Anya Kielar

b. 1978, New York, NY
Lives and works in New York

Education

BFA, The Cooper Union School of Art and Science, 2002
MFA, Columbia University, 2005

Solo Exhibitions
Lines, Locust Projects, Miami, FL, 2012
FACE, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY, 2010
Anya Kielar, Casey Kaplan, New York, NY, 2009
Lady, Daniel Reich Gallery. New York, NY, 2007
Anya Kielar, Daniel Reich Gallery, New York, NY, 2005

Selected Group Exhibitions
2012
Twisted Sisters, curated with Janet Phelps, DODGEgallery, New York, NY
Leave it to Beavers, curated by Gina Beavers, Gallery Diet, Miami, FL

2011
The Idea of the Thing That it Isn't, curated by Rachel Uffner, Halsey McKay, East Hampton, NY
Summer Whites, Rachel Uffner Gallery, New York, NY
Incongruent Sum, 111 Leroy Street, New York, NY
Free Soil, Canada, New York, NY

2010
PortugalArte10, Portuguese Pavilion, Lisbon, Portugal
Acts Are for Actors, Southfirst, Brooklyn, NY

2009
Looking Back: The White Columns Annual, selected by Primary Information
Unnaming of Parts, Blackston Gallery, New York, NY
The Ankles Bones are Higher on the Inside, Museum 52, New York, NY

2008
8 1/2 x 11 / A4, James Fuentes LLC, New York, NY
PM Dawn, Taxter & Spengemann, New York, NY
The Human Face is a Monument, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY

2007
Inaugural exhibition, Project 176, Zabludowicz Collection, London, UK
Distinctive Messengers, House of Campari by Scenic, New York, NY
Post Retro, Brooklyn Fireproof, New York, NY
How to Build a Fire, Rivington Arms, New York, NY
Wrong Number, Jack Hanley Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2005
Columbia MFA Thesis Show, New York, NY

2004
Past Perfect, Kantor Gallery, New York, NY
Recent Alumni: Careers in Progress, The LaGuardia Gallery, New York, NY
Jacob Karpio, at The Armory New York, NY
First Year Exhibition, Miriam Ira D. Wallash Art Gallery, New York, NY
Guild & Greyshkul at Placemaker Gallery, Miami, FL

2003
My Sources Say Yes, Guild & Greyshkul, New York, NY

2002
Best Dressed, Houghton Gallery, New York, NY

Bibliography
Torres, Jesus Manuel Rojas. “Thirty Miami Bus Shelters Sprinkled with Work by Anya Kielar,” Examiner, April 20, 2012
Doran, Anne. “Free Soil,” Time Out New York, July 5, 2011
Smith, Roberta. “FACE,” New York Times, March 26, 2010
Doran, Anne. “FACE,” Time Out New York, Issue 756, March 25 - 31, 2010
Smith, Roberta. “The Ankles Bones are Higher on the Inside,” New York Times, July 31, 2009
Smith, Roberta. “The Human Face is a Monument,” New York Times, April 25, 2008
Scott, Andrea K. “All in the Family,” New Yorker, May 1, 2008.
Ellis, Patricia. “Anita Zabludowicz on Collecting, Curating and 176,” Flash Art, October, 2007
Smith, Roberta. “Anya Kielar,” New York Times, April 6, 2007
Cotter, Holland. “Art Review,” New York Times, February 23, 2007
Cotter, Holland. “The Year in Culture,” New York Times, December 25, 2005

Publications
Collage: Assembling Contemporary Art, published by Black Dog Publishing, London, 2008
Distinctive Messengers, House of Campari by Scenic, New York, 2007

Awards and Honors
Martin Birbaum Scholarship, 2004
Columbia University General Scholarship, 2003
Leslie - Lohman Award for Visual Arts, 2002