Biography
Born Jackson, Michigan 1950
Lives and works in Los Angeles, CA
Education
1972 BA in Art History, Purdue University
1983 New School for Social Research, New York City
1987 MFA, California College of Arts and Crafts (with Viola Frey), Oakland, California
Awards & Residencies
2023 - 2024 Created the AW Artist Residency in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico for 16 artists, writers, and art professionals
2022 Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles, Cultural Trailblazer Award
2018 Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
Visiting Artist and Scholars Program, American Academy in Rome
2016 Laila Twigg-Smith Artist Residency, Holualoa Foundation for Arts and Culture, Hawaii
2015 Philip C. Curtis Artist-in-Residence, Albion College, Albion, Michigan
2014 Artist in Residence, Lux Institute, Encinitas, California
Visiting Artist and Scholars Program, American Academy in Rome
2013 Artist in Residence, International School of Beijing, People’s Republic of China
2012 Visiting Artist, American Academy in Rome
2010 Artist in Residence, de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Artist in Residence, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, California
2007 Oberpfalzer Kunslerhaus Resident Artist Award, Schwandorf, Germany
2004 Public Art Award, Americans for the Arts, Public Art Network, Year in Review
2003 Interview broadcast on Spark, a program about Bay Area Artists produced by KQED Television, San Francisco
1999 Djerassi Resident Artist, Helen L. Bing Fellowship
1998 California Arts Council Individual Fellowship (Visual Arts)
Public Art and Private
2022 BioMed Realty, Emeryville Center for Innovation, Emeryville, California
2018 21st Century Library & Community Learning Center, Hayward, California
2010 Montalvo Arts Center, Ode to Montalvo, Sculpture on the Grounds, Saratoga, California
2009 Lafayette Public Library and Learning Center Purchase Award, Lafayette, California
2007 Phoenix Office of Arts and Culture, Infinite Possibilities, Library, Cesar Chavez Park
2006 Denver Office of Cultural Affairs, Promenade, Skyline Park, Denver, Colorado
2003 State of California Capitol Area East End Complex, Enough, Not Enough, Sacramento
2001 Djerassi Resident Artist Program, To Market, To Market, Woodside, California
2000 Palo Alto City Hall Temporary Art Installation, To Market, To Market, Palo Alto, California
1999 Seattle Arts Commission, Slow Life, Seattle Public Utilities Renaissance Works Project
1998 Mid-Peninsula Housing Coalition, 110’ Ceramic Tile Mural, Palo Alto, California (community collaboration with artists with disabilities from Creative Growth Art Center in Oakland, California)
Solo Exhibitions
2023 O What Fools We Mortals Be, Wönzimer Gallery, Los Angeles
2022 Come Together, Pierce College, Los Angeles
2022 Come Together, Pierce College Art Gallery, Los Angeles
2019 Happiest Days of Our Lives, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco 2019
Peedrow Boogie Woogie, Los Angeles, Harbor College Fine Art Gallery, Los Angeles
2017 Ann Weber Sculpture, TransVagrant + Gallery 478, San Pedro, California
Moon Over San Pedro, Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
emBody: Ann Weber, Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California
2016 Mass, ANDLAB Gallery, Los Angeles Beyond Materials, University Library Art Gallery, Sacramento State University,
Sacramento, California
2015 Ann Weber Sculpture, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
Walnuts, Milkweed and Miro, Munro Gallery, Albion College, Michigan
Ann Weber Sculpture, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
2014 Lux Art Institute, Encinitas, California
2013 The Ripple Effect, Shenshi Sky Gallery, 798 Art Zone, Beijing, People’s Republic of China
2012 Ann Weber, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
Beauty, Joy & Wonder, Evansville Museum, Evansville, Indiana. Traveled to Hope College, DePree Gallery, Holland, Michigan.
