About
Originally from Cincinnati, Ohio, Ann Toebbe received her BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1997. She earned an MFA in painting from Yale University in 2004 and a DAAD Scholarship to the Universität der Kunst, Berlin in 2004-05. The primary focus of her paintings is domestic life. Toebbe’s process is labor intensive, employing freehand painting, flat geometry, geometric abstraction and intricate patterning. Her paintings are often multi-media works with furniture and objects collaged on the surface cut from paper the artist paints in her studio. Her compositions play with flatness and multiple points of views. Each painting can simultaneously have inside and outside views, views from above, and objects and figures portrayed from a straight on view.
Press
Modern Painters, 1.17
Interior Design Magazine, 1.17
The Chautauquan Daily, 7.30.16
Arti, Italy 3.2.16
Courier Post, February 23
Saltz, Jerry, “The 10 Best Shows of 2015”, New York Magazine, 12.15
Modern Painters, 4.14
Saltz, Jerry, “What to Do Around Town”. NY Mag, print version, 2.11.15
Artinfo, 2.21.15
The Chicago Tribune,1.28.15
Chicago Magazine 12.2014
ARTnews 9.9.2014
Boston Globe 6.24.2014
Gallerist NYC 9.24.2013
New York Magazine 8.25.2013
New York Times 6.14.2013
Bad At Sports: An Interview with Ann Toebbe 3.16.2013
Time Out Chicago 3.13.2013
Elmhurst Chicago Tribune 3.6.2013
Huffington Post 2.2013
Gallerist NYC 9.17.2012
Republican-American 7.24.2012
Kitchen Goddess 10/11.2011
A Woman’s Work: Chicagoist 10.18.2011
Art Ltd 9.2011
The Boston Globe 8.26.2010
Indy Week 5.28.2008
Harold Sun 5.18.2008
Artforum 10/11.2007
New City 11.2007
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Born: 1974 Cincinnati, OH
Lives: Chicago, IL
Education
DAAD, Universität der Kunst Berlin, Germany
M.F.A. Yale School of Art, Yale University
B.F.A. Cleveland Institute of Art, Cleveland, OH
Parson’s School of Design, NY Studio Program, NYC
Solo Exhibitions
Days of Our Lives, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Cooler by the Lake, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC
Friends and Rentals, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC
Swing State, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY
Room Air Conditioner, Monya Rowe Gallery, St Augustine, FL
Remarried, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
Shared, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Rooms, Monya Rowe Gallery, New York, NY
The Inheritance, Ebersmoore Gallery, Chicago, IL
Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, 12 X 12
Housekeeping, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA
Churches, Branch Gallery, Durham, NC
Stained Glass, ThreeWalls, Chicago, IL
After School Days, 537 Gallery, Cincinnati, OH
Two-Person Exhibitions
Ann Toebbe and Chris Bogia: Home and Garden, Wasserman Projects, Detroit, MI forthcoming
Ann Toebbe and Carly Glovinski, Standard Space, CT
Ann Toebbe and Iris Bernblum, The Drawing Room, The Arts Club of Chicago
Ann Toebbe and Gwendolyn Zabicki: At Home, H.F. Johnson Gallery, Carthage College, WI
Sarah McEneaney and Ann Toebbe: Home Work, Zevitas Marcus Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibitions
What’s The Point of Precision?, OyG Projects, Brooklyn, NY
The Armory Show, Tibor de Nagy, NYC
Applied Anxiety, Allouche Benias Gallery, Athens, Greece
I’m Afraid to Own a Body, Poker Flats, Williamstown, MA
Interior Constructs, Projekt 105, NYC
Eric Hibit Presents, Studio Archive Project
Itemized Scenes, Spring/Break Art Fair, New York
High Voltage, The Nassima Landau Project, Tel Aviv, Israel
Interiors: hello from the living room, 1969 Gallery, NYC
a mirrow, a dish, a window, Goldfinch Gallery, Chicago, IL
Itemized Scenes, The Spring Break Art Show, NYC
The Future of Collage, The Peninsula School of Art, Fish Creek, WI
Small Painting, Corbett vs Dempsey,Chicago, IL
The Salon at The Wing, Chicago, IL
Between the Walls, Tillou Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY
Summertime, Tibor de Nagy Gallery, NYC
Windows, Next to Nothing Gallery, NYC
In My Room: Artists Paint the Interior: 1950 – Now, The Fralin Museum of Art, Charlottesville, VA
Not Knowing, Heaven Gallery, Chicago, IL
Home, Monya Rowe Gallery, St. Agustine, FL
Domestic, Jane Eckert Fine Art, Kent, CT
The Line, Site131, Dallas, TX
Correspondences, Tibor de Nagy, NYC
More Strange Than True, Curated by Fieldwork, Pulaski Park, Chicago, IL
The Annual:Showroom, Curated by Edra Soto, CAC, Chicago, IL
Summer Exhibition, The Suburban, Riverwest Space, Milwaukee, WI
The Next Chapter, Strohl Art Center, Chautauqua Institution, Chautuaqua, NY
By Hand, Carrie Secrist Gallery, Chicago, IL
Imagination, Brand New Gallery, Milan, ItalyIn/Dwelling, Rowan University Art Gallery, Glassboro, NJ
Around Flat, The Knockdown Center, Brooklyn, NY
Pulse Art Fair, Monya Rowe Gallery, Miami, FL
Homeful of Hands, Josh Lilley Gallery, London, UK
Wizards and Sorceresses, Improvised Showboat, Brooklyn, NY
Absent Friends, Monya Rowe Gallery, NYC
Division of Labor, Glass Curtain Gallery, Chicago, IL
Paper, The Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Inaugural Group Exhibition, Monya Rowe Gallery. NYC
Summer Exhibition, Joshua Liner Gallery, NYC
Open House: Art About Home, The Elmhurst Museum of Art, Chicago, IL
Miami Project, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Miami, FL
Housebound, Heiner Contemporary, Washington, DC
Sunday Paintings for A Rainy Day, Curated by Hein Koh, Field Projects, NYC
Project 0012, in collaboration with Skowhegan, Cape Elizabeth, MN
The Shape of Things, LivWill Art, Litchfield CT
Neu!, Ebersmoore, Chicao, IL
Pulp, MFA Gallery Central at Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, OR
NEXT Art Fair, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Chicago, IL
Two Fold, The Suburban,Chicago, IL
Ah Wilderness, Ebersmoore, Chicago, IL
Power of Selection 3, Western Exhibitions, Chicago, IL
IAAFBJHMJNMOMRSATSW, Curated by William Staples, Fountain Studio Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
NEXT Art Fair, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Chicago, IL
Mixtape, Curated by Jeffrey Teuton, Jen Bekman Gallery, NYC
Knowingly Naïve, NEXT Art Fair, Steven Zevitas Gallery, Chicago, IL
Zombie:A Mindless Affair, Atena, Chicago, IL
After Narrative, Art Space, New Haven, CT
West Prize Finalist Exhibition, The West Collection, Oaks, PA
Innocence Regained, Anna Kustera Gallery, NYC
Mutability, Curated by Patricia Courson, Around the Coyote, Chicago, IL
Bellwether, Curated by Shannon Stratton, Vox Populi Gallery, Philadelphia PA
Grandma, Brooklyn Fire Proof, Brooklyn, NY, and San Francisco, CA
The Souvenir Show,The Gift Shop Project Space, Chicago, IL
You are in My Space, Gallery 2 at SAIC, Chicago, IL
The Big Bang, Curated by Julie Langsam, Spaces, Cleveland, OH
Darling Project, Wendy Cooper Gallery, Chicago, IL
One Year Anniversary Exhibition, AfterModern, San Francisco, CA
NOVA, Brooklyn Fire Proof Inc., Chicago IL
The Idea of Death is Tormenting Me, Brooklyn Fire Proof Inc., Brooklyn, NY
My Perspective, Curated by Steven Zevitas, OSP Gallery, Boston, MA
Drama, Romance, Loneliness, Narcissism…, Curated by Chris Bogia, and Jen DeNike, Massimo Audiello Gallery, NYC
Hallowed Halls, Curated by Chip Tom, Marc Selwyn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Yale School of Art Gallery, New Haven CT
Awards
IL Arts Council Fellowship
IL Arts Council IAP Grant
IL Arts Council IAP Grant
City of Chicago IAP Grant (DCASE)
Sustainable Arts Foundation Grant
Pollock Krasner Foundation Grant
West Prize, Finalist Award, catalog available
Illinois Arts Council, Finalist Award
Chicago Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Community Arts Grant
Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant
DAAD Scholarship, Universität der Kunst Berlin, Germany
Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
Schoelkopf Travel Grant, Yale University
Skowhegan Summer Fellowship
Bernadette and David E. Davis Award, Sculpture Dept., Cleveland Institute of Art
Collections
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Alicante (MACA)
Wellington Management Company
Jimenez-Colon Collection
The Saatchi Collection
Fidelity Investments
The Progressive Collection
The West Collection
2007 Collection of Blue Shield of California, San Francisco
Bibliography
Naumovski, Zlata, Meet the Maker, Luxe Magazine, Nov/Dec
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Smith, Roberta, “Everything’s Coming Up Roses”, New York Times, Aug 13
“Friend: Jana” reproduced in Harper’s Magazine, October Issue
@artforum, Ann Toebbe, July 18
Saltz, Jerry, 25 Things to See in NY (#2 Ann Toebbe), NY Magazine, July 16
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“Drawing Interiors Started as a Way to Remember Her Childhood…”, Editors, Interior Design Magazine, Jan
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Camillieri, Julien, Ann Toebbe, “Stained Glass”, New City Chicago, Nov 1
New American Painting, featured artist, Issue 71
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Residencies
Vermont Studio Center Fellow
The Ragdale Foundation, Painting Fellow
Vermont Studio Center, Full Fellowship
Pilchuck AIR
Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture
Chautauqua School of Art, Sculpture
Chautauqua School of Art, Sculpture
Adjunct Teaching and Visiting Artist
Beginning Painting, Northwestern University, Winter and Spring Quarter
Connect Talk, The Art Institute of Chicago
Strategies in Representation, Columbia College Chicago, Fall
Visiting Critic, Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua Institution, Summer
Contemporary Issues in Painting, Columbia College Chicago
Painting Strategies, Columbia College Chicago
Basic Drawing, Columbia College Chicago
Graduate Seminar, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago
Basic Drawing, Columbia College, Chicago
Visiting Artist and MFA Catalog Essayist, Indiana University, Bloomington
Basic Drawing, Columbia College, Chicago
Basic Painting, Northwestern University, Chicago
Multi-Level Drawing, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Fall
Basic Drawing, Northwestern University
Drawing for Exercise, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Visual Language, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago