhibit inspired by children,” Gold Coast newspaper, NJ, August, 20- 27, 1987 McGinley, Lisa. “Rule No. 1 In Effect In New London,” The Day, March 27, 2001 Sherman, Mary. “Anne Seelbach ‘Industrial Relics’,” The Boston Globe, April 5, 1990 Schroer, Carl Friedrich. “Anne Seelbach,” Neue Kunst in Bonn, Nov/Dec/Jan 1986/87 Schwendenwein, Jude. “The Connecticut Gallery,” Art New England, October 1989 Shirey, David L. “Newark: Whimsical Houses,” The New York Times, December 9, 1984, NJ section Tate, Haines Sprunt. “Belfast shows four female visions,” Maine Times, July 28, 1995 Timberg, Scott. “A Bountiful Show - Art Society Exhibits Span the Genres,” The Day, New London, CT, Feb. 16, 1997 Triangle Artists’ Workshop 1988 catalog, introduction by Anthony Caro, Mashomack Fish & Game Preserve, Pine Plains, NY Watkins, Eileen. “Artchildren/Artselves,” The Star Ledger, Newark, NJ, August 14, 1987 Weiss, Marion Wolberg. “Sculpture Exhibition at the D’Amico Studio/House,” Dan’s Papers, Bridgehampton, NY, July 14, 2006 Who’s Who in America, 2006, 2007 Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, NJ Who’s Who in American Art, 2007-2010, Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, NJ Who’s Who of American Women, 1997-98, 2004-05, 2007, 2008-09, 2010-2011 Marquis Who’s Who, New Providence, NJ Yerkes, Elizabeth. “Four artists arrive, but from different directions,” Mystic River Press, The Westerly Sun, Westerly, RI, December 17, 2009 Zimmer, William. “10 Artists Whose Works Make the Case for Tradition,” The New York Times, Sept. 10, 1989, CT section; “A Celebration of Children,” The New York Times, August 23, 1987, NJ section Play Is The Thing”, LTV Channel 20, East Hampton, NY, aired June 27, 30, July 1, 2008. Artists’ Enclave at I-Park, East Haddam, CT Centrum Frans Masereel, Kasterlee, Belgium Continental Grain Corporation, New York, NY Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany Griffis Art Center, New London, CT The Hillier Group, Princeton, NJ Lehman Brothers, New York, NY Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT Margaret D., New York, NY The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ Orpheus Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance, Hartford, CT Prudential Insurance, Newark, NJ The Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Simmons College, Boston, MA Smolyan Art Gallery and Museum, Smolyan, Bulgaria State National Companies, Inc., Bedford, TX University of Connecticut, Groton, CT Vesti Corporation, Boston, MA XTO Energy, Fort Worth, TX
Hint of Autumn 32 x 27 x 2” 2008
framed, oil on paper
Morning Crow 27 x 28 x 2” 2008
framed, oil on prepared Bristol paper
Winter 28 x 28 x 2” 2008
framed, oil, charcoal on prepared Bristol paper
Christmas Crows 27 x 32 x 2” 2008
framed, acrylic and conte crayon on Bristol paper
Solstice Nocturne 23 x 25 x 1” 2007 SOLD
oil on canvas
Horseshoe Crabs III 27 x 30 x 2” 2008
framed, oil on prepared Bristol paper
Crab Shells 27 x 30 x 2” 2006
framed, acrylic on prepared Bristol paper
Crabs 22 x 25 x2” 2006
framed, oil on prepared Bristol paper
Broken Shells I 18 x 22 x 2” 2006
framed, acrylic and conte crayon on Arches
watercolor paper
Horseshoe Crabs II 28 x 28 x 1" 2007
oil on canvas
Morning Reconnaissance 21 x 21 x 1” 2009
oil on canvas
Seagulls 28 x 28 x 1” 2007
acrylic on canvas
Beached Boats, Lazy Point 26 x 30 x 2” 2006
framed, acrylic and pastel on prepared Bristol paper
Breakup Study 26 x 30 x 2” 2008
framed, oil on prepared Bristol paper
Breakup I 25 x 25 x 3” 2009
framed, oil on canvas
Breakup II 24 x 24" 2009
oil on wood panel
Moon Reflection, Napeague 30 x 27 x 2” 2006
framed, acrylic and charcoal on paper
Memory Of What Is To Come 21 x 26 x 2” 2009
framed, acrylic on plexiglass
In The Protean Swirl 32 x 32" 2010
unframed, oil on canvas
October's End I 30 x 26 x 2” 2006
framed, acrylic on paper
Water 26 x 20 x 2” 2009
framed acrylic and graphite on Gessobord
Earth 26 x 21 x 2” 2009
framed, acrylic and graphite on Gessobord
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MFA Hunter College, New York, NY
BA New York University, New York, NY
2010 Aegon Gallery, Jones Visual Arts Center, Centre College, Danville, KY
Selected Group Exhibitions
2009 “My Long Island” curated by Carole Jay Islip Art Museum, NY; “Water and Sky” Nabi
“Whitney Hansen & Anne Seelbach” Goat Alley Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY;
“Symphony” Stamford Performing Arts Center, Stamford, CT
“High” Blondie’s Contemporary Art, New York, NY
Grants, Honors, Awards
1991 Arts Lottery Grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the Somerville Arts Council, MA
Artists’ Residencies
2006 Bulgarian-American Exchange Program, Griffis Foundation, New London CT / Orpheus Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria
Teaching and Visiting Artist Experience
2010 Centre College, Danville, KY, gallery talk
Art-Related Experience
2008 Cover artwork Paris Etudes by Carole Stone, Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY
Bibliography
Biondi, Billy. On Line, catalog for an exhibition of drawings, City Without Walls, Newark, NJ
Television Interview
“Canio’s Gallery exhibition: Anne Seelbach and Christine Chew Smith”, host Judy Sleed on “The
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Collections
American Foods of New Jersey
PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT
