About

Resume

  • 1943-2019, Born in Indianapolis, Indiana

Medium

  • Oil on Canvas or Linen
  • Charcoal
  • Photography
  • Ceramic Figure Sculpture
  • Collage and Mixed Media

Education

  • Master of Fine Arts in Painting: Western Connecticut State University
  • Bachelor of Arts: Sarah Lawrence College - 19th Century European Art History and Studio Arts
  • Associate Degree: Indiana University
  • Docent: Indianapolis Museum of Art for 15 years

Memberships

  • Studio Artist at the Workhouse Arts Center, 2009–2019
  • College Art Association, Participated in 2007 Boston Symposium
  • Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, DC
  • Strathmore, Bethesda, MD
  • The Art League, Alexandria, VA
  • Loudoun Sketch Club, Leesburg, VA
  • Lifelong Member, Supporter, and Enthusiast of Art Museums and Galleries including The Met, MOMA, Tate, Whitney Museum of American Art, Sotheby's, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, Herron School of Art and Design, The Indianapolis Museum of Art, and Others

Residences and Awards

  • "Members Large Works Exhibition,” The Art League, Torpedo Factory, Alexandria, VA, H. K. Anne triptych titled Wetlands," Best in Show, November, 2013, The Art League Q&A with H. K. Anne, November 2013 Blog
  • ArtSlant, First Round Showcase Winner, Painting-II Category, 2013
  • Vermont Studio Center, Artist's Award, Johnson, VT, February–March, 2011
  • Annmarie Gardens associated with the Smithsonian Institution’s "Living Gallery," Solomons, MD, 2010
  • FAWC, Fine Arts Work Center, Provincetown, MA, 2005 and 2002
Photo by Howard Romero

Publications

  • “The sign in her studio says, “BE BRAVE. JUST PAINT.” That credo is what drives this artist. On most days, you’ll find H. K. (Helen) Anne in her Lorton studio, just painting and putting herself bravely out there.”
  • "Perhaps this is for lack of a better word but H. K. Anne’s paintings were impressionist — large scale, but intricate and emotive scenery. It sounds like something we’ve seen a million times before, but this was assuredly special. They contained an impacting beauty and an excellence of skill."
  • - Jane Potthast, Gallery Review: The Workhouse Arts Center, The Pink Project, July 7, 2013
  • "...H. K. Anne's muscularly expressionistic oil of a gnarled tree rising as sinuously as one Egon Schiele's figures out of packed snow..."
  • - Ed McCormack, Gallery & Studio: The World of the Working Artist, June/July/August, 2006, Vol. 8 No. 5. New York
  • Photographer’s Forum Magazine’s 25th Annual College Photography Contest, Finalist Selection, Best of College Photography Annual 2005
H. K. Anne CV