(Catalogue published by Evansville Museum of Art)
2011 Love and Other Audacities, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, California (catalogue)
Sculpture and Drawings, William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado
Ann Weber, Drawings and Sculpture, 101 California, San Francisco, California
2010 Infinite Possibilities, Chehalem Cultural Center, Inaugural Exhibition, Newborg, Oregon
2009 Corrugated: Sculpture by Ann Weber, Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
New Work, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, California
Sculpture, Stremmel Gallery, Reno, Nevada
2008 Night Blooming, University of San Francisco, San Francisco
Wonderland, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California
Sculpture, William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado
2007 Strange Fruit, Sonoma Valley Museum of Art, Sonoma, California
Sculpture: Ann Weber, Sculpture Court, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
Poetics of Structure, Donna Seager Gallery, San Rafael, California
2006 Pulp Modernism, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California. Curator: Jacqueline Pilar
Cardboard! Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, California,
Re:Form, Dominican University Gallery, San Rafael, California
2005 New Sculpture and Drawings, Kay Kimpton Contemporary Art, San Francisco
Sculpture, Bg Site, Dean Lesher Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California
2002 Random Encounters, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California. Curator: JoAnn Northrup
Balancing Acts, Gallery 555, curated by Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
1998 Sculpture, Davis Art Center, Davis, California
1997 Michael Himovitz Gallery, Sacramento, California
Gregory Kondos Gallery, Sacramento City College, Sacramento, California
1994 Introductions, Claudia Chapline Gallery Stinson Beach, California
June Steingart Gallery, Laney College, Oakland, California
1993 Joan Roebuck Gallery, Lafayette, California
1984 Greenwich House Pottery, New York City
Selected Group Exhibitions
2023 Co / Lab 5 – Los Angeles and the World, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
Paper Route, Art Share L.A., Los Angeles, CA
2022 Beautiful, Not Pretty, Wönzimer, Los Angeles
Currents, FP Contemporary, Los Angeles
Gathering of Angels, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA
Bonham Art +Design, Arrowtown, New Zealand
2021 Art of California: Greater Than the Sum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Making Time, Craft Contemporary Museum, Los Angeles
re-adaptation, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, Los Angeles
2020 Extraordinary Ordinary: Cardboard Reimagined, Cabrillo Gallery, Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA
We Are Here, Here We Are, Durden and Ray Gallery, Los Angeles
2019 Two Sculptors, Mount St. Mary’s University, Los Angeles
Breadth: Curated by Jill Moniz, The Good Luck Gallery, Los Angeles
Big, Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
Local Notion, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, California
Winter Ware, Transvagrant/Gallery 478, San Pedro
2018 Art Is A Lie, California Baptist University, Riverside, California
Mono | Mano, SCAPE Gallery, Corona del Mar, California
Uncommon Material, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, California
Here and Now, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
2017 Pulped Fiction, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, California
Elsegundissimo, ESMOA, El Segundo, California
Paper Work, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, Massachusetts
Green Revolution, Museum of Art and History, Lancaster, California
Art Basel Miami, International Contemporary Art Fair, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, two-person booth
2015 Fiberlicious, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall Park, Los Angeles
Lightning Strikes, 18 Artists, 18 Poets, Dolby Chadwick Gallery, San Francisco
Mooncakes, Churros and Cherry Pie, Euphrat Museum, De Anza College, Cupertino, California
2014 Elevated Cardboard, Museum of Craft and Design, San Francisco
The Third Dimension, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California
Featured Objects, Bellevue Arts Museum first floor Forum, Bellevue, Washington
2011 Reclamation, Center for Visual Art, Denver, Colorado
2010 Magna Carta, Cain Schulte Contemporary Art, San Francisco, California
Natural and Creative Capital, Sculpture on the Grounds, Montalvo Arts Center, Saratoga, California
Out of Order, San Francisco State University Gallery, San Francisco
2009 Afterlife, Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose. Curator: Kathryn Funk
2008 Reclaiming Materials, Sculpturesite Gallery, San Francisco
Present Tension, Chandra Cerrito Contemporary, Oakland, California
This End Up: The Art of Cardboard, San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, California
2007 Sculpture Walk: Invitational Sculpture Exhibition, Chandler, Arizona
2006 Family of Clay, Oliver Art Center, California College of Art, Oakland, California
Paper, Katrina Traywick Contemporary Art, Berkeley, California
