BIOGRAPHY

Born: Boston, Massachusetts, 1973
Resides: Peterborough, New Hampshire
Education: California College of the Arts, San Francisco (M.F.A., 2000);
Brown University (B.A., 1995)
Website: www.annavonmertens.com

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2007
“Burned Out by the Rising Sun,” University Art
Museum, California State University, Long Beach.

2006
“As the Stars Go By,” Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco.

2005
“Suggested North Points,” University Art Museum, University of California, Santa Barbara.
“Black and White, Shades of Gray,” Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles.

2004
“Point of View,” Mills College Art Museum, Oakland, California.

2003
“MATRIX 207: Suggested North Points,” Berkeley Art Museum, University of California.

2001
“Via,” Southern Exposure, San Francisco.
“Migrations,” Project Space, Headlands Center for the
Arts, Sausalito, California.

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008
“In the Private Eye,” ISE Cultural Foundation, New York.

2007
“Material Pursuits,” Fleming Museum, University of Vermont, Burlington. Catalogue.
“Artists of Invention: A Century of CCA,” Oakland Museum of California. Catalogue.

2006
“Prevailing Climate,” Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York.
“The Searchers,” White Box, New York.

2005
“Bay Area Now 4,” Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco. Catalogue.
“Mental Maps,” Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs, Queens, New York.
“Practice Makes Perfect: Bay Area Conceptual Craft,” Southern Exposure, San Francisco. Catalogue.

2004
“Topographies,” Pasadena Museum of California Art. Catalogue.
“Astonishing Knowledge,” Center for Curatorial Studies
Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York.

2003
“Sewn Together,” Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco.

2002
“Maps and Charts,” Penrose Gallery, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia.
“Conceptual Color: In Albers’ Afterimage,” Museum of Art and History, Santa Cruz, California.
“High Tech/Low Tech Hybrids: Art in a Digital Age,” Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California.

Selected Bibliography

.2007
Amir, Yaelle. “As the Stars Go By,” ArtUS (January– February).
Hung, Shu and Joseph Magliaro, eds. By Hand: The Use of Craft in Contemporary Art. New York: Princeton Architectural Press.

2006
“Cabinet Artist Project: As the Stars Go By,” Cabinet (Fall).
Cotter, Holland. “Art in Review: Prevailing Climate,” The New York Times (August 11).

2005
Hemmings, Jessica. “Anna Von Mertens: Conceptual Craft,” Surface Design Journal (Winter).
Knight, Christopher. “A Debate Put to Rest,” Los Angeles Times (February 18).
Woodward, Josef. “Anna Von Mertens at University Art Museum, UCSB,” Artweek (October).

2003
Alba, Victoria. “Anna Von Mertens: Suggested North Points,” Fiberarts (November–December).
Baker, Kenneth. “Artist Anna Von Mertens Has Quilting Down to a Science at the Berkeley Art Museum,” San Francisco Chronicle (August 9).
Parker, Susan. “Existential Quilting? Yes, and Von Mertens Does It,” Oakland Tribune (August 29).
Spalding, David. “Anna Von Mertens at the Berkeley Art Museum,” Flash Art (October).

2002
Fowle, Kate. “San Francisco,” Contemporary (June–July–August).