Anna Schuleit
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Anna Schuleit is a visual artist who lives and works in the United States
. She attended high school in the United States at Northfield Mount Hermon School before pursuing painting at the Rhode Island School of Design
where she received her B.F.A. in 1998, and creative writing / book arts at Dartmouth College
(M.A. in 2005).
Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
; the University of Massachusetts Amherst
; Bowdoin College
in Brunswick, Maine
; the Brattleboro
Museum & Art Center; The Matzo Files, New York; the Mousonturm, Frankfurt
, Germany; and the Carpenter Center at Harvard University
, among others.
She has been a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the RISD European Honors Program in Rome, the MacDowell Colony
, Yaddo
, Blue Mountain Center, the Banff Center, and Bogliasco.
In 2006 Schuleit was named a MacArthur Fellow for work that has "conceptual clarity, compassion, and beauty".
Her latest body of work, a series of paintings and works on paper titled Two People Ago, was exhibited at Coleman Burke Gallery in New York City during the fall of 2009. Her works in 2010 included a large outdoor commission, "Just a Rumor", for the University Gallery at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and a set design for Ivy Baldwin Dance at the Chocolate Factory Theater in New York.
United States
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. She attended high school in the United States at Northfield Mount Hermon School before pursuing painting at the Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design
Rhode Island School of Design is a fine arts and design college located in Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1877. Located at the base of College Hill, the RISD campus is contiguous with the Brown University campus. The two institutions share social, academic, and community resources and...
where she received her B.F.A. in 1998, and creative writing / book arts at Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
(M.A. in 2005).
Her work has been featured in exhibitions at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, is one of the largest museums in the United States, attracting over one million visitors a year. It contains over 450,000 works of art, making it one of the most comprehensive collections in the Americas...
; the University of Massachusetts Amherst
University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst is a public research and land-grant university in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States and the flagship of the University of Massachusetts system...
; Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College
Bowdoin College , founded in 1794, is an elite private liberal arts college located in the coastal Maine town of Brunswick, Maine. As of 2011, U.S. News and World Report ranks Bowdoin 6th among liberal arts colleges in the United States. At times, it was ranked as high as 4th in the country. It is...
in Brunswick, Maine
Brunswick, Maine
Brunswick is a town in Cumberland County, Maine, United States. The population was 20,278 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Portland-South Portland-Biddeford metropolitan area. Brunswick is home to Bowdoin College, the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the Peary-MacMillan Arctic Museum, , and the...
; the Brattleboro
Brattleboro, Vermont
Brattleboro, originally Brattleborough, is a town in Windham County, Vermont, United States, located in the southeast corner of the state, along the state line with New Hampshire. The population was 12,046 at the 2010 census...
Museum & Art Center; The Matzo Files, New York; the Mousonturm, Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
, Germany; and the Carpenter Center at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, among others.
She has been a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, the RISD European Honors Program in Rome, the MacDowell Colony
MacDowell Colony
The MacDowell Colony is an art colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire, U.S.A., founded in 1907 by Marian MacDowell, pianist and wife of composer Edward MacDowell. She established the institution and its endowment chiefly with donated funds...
, Yaddo
Yaddo
Yaddo is an artists' community located on a 400 acre estate in Saratoga Springs, New York. Its mission is "to nurture the creative process by providing an opportunity for artists to work without interruption in a supportive environment."...
, Blue Mountain Center, the Banff Center, and Bogliasco.
In 2006 Schuleit was named a MacArthur Fellow for work that has "conceptual clarity, compassion, and beauty".
Her latest body of work, a series of paintings and works on paper titled Two People Ago, was exhibited at Coleman Burke Gallery in New York City during the fall of 2009. Her works in 2010 included a large outdoor commission, "Just a Rumor", for the University Gallery at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst and a set design for Ivy Baldwin Dance at the Chocolate Factory Theater in New York.