Happiness for All the Artists, Creative Growth Art Center, Oakland, California
2005 In the Round, San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California. Curator: Cathy Kimball
2004 Off the Rim: Pacific Rim Sculptors Group Exhibition, Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, New Jersey
2003 Landings, Southern Exposure, San Francisco. Curator: Man Ray Hsu
Give and Take, University of San Francisco, San Francisco. Curator: Richard Kamler
2002 Being There: 45 Oakland Artists, Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
1999 What is Art For?, Oakland Museum of California. Curators: William Wiley and Mary Hull Webster
16 Sculptors, California State University, Sacramento, California
Unboxed: Cardboard Sculpture, Dean Lescher Center for the Arts, Bedford Gallery, Walnut Creek, California
1998 Primary Elements, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California (three-person show)
Bay Area Sculptors Group Show IV: Abstraction, Oakland Museum of California Sculpture Court, Oakland, California
1997 From Within, Works Gallery San Jose, California. Curator: Mel Adamson
1996 Installation, Bedford Gallery, Regional Center for the Arts, Walnut Creek, California
Cast Bronze, Merced College Art Gallery, Merced California
1995 Artists of No Color, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco
1994 The Haggin Museum, Stockton, California. Curator: Rupert Garcia
Works on Paper, Bolinas Museum, Bolinas, California. Curator: Cheryl Haines
Black and White, Long Beach Arts Center, Long Beach, California
1991 Pro Arts Gallery. Curated by The Guerrilla Girls, Oakland, California
66th Annual Crocker-Kingsley Exhibition, Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, 2nd Prize
1990 Beyond Fragments: After the Earthquake, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, California. Curator: Regina Mouton
1988 Natsoulas Novelos Gallery, Davis, California
1987–89 American Ceramics Now, exhibition originating at the Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York; traveling to American Craft Museum, New York City; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California; De Cordova and Dana Museum, Lincoln, Massachusetts; Butler Institute of Art, Youngstown,Ohio; Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
CATALOGUES AND REVIEWS
Melina Paris, We Are Here, Here We Are, Random Length News, San Pedro, CA 5/29/2020
Melina Paris, The Art of Ann Weber at LA Harbor College Fine Arts Gallery, Random Length News, San Pedro, CA, 12/5/2019
Barbara Morris, Review, Artillery, September/October 2019
David Roth, Review, Ann Weber@Dolby Chadwick, Square Cylinder.com, Northern California 7/30/19
Lorraine Heitzman, Review, Sculpture: Margaret Griffith & Ann Weber at Mt.St.Mary’s University, Art and Cake, March 2, 2019, Los Angeles
Richard Whittaker, Editor, Works & Conversation, Enough, Not Enough– A Conversation with Ann Weber, Issue #34, 2018
Suzanne Muchnic, The Cardboard Abstractions of Ann Weber, Artillery, May-June 2017
Julia Couzens, The art of Ann Weber comes out of the box, Sacramento Bee, 9/29/2016
Max Presneill, Fresh Faces in Art: Eight LA Artists You Should Know, Fabrik, The Intersection of Art, Design & Architecture// Issue 29
Barbara Morris, Artist Profile: Ann Weber, Art.Ltd., March/April 2015
Maria Porges, Review, Ann Weber @ Dolby Chadwick, Square Cylinder.com, Northern California Art, 3/16/15
Elise Morris, Interview, The Studio Work Blog, March 10, 2015
Lorenzo Pereira, Review, Ann Weber at Dolby Chadwick Gallery, WIDEWALLS, March 1, 2015
Kristi Myllenbeck, Review, ‘Mooncakes, churros, and Cherry Pie’ is food for thought, Silicon Valley Community Newspapers, February 6, 2015
James Chute, Artist, Ann Weber, at work at Lux Art Institute, UT San Diego, 11/23/2014
Joyce Lovelace and Judy Argingteneau, Material Crush, Limitless Possibilities, American Craft Magazine, September 2014
COLLECTIONS
Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York City, Selected by de Pury,
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Museum of Art and History, MOAH, Lancaster, California
American Embassy in Swaziland, Africa
Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
International Oberpfalzer Kunstlerhaus, Schwandorf, Germany
ZMS Corporation, Schwandorf, Germany
International School of Beijing, Beijing, China
Djerassi Resident Artist Program, Woodside, California
Montalvo Arts Center, Sculpture on the Grounds, Saratoga, California
Fresno Art Museum, Fresno, California
Lafayette Public Library and Learning Center Purchase Award, Lafayette, California
Seattle Arts Commission, Seattle Public Utilities Renaissance Works Project
Frances and Sydney Lewis Collection, Richmond, Virginia
Stockwell-Mudd Library, Albion College, Albion, Michigan
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, California
Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley, California
Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, California
Walnut Creek Public Library, Walnut Creek, California
Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, California
City of Orinda Public Library, Orinda, California
City of Hayward Public Library, Hayward, California