Anna Weyant

Anna Weyant (born 1995 in Calgary, Alberta) is a New York–based artist whose figurative paintings blend influence from the Dutch Golden Age with an awareness of contemporary popular culture and social media.[1]

Anna Weyant
Born
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
NationalityCanadian
EducationRhode Island School of Design (RISD)
OccupationVisual Artist

Early life and education

Weyant was born in Calgary, Alberta. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in 2017, where she studied painting. She moved to New York where she was joined by her brother, actor Austin Weyant.[2]

Exhibitions

One Person Exhibitions

Weyant has had three solo exhibits, "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (2019),[3] "Loose Screw" (2021),[4][5] and "Splinter" (2022).[6][7]

Group Exhibitions

Weyant has been featured in numerous Group Exhibitions between 2017 and 2022.[8] Group Exhibitions include:

2022

  • Women of Now: Dialogues of Memory, Place & Identity, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX
  • Artists Inspired by Music: Interscope Reimagined, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA

2021

  • North by Northeast: Contemporary Canadian Painting, Kasmin Gallery, New York, NY
  • Resurgence, NYC Culture Club, New York, NY
  • And I Will Wear You in My Heart of Heart, The FLAG Art Foundation, New York, NY
  • Friend Zone, curated by Vaughn Spann, Half Gallery, New York, NY

2020

  • Sympathetic Magic, Blum & Poe, Los Angeles, CA
  • Life Still, C L E A R I N G, Brooklyn, NY
  • Allegory of Painting, curated by William Leung, WOAW Gallery, Hong Kong, China
  • Sit Still, curated by Patty Horing and Deborah Brown, Anna Zorina Gallery, New York, NY
  • Intimate Companions, Mary Heaton Vorse House, Provincetown, MA
  • A Group of More or Less Than 10, Winter Street Gallery, Edgartown, MA
  • Body in Motion, Stems Gallery, Brussels, Belgium
  • Works on Paper, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • To Paint Is to Love Again, curated by Olivier Zahm, Nino Mier Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
  • Humanmakes, Recharge Foundation, Singapore

2019

  • For Mario, Tina Kim Gallery, New York, NY
  • Historicity, Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA
  • Figurative Approaches, East End Culture Club, Southampton, NY
  • Notebook, curated by Joanne Greenbaum, 56 Henry, New York, NY
  • The Views, Fisher Parrish Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2018

  • Of Pursism, Nina Johnson, Miami, FL

2017

  • Circles without Breaks, Local Project Art Space, Long Island City, NY
  • Anna Weyant Embraces Dark Humor through Realistic Paintings
  • The Credible Image, an interview with Anna Weyant
  • Painting the Future
  • Musings in the Studio
  • Introducing exceptional Artists, New American Paintings
  • Art Portrait Anna Weyant in conversation with Bill Powers
  • Anna Weyant is Most Likely a Time Travelling Painter

References

  1. "OTP short-forms: Anna Weyant". OTP. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  2. "Austin Weyant". IMDb. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  3. "Anna Weyant Paints Figures of Playful Rebellion". Art of Choice. April 10, 2020. Retrieved June 18, 2020.
  4. "Loose Screw « Exhibitions « Blum & Poe". blumandpoe.com. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  5. "Preview: Anna Weyant's "Loose Screw" Debuts @ Plum & Poe". News Break. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  6. "CV « Anna Weyant « Artists « Blum & Poe". www.blumandpoe.com. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  7. "Splinter « Exhibitions « Blum & Poe". www.blumandpoe.com. Retrieved March 11, 2022.
  8. "CV « Anna Weyant « Artists « Blum & Poe". www.blumandpoe.com. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
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