Anna Timmerman

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EDUCATION

2010: BFA School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL. Emphasis in Drawing & Painting

2006-2008: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. Emphasis in Crop & Soil Science

Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist’s Residency, Saugatuck, MI (Summer 2009/2010, Winter 2010/2011)

EXHIBITIONS

2011

Abstractions, Curated by Sandra Perlow, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

Dark Matters, Curated by Andrea Jablonski, Peanut Gallery, Chicago, IL

Mar(t)ch Madness, Organized by Lion vs. Gorilla, Fulton Street Collective, Chicago, IL

You Still Have Time/ Not If You Were The Last One On Earth, Anna Timmerman & Uriel Correa, The Milk Factory, Chicago, IL

2010

Fall Undergraduate Exhibition, Sullivan Galleries, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, IL

Vacation: Peanut Gallery, Chicago, IL

Transit: The Transit Residency & Gallery, Chicago, IL

Here Come the Plants - A Flora-Utopian Transformation: Elastic Sound & Vision Gallery, Chicago, IL

2D Representations of Natural Phenomena: Drew Noble & Anna Timmerman, The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, Chicago, IL

Aviary, Ryerson Woods Conservation Area, Deerfield, IL

Artist’s Books, The Dittmar Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL

20 Chicago Women Artists: Woman’s History Month, Chicago Public Libraries, IL

While in Class, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL

2009

Evolving Artists, The Beverly Arts Center, Chicago, IL

These Territories Three, BLANK Gallery, Gainesville, FL

International Wildlife Invitational Show, Center for the Arts, Irving, TX

2008

Department (STORE),Collaboration with J. Morgan Puett, Sullivan Galleries, Chicago, IL

Anna Timmerman, New Work, Ven Sherrod Gallery, Chicago, IL

2007

Student Show, Michigan State University Student Union Gallery, East Lansing, MI

CURATORIAL PROJECTS

2011

Tully Satre, Liz Tjepkema, & Chinatsu Ikeda, Co-Curated with Drew Noble, NEXT Invitational Exhibition of Emerging Art, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL*

Jeremie Lenoir, The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, Chicago, IL

Circle vs. Square: Saturday Space, Chicago, IL*

Chinatsu Ikeda: The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, Chicago, IL

2010

Scape: Co-Curated with Daniel Schmid, The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, (Jan Christopher-Berkson, Morgan Carter, Susanna Coffey, Chinatsu Ikeda, Adriene Lilly, Shona Macdonald, Aliza Morell, Joseph Noderer, Hao Ni & Bethany Porter)

2D Representations of Natural Phenomena, The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, (Drew Noble & Anna Timmerman)

Employed: A Show Created in 24 Hours, The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, (Anna Browning, Titus Tomescu, Hannah Kahn Manfredi, Janna Pinsker, Jessica Kadish, Anna Timmerman, Drew Noble, Kate Hampel, Jennifer Diaz, Jax Thurman Dew, Nicole Villeneuve, Nora Rinehart, Tory Christopherson Sommerfeldt, & Michael Lana)

Big Show for Small Works, The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, (Alenna Sandy, Boruch Lev, Anna Timmerman, Drew Noble, and Mona DiFiore)

Planet Earth, The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, (Boruch Lev, Maggie Puckett, Tatjana Jovancevic, Joyce Speechley, and Tiffany Gholar)

Conversations in Glass: Construction and Destructions, The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, (Jason Mack, Jason Chakravarty, Lynnda Pardoe, Bryan Northup, and Christian Stock)

Chicago Form & Structure, The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, (Erin Elizabeth, Harry Sidebotham, Joseph Sidebotham, Fred Teifeld)

Lost and Found, The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, (Jacqueline Roig, Nicole Villeneuve, Anthony Miceo, Robert Lieberman, & Rox Muzik)

AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS

Lalla Anne Critz Zanzi Memorial Scholarship

Anna M. Thurston Memorial Scholarship

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Merit Scholarship

School of the Art Institute of Chicago Recognition Scholar

Ox-Bow School of Art West Michigan Scholarship

Presidential Youth Freedom Award, Organic Gardening

Michigan Future Farmers of America Star in Agribusiness

Michigan 4-H Agriculture State Award

USDA National Risk Management Award- Organic Farming System

National Junior Horticultural Association Gold Medalist in Commercial Garden

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2011-Present: Organic Gardener, Shores Garden Consulting, Chicago, IL

2011: Co-Curator, Onewall Micro-Exhibition Space & MFA Thesis Podcast, Chicago, IL

2011: Staff, Ox-Bow School of Art and Artist's Residency, Chicago, IL

2010-Present: Gallery Director, The Nicole Villeneuve Gallery, Chicago, IL

2010-2011: Programming Director, The Nicole Villeneuve Studio Residency, Chicago, IL

2009-2010: Curator, PlayfulZen Gallery and Studio, Chicago, IL

2006-2007: Studio Assistant, Dave Wilson, LaGrange, IL

2006-2007: Photography Assistant, Ven Sherrod Photography, Chicago, IL

2006-2008: Laboratory Technician, Michigan State University Department of Crop & Soil Science, East Lansing, MI

2005-2007: Sweetwater Local Foods Market Founding Farmer

2006: Horticulture Laboratory Technician, Alliance Analytical Laboratories, Coopersville, MI

1999-2006: Owner/Operator, A.E. Timmerman Organic Farms, Nunica, MI

PUBLICATIONS & REVIEWS

Generation Gap on Michigan Ave., By Daniel Schmid, F News Magazine, November 8, 2010

At the Back of the North Wind: Speculations on the Windy City, Urban Bloom Magazine, October 31, 2010

Art in a Nutshell, Peanut Gallery, by Brianna Wellin, The Columbia Chronicle, October 25, 2010

Artist of the Month, Anna Timmerman, Urban Bloom Chicago, http://urbnbloom.wordpress.com, October 18, 2010

Vacation Show at Peanut Gallery, by Rachel White, The Chi Guide, www.thechiguide.com, October 19, 2010

Vacation Group Art Show Opening @ Peanut Gallery, by Kelly Reaves, Gaper's Block, www.gapersblock.com, October 8, 2010

Anna Elizabeth Timmerman, The Art Reviewer Blog, www.theartreviewer.blogspot.com, June 14, 2010

Local Artists Participate in ArtPrize Event, Grand Rapids Press, September 21, 2009

*denotes scheduled events.