Anna Plesset’s research-oriented practice—spanning painting, sculpture and drawing— is concerned with the cultural and psychological processes by which knowledge is erased, translated and retold. Plesset’s individual bodies of work function as multi-chapter thesis that examine the construction of history, knowledge and memory, examining the roles of gender and hierarchies of visual culture, especially narratives that have been formerly overlooked or siloed. In her recent work, Plesset draws on her astute use of illusionistic trompe l’oeil painting techniques to represent quotidian objects, and lost art histories. 

CURRICULUM VITAE
Born 1977, Mt. Kisco, NY
Lives and works in New York.

EDUCATION
2011
M.F.A. Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1999
B.F.A. Painting, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
American Paradise, Jack Barrett, New York, NY (forthcoming) 

2022
Anna Plesset: Various Records, Kenderdine Gallery, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK, Canada

2021
Value Studies, PATRON, Chicago, IL

2020
Various Records, Presentation with Jack Barrett at The Armory Show, New York, NY

2019
Various Records, PATRON, Chicago IL
Various Records, Hunter Harrison, London, UK

2013
A Still Life, UNTITLED, New York, NY
Observe, Notice, Understand, The Horticultural Society of New York, New York, NY

2009
Headlines, Jeffrey Boone Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2007
Time Machine, Back Gallery Project, Vancouver, Canada

2006
Excerpts, Onepointsix Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023
Women Reframe American Landscape: Susie Barstow & Her Circle/Contemporary Practices, Thomas Cole National Historic Site, Catskill, NY; traveled to New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT; Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, Wausau, WI

2020
ID: Formations of the Self, Shirley Fiterman Art Center, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY, New York, NY

2019
Home/Work, JDJ | The Ice House, Garrison, NY
Place/Image/Object, Jack Barrett Gallery, New York, NY

2016
Though You’ve Hit a Bump, 315 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

2015
I am a Lie and I am Gold, curated by Marco Breuer, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
Mirror Mirror, curated by Hilary Doyle and Reid Hitt, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Let’s Be Real, Projekt722, Brooklyn, NY

2013
White House, Galerie Clemens Gunzer, Zurich, Switzerland
AIRspace 2013, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY
Jew York, Zach Feuer and UNTITLED, New York, NY
The Wall, Marlborough Chelsea, New York, NY
Thanks, Lu Magnus, New York, NY

2011
Small Crowd, Mixed Greens, New York, NY
Graduate Thesis Exhibition, Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, RI
We Care A Lot, Sol Koffler Gallery, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Break It Down, Chace Center, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2010
Leaving Room, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2009
Rotation X: Curating as Academia, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
Between the Lines, Gallery Atsui, Vancouver, Canada
Redrawn, Jeffrey Boone Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2008
Hybrid, Center on Contemporary Art, Seattle, WA

2005
The Nature of Paper, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL
Postcards from the Edge, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY

COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS
2021
prompt: Issue 4, a collaborative publication with historian Kathryn Brackney directed by Nicole
Kaack and Mira Dayal and presented at Printed Matter’s Virtual Art Book Fair.

AWARDS, GRANTS, FELLOWSHIPS & RESIDENCIES
2021
Keyholder Residency, Lower East Side Printshop, New York, NY

2020
Nominee, American Academy of Arts & Letters Invitational Exhibition

2016
Joan Mitchell Foundation Emerging Artist Grant

2012
AIRspace Residency, Abrons Arts Center, New York, NY

2011
Terra Summer Residency Program, Giverny, France

2010
Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT

2009
Graduate Fellowship and Honors, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

1999
Faculty Medal in Art, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
Cornell Council for the Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1998
Edith and Walter King Stone Memorial Prize, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

1997
David R. Bean Prize in Fine Arts, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

BIBLIOGRAPHY
2023    
Whyte, Murray. “Forgotten Women of the American Landscape,” The Boston Globe, December 21, 2023.
Cole, Melissa. “New Exhibit Opens at the New Britain Museum of American Art,” WFSB, November 17, 2023.
Diehl, Travis. “What to See in N.Y.C. Galleries in August and Early September,” The New York Times, August 30, 2023.
Kennicott, Philip. “Susie Barstow lived a grand adventure but her art was erased,” The Washington Post, July 24, 2023.
Velie, Elaine. “What to See at New York’s 2023 Upstate Art Weekend,” Hyperallergic, July 13, 2023.
Pontone, Maya. “A Brief History of Art in the Hudson Valley,” Hyperallergic, July 20, 2023.
Cascone, Sarah. “Susie Barstow, a 19th-Century Artist Who Hiked Mountains in Bloomers to Paint Stunning Landscapes, Finally Gets a Museum Retrospective,” Artnet, July 4, 2023.
Jaeger, William. “Women rule the landscape – then and now – in Cole exhibits,” Times Union, June 28, 2023.

2022

Bennett, Jocelyn. “Five gallery exhibitions to see in September,” Saskatoon Star Pheonix, September 01, 2022

2021
Brazil, Kevin. “When is a Painting?”art-agenda, September 10, 2021.
Gat, Orit. “What we’re doing this summer,”art-agenda, July 29, 2021.

2020
Petratou, Kiki. “Special Feature: The Armory Show 2020,” Art Viewer, April 9, 2020.
Westall, Mark. “10 Artists to see at Armory 2020,” FAD Magazine, March 4, 2020.

2019
Block, Louis, “The Past Pushes Forward in an Exhibition About Memory,” Hyperallergic, February 12, 2019.
Heinrich, Will, “What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week: Place/Image/Object,” The New York Times, January 30, 2019.
Vu, Mimi. “T Suggests: A Rediscovered Funk Record, a New Gallery Upstate and More,” T Magazine, July 12, 2019.
“Anna Plesset at Patron Gallery, Chicago,” ARTnews, April 1, 2019.

“Sci-Fi Mosquitos & Smoke: 7 Cinematic Exhibitions Around the Globe,” Cultured, February 22, 2019.

2018
Greenberger, Alex, “Brooklyn’s 315 Gallery Moves to Lower East Side, Rechristens Itself Jack Barrett,” ARTnews, December 19, 2018.
Franco, Josh T. “Role Call,” Emerging Artist Grant 2016 catalogue, New York: Joan Mitchell Foundation, 2018
Silva, Patricia. “Sightlines,” Emerging Artist Grant 2016 catalogue, New York: Joan Mitchell Foundation, 2018

2016
Alipour, Yasaman, “Artseen: I Am a Lie and I Am Gold,” The Brooklyn Rail, March 4, 2016.

2015
Taylor, Leah, “Fact, Fiction, Reality & Illusion: An Interview with Anna Plesset,” BlackFlash Magazine, Issue 32.2, p.10. Reprinted on ARTHAPS.com, May 2015.

2014
Gat, Orit, “Portfolio by Anna Plesset,” BOMB Magazine, May 12, 2014.

2013
Balestin, Juliana, “Anna Plesset at UNTITLED, New York,” purple.fr, February 7, 2013.
Gat, Orit, “Highlights 2013,” Frieze Magazine, December 2013.
Keeting, Zachary and Christopher Joy, “Anna Plesset at UNTITLED,” Gorky’s Granddaughter, February 2013.
Lee, Nathaniel, “Critics’ Picks: Anna Plesset,” Artforum, February 2013.
Smith, Roberta, “Anna Plesset: ‘A Still Life’,” The New York Times, February 14, 2013.
Wilson-Goldie, Kaelen, “Rumours & Recognition,” Frieze Magazine, October 2013. 208.
Wolin, Joseph R., “Anna Plesset, ‘A Still Life’,” Time Out New York, February 14, 2013.
“Reviews in Brief: Anna Plesset at Untitled,” Modern Painters, May 2013.

2011
Garza, Evan J., “Small Crowd,” New American Paintings, blog, June 28, 2011.

2009
Laurence, Robin, “Words become pictures in art shows around Vancouver,” The Georgia Straight, September 24, 2009.
Laurence, Robin, “New inspiration at Vancouver’s inaugural drawing festival,” The Georgia Straight, July 16, 2009.
Piseno, Tabitha, “Rotation X: Curating As Academia,” Bomb Magazine, December 9, 2009.
“Drawn Festival: Sketching Out a Celebration,” Canadian Art Online, July 16, 2009.

VISITING ARTIST LECTURES & CRITIQUES
2023
Artist Talk and Panel Discussion presented by Thomas Cole National Historic Site and Foreland, Catskill, NY

2021
Lecture and Graduate Critiques, University of Delaware, Newark, DE

2020
Lecture, Denison University, Granville, OH

2014
Lecture, Purchase College, SUNY, Purchase, NY

2012
Undergraduate Critiques, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI