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Solo Exhibitions

Land Loping, Abiquiu Inn, Abiquiu, NM, 2025

Nomadic Landscapes, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX, 2021

A Sweet Spot Between Extremes, Red Fox Gallery, Bedford, NY, 2020

W/hole, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 2014

W/hole, Wave Hill Sunroom Project Space, Bronx, NY, 2012

Global Cooling: The Women Chill Visual Art Installation, World Financial Center, New York, NY. Curated by Elizabeth Ferrer, 2009

She's So Simple II, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY
• Site-specific installation above a 30' x 14' reflection pool, 2006

She's So Simple I, Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY, 2001
• Site-specific installation above a 30' x 14' reflection pool

My Secret Electric Fence, Herter Art Gallery, 2001
M.F.A. Thesis Exhibition, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

Collections

City of Albuquerque, Department of Arts & Culture, Albuquerque, NM, 2026

Selected Awards and Grants

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, New York, NY, 2008

Change Inc. Grant, Captiva, FL, 2008

Artists' Fellowship Inc. Grant, New York, NY, 2008

The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Foundation Emergency Assistance Grant, New York, NY, 2008

Pat Hearn and Colin De Land Foundation, New York, NY, 2008

Visiting Artist Honorarium, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2007

Islip Art Museum Project Grant, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, 2001

Blanche E. Colman Award, Mellon Private Asset Management, Boston, MA, 2001

Skidmore College Permanent Collection Student Distinction, Skidmore College, NY, 1994

Honorable Mention in Painting, Francis Hook National Scholarship Fund, MN, 1993

Philip Guston Award, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1993

Richard Pierce Scholarship, Greater Worcester Community Foundation Inc., MA, 1990-1994

Residencies and Fellowships

Edwards Trust Visiting Artist Fellowship, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX, August 2021

Oak Spring Garden Foundation Artist in Residency Program, Upperville, VA, January 2020 and July 2018

Pine Meadow Ranch Artist in Residency Program, Sisters, OR, March, 2019

Playa, Summer Lake, OR, February 2019

MASS MoCA: An Assets for Artists Program, North Adams, MA, 2016

Montello Foundation Artist-In-Residence, Montello, NV, 2016

Caldera Arts Center Artist-In-Residence, Sisters, OR, March and December 2016

Visiting Artist Fellowship, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois, 2014

Whiskeytown Artist-in-Residence, Whiskeytown, CA, 2014

Jentel Artist-in-Residence, Banner, WY, 2011

Weir Farm Artist-in-Residence, Wilton, CT, August and December 2010

Artists' Enclave at I-Park Artist-in-Residence, East Haddam, CT, 2009 and 2007

Ross Creek Center for the Arts Artist-in-Residence, Canning, Nova Scotia, Canada, 2008

Stonehouse Residency for the Contemporary Arts Artist-in-Residence, Miramonte, CA, 2006

La Napoule Art Foundation Artist-in-Residence, Château de La Napoule, Mandelieu-La-Napoule, France, 2005

Islip Art Museum Artist-in-Residence, The Carriage House, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, 2001

Selected Group Exhibitions

LandX, Red Fox Contemporary, Pound Ridge, NY, 2021, curated by D. Dominick Lombardi

Contemporary Reuse 2019, Material for the Arts, Long Island City, NY, 2019

Texture, Adelman Fine Art Gallery, San Diego, CA, 2019

De/CONSTRUCTING WORLDS, NYPOP Gallery, New York, NY, 2019

Landscape: Real and Imagined, Site: Brooklyn, NY, 2018, curated by Eileen Jeng Lynch

The Big Small Show, Drawing Rooms, Jersey City, NJ, 2018

Call and Response, Wave Hill, Bronx, NY, 2017, curated by Gabriel de Guzman

Pop Up Paper Show, Stand at Reich Paper, Brooklyn, NY 2015

Convergence, Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ, 2013

Garbage Barge Revisited: Art From Dross, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, 2012

Eye on High: Roadside Attractions, Artscape, Baltimore, MD, 2012

Flowers, Follies and Other Rites of Spring, Rockland Center for the Arts, West Nyack, NY, 2011

Elemental Processes: GalleryELL @ Spool Mfg., Spool Mfg, Johnson City, NY, 2011

GalleryELL at the Loading Dock, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY, 2010

Convergence, Lumenhouse Exhibition Space, Brooklyn, NY, 2010

2010 Governors Island Art Fair, Governors Island, NY, 2010

2nd Annual Governors Island Art Fair, GalleryELL, Governors Island, NY, 2009

Four Artists in Four Galleries, University of Connecticut at Avery Point, Groton, CT, 2008

