ANNE SEELBACH

Education
MFA  Hunter College, New York, NY
        International Sommerakademie für Bildende Kunst, Salzburg Austria (founded in 1953 by Oskar Kokoschka)
        Print Workshop, Tokyo, Japan, taught by an artist/monk
BA    New York University, New York, NY
        Centre College, Danville, KY

Solo Exhibitions
2023  'Elements Adrift - Recent Works by Anne Seelbach', Gallery North, Setauket, NY
2017  St. Joseph's College, Patchogue, NY
2013  Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut, Avery Point, CT
2012  PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT; “Troubled Waters: Awareness and Solutions”, Group for the East End, Southold, NY
2010  Aegon Gallery, Jones Visual Arts Center, Centre College, Danville, KY
2009  Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT
2004  "Anne Seelbach: Sculpture, Collage, Drawings" Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
2002  Alexey von Schlippe Gallery, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT
2001  Alva Gallery, New London, CT
1997  New London Art Society & Gallery, New London , CT
1996  Kouros Gallery, New York, NY
1994  The Painting Center, New York, NY
1991  Trustman Gallery, Simmons College, Boston, MA; Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME
1990  Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
1989  The Connecticut Gallery, Marlborough, CT
1988  Eckhaus Gallery, Hennef, Germany
1985  Tower Gallery, New York, NY
1984  The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ; Five Corners Library, Jersey City Cultural Arts Commission, NJ; A. Graham Thompson Memorial Museum, Alexandria Bay, NY; Hunter College, New York, NY
1983  Burgundy Cafe/Gallery, New York, NY
1981  Tower Gallery, Southampton, NY
1979  Fifth Street Gallery, New York, NY
1978  Still Mountain Gallery, Roosevelt House, New York, NY

Grants, Honors, Awards
2011  NY Foundation for the Arts, MARK Professional Practice Program, Woodstock, NY
1991  Arts Lottery Grant, Massachusetts Cultural Council and Somerville Arts Council, MA
1990  Visual Artist Fellowship, The Mary Ingraham Bunting Institute, (renamed Harvard Radcliffe Institute), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 
1988  Triangle Artists’ Workshop Residency, Pine Plains, NY (founded by Sir Anthony Caro)
1987  Visual Artist Fellowship, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH

Selected Group Exhibitions
2023  'Ebb & Flow: Picturing the Power of Water', curated by Nina Sangimino, The Long Island Museum, Stony Brook, NY; 'Nine: Long Island Painting", curated by Dawn Lee, OMNI Gallery, Uniondale, NY
2022  'Artists and Writers Benefit Art Exhibition', organized by Ronnette Riley, Kathryn Markel Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY; 'Encounters with Artists', curated by Shariee Calderone, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY; 'Share2Art - Anne Seelbach' video interview in my studio, created by Walter Sanchez and Eva Iacono for LTV television, East Hampton, NY 
2021  "The Abstract Show", curated by Kimberly Goff/Elaine Benson Gallery, Ezra Gallery at Center for Jewish Life, Sag Harbor, NY; Keyes Art, American Seasons, Nantucket, MA; "eARTh: Artists as Activists", curated by Amy Kirwin, Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY; "East End Collected6", curated by Paton Miller, at the Southampton Arts Center, Southampton, NY
2020  "Artists Choose Artists" through Februry 23, 2020, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY; summer group exhibition, Keyes Art Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY
2019  "Artists Choose Artists", Lucien Smith chose my collages to be exhibited at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY; "Divine Intervention", curated by Teri Hackett, Christ Episcopal Church, Sag Harbor, NY; "Environmental Reflections" with Janet Culbertson, Carol Hunt, Anne Seelbach, Ty Stroudsburg, Jamie Forbes Gallery, Center Moriches, NY; "Bulgaria: Weird, Wild, Beautiful Places," Hygienic Art, New London, CT; "The Beach", curated by Scott Bluedorn, Amagansett Lifesaving Station, Amagansett, NY; "725" curated by Michael Butler, Sag Harbor Whaling Museum, Sag Harbor, NY
2018  “725”, curated by Michael Butler, Sag Harbor Whaling & Historical Museum, Sag Harbor, NY; “Against the Wind”, curated by Marla Lipkin, Art Sites Gallery, Riverhead, NY; “Part II, An Invitational”, curated by Kimberly Goff, Elaine Benson Gallery at the Children’s Museum of the East End, Bridgehampton, NY; "Interiors and Exteriors - Emotions, Rhythm, Space & Place Explored via Color", curated by Jamie Ellin Forbes, Jamie Forbes Gallery, Center Moriches, NY; "Pushing Boundaries - Art That Defies Expectations", curated by Alicia Longwell, an online competition/exhibition, hamptonsarthub.com
2017  "Holiday Show", Ille Arts Gallery, Amagansett, NY; "Exhibition for the Cinema", curated by April Gornik, Sag Harbor, NY; "Return to Ashawagh Hall", The Art Barge exhibition at Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY
2016  "Poison Play", curated by Beth Giacummo, with Margaret DeLima, Scott McIntire, John Sabraw, Anne Seelbach, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY
2015  "Bridge of Light", curated by Vivian F. Zoe, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT; "The Artist's Journey", curated by Sharon Griffis, Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT
2014  "Our Troubled Waters", curated by Deborah Katz, with JoAnne Dumas, Dawn Lee and Anne Seelbach, South Huntington Public Library, Huntington Station, NY; "Mash Up: Collages in Mixed Media", curated by Stephen Lamia, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY; "Springs Invitational", curated by Sue Ferguson Gussow, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY; "Amagansett Art Across the Years", Amagansett Historical Association, Amagansett, NY; "Long Island Biennial", Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington, NY; "Holiday Show", Ille Arts Gallery, Amagansett, NY
2013  “NYFA 'MARK' Artists", curated by Beth Giacommo, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY;  "First Impressions - Printmaking with Solarplates", Guild Hall, East Hampton, NY; "Summertime", curated by Arlene Bujese, Southampton Cultural Center, Southampton, NY; "The Women - Part II", Peter Marcelle Gallery, Bridgehampton, NY; "Winners' Show" East End Arts, Riverhead, NY
2012  “NYFA MARK 11” curated by Mark Thomas Kanter, Kleinert/James Center for the Arts, Woodstock, NY; “La Morte” Juror: April Gornik, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY Award: Best-in-Show
2011  “Women” Juror: Pamela Williams, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY Award: First Place
2010  “Winners’ Show” East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY
2009  “My Long Island” curated by Carole Jay Islip Art Museum, NY; “Water and Sky” Nabi Gallery, New York, NY; “Driven to Abstraction” Juror: Nuala Clarke, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY Award: Best-in-Show; “Bulgaria / Then & Now: The American & Bulgarian Exchange 1993-2009” Hygienic Art Galleries, New London, CT; “Anne Seelbach and Laura Stroh” The Rosalie Dimon Gallery, Jamesport Inn, Jamesport, NY 
2008  “The Creative Process” Juror: Peter Marcelle, East End Arts Council, Riverhead, NY; “Land-Water-Land” Canio’s Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY 
2007  The Nature Conservancy Landscape Show, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY
2006  “Anne Seelbach and Gretchen Hatfield” Palace of Culture, Sofia, Bulgaria; “Anne Seelbach and Gretchen Hatfield” Smolyan Art Gallery, Smolyan, Bulgaria; “Sea, Sky & Sculpture” Mabel and Victor D’Amico Studio and Archive, Amagansett, NY
2003  “Reactions & Reflections: Continuing Responses to September 11”, Beard Gallery, Wheaton College, Norton, MA
2002  “The Sound of the Land: The Connecticut Landscape” Norwalk Museum, Norwalk, CT;   “What Survives” Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT  
2001  “Hygienic Art XXII”, Hygienic Art Gallery, New London, CT
2000  “Vessels” Alva Gallery, New London, CT; “Bringing Art To The Research Environment” Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT
1999  “Bringing Art To The Research Environment” Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT; “Monothon” Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Norwalk, CT 
1998  “Bringing Art to the Research Environment” Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT 
1997  “Fuel for Thought” Attleboro Museum, Attleboro, MA 
1996  “Kouroi & Korai” Kouros Gallery, New York, NY; Blaine House, State Capitol, Augusta, ME
1995  “Season Preview” Kouros Gallery, New York, NY; “Four Women” Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME ; “The Artist and the Artifact” Federal Reserve Bank, Boston, MA
1994  “Accrochage: Petit Format” Kouros Gallery, New York, NY; “Whitney Hansen & Anne Seelbach” Goat Alley Gallery, Sag Harbor, NY; “Symphony” Stamford Performing Arts Center, Stamford, CT 
1993  “Abstraction in the 90s”, organized by George Hofmann, Sound Shore Gallery, Stamford, CT; “High” Blondie’s Contemporary Art, New York, NY
1992 “Anne Seelbach: Urban Landscapes”, Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME; Goldsmith Gallery, Madison, CT
1991  “Reclamation Park #2 : Central Artery/Tunnel Project Site” Reclamation Artists, Fort Point Channel installation, Boston, MA; “15 Grant Winners” Massachusetts Arts Lottery Grant, Somerville, MA; “The First Decade” curated by Mary Luxenberg-Udell Sound Shore Gallery, Stamford, CT; Art Loan Program, DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA; “The First Decade of the MFA Program 1981-1991  Hunter College Galleries, New York, NY
1990  The Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; Faculty Exhibition, Northeastern University, Boston, MA; Faculty Exhibition, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI; “Maximum Diversity” City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ; PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT
1989  The Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; “Summer Too” PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT; Frick Gallery, Belfast, ME; “Monmouth County Arts Council -10th Annual Juried Show” Juror: Alison Weld, Monmouth Museum, Monmouth, NJ
1988  “Skripturale” Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany; Richard Green Gallery, New York, NY; “Fantasy Dwellings” The Connecticut Gallery, Marlborough, CT 
1987  “Artchildren/Artselves” curated by S.K. Duff, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ; “On Line” curated by Billy Biondi, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ; “Erotik” Kommunale Gallery, Berlin, Germany; PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT
1986  “Erotik” Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany; “5th Annual Metro Show” City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ; “50 Works: Selections from the E.F. Hutton Collection” Metropolitan Museum and Art Center, Coral Gables, FL; “Architectural References” Shippee Gallery, New York, NY; “Real Property: A Contemporary Landscape Show” curated by Leah Durner, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ 
1985  Gallery, New York, NY; “Objects of Comfort” curated by Peggie Lowenberg, City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ; Tower Gallery, New York, NY
1984  “The 69th Annual Juried Show”, cash prize, Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY; City Without Walls Gallery, Newark, NJ; Tower Gallery, New York, NY
1983  “New From New York” Tower Gallery, New York, NY; “Fresh Paint” Juror: Robert Atkins, Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY; Burgundy Cafe/Gallery, New York, NY; “One Meter Show” Hunter College Gallery, New York, NY
1981  “Annual Juried Show” Juror: Dore Ashton, The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; “Bettina Cato & Anne Seelbach” Tower Gallery, Southampton, NY; East End Arts and Humanities Council, Riverhead, NY

