Curriculum Vitae
ANNA EHRSAM
Brooklyn, New York
annaehrsam.com • annamehrsam@gmail.com • 718-415-6020
Education
MFA, Sculpture, Yale University, School of Art
BFA, Sculpture (Magna Cum Laude), School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
Teaching Experience
Adjunct Instructor, Montclair State University, Department of Art & Design, 2022–present
Adjunct Instructor, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ, 2013–present
Adjunct Instructor, Montclair State University, NJ, 2005–2008
Visiting Artist Lecturer, Montclair State University, 2004
Educator, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY, 1999–2002
Lecturer, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, 1999–2001
Teaching Assistant, Yale School of Art, Foundation Sculpture, 1996–1997
Awards
Academic Scholarship, Yale University School of Art, 1995–1997
Merit Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, NY, 1990–1995
Exhibitions
TIArt Studio Event, Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY, 2025
Femme Digital, Benjamin J. Dineen III and Dennis C. Hull Gallery, Jersey City, NJ, 2024
Women Heavy Garden Ship, Gallery 2024, Kearny, NJ, 2024
Blossoms In The Void, Coral Door Gallery, West Village, New York, NY, 2023
Faculty Exhibition, Hudson County Community College, Jersey City, NJ, 2019
ARTSCIENCE, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2018
The Human Form, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2017
Making the Future, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY, 2016
Prime Matter, The Museum of Drawings, Laholm, Sweden, 2015
Prime Matter, Senaspace, New York, NY, 2014
From Life, Radiator Gallery, Long Island City, NY, 2012
Benefit Exhibition, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2012
Go Brooklyn Art, Brooklyn, NY, 2012
Bornagain Again, FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2008
Bridge Miami 08, Art Basel Miami Beach, FL, 2008
Faculty Show, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ, 2005
Freedom Seder, P.S.122 Performance Space, New York, NY, 2004
The Pattern of the Plans and the Lack of the Plan Plan, T1+2 Artspace, London, UK, 2004
Clean, It Just Looks Dirty, GV/AS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2003
Part II: Poets and Painters, Berks Art Alliance, Reading, PA, 2002
Part I: Poets and Painters, Willow Art Center, Reading, PA, 2002
Neo: New Approaches to Artmaking, Exit Art, New York, NY, 2000
Urban Romantics (Part I), Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY, 1998
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1997
Second Year MFA Show, Hammond Hall, Yale School of Art, 1997
Second Year MFA Show, Hammond Hall, Yale School of Art, 1996
New Video, Zone Gallery, New York, NY, 1996
First Year MFA Show, Yale Art Gallery, Yale School of Art, 1996
First Year MFA Show, Yale Art Gallery, Yale School of Art, 1995
Covert/Overt, Visual Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, 1995
Artist, Inventor, and Related Work
Gallerist, Curator, Owner, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn, NY, 2017–present
Editor-in-Chief, Battery Journal, Independent publishing, 2017–present
Principal Sculptor-Fabricator, ANNA Studio, Brooklyn, NY, 2004–present. Holder of three U.S. patents for sculptural joint and structural systems. Fine art fabrication and restoration for artists, museums, and galleries, including David Zwirner Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of African American History and Culture, and the National Infantry Museum.
Lead Sculptor, Studio EIS, Brooklyn, NY, 1992–present. Major commissions for Smithsonian Institution, Mount Vernon, National Museum of the Marine Corps, Museum of Science and Industry (Chicago), and Griffith Observatory (Los Angeles).
Sculptor & Assistant, Matthew Barney, New York, NY, 1993–1995. Assisted in the production of Cremaster Cycle projects for Barbara Gladstone Gallery, Guggenheim Museum, MoMA, Whitney Museum.
Sculptor, Gary Hume, New York, NY, 2003. Mold making and casting of “Snowmen” for Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY.
Sculptor, commission for “Altar One”, Exit Art Gallery, New York, NY, 1998–2000.
Sculptor & Assistant, Barbara Bloom, New York, NY, 1993. Assisted in the production of “Works for the Blind.”
Sculptor & Assistant, Michael Gray, New York, NY, 1993. Restored the “Electron V Microscope” for Barbara Gladstone Gallery, NY, and assisted in the “Medusa Movement” project for the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art.
Bibliography (Selected)
Ken Johnson, “Art in Review: Neo,” The New York Times, July 28, 2000
Scott J. Budzynski, “Neo: New Approaches to Artmaking,” NY Arts Magazine, Vol. 5, July/August 2000
“Neo,” The New Yorker, July 3, 2000
Robert C. Morgan, “Urban Romantics (Part I),” Review, Dec 25, 1998