Ann Tanksley
b. born Pittsburgh, PA, 1934
EDUCATION
1956 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, BFA
Subsequent Studies at:
Art Students League, New York, NY
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
New School for Social Research, New York, NY
Paulette Singer Printmaking Workshop, Great Neck, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Featherstone Center for the Arts, Oak Bluffs, MA
2009 Avisca Fine Art Gallery, Marietta, GA
2006 Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2004 Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Qatar
1999 Milton Rhodes Gallery, Winston Salem, NC
1997 Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1996 Huntington Library, Huntington, NY
1995 Shelter Rock Gallery, Shelter Rock, NY
1994 Maitland Center, Maitland, Florida Shelter Rock Gallery, Shelter Rock, NY
1994 Eatonville Museum, Eatonville, FL
1993 SOHO20, New York, NY
1992 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
1992 Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
1991 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1991 Jamaica Art Center, Jamaica, NY
1991 Berkeley Repertory Theater, Berkeley, CA
1991 AC-BAW Gallery for the Arts, Mount Vernon, NY
1989 Barnes & Littles, Washington, D.C.
1988 Spiral Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1987 Campbell Gallery, Swickley, PA
1987 Jamaica Art Center, Jamaica, NY
1986 Dorsey Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1982 Spectrum II, Mount Vernon, NY
1974 Acts of Art Gallery, New York, NY
1973 Acts of Art Gallery, New York, NY
1972 Black History Gallery, Hempstead, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2001 Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT
2000 Stanford Center for the Arts, Stanford, CT
1999 Hewitt Collection of African-American Art, Charlotte, NC
1999 Kansas City Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO
1996 Brooklyn Arts Council, New York, NY
1994 National Arts Club, New York, NY
1992 Museum of African-American Art, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, New York 1990 Christie's, New York, NY
1989 Christie's, New York, NY
1089 Medgar Evers College Art Collection, New York, NY
1985 American Women in Art, Nairobi, Kenya
1981 University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1979 Queens Museum, Queens, NY
1975 New York State Office Building, New York, NY
1971 Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
1969 Counterpoints 23, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
Henkes, Robert The Art of Black American Women: Works of Twenty-Four Artists of the Twentieth Century. Jefferson, NC.: McFarland, 1993.
Moore, Sylvia (Editor) Gumbo Ya Ya: Anthology of Contemporary African-American Women Artists. New York, NY.: Midmarch Arts Press, 1995
Bontemps, Arna Alexander Forever Free: Art by African-American Women. Alexandria, VA.: Stephenson, 1980
Kahn, Robin (Editor) Time Capsule: A Concise Encyclopedia by Women Artists. New York, NY.: Time Inc, 1995
Magazine & Newspaper Articles
Art Times, March 1991.
Black Arts New York, May 1993, p. 6.
New Art Examiner, October 1999, p. 18.
New York Times, December 24, 1995; February 11, 1996, p. LI27; June 30, 2002, p. WE10.
Pittsburgh HB News, January 28, 1987, p. 3.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 14, 1992.
Pittsburgh Press, March 13, 1992, p. C3.
SunStorm/Fine Art, summer 1993, p. 20.
Winston-Salem Journal, August 3, 1997, p. E2.
EDUCATION
1956 Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, BFA
Subsequent Studies at:
Art Students League, New York, NY
Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop, New York, NY
New School for Social Research, New York, NY
Paulette Singer Printmaking Workshop, Great Neck, NY
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2009 Featherstone Center for the Arts, Oak Bluffs, MA
2009 Avisca Fine Art Gallery, Marietta, GA
2006 Center for Contemporary Printmaking, Norwalk, CT
2004 Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts, Qatar
1999 Milton Rhodes Gallery, Winston Salem, NC
1997 Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, NY
1997 Stella Jones Gallery, New Orleans, LA
1996 Huntington Library, Huntington, NY
1995 Shelter Rock Gallery, Shelter Rock, NY
1994 Maitland Center, Maitland, Florida Shelter Rock Gallery, Shelter Rock, NY
1994 Eatonville Museum, Eatonville, FL
1993 SOHO20, New York, NY
1992 Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA
1992 Morgan State University, Baltimore, MD
1991 California College of Arts and Crafts, Oakland, CA
1991 Jamaica Art Center, Jamaica, NY
1991 Berkeley Repertory Theater, Berkeley, CA
1991 AC-BAW Gallery for the Arts, Mount Vernon, NY
1989 Barnes & Littles, Washington, D.C.
1988 Spiral Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1987 Campbell Gallery, Swickley, PA
1987 Jamaica Art Center, Jamaica, NY
1986 Dorsey Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1982 Spectrum II, Mount Vernon, NY
1974 Acts of Art Gallery, New York, NY
1973 Acts of Art Gallery, New York, NY
1972 Black History Gallery, Hempstead, NY
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2001 Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT
2000 Stanford Center for the Arts, Stanford, CT
1999 Hewitt Collection of African-American Art, Charlotte, NC
1999 Kansas City Jazz Museum, Kansas City, MO
1996 Brooklyn Arts Council, New York, NY
1994 National Arts Club, New York, NY
1992 Museum of African-American Art, Los Angeles, CA
1991 Kenkeleba Gallery, New York, New York 1990 Christie's, New York, NY
1989 Christie's, New York, NY
1089 Medgar Evers College Art Collection, New York, NY
1985 American Women in Art, Nairobi, Kenya
1981 University of Maryland, College Park, MD
1979 Queens Museum, Queens, NY
1975 New York State Office Building, New York, NY
1971 Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
1969 Counterpoints 23, New York, NY
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Books
Henkes, Robert The Art of Black American Women: Works of Twenty-Four Artists of the Twentieth Century. Jefferson, NC.: McFarland, 1993.
Moore, Sylvia (Editor) Gumbo Ya Ya: Anthology of Contemporary African-American Women Artists. New York, NY.: Midmarch Arts Press, 1995
Bontemps, Arna Alexander Forever Free: Art by African-American Women. Alexandria, VA.: Stephenson, 1980
Kahn, Robin (Editor) Time Capsule: A Concise Encyclopedia by Women Artists. New York, NY.: Time Inc, 1995
Magazine & Newspaper Articles
Art Times, March 1991.
Black Arts New York, May 1993, p. 6.
New Art Examiner, October 1999, p. 18.
New York Times, December 24, 1995; February 11, 1996, p. LI27; June 30, 2002, p. WE10.
Pittsburgh HB News, January 28, 1987, p. 3.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 14, 1992.
Pittsburgh Press, March 13, 1992, p. C3.
SunStorm/Fine Art, summer 1993, p. 20.
Winston-Salem Journal, August 3, 1997, p. E2.