Artists’ Residencies
2006  Bulgarian-American Exchange Program, Griffis Foundation, New London, CT/Orpheus Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria
2003  I-Park, East Haddam, CT
1999  No Boundaries International Art Colony, Bald Head Island, NC
1992  Griffis Art Center, New London, CT, International Artist-in-Residence Program
1988  Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany
1986  Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany
1985  Centrum Frans Masereel Printmaking Workshop, Kasterlee, Belgium

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Burke, Marcus B. “Seelbach Captures Force and Energy of Nature,” The Sun, Bridgehampton, NY, June 4, 1981
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Cover Art
2008 Paris Études poems by Carole Stone, Finishing Line Press, Georgetown, KY, 2008. Cover Art: “Iris Notes”, 2001, cut paper, 17”x14”, © 2001 Anne Seelbach
1997 Theory and its discontents by Damien Broderick, Deacon University Press, Victoria, Australia, 1997. Cover Art: “Urban Flora”, 1995, oil on canvas, 24”x24”, © 1995 Anne Seelbach
1988 Mysterious Barricades album, by Andy Summers, 1988, Private Music, New York, NY, Cover Art: "The Blue House", 1984, oil on canvas, 48”x56”, ©1984 Anne Seelbach

Curatorial Experience
2020, 2018, 2006 "Sea, Sky & Sculpture - An Integration of Art, Architecture and the Landscape", curated by Anne Seelbach, Mabel and Victor D'Amico Studio and Archive, Amagansett, NY
1995  Archivist for painter Buffie Johnson (1912-2006) at her studio, 102 Greene Street, New York, NY
1992-1995  Curator, Monhegan Museum, Monhegan, ME
1974-1978  Curatorial Assistant, The Costume Institute, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Radio Interview
2014 "Going Green", hosted by Bob DeLuca on 88.3 WPPB, Southampton, NY. Interview with artist Anne Seelbach and photographer Kathryn Szoka. Topic: Art and Conservation Advocacy. January 31, 2014 http://peconicpublicbroadcasting.org/post/going-green-013114-0
 
Teaching
1994-2022  The Victor D'Amico Institute of Art, Amagansett, NY
1991-1996  Arts Pro Tem, Hancock, NH
1994           Parsons School of Design, New York, NY
1990           Northeastern University, Boston, MA
                   Emerson College, Boston, MA
                   University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI
1985           The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
1981           The Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY

Television Interview
2008 "Canio's Gallery Exhibition: Anne Seelbach and Christine Chew Smith", host Judy Sleed on "The Play Is The Thing", LTV Channel 20, East Hampton, NY, aired June 27, 30, July 1, 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6TmRWq7IVs

Video Links
2022  Anne Seelbach on 'Share2Art'. The videos are interviews with 22 artists living on the East End of Long Island, NY, created by Walter Sanchez and Eva Iacono. They are aired on LTV, East Hampton's television station. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkkxeWO6Ppw

2020  Artist Talk: Anne Seelbach, February 21, 2020, Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY. A talk about my art and the collages in the ‘Artists Choose Artists’ exhibition at the museum, November 10, 2019-February 23, 2020. https://vimeo.com/394014135

2019  Artist Studio Visit: with Parrish Art Museum Chief Curator Alicia Longwell and Senior Curator Corinne Erni, September 24, 2019: https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=xPcDjBB8ZTI My segment is 33 minutes into the film: 33:17 - 33:36.

2012  A segment of an informal talk about the paintings and cut-outs in my “Troubled Waters” exhibition at the PMW Gallery, Stamford, CT, June 17, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj7sqUUUXJs

2013  “Artist Talk with Anne Seelbach at East End Arts Gallery”, Riverhead, NY, October 4, 2013. An impromptu interview http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUHfWczLySY

Museum, University and Corporate Collections
American Foods of New Jersey
Anonymous Corporations (sold through art galleries)
The Bunting Institute (now Radcliffe Institute), Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Centrum Frans Masereel, Kasterlee, Belgium
Continental Grain Corporation, New York, NY
Frauenmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Griffis Art Center, New London, CT
The Hillier Group, Princeton, NJ
E.F. Hutton Company, New York, NY
I-Park, East Haddam, CT
Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., New York, NY
Lyman Allyn Museum, New London, CT
Margaret D., New York, NY
The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ
Orpheus Foundation, Sofia, Bulgaria
Pfizer Inc., Groton, CT
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance, Hartford, CT
Prudential Insurance, Newark, NJ
Simmons College, Boston, MA
Smolyan Art Gallery and Museum, Smolyan, Bulgaria
State National Companies Inc., Bedford, TX
University of Connecticut, Groton, CT
Vesti Corporation, Boston, MA
XTO Energy, Fort Worth, TX