Curriculum Vitae
ANNA EHRSAM
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EDUCATION
M.F.A. 1997 Sculpture Yale University, Yale School of Art
B.F.A. 1995 Sculpture (Magna Cum Laude) School of Visual Arts
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2022-2023 Adjunct Instructor, Montclair State University, Department of Art and Design, Montclair, NJ
2013-Present Adjunct Instructor, Hudson County Community College, Department of Liberal Arts, and Arts and Humanities, Jersey City, NJ
2008-2012 Private Art Instructor, New York, NY
2005-2008 Adjunct Instructor, Montclair State University, Department of Art and Design, Montclair, NJ
2004 Visiting Artist Lecturer, Department of Art and Design, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
1999-2002 Educator, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, New York, NY
1999-2001 Lecturer, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
1997 Research Assistant, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT (Cataloguing and research for the class, Art of the 90’s.)
1996-1997 Teaching Assistant, Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT (Foundation Sculpture)
AWARDS
1995-1997 Academic Scholarship, Yale University School of Arts, New Haven, CT
1990-1995 Merit Scholarship, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
EXHIBITION RECORD
2023 Blossoms In The Void, Coral Door Gallery West Village, New York NY
2019 Faculty Exhibition, Hudson County Community College Jersey City, NJ
2018 ARTSCIENCE, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn NY
2017 The Human Form, Park Place Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2016 Making The Future, David & Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn NY
2015 Prime Matter, The Museum of Drawings, Laholm, Sweden
2014 Prime Matter, Senaspace, New York, NY
2012 Go Brooklyn Art, Brooklyn, NY
2012 Benefit Exhibition, Five Myles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
From Life, Radiator Gallery, Long Island City, NY
2008 Bridge Miami 08, Art Basel Miami Beach 2008, Miami, FL
Bornagain Again, FiveMyles Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2005 Faculty Show, School of the Arts, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ
2004 The Pattern of the Plans and the Lack of the Plan Plan, T1+2 artspace, London, England
Freedom Seder, P.S.122 Performance Space, New York, NY
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2003 Clean, It Just Looks Dirty, GV/AS Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
2002 Part II: Poets and Painters, Berks Art Alliance, Reading, PA
Part I: Poets and Painters, Willow Art Center, Reading, PA
2000 Neo: New Approaches to Artmaking, Exit Art, New York, NY
1998 Urban Romantics, Part I, Lombard-Freid Fine Arts, New York, NY
1997 M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, Yale University, Yale School of Art, Yale University Gallery, New Haven, CT
Second Year M.F.A. Show, Spring Semester, Hammond Hall, Yale School of Art, Yale University
1996 Second Year M.F.A. Show, Fall Semester, Hammond Hall, Yale School of Art,
Yale University
New Video, Zone Gallery, New York, NY
First Year M.F.A. Show, Spring Semester, Yale Art Gallery, Yale School of Art, Yale University
1995 First Year M.F.A. Show, Fall Semester, Yale Art Gallery, Yale School of Art,
Yale University
Covert/Overt, Visual Arts Gallery, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
ART RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
2017-Present Gallerist, Curator, Owner Park Place Gallery, Brookly, NY
2017-Present Editor-In-Chief, Battery Journal Publishing, Indipendent art publishing with two books out
online publishing Batteryjournal.com
2004-Present Owner - Inventor, Principal Sculptor-Fabricator, ANNA Studio, Brooklyn, NY
Holds three United States patents. . Designing, prototyping, fabricating, and restoring fine art objects for galleries, museums, and corporations.
Constructing props for commercial display.
Selected clients include:
David Zwirner Gallery, New York City, NY
National Infantry Museum, Columbus, GA
1992-Present Lead Sculptor, Studio EIS Brooklyn NY
National Museum of African American History and Culture, Washington, D.C
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
Donald W. Reynolds Museum & Educational Center, George Washington’s Mount Vernon Estate, Mount Vernon, VA
National Postal Museum, Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C.
National Museum of the Marine Corps, Quantico, VA
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ART RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE CONTINUED:
Selected clients continued:
Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago, IL
U. S. Army Aviation Museum Foundation, Fort Rucker, AL
Griffiths Observatory, Los Angeles, CA
2006 Sculptor, mobile prototype for Alex Beard Studio, New York, NY
Sculptor-Fabricator, Served as independent contractor working with Mike Fontana Studio for Spaeth Designs, New York, NY.
2005 Art Designer-Fabricator, award winning runway for Fashion Week, New York, NY
2000 Art Director, New York, NY
(Responsible for art direction for the independent film, Lovely Lady.)
1997 Set Designer, Yale University, New Haven, CT
(Responsible for set design for the play, Ontological Detective.)
1996 Art Director, New York, NY
(Responsible for art direction in a music video for Atom Bomb.)
1993 Art Director, ATTA, Inc., New York, NY
(Responsible for art direction, design and fabrication of objects
for museums.)
1990-1991 Sculptor, Basis, Brooklyn, NY (Currently located in Sante Fe, NM.)
Specialized in life-cast historical figures, animals, and relief sculpture.
Responsible for all aspects of creating figures and animals: casting; assembly; final finishing; costuming; resin hardening; and painting finished figures.
FINE ART FABRICATION FOR ARTISTS, GALLERIES, MUSEUMS, AND EVENTS
2003 Sculptor, Gary Hume, New York, NY
Mold making and casting of “Snowmen” for Mathew Marks Gallery,
New York, NY.
1998-2000 Sculptor, commission for “Altar One”, Exit Art Gallery, New York, and NY
Created monumental sized sculpture exhibited in:
Exit Art Gallery, New York, NY.
1993-1995 Sculptor and Assistant, Matthew Barney, New York, NY
Assisted in the production of “Cremaster 3 and 4” for the Barbara Gladstone Gallery and BBC Television.
Responsible for creating fine art objects, and props for international museums:
Guggenheim Museum, NY
Museum of Modern Art, NY
Whitney Museum of American Art, NY
1993 Sculptor and Assistant, Barbara Bloom, New York, NY
Assisted in the production of “Works for the Blind.”
Sculptor and Assistant, Michael Gray, New York, NY
Restored the “Electron V Microscope” for the Barbra Gladstone Gallery,
New York, NY.
Assisted in the “Medusa Movement” project for the Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
Scott J. Budzynski, “Neo: New Approaches to Artmaking,” NY Arts Magazine, Vol. 5, July/August, 2000: 34-35.
Ken Johnson, “Art in Review: Neo,” The New York Times, July 28, 2000: e.2:31.
“Neo,” “Goings On About Town,” The New Yorker, New York, NY,
July 3, 2000: 15.
Robert C. Morgan, “Urban Romantics (Part I),” Review, December 25, 1998: 1.
References available upon request.