Hello, Caelum Gallery and Herter Art Gallery, New York, NY and Amherst, MA, 2008

The Bird's The Word, Tribes Gallery, New York, NY, 2007, curated by Robert Storr

Your Space, Phillips de Pury & Company, New York, NY, 2006 and 2007

New New York Drawing, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2007

eBayADay, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2007

Two Person Show, Designers and Agents, New York, NY, 2006

Summer Salon, The Front Room, Brooklyn, NY, 2005

New Works, Kathleen Cullen Fine Arts, Brooklyn, NY, 2005

Fellowship Exhibition, Château de La Napoule, Mandelieu-La-Napoule, France, 2005

New Works - New Faces, Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, MA, 2004

Big Cry Baby, Smack Mellon, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY, 2003

A Bestiary, 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY, 2003

New England/New York/New Talent, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA, 2003, juried by Edward Winkleman and Joshua Stern

Works on Paper, Gallery 100, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2003

Summer Six Faculty Exhibition, Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2002

Site Specifics 2001, Islip Art Museum, East Islip, NY, 2001

Red, University Place Gallery, The Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA, 2001, juried by Harry Cooper

Rapid Response, Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2001

Painters and Printmakers, Greenfield Community College, Greenfield, MA, 2000

Open Juried Summertime Show, Artworks Gallery, Hartford, CT, 1999

Alumni Juried Exhibition, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1999

One Step Forward, Two Steps Back, Saratoga Public Library, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1997

Artspan Open Studios Exhibition, SOMAR Gallery, San Francisco, CA, 1996

Voices, Barre Historical Society, Barre, MA, 1994

Selected Galleries and Art Programs

Palm Beach Art Collective, Palm Beach County, FL, 2025-present

Horizon Fine Art, Jackson, WY, 2020-present

Adelman Fine Art, San Diego, CA, 2018-present

Red Fox Contemporary Art, Pound Ridge, NY, 2017-present

Pierogi Gallery, Flat Files, Brooklyn, NY, 2003-present

The Drawing Center, Slide Registry and Viewing Program, New York, NY, 2004-2014

Bernard Toale Gallery, Drawing Project Flat Files, Boston, MA, 2003-2007

Selected Press and Publications

Out There Podcast, Cara Schaefer, “Spotlight on Annie Varnot,” March 2022

Passages CDTC Online Magazine, Allie Ghaman, “Painting is Home - An Artist’s Perspective,” December 2021

Culture Catch, Dom Lombardi, The State of Landscapes, May 4, 2021

New York Daily News, Vanesa Vennard, The Art of Surviving, June 28, 2012

Art Threat, Michael Lithgow, Artists Recycle Waste Into Beautiful Enigma Convergence Exhibition Opens at Lumenhouse, November 5, 2010

The Daily Norwalk, Anthony Buzzeo, Weir Artist 'Draws' With Straws, August, 25, 2010

Western Herald, University Dedicates Richmond Center, Wednesday, April 18, 2007

Artworld Digest, Seed Issue, 2007

Artworld Digest, unAmbiguous, March 2006

UMass Magazine, Carol Cambo, If You Can Make it There, feature, fall 2005

Nice-Matin, Stéphan Dudzinski, Des artistes inspirés ont ouvert les portes du château, Mandelieu-La Napoule, Mardi, 22 février 2005

Nice-Matin, Stéphan Dudzinski, Un grand cru d'artistes, en résidence au château, Mandelieu-La Napoule, Mercredi, 16 février 2005

The New York Times - Long Island, Helen Harrison, Emerging Artists, Emerging Visions, Art Reviews, page 9, Arts and Entertainment, Sunday, July 15, 2001

Guest Lectures and Artist Presentations

Guest Artist Lecture, Santa Rosa Junior Community College, Santa Rosa, CA, 2022

Visiting Artist Lecture, Angelo State University, San Angelo, TX, 2021

Visiting Artist Lecture, University Galleries of Illinois State University, Normal, IL, 2014

Weir Farm Artist-In-Residence Presentation, Wilton Library, Wilton, CT, 2010

UMass Amherst New York Professional Outreach Studio Visit, Brooklyn, NY, 2010, 2005

I-Park Artists’ Enclave, East Haddam, CT, 2009, 2005

Spence Academy, New York, NY, 2008

Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, 2006

Summer Six AP Art Program, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2002-2006

La Napoule Art Foundation, Château de La Napoule, Mandelieu-La-Napoule, France, 2005

Alfred University, Alfred, NY, 2002

Selected Teaching Experience

Painting Instructor
• Summer Six AP Art Program, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 2002-2006
• Department of Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2000-2001

Drawing I Instructor
• Department of Art, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA, 2001-2002
• Continuing Education Department, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2000

Bachelor of Fine Arts Studio Foundations I and II Instructor
• Department of Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1999

Basic Studio Design Instructor, 2002
• Department of Art, Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA
• Department of Art, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 1999

Introduction to Studio Art Instructor
• Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner, MA, 2001-2002

Education

M.F.A. in Painting, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, 2001
• Awarded full teaching fellowship

B.S. in Studio Art, Art History Minor, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, 1990-1994
• Highest Honors, Senior Thesis Exhibition